DizzyBala
Jack Armstrong
One of them we signed.. unfortunately
The European Football thread!
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PynchonForest
John Robertson
The English league is still the best league. I have long stated that reaching the final eight of the CL is a big accomplishment in itself any season. The fact that no English team made the final four this season is in sharp contrast to previous years. One year doesn't suddenly tilt the landscape. Porto weren't really the best team in Europe the year they won the CL, right? I mean, they beat f***ing Monaco in the final. Enigmas don't redefine a swath of time.
BryanRoy22
Ian Bowyer
It also doesn't give anyone the right to be arrogant about the English league by labelling it better than any of the other European leagues, in blind ignorance.
PynchonForest
John Robertson
No, but in terms of regular tendencies it is the strongest league, for certain.
Btw, the rule about cautions rescinded during PKs makes perfect sense for precisely the reason that happened today.
Maybe not, but they certainly had the best manager.
Bayer Leverkusen‘s draw against Wet Sham is their 44th match unbeaten in all competitions this season, and that is a new European record.
I’ve run out of superlatives for what Xabi Alonso is doing there, it’s a brilliant job.
I’ve run out of superlatives for what Xabi Alonso is doing there, it’s a brilliant job.
Thinking about it, there is also maybe a scenario where the Bundesliga sends six teams to next-season‘s „Champions“ League; if German teams secure the remaining three points to take the coefficient to a level unreachable by virtue of England‘s only remaining representative (Aston Villa), which - given Dortmund, Bayern and Leverkusen are still there in the major European competitions, is not unreasonable - if Dortmund were to actually win the European Cup for a second time, they would qualify for next seasons‘ competition as the holders outright.
Then, if Dortmund - who are currently fifth in the Bundesliga - actually finished in fifth-place, again, not an unreasonable assumption, then the team in sixth (currently Eintracht Frankfurt, fourteen points behind Die Schwarzgelb, and highly unlikely to catch them) would get the „fifth“ place for a German side, based on the UEFA coefficient.
I think I have that right…
Then, if Dortmund - who are currently fifth in the Bundesliga - actually finished in fifth-place, again, not an unreasonable assumption, then the team in sixth (currently Eintracht Frankfurt, fourteen points behind Die Schwarzgelb, and highly unlikely to catch them) would get the „fifth“ place for a German side, based on the UEFA coefficient.
I think I have that right…
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But… this is normal, that you see in every German ground, every week?
Things you love to see:
Eintracht 2, Augsburg 1, 94th minute of 96; Augsburg get a corner, so - of course - send up the keeper.
They fail to beat the first man, Eintracht win the ball, which ends up with Omar Marmousch, who carries it forward sixty meters and wallops it into the empty net!
3-1, full time!
Football, eh? Bloody hell!
Eintracht 2, Augsburg 1, 94th minute of 96; Augsburg get a corner, so - of course - send up the keeper.
They fail to beat the first man, Eintracht win the ball, which ends up with Omar Marmousch, who carries it forward sixty meters and wallops it into the empty net!
3-1, full time!
Football, eh? Bloody hell!