with both utd and city loosing tonight ,,we can expect the premier league is crap brigade to have a field day in the press tomorrow

But we can read it here first for free!

bu bu but its the best league in the world!

Edited September 15, 201510 yr by DidierDrogbalala

bad night for the brits Mancs in europe

I think we're the most competitive league, anyone can beat anyone on the day... it's far more entertaining than La Liga etc. You'd have thought that would make the English better in Europe mind.

They lost the battles, but they havent lost the war.

I think we're the most competitive league, anyone can beat anyone on the day... it's far more entertaining than La Liga etc. You'd have thought that would make the English better in Europe mind.

 

Tis indeed. Probably works the other way though, it's an annoying cliché but there are no easy games in the Premier League. Contrast that with La Liga where Real/Barca can win 80% of matches on auto-pilot, and concentrate resources on European matches. As we've seen this season, if you drop off 10-20% in the Premier League, pretty much every other team will beat you.

I don't think English sides can adapt to European football in recent seasons, i'm not confident about the Premier League keeping a European spot next season.

Someone change the thread title please?

Perhaps, British capital team Chelsea do what the others couldn't....

I would if I wasn't such a believer in karma and jinxing things...

Really?

 

Can I have that as my new thread title, Gem?

'Karma and jinxing things?'

 

Please!

Do you mean the one currently called The Life of Krc - Let the wind blow high, Let the wind blow low, Through the streets In my kilt, I'll go!?

Do you mean the one currently called The Life of Krc - Let the wind blow high, Let the wind blow low, Through the streets In my kilt, I'll go!?

 

 

Yes, Gem, that's the one he means!  Please change it for him.  He will keep nagging you till you do!  

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/sep/17/premier-league-clubs-champions-league-places-europa-coefficient

 

Could get interesting! 2005-2009 was a definite Premier League era...since 2012 however it is basically us keeping the coefficient up there. A Champions League, a Europa League, and a CL Semi-Final. In comparison, the best that Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, and Liverpool could manage in the CL were 2 United Quarter Final appearances. In the EL it's a similar story- a Quarter Final appearance for Spurs and Newcastle, both in the year we won it. To be honest, with a record like that Italy probably will deserve to have the extra 4th spot over England.

This is astounding!

 

Edited September 17, 201510 yr by Beerqueen

SO....Liverpool haven't even beaten a foreign toddlers' football team, then?

SO....Liverpool haven't even beaten a foreign toddlers' football team, then?

 

Not in the knock-out rounds, no.  That's because they are crap.

Crazy to think that since 2005, an English team has reached the CL Final 8 times.

2005- Liverpool

2006- Arsenal

2007- Liverpool

2008- Manchester United & Chelsea

2009- Manchester United

2011- Manchester United

2012- Chelsea

Feel free to add Maccabi to the Chelsea list and no one else to the everyone else list lol

Edit: and if not for Overboard 9, with another CFCvMUFC CL final in Rome

Edited September 18, 201510 yr by Barry Bridges

Do you think we have a Karma, Gem?

I hope so.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34324794

 

"English clubs may lose fourth Champions League spot" - quite a good explanation of how it works.

One thing - I genuinely have no recollection of Spurs reaching the quarter finals of the CL!  I must've known at the time, but it doesn't ring any bells at all.  Senility is here I guess!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34324794

 

"English clubs may lose fourth Champions League spot" - quite a good explanation of how it works.

One thing - I genuinely have no recollection of Spurs reaching the quarter finals of the CL!  I must've known at the time, but it doesn't ring any bells at all.  Senility is here I guess!

 

bale spanking inter milan may rekindle some memories..

bale spanking inter milan may rekindle some memories..

 

Hmmm, maybe......but I think I just have very little room in my brain to store football memories which aren't Chelsea.  I mean it was only a few years back but I really don't think I remember it at all!

Hmmm, maybe......but I think I just have very little room in my brain to store football memories which aren't Chelsea.  I mean it was only a few years back but I really don't think I remember it at all!

 

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