jdckelly Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Looking forward to Mourinho blaming this result on the red card. 4/7 penalty not given in the first was to blame 10/11 poor referee 3/1 FFP is an unfair advantage 7/1 UEFA conspiracy 25/1 Platini 100/1 Qatar funding ISIS 1/6 David Luiz assaulted Costa in the first half and shouldn't play again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 motta was great Class player. Just doesn't waste the ball at all. Having him and Veratti in midfield almost completely nullified the sending off. Motta has been one of the most underrated players in Europe for about 10 years imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 How much longer before the PL lose a CL place and only the top 3 qualify? Obviously it'll be done on coefficients over the last few years and so forth but realistically how many years 'til 4 becomes 3? Got to be on the cards soon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 How much longer before the PL lose a CL place and only the top 3 qualify? Obviously it'll be done on coefficients over the last few years and so forth but realistically how many years 'til 4 becomes 3? Got to be on the cards soon? only one anywhere near is Italy which has been worse in europe lately, its nowhere near being overtaken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 This is why I love twitter, #RentBoys trending Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Never, EPL brings in far too many eyes to the CL coverage, resulting in more revenue. I can imagine TV rights for CL games would go down if only 3 English teams were made to qualify. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 How much longer before the PL lose a CL place and only the top 3 qualify? Obviously it'll be done on coefficients over the last few years and so forth but realistically how many years 'til 4 becomes 3? Got to be on the cards soon? Nah, Italy are miles back although UEFA cup this year will help. http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2014.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 How much longer before the PL lose a CL place and only the top 3 qualify? Obviously it'll be done on coefficients over the last few years and so forth but realistically how many years 'til 4 becomes 3? Got to be on the cards soon? Got shitloads of comfort still. We're still 2nd in the country rankings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Scotland on there man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Two consecutive nights, one of the most talented teams in Europe with one of its most accomplished managers plays with no energy whatsoever in front its own supporters. Hard to understand. Credit to PSG, great fight. I don't think they will win Ligue 1, but outside of Barca and Bayern they are as good as any team left in this competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ponsaelius Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 How much longer before the PL lose a CL place and only the top 3 qualify? Obviously it'll be done on coefficients over the last few years and so forth but realistically how many years 'til 4 becomes 3? Got to be on the cards soon? Nah, Italy are miles back although UEFA cup this year will help. http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2014.html Lol @ Portugal when 10/11 falls off next season. Netherlands could be well out of the top 10 within a couple of years if they don't buck their ideas up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thing is, English sides used to do so well in the CL because they played a higher pace than teams of often superior technical quality. That's completely gone, now. The coaches in charge of the top 4 - except Pellegrini with his shit defence - all promote a slower more patient pragmatic approach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Oh so sporting Jose! Pathetic cunt Shreeves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VanBarduck Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I'm not worried about the PL, I am definitely more concerned about England national team's future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Cabaye's nickname should be 'the Chihuahua'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 It's hard to overtake in co-efficicients due to the lower amount of teams in Europe. Juve have been poor too. This will be the only year they make real progress on us. Chelsea have too many cloggers in midfield. Not enough players who want to just control the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 How much longer before the PL lose a CL place and only the top 3 qualify? Obviously it'll be done on coefficients over the last few years and so forth but realistically how many years 'til 4 becomes 3? Got to be on the cards soon? When have any of Italy, Portugal, France, or Russia sent three teams to the CL Knockout stage? The teams are not going deep, but they also generally don't embarrass themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Fiver says no cunt blames man to man marking for Chelsea's loss tonight despite it being at fault for both goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Some funny comments on http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/30498544 Stuart Mitchell: English football has fallen so far down the pecking order its criminal, If that's the best England has, we wont win CL for ages. Vinodh Natarajan: Over 2 ties PSG deserved their win, as far as Premier League being miles off, yes I would say that's true as well. Paul Collins: And the premier league isn't the best. It's just the richest and that's the problem. Get paid too much. As others have said, when the Premier league is mentioned by some as the best league in the world they usually mean entertainment wise (the bottom team beating the top, etc) rather than the quality of the teams in it. As for "English" football, most of the teams are mainly made up of foreign players and are usually managed by people not from England. The owners of PSG are just doing what the owners of Chelsea and Man City have done, I.e. trying to buy success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thing is, English sides used to do so well in the CL because they played a higher pace than teams of often superior technical quality. That's completely gone, now. The coaches in charge of the top 4 - except Pellegrini with his shit defence - all promote a slower more patient pragmatic approach. Liverpool and Chelsea both got far in Europe on the back of playing desparately pragmatic stuff. Arsenal got to the final in 2006 by winning 2 legged ties 1-0 on aggregate. Your argument only really works in favour of Man Utd imo, where Fergie really struck the balance well in his latter years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Urgh, English people who don't support CL teams saying 'we won't' . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Mourinho basically claiming they were out-cunted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thing is, English sides used to do so well in the CL because they played a higher pace than teams of often superior technical quality. That's completely gone, now. The coaches in charge of the top 4 - except Pellegrini with his shit defence - all promote a slower more patient pragmatic approach. Liverpool and Chelsea both got far in Europe on the back of playing desparately pragmatic stuff. Arsenal got to the final in 2006 by winning 2 legged ties 1-0 on aggregate. Your argument only really works in favour of Man Utd imo, where Fergie really struck the balance well in his latter years. Don't kid yourself, Liverpool turned it up when they needed to under Rafa. Same with Arsenal in 2006. Our teams don't have that Premier League 6th gear to shift up into now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Fiver says no cunt blames man to man marking for Chelsea's loss tonight despite it being at fault for both goals. Genuinely think Terry is marking Cahill for the second goal. Watching the ball, feels/sees 'his man' making a run in front of him and goes with it (even gives him a little push) whilst his actual man is 3 yards behind him looping in a superb header. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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