Man City and Arsenal out of their depth in the last 16 against the European elite,Chelsea and Man Ure haven't a snowballs chance in hell of even coming close to the trophy.The so called best league in the world, a billionaires playground with the best salaries in the world is truly an embarrassment these days
Wouldn't rule out Chelsea, they finished sixth in the league two years ago and won the Champions league they also have Jose Mourinho who won it with Porto and Internazionale.
Cyclical.
Quote from: ONeill on February 20, 2014, 12:18:25 AM
Cyclical.
Celtic seem to be in an uber-Kondratiev cycle
Cody should have a word with FIFA about the red cards that ruined those 2 matches.
Beating 10 man Arsenal 2-0 would not be seen as manly around Dunamaggin.
The BBC live feed was a joke it was full of backs against the wall guff and look at the effort Arsenal are putting in you would think it was Luton town Bayern were playing and not a top of the table premiership team with one of the best managers in the world - embarrassing stuff
Quote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2014, 12:10:07 AM
Man City and Arsenal out of their depth in the last 16 against the European elite,Chelsea and Man Ure haven't a snowballs chance in hell of even coming close to the trophy.The so called best league in the world, a billionaires playground with the best salaries in the world is truly an embarrassment these days
Thank you for your continued interest in British soccer.
Put simply, its a case of there being 2 exceptional teams (Barcelona and Munich) who are miles ahead of the rest. The real gulf lies when you watch any team from these two islands play most other European nationals now at International level. The game is played in a different manner now yet Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales are miles behind and still try and play route 1 football.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2014, 12:10:07 AM
Man City and Arsenal out of their depth in the last 16 against the European elite,Chelsea and Man Ure haven't a snowballs chance in hell of even coming close to the trophy.The so called best league in the world, a billionaires playground with the best salaries in the world is truly an embarrassment these days
Any team that gets beat by Aberdeen at home need serious abuse Tony
As a matter of interest how many English players lit up our screens the last two nights?
Man City had Joe Hart and the introduction of a poor Joleen Lescott IIRC, Arsenal had Wilshere and a left back only as well, so from a possible starting 22 players only 4 are actually English.
Both Bayern and Barca had more players from their respective countries.
Chelsea are something similar, probably slightly better with the aging JT and Lamps, possibly Cole, but he's not getting too many starts either,
FFS Celtic probably have more English lads on their team at the minute.
And they wonder why England are shit when it comes to major tournaments.
I think that's why the BBC especially has a hard on for Liverpool. BT Sport as well. Johnson, Flanagan, Gerrard, Sterling, Henderson, Sturridge all on a first XI potentially.
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 20, 2014, 10:46:33 AM
I think that's why the BBC especially has a hard on for Liverpool. BT Sport as well. Johnson, Flanagan, Gerrard, Sterling, Henderson, Sturridge all on a first XI potentially.
Yes if all fit I think they would be.
Arsenal first XI over next few years has potentially Jenkinson, Gibbs, Ramsey, Wilshere, Ox and Walcott.
Quote from: Walter Cronc on February 20, 2014, 11:20:49 AM
Arsenal first XI over next few years has potentially Jenkinson, Gibbs, Ramsey, Wilshere, Ox and Walcott.
Aye Ox was playing last night, wasn't he?
Quote from: johnneycool on February 20, 2014, 10:42:10 AM
As a matter of interest how many English players lit up our screens the last two nights?
Man City had Joe Hart and the introduction of a poor Joleen Lescott IIRC, Arsenal had Wilshere and a left back only as well, so from a possible starting 22 players only 4 are actually English.
Both Bayern and Barca had more players from their respective countries.
Chelsea are something similar, probably slightly better with the aging JT and Lamps, possibly Cole, but he's not getting too many starts either,
FFS Celtic probably have more English lads on their team at the minute.
And they wonder why England are shit when it comes to major tournaments.
Indeed. I think England in general has a problem with short termism and not planning for the future.
The England team is quite sad, really.
30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48 years of hurt
Quote from: seafoid on February 20, 2014, 06:05:12 AM
Cody should have a word with FIFA about the red cards that ruined those 2 matches.
Beating 10 man Arsenal 2-0 would not be seen as manly around Dunamaggin.
;D Very good.
Real Sociedad made mincemeat out of Barca,Messi and all,in La Liga tonight,3-1, showing once again how useless Man City are
Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2014, 10:58:08 PM
Real Sociedad made mincemeat out of Barca,Messi and all,in La Liga tonight,3-1, showing once again how useless Man City are
I think Celtic would win La liga every year, as long as Aberdeen and Rangers don't play there
Good job Spurs know their level and stay away from premier European competitions then
It's CONEY ,also. Ya gombeen :(
Olympiakos 2 Mn Utd 0 I rest my case
05-12 saw a decent run for English clubs in the CL top be fair, hence the investment and big salaries over the last few years. Swings and roundabouts. Liverpool, Utd, Chelsea have all won it in the last ten years with 7 of the last 9 finals being contested by an English team (2 English teams 08). Only Spain have produced the same amount of winners in the same time, and that was Barca on all 3 occasions, probably the best footballing club team ever. The German teams are starting to come in to force now just like the English teams dominated it when Benetiz, Fergie and Mourinho were around in England mid 00s. 07-08 saw 3 of the four semi finalists as English teams. Every team, club, country has their time and at the moment it isn't the EPLs strongest representation in the Europe - wouldn't say an embarrassment though.
Spurs with Aaron Lennon as captain.
Benfica now leading 4-1 its becoming embarrassing for Tottenham.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 20, 2014, 06:55:28 PM
Benfica now leading 4-1 its becoming embarrassing for Tottenham.
4-3 now!
What's embarrassing is that Spurs take this competition serious year in year out getting to at least the last 32. It interferes with their league schedule and qualifying for the CL.
Yes two goals out of nothing for Tottenham, could be extra time yet :o
Tim Sherwood. Worst caretaker since Ian Huntley.