loki679

I sort of get it, to be honest. It is the very fact that UEFA took a perfectly decent competition like the UEFA Cup, and butchered it, producing this absolute joke of a format. Now, maybe I am different on this because I can remember watching my club play in, and win, the European Cup (*obligatory mention*) so am tainted by this, but when we played in the final format of the UEFA Cup and then the EL under O'Neill, it had just been reduced to such a parody that it became boring. It started too early - I remember sitting in blazing July sunshine, watching us play Odense, and seemed to drag on forever, pointless fecking group matches against the likes of Mentalist Kharkiv or FC Boobtube of Slovenia. It just went on and on and on, and excited nobody. UEFA created that format thinking they'd have a television oriented second tier competition to cream it in from, but what they got was something that so few people wanted to see on telly, Channel 5 won the rights. Channel 5 don't win the rights to anything other than Big Brother and Home and Away. The excitement of potential European glory should be there for the likes of Hull, you're definitely right there, but if you look at the way they treat the competition, I honestly think it is down to UEFA butchering it in the first place. Incidentally, do Celtic now drop into the Europa League, effectively getting a third chance at European glory? How can you take that seriously? tend to agree with most of that with one additional bit is the fact champions league losers get into it, why? They lose and get rewarded with a spot in the europa league? Am I supposed to take this thing seriously when UEFA are all but calling it the losers tournament? It has no merit of its own its just champions league lite for those not good enough to get into the real tournament. I really don't get this complaint. The tournament exists explicitly as one for teams not good enough for the Champions League. Doesn't mean it should be the consolation prize for teams that get knocked out of the CL though.

If Andy Carroll is worth £35m and Stewart Downing is worth £17m.....

Get in. Slim fighting the good fight.

Willo and Stevie Bantz in with a shout?

It doesn't even make any sense. If we're on top we want him to sit back in a defensive position, if we're under the cosh we want him to get forward? Boil it down it sounds very much like kick it long and run around.

Ian A, Ian H ..... I think you're alright so far.

The little ginger cunt has provided some entertainment after all.

Love to see Ketsbaia take over (not the one from here, no offence).

This, will let Sewelly do all the bitch-ass work. Surely we can get a better striker? James Bothroyd... Jimmy Greaves

Billy the fish

Why does he have a womans hands on a mans arms?

This lad is a million times better than Dummett. Dummett is an SPL player, and I thought he'd end up there full time until our idiotic board gave him a 6 year contract. Not this again, leave Dummett alone. http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/leave-britney-alone45912506089353374.jpeg

Bad news about him http://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowTopic-g147312-i110-k184427-o20-Toursist_killed_in_Ochi_6_14_details_please-Ocho_Rios_Saint_Ann_Parish_Jamaica.html Damned tourists

Did he get a toe transplant from a white guy?

Aye but Chucky's gone missing, Perez is for the development squad, Riviere is the replacement for Big Sho and De Jong is one of the 5 in our 4-5-1 so really we haven't signed anyone. Give you £25 for Messi.

Fuck my life.

Was too hard getting them over the line, now we're giving birth to them.

If you squint 'Welbeck' looks like 'Fullback'. Deal's back on!

Palace are going to score. We're going to need 2 or 3 goals. 0-0

We had one on the pitch and three on the bench. And we were playing Gillingham ffs

What's Ferreyra done to not get on against Gillingham in the league cup btw?

Taking bets on who fucked up here, Pardew or Ryder?

What's that all about? Why have the got a fine for that? They're gonna have to be careful here because the first question that springs to mind is 'why do you deem the Palestinian flag inappropriate?'. They might have to fine themselves £2 for racism.

We play 1 striker. With Welbeck we'd have 5 We play 2 central defenders. We have 4 including Stevie Bantz and Long Willy. Priorities.

Looks like you're gonna cut his thumb off.