16 points behind Real in La Liga too. Its the biggest unravelling of a successful team or club in any sport I think. They'll make a movie about it one day.
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Hopefully they fluff the Europa League campaign and miss out on the Champion's League spots.
Once upon a time I had quite a bit of time for them, but gradually the diving, dropping of the UNICEF on the shirt sponsor, the "more than a club" crap, the tapping up and the enormous transfer fees that went against their previous ethos.....they just became less and less likeable - probably not helped by them taking Mascherano and Suarez off us to be fair.
Anyway. Not a fan and hope they slide a bit. The money they have spent (Neymar, Coutinho, Dembele and more) just makes their circumstances all the more chuckle-worthy. There's more to the game than enormous transfer fees.
16 points behind Real in La Liga too. Its the biggest unravelling of a successful team or club in any sport I think. They'll make a movie about it one day.
We've got to be one of the big favourites, only City and Bayern are equal to us but as we all know , In Champions league anything can happen.
One of the "greatest" clubs in the entire history european football. take 1 point from 6 against Young Boys
Cleaning up the Scots since the 13th century
Oh I think 90% of fans would agree with you there, but (much like Man United in a way) they're too big/money-laden to ever go away for a long time, even if they had a wobbly few years.
You'd think that it's us/City/Chelsea from England and perhaps Bayern/PSG/Real from the other nations in terms of winning the competition, right? I know "anyone" can win it once you reach the quarters but it would be a big shock to me if a side not in that list manage it.
Who would anyone want in the last 16? A huge clash right away to get it over and done with or an "easier" tie to pace ourselves?
Wouldn't mind Benfica. Good atmosphere at their stadium and I always resented their cutting short our defence of Big Ears by comfortably getting past us in 05/06. Sporting Lisbon would be nice in the way that AC Milan are - tick a box from the history perspective but likely to win the tie provided we bring our best.
They've quite a "forgiving" run of fixtures right through to March and then are going to be hit with playing the better sides in the League whilst trying to juggle Europe. If they are serious about finishing in the Top Four (which they should be given how small the gap to West Ham is) then they need to make the most of the next few months and rack the points up, otherwise I think they'll be in for a shock in 2022.
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