Champions League Thread 2011

[Søren]

Lets not forget Spurs here. A club who finished 4th in the English Premier League and earned the right of Champions League football next season, who have been robbed of this by the team who finished 6th in the league.

A club who wins the Champions League surely deserves it more than a club that blows a 13 point lead to finish 4th. How many top European teams do Chelsea have to defeat before they get some credit?

[Halbard]

It seems that Di Matteo will not be going to the unemployment centre in London, at least for a couple more months.

[King Nud]

Was it bad of me to wish John Terry fell off that ledge?

[Mr. Pink]

A club who wins the Champions League surely deserves it more than a club that blows a 13 point lead to finish 4th. How many top European teams do Chelsea have to defeat before they get some credit?

Teams gain entry to the Champions League based on league performance.

If your not even good enough to finish in the top 4 of your league competition after 38 games, then of course you don't deserve to be in it the next season, as opposed to a team who did meet the standard requirements and were good enough over 38 games.

[Everything's Dandy]

How many top European teams do Chelsea have to defeat before they get some credit?

Stoke don't get much credit, neither do Greece's '04 team. Chelsea deserve credit but watching a team ride through due to luck (which they have in all but the Napoli fixture at Stamford Bridge) isn't going to win over many fans. Not to mention they've been outplayed in the majority of games.

Eitherway, it's good for Liverpool. We get through to the group stages of the EL, Spurs lose the pull of CL football and possibly now lose Modric/Bale whereas Chelsea would've strengthened anyway and Bayern stay on 4 European Cups.

S'all good.

[LuckyLewis]

Did anyone else notice that Bosingwa appeared to block John Terry out of all the pictures and take centre stage during the trophy presentation?

[King Nud]

I just bought some milk, put the kettle on, made my cup of tea, stirred it nicely and BLOODY JOHN TERRY'S LIFTED MY CUP.

Also, Terry was in his strip cos he needs to keep his suit clean for his court case. HERR DERR.

[Everything's Dandy]

Did anyone else notice that Bosingwa appeared to block John Terry out of all the pictures and take centre stage during the trophy presentation?

Just making the world a nicer place for the kids, and those living in fear of a life of non-acheivement due to monobrow related prejudice.

[Treva ★]

Teams gain entry to the Champions League based on league performance.

If your not even good enough to finish in the top 4 of your league competition after 38 games, then of course you don't deserve to be in it the next season, as opposed to a team who did meet the standard requirements and were good enough over 38 games.

That's why the winners should be allowed to defend their title but not at the expense of other teams, there should be a separate berth for the defending champions like there is in CONMEBOL competitions.

Chelsea deserve credit but watching a team ride through due to luck (which they have in all but the Napoli fixture at Stamford Bridge) isn't going to win over many fans. Not to mention they've been outplayed in the majority of games.

Outplayed home and away by Barcelona, completely massacred at Napoli and getting away with one goal out of… how many attempts? Three? Today they had a couple corners while, with Bayern, I lost count after the 20th. Aaahhh…

[Pinarius]

so ein dummes Drecksspiel.

[SonofaBooyah]

Was it bad of me to wish John Terry fell off that ledge?

Nope. Your a nicer man than he is. If he was nice, he would of thrown himself of the ledge with the trophy in his hands.

[Mr. Pink]

That's why the winners should be allowed to defend their title but not at the expense of other teams, there should be a separate berth for the defending champions like there is in CONMEBOL competitions.

Fair point.

[General Nuisance esq]

Congrats to Chelsea
Spurs didn't get into the champions league due to UEFA, you could also argue that Motherwell shouldn't be in next seasons champions league either
Bayern have now redefined the word choker

[Ishoss]

I think the team with the lowest UEFA coefficient who did not win their league should be tossed out of the CL. I am fairly sure Norway got 2 spots for the qualifying rounds, and to be honest there is no way the team that finished 2nd is deserving to be in the Champions League ahead of Spurs.

Not that I mind this year, because not having Spurs in CL is awesome.

[nemgod]

Congrats to Chelsea
Spurs didn't get into the champions league due to UEFA, you could also argue that Motherwell shouldn't be in next seasons champions league either
Bayern have now redefined the word choker

Bayern have always been chokers ever since dominating the 99 final and still blowing it.

[Thorn777]

German football as a whole is full of good performances ending up in second places and semi-finals the last 10 years.

That is what ticks me of the most about last night, almost not looking forward to the EC anymore.

[grinder]

Yeah it starts to get frustrating. They play the best football Germany has every played, yet always fail at the end. Pretty much the opposite of the stereotypical Germany wins no matter what stuff of the past.
But I do not see it as a "trend" or something. Each game is a chance in it's own right, sometimes you lose, it happens. Better luck next time.

[King Nud]

It was nice to see a Champions League final contested between two evenly matched teams. The two Barcelona - United finals were very poor spectacles as Barcelona were by far the better side on both nights, dominating the game really.

Last night, both teams had spells of controlling the game and it was a much better game for the neutrals.

[eXistenZ]

Well we can safely say that last season is the worst thing that could happen to football. and im not saying that because of the way chelsea played itself into the final (and in the final itself). its their right to play like that, and it has proven effective (especially against barca). Milan already knew that, and ad a good chanche of progressing, up until the fifteen minutes kuipers thought he was santa claus.

Im saying it because the money has finally paid off. there is offcours man city, who blew 400M on players last 3 seasons, but lets not forget that chelsea is still being run by a dodgy russian. And this season it has spread to other parts of europe. both barca and real are bankrupt, just like the two spanish teams who played the EL final. in france PSG still has a small chanche at the title, and even in the netherlands, there is now a small club going for european football, sponsored by a georgian billionaire.

[neoptolemos]

A tough and lucky Chelsea beat the incompetent to win Bayern.
I mean Bayern not only threw away the advantage of playing in but the advantages during the match...