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Post by lorddriffield on May 8, 2019 23:09:47 GMT 1
Thought I'd revive this thread from a few weeks ago as we now know who the finalists are for 2019. Liverpool v Spurs !!! Who would have thought that a few weeks ago? In fact it's interesting going through all the old posts to see how things have developed. All those who were saying they never watch the Champions League are probably addicted now after the events of the last two evenings. Two of the most dramatic semi-finals ever. Glad you revived it as it gave me the opportunity to see some of your patronising and ignorant comments basically saying that anyone who claims not to be interested or not to watch the CL is s liar. Just thought I’d let you know that I haven’t watched a single minute of CL football live on TV, have no interest in the competition, will not be watching the final and look forward more to the game at St Mary’s on Sunday. Hope that clears up any misunderstanding. The game at St Mary's on Sunday? Biblical Trivial Pursuit? |
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Post by shawsie on May 8, 2019 23:09:51 GMT 1
Thought I'd revive this thread from a few weeks ago as we now know who the finalists are for 2019. Liverpool v Spurs !!! Who would have thought that a few weeks ago? In fact it's interesting going through all the old posts to see how things have developed. All those who were saying they never watch the Champions League are probably addicted now after the events of the last two evenings. Two of the most dramatic semi-finals ever. Kind of ironic that if Liverpool don’t win the league, neither finalist has won the league for 87 yrs combined apparently! |
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Post by Town Duppy on May 8, 2019 23:15:45 GMT 1
Thought I'd revive this thread from a few weeks ago as we now know who the finalists are for 2019. Liverpool v Spurs !!! Who would have thought that a few weeks ago? In fact it's interesting going through all the old posts to see how things have developed. All those who were saying they never watch the Champions League are probably addicted now after the events of the last two evenings. Two of the most dramatic semi-finals ever. Glad you revived it as it gave me the opportunity to see some of your patronising and ignorant comments basically saying that anyone who claims not to be interested or not to watch the CL is s liar. Just thought I’d let you know that I haven’t watched a single minute of CL football live on TV, have no interest in the competition, will not be watching the final and look forward more to the game at St Mary’s on Sunday. Hope that clears up any misunderstanding. What you should do is start a thread telling everyone you don't watch the champions league just to make sure everyone knows.  |
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Post by impact on May 8, 2019 23:20:20 GMT 1
Thought I'd revive this thread from a few weeks ago as we now know who the finalists are for 2019. Liverpool v Spurs !!! Who would have thought that a few weeks ago? In fact it's interesting going through all the old posts to see how things have developed. All those who were saying they never watch the Champions League are probably addicted now after the events of the last two evenings. Two of the most dramatic semi-finals ever. Glad you revived it as it gave me the opportunity to see some of your patronising and ignorant comments basically saying that anyone who claims not to be interested or not to watch the CL is s liar. Just thought I’d let you know that I haven’t watched a single minute of CL football live on TV, have no interest in the competition, will not be watching the final and look forward more to the game at St Mary’s on Sunday. Hope that clears up any misunderstanding. So why are you posting on, or even opening, a thread named "Champions League"? |
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Post by impact on May 8, 2019 23:21:25 GMT 1
Given my original prediction (Juve) was incorrect, I'd like to have a second stab and back Ajax. The stars just seem aligned for them and they look unstoppable. Guess again |
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Post by lorddriffield on May 8, 2019 23:26:14 GMT 1
Thought I'd revive this thread from a few weeks ago as we now know who the finalists are for 2019. Liverpool v Spurs !!! Who would have thought that a few weeks ago? In fact it's interesting going through all the old posts to see how things have developed. All those who were saying they never watch the Champions League are probably addicted now after the events of the last two evenings. Two of the most dramatic semi-finals ever. Kind of ironic that if Liverpool don’t win the league, neither finalist has won the league for 87 yrs combined apparently! Yeah, as far as "Champions" go, the Champions League is a joke if you compare it to the old European Cup days when you had to be the champion of your national league to even take part in the competition. That's why so many teams these days don't fight to the end and are happy with a top four finish. Comparable in a way to the promotion places in the so called "Championship", a ridiculous name for that particular league. If Derby get promoted ahead of Leeds i.e 6th goes up instead of 3rd is it right? It'll be hilarious of course but with 9 points seperating the two teams it's hardly fair is it? |
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Post by hypotenuse on May 9, 2019 8:30:48 GMT 1
Glad you revived it as it gave me the opportunity to see some of your patronising and ignorant comments basically saying that anyone who claims not to be interested or not to watch the CL is s liar. Just thought I’d let you know that I haven’t watched a single minute of CL football live on TV, have no interest in the competition, will not be watching the final and look forward more to the game at St Mary’s on Sunday. Hope that clears up any misunderstanding. So why are you posting on, or even opening, a thread named "Champions League"? So that I can whinge about a tournament which has, in my opinion, subverted football and is one of the most significant factors in the lack of competitiveness in the top divisions of Europe. |
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Post by artysid on May 9, 2019 9:28:26 GMT 1
Good grief, a month of plastic scousers and chirpy cockneys all over the telly, Can't wait.
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Post by oldrain on May 9, 2019 10:16:49 GMT 1
What this weeks results have shown is we are on a par with Barcelona and Ajax similar results against Liverpool and Spurs UTT
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 10:47:26 GMT 1
Kind of ironic that if Liverpool don’t win the league, neither finalist has won the league for 87 yrs combined apparently! Yeah, as far as "Champions" go, the Champions League is a joke if you compare it to the old European Cup days when you had to be the champion of your national league to even take part in the competition. That's why so many teams these days don't fight to the end and are happy with a top four finish. Comparable in a way to the promotion places in the so called "Championship", a ridiculous name for that particular league. If Derby get promoted ahead of Leeds i.e 6th goes up instead of 3rd is it right? It'll be hilarious of course but with 9 points seperating the two teams it's hardly fair is it? “The UEFA Champions League”....a league format competition to determine who is the champion team of the UEFA area...seems perfectly named to me. If it was a competition for winners of domestic leagues and cups only, it might be called something like “The UEFA Champion of League & Cup Champions League” much like how the Europa League (back when it was a competition for winners of domestic cups, was “The European Cup Winners Cup”...a Cup competition for winners of Cups. Not sure the Football League Championship is poorly named either...the winner of it is is the Champion of the Football League system. Also, disagree on the fairness or not of the play off system. The league season is a qualifier for the play offs, that’s all, just as the league system is a qualifier for the Champions League and Europa League. Ignoring all the stuff about EFL Cup and FA Cup winners shuffling places around, in simple terms Spurs have just earned a Champions League place despite being 25 points behind Man City....do you think City should get an advantage in that totally separate competition?? If not...then likewise it’s totally fair that Derby are now on an equal standing with Leeds or whosever despite finishing the qualifying league competition a few points further back. |
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Post by drumriggend on May 9, 2019 11:12:42 GMT 1
Loved to watch when itv had the live Wednesday night game .. Less so when it moved to sky.. Hardly ever now on bt. Will watch final.. Spurs could spring a surprise.. Just bumping my own prediction... Smart arse... Guilty.. 😜 |
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Post by hypotenuse on May 9, 2019 12:02:50 GMT 1
Yeah, as far as "Champions" go, the Champions League is a joke if you compare it to the old European Cup days when you had to be the champion of your national league to even take part in the competition. That's why so many teams these days don't fight to the end and are happy with a top four finish. Comparable in a way to the promotion places in the so called "Championship", a ridiculous name for that particular league. If Derby get promoted ahead of Leeds i.e 6th goes up instead of 3rd is it right? It'll be hilarious of course but with 9 points seperating the two teams it's hardly fair is it? “The UEFA Champions League”....a league format competition to determine who is the champion team of the UEFA area...seems perfectly named to me. If it was a competition for winners of domestic leagues and cups only, it might be called something like “The UEFA Champion of League & Cup Champions League” much like how the Europa League (back when it was a competition for winners of domestic cups, was “The European Cup Winners Cup”...a Cup competition for winners of Cups. Not sure the Football League Championship is poorly named either...the winner of it is is the Champion of the Football League system. Also, disagree on the fairness or not of the play off system. The league season is a qualifier for the play offs, that’s all, just as the league system is a qualifier for the Champions League and Europa League. Ignoring all the stuff about EFL Cup and FA Cup winners shuffling places around, in simple terms Spurs have just earned a Champions League place despite being 25 points behind Man City....do you think City should get an advantage in that totally separate competition?? If not...then likewise it’s totally fair that Derby are now on an equal standing with Leeds or whosever despite finishing the qualifying league competition a few points further back. It is unusual to interpret the UEFA Champions League in this way. We don’t refer to the EPL as the English Premier Champions League as it is bleedin’ obvious that the winners are the Champions. No, the UEFA Champions League implies that it is a league full of Champions which it is not - the two finalists have not won their domestic championship for 29 and 58 years. |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 12:13:49 GMT 1
“The UEFA Champions League”....a league format competition to determine who is the champion team of the UEFA area...seems perfectly named to me. If it was a competition for winners of domestic leagues and cups only, it might be called something like “The UEFA Champion of League & Cup Champions League” much like how the Europa League (back when it was a competition for winners of domestic cups, was “The European Cup Winners Cup”...a Cup competition for winners of Cups. Not sure the Football League Championship is poorly named either...the winner of it is is the Champion of the Football League system. Also, disagree on the fairness or not of the play off system. The league season is a qualifier for the play offs, that’s all, just as the league system is a qualifier for the Champions League and Europa League. Ignoring all the stuff about EFL Cup and FA Cup winners shuffling places around, in simple terms Spurs have just earned a Champions League place despite being 25 points behind Man City....do you think City should get an advantage in that totally separate competition?? If not...then likewise it’s totally fair that Derby are now on an equal standing with Leeds or whosever despite finishing the qualifying league competition a few points further back. It is unusual to interpret the UEFA Champions League in this way. We don’t refer to the EPL as the English Premier Champions League as it is bleedin’ obvious that the winners are the Champions. No, the UEFA Champions League implies that it is a league full of Champions which it is not - the two finalists have not won their domestic championship for 29 and 58 years. No, if it was a league full of Champions it would be called the “UEFA Champion Clubs’ League”, for the same reason it was originally called the “European Champion Clubs’ Cup”. |
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Post by Porrohman on May 9, 2019 12:18:36 GMT 1
Yeah, as far as "Champions" go, the Champions League is a joke if you compare it to the old European Cup days when you had to be the champion of your national league to even take part in the competition. That's why so many teams these days don't fight to the end and are happy with a top four finish. Comparable in a way to the promotion places in the so called "Championship", a ridiculous name for that particular league. If Derby get promoted ahead of Leeds i.e 6th goes up instead of 3rd is it right? It'll be hilarious of course but with 9 points seperating the two teams it's hardly fair is it? “The UEFA Champions League”....a league format competition to determine who is the champion team of the UEFA area...seems perfectly named to me. If it was a competition for winners of domestic leagues and cups only, it might be called something like “The UEFA Champion of League & Cup Champions League” much like how the Europa League (back when it was a competition for winners of domestic cups, was “The European Cup Winners Cup”...a Cup competition for winners of Cups. Not sure the Football League Championship is poorly named either...the winner of it is is the Champion of the Football League system. Also, disagree on the fairness or not of the play off system. The league season is a qualifier for the play offs, that’s all, just as the league system is a qualifier for the Champions League and Europa League. Ignoring all the stuff about EFL Cup and FA Cup winners shuffling places around, in simple terms Spurs have just earned a Champions League place despite being 25 points behind Man City....do you think City should get an advantage in that totally separate competition?? If not...then likewise it’s totally fair that Derby are now on an equal standing with Leeds or whosever despite finishing the qualifying league competition a few points further back. Are you not old enough to remember the European Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup ? |
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Post by harrythedog on May 9, 2019 12:52:01 GMT 1
“The UEFA Champions League”....a league format competition to determine who is the champion team of the UEFA area...seems perfectly named to me. If it was a competition for winners of domestic leagues and cups only, it might be called something like “The UEFA Champion of League & Cup Champions League” much like how the Europa League (back when it was a competition for winners of domestic cups, was “The European Cup Winners Cup”...a Cup competition for winners of Cups. Not sure the Football League Championship is poorly named either...the winner of it is is the Champion of the Football League system. Also, disagree on the fairness or not of the play off system. The league season is a qualifier for the play offs, that’s all, just as the league system is a qualifier for the Champions League and Europa League. Ignoring all the stuff about EFL Cup and FA Cup winners shuffling places around, in simple terms Spurs have just earned a Champions League place despite being 25 points behind Man City....do you think City should get an advantage in that totally separate competition?? If not...then likewise it’s totally fair that Derby are now on an equal standing with Leeds or whosever despite finishing the qualifying league competition a few points further back. It is unusual to interpret the UEFA Champions League in this way. We don’t refer to the EPL as the English Premier Champions League as it is bleedin’ obvious that the winners are the Champions. No, the UEFA Champions League implies that it is a league full of Champions which it is not - the two finalists have not won their domestic championship for 29 and 58 years. And one of them hasn't won it as many times as Huddersfield Town! |
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Post by benhomly on May 9, 2019 12:59:28 GMT 1
Kind of ironic that if Liverpool don’t win the league, neither finalist has won the league for 87 yrs combined apparently! Yeah, as far as "Champions" go, the Champions League is a joke if you compare it to the old European Cup days when you had to be the champion of your national league to even take part in the competition. That's why so many teams these days don't fight to the end and are happy with a top four finish. Comparable in a way to the promotion places in the so called "Championship", a ridiculous name for that particular league. If Derby get promoted ahead of Leeds i.e 6th goes up instead of 3rd is it right? It'll be hilarious of course but with 9 points seperating the two teams it's hardly fair is it?
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 13:19:44 GMT 1
“The UEFA Champions League”....a league format competition to determine who is the champion team of the UEFA area...seems perfectly named to me. If it was a competition for winners of domestic leagues and cups only, it might be called something like “The UEFA Champion of League & Cup Champions League” much like how the Europa League (back when it was a competition for winners of domestic cups, was “The European Cup Winners Cup”...a Cup competition for winners of Cups. Not sure the Football League Championship is poorly named either...the winner of it is is the Champion of the Football League system. Also, disagree on the fairness or not of the play off system. The league season is a qualifier for the play offs, that’s all, just as the league system is a qualifier for the Champions League and Europa League. Ignoring all the stuff about EFL Cup and FA Cup winners shuffling places around, in simple terms Spurs have just earned a Champions League place despite being 25 points behind Man City....do you think City should get an advantage in that totally separate competition?? If not...then likewise it’s totally fair that Derby are now on an equal standing with Leeds or whosever despite finishing the qualifying league competition a few points further back. Are you not old enough to remember the European Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup ? Yes? Take just one of those, the UEFA Cup....it was a tournament where a Cup was awarded to the team within UEFA that won that competition, it WASN’T a tournament whose entrants were teams who had won their domestic cup. Ergo....the UEFA Champions League is a title handed out, NOT a qualifying criteria. Not really sure why it’s so difficult to comprehend...especially when there were things like the Cup Winners Cup where it’s a Cup handed out, to teams that qualified by being Cup Winners, and also the European Champions Club Cup (what the European Cup was actually called when you had to be a domestic champion to qualify for entry to compete to win the cup). However, I aren’t that bothered!! I do have BT Sport, but I didn’t watch either of the semis, and probably won’t be watching the final (I probably would if I was at home, but I’ll be about 36hrs into a 48hr endurance race at that time). |
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Post by drumriggend on May 9, 2019 15:49:16 GMT 1
Are you not old enough to remember the European Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup ? Yes? Take just one of those, the UEFA Cup....it was a tournament where a Cup was awarded to the team within UEFA that won that competition, it WASN’T a tournament whose entrants were teams who had won their domestic cup. Ergo....the UEFA Champions League is a title handed out, NOT a qualifying criteria. Not really sure why it’s so difficult to comprehend...especially when there were things like the Cup Winners Cup where it’s a Cup handed out, to teams that qualified by being Cup Winners, and also the European Champions Club Cup (what the European Cup was actually called when you had to be a domestic champion to qualify for entry to compete to win the cup). However, I aren’t that bothered!! I do have BT Sport, but I didn’t watch either of the semis, and probably won’t be watching the final (I probably would if I was at home, but I’ll be about 36hrs into a 48hr endurance race at that time). Stag do? |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 17:04:35 GMT 1
Yes? Take just one of those, the UEFA Cup....it was a tournament where a Cup was awarded to the team within UEFA that won that competition, it WASN’T a tournament whose entrants were teams who had won their domestic cup. Ergo....the UEFA Champions League is a title handed out, NOT a qualifying criteria. Not really sure why it’s so difficult to comprehend...especially when there were things like the Cup Winners Cup where it’s a Cup handed out, to teams that qualified by being Cup Winners, and also the European Champions Club Cup (what the European Cup was actually called when you had to be a domestic champion to qualify for entry to compete to win the cup). However, I aren’t that bothered!! I do have BT Sport, but I didn’t watch either of the semis, and probably won’t be watching the final (I probably would if I was at home, but I’ll be about 36hrs into a 48hr endurance race at that time). Stag do? No, an ultra running event. I’m an, erm, athlete. I guess! |
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Post by yappledapple on May 9, 2019 19:24:04 GMT 1
Yes? Take just one of those, the UEFA Cup....it was a tournament where a Cup was awarded to the team within UEFA that won that competition, it WASN’T a tournament whose entrants were teams who had won their domestic cup. Ergo....the UEFA Champions League is a title handed out, NOT a qualifying criteria. Not really sure why it’s so difficult to comprehend...especially when there were things like the Cup Winners Cup where it’s a Cup handed out, to teams that qualified by being Cup Winners, and also the European Champions Club Cup (what the European Cup was actually called when you had to be a domestic champion to qualify for entry to compete to win the cup). However, I aren’t that bothered!! I do have BT Sport, but I didn’t watch either of the semis, and probably won’t be watching the final (I probably would if I was at home, but I’ll be about 36hrs into a 48hr endurance race at that time). Stag do? I am - Dublin 😁 |
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Post by themanfromatlantis on May 9, 2019 20:04:32 GMT 1
Chose Spurs a few weeks ago and they've not let me down, hope they go on to win it.
The only downside of this last week, is that it strengthens the brand of the PL, so it'll just add a bit more oomph to their marketing bollocks for the next few months. They also know that BT Sport will be almost forced to was lyrical about the PL knowing that they're a poor relation in terms of the TV rights.
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Post by yappledapple on May 9, 2019 20:21:14 GMT 1
Chose Spurs a few weeks ago and they've not let me down, hope they go on to win it. The only downside of this last week, is that it strengthens the brand of the PL, so it'll just add a bit more oomph to their marketing bollocks for the next few months. They also know that BT Sport will be almost forced to was lyrical about the PL knowing that they're a poor relation in terms of the TV rights. BT’s UCL highlights from some different angles for both semi-finals... |
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Post by sabailand on May 9, 2019 21:08:59 GMT 1
Whos that Blonde woman on the Tottenham staff, pretty tidy!
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Post by 28901 on May 10, 2019 0:15:04 GMT 1
“The UEFA Champions League”....a league format competition to determine who is the champion team of the UEFA area...seems perfectly named to me. If it was a competition for winners of domestic leagues and cups only, it might be called something like “The UEFA Champion of League & Cup Champions League” much like how the Europa League (back when it was a competition for winners of domestic cups, was “The European Cup Winners Cup”...a Cup competition for winners of Cups. Not sure the Football League Championship is poorly named either...the winner of it is is the Champion of the Football League system. Also, disagree on the fairness or not of the play off system. The league season is a qualifier for the play offs, that’s all, just as the league system is a qualifier for the Champions League and Europa League. Ignoring all the stuff about EFL Cup and FA Cup winners shuffling places around, in simple terms Spurs have just earned a Champions League place despite being 25 points behind Man City....do you think City should get an advantage in that totally separate competition?? If not...then likewise it’s totally fair that Derby are now on an equal standing with Leeds or whosever despite finishing the qualifying league competition a few points further back. Are you not old enough to remember the European Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup ? I remember the Fairs Cup. Wasnt that before it became UEFA?. Newcastle plyed Udjpest Doza. I can't be bothered to check the spelling. There were some wierd teams in it. Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Karl Zeiss Jena.. |
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Post by Town Duppy on May 10, 2019 0:30:25 GMT 1
Are you not old enough to remember the European Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup ? I remember the Fairs Cup. Wasnt that before it became UEFA?. Newcastle plyed Udjpest Doza. I can't be bothered to check the spelling. There were some wierd teams in it. Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Karl Zeiss Jena.. Where do plyed Udjpest Doza come from? |
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Post by Porrohman on May 10, 2019 8:30:06 GMT 1
I remember the Fairs Cup. Wasnt that before it became UEFA?. Newcastle plyed Udjpest Doza. I can't be bothered to check the spelling. There were some wierd teams in it. Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Karl Zeiss Jena.. Where do plyed Udjpest Doza come from? Wales 🤔😁 |
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Post by Porrohman on May 10, 2019 8:34:00 GMT 1
Are you not old enough to remember the European Cup, the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners Cup ? I remember the Fairs Cup. Wasnt that before it became UEFA?. Newcastle plyed Udjpest Doza. I can't be bothered to check the spelling. There were some wierd teams in it. Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Karl Zeiss Jena.. The cup that was for teams in places that had held trade fairs. While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is recognised as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, it was not organised by UEFA. Consequently, UEFA does not consider clubs' records in the Fairs Cup to be part of their European record. Bad news for those that won it and think it's a major trophy.....cough, cough chestwankers 😂 |
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Post by 28901 on May 10, 2019 8:35:54 GMT 1
I remember the Fairs Cup. Wasnt that before it became UEFA?. Newcastle plyed Udjpest Doza. I can't be bothered to check the spelling. There were some wierd teams in it. Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Karl Zeiss Jena.. Where do plyed Udjpest Doza come from? I did say the spelling was unchecked.. |
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Post by captainblack on May 10, 2019 8:41:32 GMT 1
Kind of ironic that if Liverpool don’t win the league, neither finalist has won the league for 87 yrs combined apparently! Yeah, as far as "Champions" go, the Champions League is a joke if you compare it to the old European Cup days when you had to be the champion of your national league to even take part in the competition. That's why so many teams these days don't fight to the end and are happy with a top four finish. Comparable in a way to the promotion places in the so called "Championship", a ridiculous name for that particular league. If Derby get promoted ahead of Leeds i.e 6th goes up instead of 3rd is it right? It'll be hilarious of course but with 9 points seperating the two teams it's hardly fair is it? I am going off tangent but since you brought it up I wish they had left the leagues as Div 1,2,3, and 4 Premiership , championship , nonsense. I may be old fashioned in my thinking but these new titles are just utter crud in my opinion. |
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Post by Chips Longhorn on May 10, 2019 8:42:08 GMT 1
Where do plyed Udjpest Doza come from? I did say the spelling was unchecked.. My favourites were University Craiova. Only cos they beat Leeds and it was funny that leeds had lost to a team.of students |
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