It's extremely rare I post on here, to be honest I find it a pain in the arse if I post something that rubs certain people the wrong way. But I've been reading this thread and need to say why I think a lot of people are 'down on the champions league'.
It's because we've never come close to replicating the feats of United in Europe. Let's get one thing straight before I go any further - I HATE Fergie and the players who played for him! But the guy was immense when it came to tactics, mind games and getting the most out of sometimes average teams. And he did it for fucking years! God I hated them for it.
And now we're in the champions league having spent a shed load of money on players and pissed off a lot of people, we have a beautiful stadium and some new silverware, but we look CLUELESS as to how to get to those heights the rags achieved. We look at the performances like against Roma and many others and it's just not there! The gulf between us and Bayern and Real is so big it's depressing and we just don't look like we have a clue to close that gap. Is spending more money the answer? I don't think it is. Getting rid of Manny? No way!
So what do we do? Well some of us say "I've had it with the Champions league".
I await the abuse :-)