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Definitely one of the worst I can remember.

Has anybody had delivery of these new alternative shirts yet?

If he's to fund a new centre half they could be right.

11. A good game of seven a side would be nice

How many we got so far?

As in the team that was second best to Chelsea in the final?

Remember these so called elite teams are mainly elite due to the very thing you are saying is irrelevant.

Maybe without it the leagues would level out and become more competitive perhaps so in turn making it better? But even if that happened which is very doubtful, the quality would be nowhere near as good as the champions league knockout stages are Competitive football >>>>>>> Jizzing like a pig over the same 8 corporate shells each year. If there was competitive football of a decent standard I'd agree but there isn't. Watching Barcelona vs Bayern every season >>>>> watching West Ham vs Stoke But you are comparing the two with the current status quo. What I'm saying is things would change without the ECL. Why would they? With only one less lucrative European Cup space being up for grabs it would lead to the better players being more equally distributed throughout the league along with the help of scrapping the loan system which is another big problem with football.

Maybe without it the leagues would level out and become more competitive perhaps so in turn making it better? But even if that happened which is very doubtful, the quality would be nowhere near as good as the champions league knockout stages are Competitive football >>>>>>> Jizzing like a pig over the same 8 corporate shells each year. If there was competitive football of a decent standard I'd agree but there isn't. Watching Barcelona vs Bayern every season >>>>> watching West Ham vs Stoke But you are comparing the two with the current status quo. What I'm saying is things would change without the ECL.

Maybe without it the leagues would level out and become more competitive perhaps so in turn making it better?

I don't think it has lost any importance, but the format has killed the goose that laid the golden egg IMO. Time was a fixture like, to pick an example out of things air, Barcelona vs. Bayern would have a proper sense of occasion to it. Now these kind of games happen most seasons. Let alone that getting rid of straight knockout minimises the chance of owt exciting like Marseille/Ajax/Villa etc. winning the thing. Euro 2016 is going the same way as by the sounds of it is 2020.

Had an interesting conversation with my 3 (ex) matching going friends. None of them had any interest in the ECL and didn't even bother watching it until the final. I'd consider myself quite football obsessed but even I skip it until the KO stages. Really think its importance is massively hyped.

Which pubs in Newcastle will be showing the game today?

*snigger* Wasn't he already first choice before Woodman and Pardew arrived? Yep Harper was wasn't he? Krul became a regular the season we beat Sunderland 5-1 which was under Houghton.

*snigger* Wasn't he already first choice before Woodman and Pardew arrived? Yep

They seem pretty reasonable to do business with compared to some of the others we've dealt with. Maybe we haven't messed them about like we have done with other clubs and made acceptable offers. This. And the fact I still think we offset some of the Mitrovic fee on to Mbemba so Belgrade's 20% isn't as significant.

I predict we will spend £40m Net in this window. So we are nearing the point of one out for one in if we are after any serious quality. All the links have went very quiet.

Just re-watched. Couldn't agree more.

Great news.

Not if they sign Austin?

Just caught up with the whole thread. Reads like I made the right decision to go and see the Augustines instead

How about Dwight Gayle from Palace? Lost his place end of last season and now they have Bamford and Whickham it's looking like... And possibly Shola

He was a bit rusty but was getting on the end of (or very close to getting on the end of) the majority of balls into the box. Should have scored at least once, particularly with a chance from about 8 yards out in the second half. Had a couple of good moments where he managed to make something out of fairly aimless punts upfield as well, getting the ball down with his chest or knocking it down for someone. He seemed well up for it too, looks like a fighter. Thanks