The 2018/19 RAWK nuggets thread - 29 years and counting

Originally Posted by Pop

Every £#%&!ing big game they do one of those 70,000 word intro's. And they're always the same. Banging on about their history, bit of self pity and then the glorious future ahead of them. Only thing missing is to see out the thread with some poetry.

Sad @#%&!s

give it another 20 years and that'll be us mate.

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

It may be harder to win now when qualified, than it was back n the 70s/80s, but it’s still easier than all previous formats of the champions league. It’s not only even easier to qualify for the competition compared to 20 years ago, but it’s also easier to get through to the knockout stages. This format of the past 15 years or so allows weaker or more inconsistent teams to get lucky. That was highly unlikely to happen under previous formats of the champions league, so the winners had a more genuine claim to being the best team in Europe, and it felt like it.



How can teams who’ve not won their domestic title for 29 and 40+ years be officially the best team in Europe? That’s why it’s lost prestige. It’s like saying Wigan were the best team in England when they won the fa cup.

Doubt you said this when our route to the final in 2011 was: Rangers, Valencia, Bursaspor > Marseille > Chelsea > Schalke

Originally Posted by Buck

Doubt you said this when our route to the final in 2011 was: Rangers, Valencia, Bursaspor > Marseille > Chelsea > Schalke

That route to the final just illustrates my point. I’ve been saying it since the format changed around 2003 or so. The two group stages prior to the current format was shit too.

Group winners plus some best runners up will always be the best thing for the competition from a sporting point of view. But the risks of competition isn’t wanted in the early stages.

Originally Posted by Buck

Doubt you said this when our route to the final in 2011 was: Rangers, Valencia, Bursaspor > Marseille > Chelsea > Schalke

Thank God we lost that final
Just wouldn't have felt earned

Originally Posted by Sparky***

give it another 20 years and that'll be us mate.

That long?

yep, we had a good old chuckle. but like that 34 years flag we had at the stretford end, time to take it down and chuck it in the bin

£#%&! em. They'll still give us plenty to laugh about next season, because they're complete mentalists.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

£#%&! em. They'll still give us plenty to laugh about next season, because they're complete mentalists.

This.

I come here for the poetry.

Also there is a good chance their form will dip a bit next campaign, despite what the doomsters are currently saying.

(if only because teams will surely work out how to play against them a bit better)

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Also there is a good chance their form will dip a bit next campaign, despite what the doomsters are currently saying.

(if only because teams will surely work out how to play against them a bit better)

Be in that world club thingy over Christmas too so hopefully that £#%&!s them up.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Also there is a good chance their form will dip a bit next campaign, despite what the doomsters are currently saying.

(if only because teams will surely work out how to play against them a bit better)

you mean not lie down against them Every £#%&!ing Week

Originally Posted by Pop

I see Ian Rush's home was burgled whilst he was at the CL final last Saturday.

Hope they wiped shit all over the walls and floor

Originally Posted by Pop

I see Ian Rush's home was burgled whilst he was at the CL final last Saturday.

He was probably the one doing the burgling

Tickles me that at the fag end of his career he went to Wrexham for a season - and didn't score a single goal for them. That's almost Torres-esque.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Tickles me that at the fag end of his career he went to Wrexham for a season - and didn't score a single goal for them. That's almost Torres-esque.

Tickles me that he got his house robbed. Scouse bastard.

Originally Posted by sa7

Hope they wiped shit all over the walls and floor

And under that huge £#%&!ing nose.

https://mobile.twitter.com/sportbible/status/1139759439446192128

Oh, what wacky scamps they are.

Originally Posted by Clownbones

Oh, what wacky scamps they are.

Wacky and zany, just like their HILARIOUS manager.

If it’s any consolation, next time they play Roma there’s a decent chance they’ll have both sets of ultras baying for their blood.

Bicycle chain whipping all over the shop