I really hope that the draw doesn’t pan out in such a way that we’re in a half that’s top heavy with English clubs should we progress from the round of 16. Meetings with other PL teams in the CL just don’t float my boat at all plus our record (played 3 lost 3) doesn’t fill me with confidence.
UEFA see "entertainment" as being the biggest names playing each other as that's what armchair fans want to see.I don't mind the last 16 being seeded, let's say teams earn that in the league phase.
The quarter final onwards should be random. I thought UEFA would want this as it's less boring and they're all about 'entertainment'. I see a world where they go back to this in the next 5 years.
Played 4 lost 4 if you widen it to all UEFA games and include the 1971 ECWC semi-final v Chelsea.I really hope that the draw doesn’t pan out in such a way that we’re in a half that’s top heavy with English clubs should we progress from the round of 16. Meetings with other PL teams in the CL just don’t float my boat at all plus our record (played 3 lost 3) doesn’t fill me with confidence.
That is shocking.Played 4 lost 4 if you widen it to all UEFA games and include the 1971 ECWC semi-final v Chelsea.
We were robbed in most of those matches by dodgy referees.Played 4 lost 4 if you widen it to all UEFA games and include the 1971 ECWC semi-final v Chelsea.
I get what you’re saying but tell a 24 year old me that I’d be bored of playing Madrid every year twenty years later and I’d have thought you were mad.Am bored shitless of playing them though, but it feels inevitable that's who we'll get.
Exactly. Bored was languishing, doing nothing and expecting defeat on a weekly basis.I get what you’re saying but tell a 24 year old me that I’d be bored of playing Madrid every year twenty years later and I’d have thought you were mad.
What’s wrong with a bit of variety though. The CL is the same every year, spend weeks getting rid of the also rans whilst raking in vast sums of TV revenue then end up with a Spanish, English, Italian or German team winning it.Exactly. Bored was languishing, doing nothing and expecting defeat on a weekly basis.
Bored isn’t playing Real Madrid, usually as joint favourites to win the CL. That is elite football club stuff.
The cream rising to the top. It’s inevitable in that tournament.What’s wrong with a bit of variety though. The CL is the same every year, spend weeks getting rid of the also rans whilst raking in vast sums of TV revenue then end up with a Spanish, English, Italian or German team winning it.
Next season rinse and repeat.
Well yeah, generally the last 16 and last 8 will involve the best sides in Europe.What’s wrong with a bit of variety though. The CL is the same every year, spend weeks getting rid of the also rans whilst raking in vast sums of TV revenue then end up with a Spanish, English, Italian or German team winning it.
Next season rinse and repeat.
jesus!! Even from London it's silly pricesAnyone who is planning on going to the away game does NOT want Bodo. Check out the flight & hotel prices. All Norwegians have booked for the Tuesday & Wednesday night and prices from Oslo and accommodation are MENTAL !
It’s the flights in/out of Bodo that are crazy. Some ‘OK’ options to get to Norway, but on to Bodo is CRIMINAL !jesus!! Even from London it's silly prices
I understand this POV but it's less about boredom and more about just hating Madrid for me. The way they play football, the way they behave during matches, their fucking fans in that stadium, the moaning and diving and fouling. It's awful to endure. If we played Barcelona or Bayern Munich as often as we played Madrid I wouldn't mind at all because at least they want to play football and make sure what they do is aesthetically pleasing. Heck I mean we play the top sides in England at least twice a season and we'll have played Newcastle five times before the end of this season - I don't mind because it's always good fun to watch. Madrid are the complete opposite - plus the less I have to watch Jude Bellingham play football in my lifetime the better.I get what you’re saying but tell a 24 year old me that I’d be bored of playing Madrid every year twenty years later and I’d have thought you were mad.
Of course it might be a case of distance lending a certain enchantment but I enjoyed a good languish.Exactly. Bored was languishing, doing nothing and expecting defeat on a weekly basis.
I fucked it off after we won it. TBH I'd stopped enjoying CL nights, with the odd exceptions when we hammered Madrid & Bayern, of course.Fucking great loads of half and half Madrid scarves probably £65 a ticket as well, thank god I’m fucking off the CL scheme next year.