So much for the 'weak' Champions League group
05 April 2006, 09:35 AM
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So much for the 'weak' Champions League group
I was thinking back to the stick I received following our exit from the Champions League last year, and how people proclaimed that our group should have been a walkover for us.
Granted, we underachieved, but with Villarreal through to the final four, and Benfica pushing Barcelona hard for a spot too, it does show what quality we were up against - it makes me feel better, anyway.
Granted, we underachieved, but with Villarreal through to the final four, and Benfica pushing Barcelona hard for a spot too, it does show what quality we were up against - it makes me feel better, anyway.
05 April 2006, 09:57 AM
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Well the fact Porto and Liverpool have won it in recent years that it's a very open competition and that the overall best team in Europe tends not to win it.
05 April 2006, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by STi wanna Subaru
Well the fact Porto and Liverpool have won it in recent years that it's a very open competition and that the overall best team in Europe tends not to win it.
05 April 2006, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jasey
Don't remember any Man Utd fans saying it was an easy competition when they got lucky
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05 April 2006, 08:01 PM
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We'll be entered as Premiership champions, Paul.
Just you wait.
Just you wait.
09 April 2006, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by STi wanna Subaru
It was harder back then... they didn't let the lowly 3rd and 4th place teams in then
09 April 2006, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by FlightMan
It was "harder" in the 70's and 80's when ONLY the champions were allowed to play and it was 2 leg knock-out. None of this "made for TV and money spinning " rubbish!
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