Bill
Well-Known Member
we need avoid one of the uefa darlings, we can beat anyone but uefa simply wont allow it.
We might have to work harder to beat Porto than we may Juve or Barça. You never knowI am amazed at whoever is wanting Juve or Barca or Bayern or anyone hard like that for their own pleasure of an away day ... don’t you lot want us to win the Premier League? Park your away day daydreams somewhere else and get on board with the oldest cliche of “easiest team in the pot and second leg at home” ...
We have a league to win, and imperative that we don’t have to rest or rotate our key players ... is the United game of last season too far in the past to remember? We rested players in favour of CL QF ... and how did that go?
So Porto please ... and then the easier of the two semi finals ...
Last year when we cantered to 100 points lots of rags told me we’d won the weakest league ever as evidenced by only one PL side in the semis of the CL.Only issue with that is then one of them is definitely in the Semis. I want all the other English sides to get knocked out asap, ideally starting with Liverpool tonight.
Unless an English side, other than us, wins the Champions League.Last year when we cantered to 100 points lots of rags told me we’d won the weakest league ever as evidenced by only one PL side in the semis of the CL.
I wouldn’t mind an all English last four AND win the league. After last year and then winning this year (in my hypothetical), no one could argue we are the best English side in history.
no one could argue we are the best English side in history.
Ideal!City/Porto vs Ajax/Spurs
Liverpool/United vs Barcelona/Juventus
That's terrible. We don't want Liverpool. They are the only team who can beat us over 2 legs. Just avoid them as best possible.Spurs-Barca
Juve-Ajax
City-Liverpool
United-Porto