Frog
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Post by Frog on May 3, 2022 20:34:25 GMT
Too late for that Clem you big jinxing bastard.
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Post by clemfandango on May 3, 2022 20:35:57 GMT
Yeah this shite is going off.
Sorry guys...
Iβll get my Real Madrid shirt out
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Post by DakeyrasUK on May 3, 2022 20:37:50 GMT
This half has been so much better. Mad how much an early goal rattled us.
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Post by Trowel π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ on May 3, 2022 20:40:10 GMT
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Post by barchetta on May 3, 2022 20:40:22 GMT
Heh, was Rulli diving to try and let that one go through his legs too?
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Tomo
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Post by Tomo on May 3, 2022 20:50:03 GMT
Bizarre second half. Diaz was transformative, but it's like Villareal completely expended every lost drop of energy in the first half. They've been terrible in this half. Not remotely competitive. So odd.
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Post by Trowel π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ on May 3, 2022 20:52:54 GMT
They're now the first English team to play the maximum number of games in a single season.
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Post by JuniorFE on May 3, 2022 20:53:07 GMT
Well, if Real goes through Salah will be glad Ramos is no longer there at least...
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2022 20:55:34 GMT
Bizarre second half. Diaz was transformative, but it's like Villareal completely expended every lost drop of energy in the first half. They've been terrible in this half. Not remotely competitive. So odd. The most on-point demonstration of a game of two halves I've ever seen. |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2022 21:07:01 GMT
Hard to escape the idea that Liverpool were shite in the first half but Villareal were worse in the second. Not sure it says much else about either side.
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Post by barchetta on May 3, 2022 21:11:50 GMT
Just flicked through the 1st half highlights as I was stuck working late... christ, different teams. Kind of happy I didn't watch it. Not good for the blood pressure.
Fair play to Villareal, took their chances and dominated that first half. Can see how they rolled United over.
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Post by Zomoniac on May 4, 2022 10:05:35 GMT
Depressing thread.
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Post by Dougs on May 4, 2022 10:25:55 GMT
That is depressing.
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Post by jono62 on May 4, 2022 10:27:03 GMT
Super league in all but name.
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Post by JuniorFE on May 4, 2022 10:29:43 GMT
There's a tiny chance that, since it's technically not complete exclusion, we might have a "weak" team do well still, albeit much less often...
But that's likely just wishful thinking, it's basically "Tell me you want Super League without telling me you want Super League"
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Post by γΉγ³γγγ©γ³γ on May 4, 2022 11:23:13 GMT
Super league in all but name. Yep, was always going to end up that way. Closed shop with the same dozen teams playing themselves to death to a large global audience is the future. I do wonder if it wouldn't have been better for them to have their stupid fucking league and then the rest to try and have an actual European competition. |
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 4, 2022 12:09:31 GMT
Exactly why it was so funny watching fans try and parade around about "saving football". All they did was pass this predictable nonsense from one set of hands into another.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2022 12:10:37 GMT
Ugh, that's depressing. It's also incredibly short-sighted and will harm the "product" in the long term because who the fuck wants to watch, say, Liverpool vs City five or six times a year?
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Post by γΉγ³γγγ©γ³γ on May 4, 2022 12:11:49 GMT
Ugh, that's depressing. It's also incredibly short-sighted and will harm the "product" in the long term because who the fuck wants to watch, say, Liverpool vs City five or six times a year? Asian/American/Middle Eastern "new" consumers, that's who they care about. "Legacy" fans can GTF. |
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Post by Dougs on May 4, 2022 12:12:24 GMT
Other than the loss of prestige and income, I wasn't fussed about Arsenal dropping out of the CL. We weren't in a position to win it or progress very far, was bored seeing us humped by Barca or Bayern year in, year out.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2022 12:18:47 GMT
Ugh, that's depressing. It's also incredibly short-sighted and will harm the "product" in the long term because who the fuck wants to watch, say, Liverpool vs City five or six times a year? Asian/American/Middle Eastern "new" consumers, that's who they care about. "Legacy" fans can GTF. So that might be fun for a season or two but it'll get very boring very quickly. The reason the Champions League is exciting isn't just the latter stages, it's about playing teams you almost never ordinarily get to play. If the end goal is to create a cabal of 16 clubs, just crack on and get it done so the rest can have a genuinely exciting and genuinely competitive tournament. Over time I'm pretty certain the latter will prove to be more popular. |
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Post by γΉγ³γγγ©γ³γ on May 4, 2022 12:23:32 GMT
Asian/American/Middle Eastern "new" consumers, that's who they care about. "Legacy" fans can GTF. So that might be fun for a season or two but it'll get very boring very quickly. The reason the Champions League is exciting isn't just the latter stages, it's about playing teams you almost never ordinarily get to play. If the end goal is to create a cabal of 16 clubs, just crack on and get it done so the rest can have a genuinely exciting and genuinely competitive tournament. Over time I'm pretty certain the latter will prove to be more popular. I couldn't agree more. |
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Post by Dougs on May 4, 2022 12:24:14 GMT
It also misses the fundamental point about supporting a club. I don't know any Real Madrid or Barcelona fans. Maybe that's changing, but not knowing fans of other clubs you play would be so dull.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2022 13:13:29 GMT
It also misses the fundamental point about supporting a club. I don't know any Real Madrid or Barcelona fans. Maybe that's changing, but not knowing fans of other clubs you play would be so dull. True, but I also enjoy lording it over fans of e.g. United that Liverpool are in another Champions League Final. That only works if it's genuinely competitive, though - if it's a closed shop (and maybe this is more relevant to Evertonians), I'm fairly sure they simply wouldn't give a shit. |
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Post by γΉγ³γγγ©γ³γ on May 4, 2022 19:01:43 GMT
RM donβt take the knee ?
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Post by baihu1983 on May 4, 2022 19:08:58 GMT
Ref losing the game already
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Post by γΉγ³γγγ©γ³γ on May 4, 2022 19:09:40 GMT
WTF is that prick LaPorte doing?
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Post by γΉγ³γγγ©γ³γ on May 4, 2022 19:10:40 GMT
Ref losing the game already How could the ref stop some knob diving on the ground and clutching his throat after the most minor of handbags? |
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Post by dogbot on May 4, 2022 19:11:39 GMT
Neither side is going to have 11 players on the pitch tonight, the way this is going.
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Tomo
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Post by Tomo on May 4, 2022 19:39:54 GMT
What's with City have two people taking each corner...
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