Ajax in the 90s

That Liverpool game was the best game ever. Ever. Ever. So they tell us anyway.

Course if Newcastle had have scored that 4th goal it wouldn't.

Why the £#%&! are those rancid scumbags the media darlings? I even read of shitbags like Johnny Giles and others saying it would be good for football if they won the league. Get the £#%&!.

Originally Posted by koppas

That Liverpool game was the best game ever. Ever. Ever. So they tell us anyway.

tbh it was a £#%&!ing brilliant game

Originally Posted by puressence

tbh it was a £#%&!ing brilliant game

West Ham v Bradford was better.

Originally Posted by MrBishi

West Ham v Bradford was better.

loved di canio taking the ball from fat frank for the penalty

Spurs vs Villa last year was better. That was a belter.

arse v spurs this year was a cracker

Originally Posted by koppas

Oh and watcher, they played Bayern in the semi final. They drew 0 0 in the first leg at home.

My memory is shit. It was the following year. They lost 1-0 to Panathinaikos at home, but won the away leg 3-0.

Spurs Chelsea and Chelsea Villa last season too.

The 4-4's!

The year they lost on penalties to Juventus?

Originally Posted by koppas

The year they lost on penalties to Juventus?

Yea.

Originally Posted by puressence

arse v spurs this year was a cracker

The game was shit.The ending was good.

Originally Posted by puressence

tbh it was a £#%&!ing brilliant game

Weren't there two 4-3's in consecutive years?

Yeah. They said lightening never strikes twice but it did. According to the media. I dont know why the games where held in such esteem. If you ask me, it was a game filled with shit defending. Give me a tactical, well earned 1-0 any day of the weak.

Originally Posted by dodger

Weren't there two 4-3's in consecutive years?

yeah mate tbh the first one was a belter and helped utd in the pursuit of the league

There were quite a few decent sides in the 90s.

Milan at the start, then Ajax and then Juventus.

I don't think this decade has come near to producing a team like them.

Milan reached 3 finals on the bounce, Ajax 2 (before the team started to be sold off)

Juventus reached 3 consecutive finals.

I suppose you could make the argument that more teams are now in the competition, but I think those sides would still do very well in today's format.

The Barca side that Rijkaard assembled could (briefly) have matched any of them. Some utterly stunning performances - I'll never forget that 5-0 against Panathinaikos - shame they went and fell apart.

Originally Posted by Coracao

There were quite a few decent sides in the 90s.

Milan at the start, then Ajax and then Juventus.

I don't think this decade has come near to producing a team like them.

Milan reached 3 finals on the bounce, Ajax 2 (before the team started to be sold off)

Juventus reached 3 consecutive finals.

I suppose you could make the argument that more teams are now in the competition, but I think those sides would still do very well in today's format.

Don't forget Red Star Belgrade! Fabulous team in the early 90s.

There are very few outstanding players or teams in football today. The variation in styles of football across different countries has also lessoned substantially, which is a great shame.

Originally Posted by MrBishi

The Barca side that Rijkaard assembled could (briefly) have matched any of them. Some utterly stunning performances - I'll never forget that 5-0 against Panathinaikos - shame they went and fell apart.

Ah, the mighty Panathaniakos

Originally Posted by MrBishi

The Barca side that Rijkaard assembled could (briefly) have matched any of them. Some utterly stunning performances - I'll never forget that 5-0 against Panathinaikos - shame they went and fell apart.

I saw them demolish Real Betis 5-1 at the Camp Nou, three days before they travelled to Stamford Bridge and beat Chelsea 2-1. Phenomenal team. Some of the interplay between Eto'o, Ronaldinho and Messi was unreal.

Amazing to think just 12 months later, the same team would be held at home 1-1 by the same opposition, helping gift the title to a poor Real Madrid.