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it's a great competition. people need to give their heads a wobble and embrace the thing. we've played some great football and some famous teams, and now we've got ajax in the final.
feyenoord and fernerbahce were dispatched every bit as impressively as we;ve ever dispatched them before in the group phase at old trafford. it's true that our home woes have inhibited us in the knock-out rounds, but away from home we've been much much better for much of the season and that includes against vigo and anderlecht. can you imagine what some of the clowns who post on here would have made of the 91 ecwc run yet that still remains one of the greatest ever memories of following united for me. montpellier away, polish army away and barcelona in rotterdam |
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Drop outs from the CL, damages the integrity of the competition. The old Uefa was a very strong competition. Extending the CL to 4 places has diluted the Europa terribly, full of mediocre teams and again, teams who have failed in the CL. Disappointed that we have made the league a secondary priority to the Europa. Easy to understand why and if we win it will be justified, but can not be happy finishing 6th. Prior to this year I would have said that the FA Cup was still a more prestigious trophy to win. Allocating a CL spot to the Europa makes a difference though. |
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the uefa cup used to be a strong competition but was still derided. it was only right towards the end of its life that it began to be recognised as probably the hardest competition to win, and that's why something had to be done to realign the european cup and make it clearly number one again. |
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Agree about failure in the league, I do not seeing 4th as a significant accomplishment either, not for Utd with the money spent and the wage bill we have. The Europa as a bonus after the end of a solid league campaign though, think we would all be highly enthused, enjoy the novelty of it, those who have traveled have had the chance to visit places off the usual trails. |
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expanding the champions league has virtually killed it's appeal along with the fact that the money isn't as good. Personally I think it'll be gone soon and they'll just expand the Champions league again to allow 5th placed finishers and domestic cup winners in it. |
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If Bailly, Rojo and Zlatan were available it'd be a walkover... as it is the injuries and suspensions have evened things up... |
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Is the CL in great shape at the moment? Lack of parity across Europe, the likes of Bayern, Real/Barca, Juve dominating their leagues with little competition. Expand the CL and it will be more cannon fodder for those elite sides. Expecting Monaco to have a number of their best picked off this summer as well. |
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back in the day it didn't matter what the competition was really. there were just these weird teams rocking up at OT to play united . young whipper snappers probably don't get why an old bastard like me is so excited by the uefa cup run this season but basically it';s cus we're about to play £#%&!ing ajax in the final and have already had feyenoord, st etienne and anderlecht. what could be better than this? i mean apart from maybe playing dynamo dresden or leipzig Quote:
suppose it's all about finding the balance, keeping the back door shut and trying to give the forwards a platform to play. have to wonder where the season could have gone if the forwards had actually clicked in winter like i kept expecting ... 6 wins on the bounce had put us right in contention in the league going into january. |
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That was the pioneering ideal behind European competition, not to end up with the same names dominating and the rest being reduced to developing talent. |
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Think it's more the incentive of CL football rather than winning it. Obviously football is about winning trophies, the occasions etc etc but, if it didn't come with CL football, I doubt many here would care |
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