Tonight’s CL 04-10-2022

Liverpool OFF.



Inter v Barca

Don’t put Ajax on Bunks.

Originally Posted by dunk

Don’t put Ajax on Bunks.

I've seen had them in my acca aswell, will watch it tmrw...

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

I've seen had them in my acca aswell, will watch it tmrw...

1-5 Kvaratdona.

He’s £#%&!ing brilliant.

£#%&!ing ridiculous, but literally hand ball I suppose.

where is frenke too long in the sun tonight?

Originally Posted by armchair

where is frenke too long in the sun tonight?

Injured.

Tadic sent off. Ajax horror show.

Ouch, just turned it on… 6!? Happens to the best of us tbf

Bit surprising that wasn’t a pen for Barca?

what an utterly boring round of fixtures

Originally Posted by Sparky***

what an utterly boring round of fixtures

Champions League is sterile shite these days pal.

Originally Posted by dunk

Champions League is sterile shite these days pal.

the group stages are.

The days of 'groups of death' are long gone given how ridiculously over-protected the big teams are.

There's no jeopardy any more, it's just a boring trudge to the next round.

Napoli at least appear to be playing some great stuff and have some exciting players as well as buccaneering style. First time Ajax have lost by 5 goals since 1964 apparently

Champions league is always entertaining

25 goals across a handful of fixtures....

It’s lost a lot of its prestige for me.

In the 90s group games had cup final atmospheres. Now they’re about doing a professional job and injury avoidance first. It’s become a bit of a weird comp with time.

Too much teams and too much tv has sterilised it. (yeah yeah it was better in Stickmans youth etc etc)

Originally Posted by Stickman

It’s lost a lot of its prestige for me.

In the 90s group games had cup final atmospheres. Now they’re about doing a professional job and injury avoidance first. It’s become a bit of a weird comp with time.

Too much teams and too much tv has sterilised it. (yeah yeah it was better in Stickmans youth etc etc)

Same as, European cup nights were massive, now its like the league cup until it gets to the semis.

Remember when it was two group stages.

Dark days...

Originally Posted by windy waffles

Remember when it was two group stages.

Dark days...

Just about to post that

What a £#%&!ing awful idea that was.

Originally Posted by AK14

Just about to post that

What a £#%&!ing awful idea that was.

Where there two group stages when we played Bayern (I think), we were drawing so both we were through so both teams, pretty much, just passed it around aimlessly for the last ten minutes or so.

May have dreamt that.

Just read it ran for four years. Can barely remember it.

I still enjoy the CL, even at group stages. Some of the games are boring, normally the big name games, but that’s often the case regardless of whether it’s in the groups or the knockouts. Benfica are worth watching atm because they might knock out Juve; stakes are high, and it’d be a shock if they did it, and that makes for an exciting group.

Also I like having games to watch midweek.

It’s the Europa that kills me

Originally Posted by windy waffles

Where there two group stages when we played Bayern (I think), we were drawing so both we were through so both teams, pretty much, just passed it around aimlessly for the last ten minutes or so.

May have dreamt that.

Just read it ran for four years. Can barely remember it.

we did once get Bayern in our second group stage I think circa 2001-2002.

Your memory is of 98-99 in the last group game at home though.

Fiorentina H and Basel A my favourite group games memories from the double group stage.

oh and Juve away 3-0!

Originally Posted by NedKelly

I still enjoy the CL, even at group stages. Some of the games are boring, normally the big name games, but that’s often the case regardless of whether it’s in the groups or the knockouts. Benfica are worth watching atm because they might knock out Juve; stakes are high, and it’d be a shock if they did it, and that makes for an exciting group.

Also I like having games to watch midweek.

It’s the Europa that kills me

It's seems to have got worse the more shit united have become.

Weird.