20 Years of the Champions League

anyone else watch this tonight?

Thought this was gonna be: "and only two trophies to show for it" gloom

a lot of fawning over mourinho.

how awesome were we 5 yrs ago

no i had better things to do

like follow Rita from Corrie round sainsburys

Originally Posted by waynes ear's

no i had better things to do

like follow Rita from Corrie round sainsburys

i can understand that. did you talk to her or shit out?

No -we've not won it enough.

Dortmund, Leverkusen, Porto #gutted

Originally Posted by Camel

i can understand that. did you talk to her or shit out?

shit out

I'd rather not spend an evening watching 20 years of the competition thats done nothing but kick us in the balls for 18 of the 20 years we've been in it.

Tbh I post the tv viewings on site and this show has a thread already

18 £#%&!ing painful years

Originally Posted by dunk

18 £#%&!ing painful years

and two bloody marvellous ones

It's not like everyone else will be tuning in and going "£#%&!ing ace, twenty years of brilliance!"

Best period was the 90s and some of the early 2000s. Competition has become much worse in recent years.

Those Chelsea v Liverpool games were a £#%&!ing awful mess. Everything that Europe's top club competition shouldn't be about.

Give me Dynamo Kiev v Real Madrid (1999) or Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda v Fußball Club Bayern München (1991) over that any day.

Originally Posted by Neo

Best period was the 90s and some of the early 2000s. Competition has become much worse in recent years.

Those Chelsea v Liverpool games were a £#%&!ing awful mess. Everything that Europe's top club competition shouldn't be about.

Give me Dynamo Kiev v Real Madrid (1999) or Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda v Fußball Club Bayern München (1991) over that any day.

as if you remember that game

how old are you ffs.

Originally Posted by silv

as if you remember that game

how old are you ffs.

I remember it well, pol.

Decent atmosphere. Had my red flare in hand, pol.

pretty sure I started the "we love you Refik Šabanadžović, we do" chant as well.

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

No -we've not won it enough.

Dortmund, Leverkusen, Porto #gutted

Not as fussed about Dortmund as I am about Porto and Leverkusen iiph

i still remember that scum side, it had some class players, like kewell, viduka and a young rio. then it all went to shit. oh well

i wonder why wasn't there much said about the massives on the programme?

Originally Posted by neo

best period was the 90s and some of the early 2000s. Competition has become much worse in recent years.

Those chelsea v liverpool games were a £#%&!ing awful mess. Everything that europe's top club competition shouldn't be about.

give me dynamo kiev v real madrid (1999) or fudbalski klub crvena zvezda v fußball club bayern münchen (1991) over that any day.

ffs

Originally Posted by Neo

Best period was the 90s and some of the early 2000s. Competition has become much worse in recent years.

Those Chelsea v Liverpool games were a £#%&!ing awful mess. Everything that Europe's top club competition shouldn't be about.

Give me Dynamo Kiev v Real Madrid (1999) or Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda v Fußball Club Bayern München (1991) over that any day.

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

Not as fussed about Dortmund as I am about Porto and Leverkusen iiph

We £#%&!ing choked against Leverkusen, simple as. Unforgivable :shakehead:

Originally Posted by andyroo

and two bloody marvellous ones

It's not like everyone else will be tuning in and going "£#%&!ing ace, twenty years of brilliance!"

Exactly. Everyone's got their hard luck stories. Madrid not been in the final for 11 years. Juve didn't make enough of their team in the mid-late '90s. Even Barca feel they should have retained the trophy when hailed as the greatest side ever. Look at Bayern ffs - losing like they did in '99 and taking a penalty shootout defeat to that Chelsea side in their own stadium. Nobody is ever fully satisfied.

I do think Fergie might feel he underachieved a little in Europe, but everyone has their regrets in the competition.