The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

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2 minutes ago, bluephoenix said:

WTF Mourinho suddenly fielding a young spurs team out there WTF! and they are level nooooo

Bayern are starting their 2 worst possible CB's

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Most of their team is first 11....Kane aint there and maybe 2 more huh?

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and 

fuck

Coman just DESTROYED his knee

he surely is done for the year

even though he hobbled off

I am sure he shredded his left ACL

I will be shocked it he didn't tear it up

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lol at Sissoko

worst cross ever

even Alonso would blush

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nasty 

 

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Alphonso Davies is the real deal as a LB, would kill to have him here

SMDH

Bayern have an insane amount of great fullbacks

FIVE, including 3 in the top 2 or 3 in the world on their side of the field

 

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I don't want to play Bayern. 

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We have to add this Jan......and be on form to even make it a level playing field.

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32 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

I don't want to play Bayern. 

these presenters are idiots

they keep ranting how poor Bayern is at CB

and they need need to buy Koulibaly

BUT

this is a patchwork CB duo

Javi Martinez a DMF and then the ageing Boateng (who only just turned 31 a few months ago, but has been shit for 2 plus years, so another one to prove my 30yo and out a LOT of the time (obviously with huge exceptions and CBs can go until they are 32 or so normally at near peak often, 31 for sure)

Bayern have

(at CB options)

Two in the top ten or so in the world (injured slightly the both of them, back in a week or so

Lucas Hernandez (who is the 3rd best LB in the world also IMHO)

Niklas Süle (top 10 or 12 CB)

Benjamin Pavard (and also a top ten RB)

David Alaba (and who is the 2nd best LB in the world, lol)

plus Kimmich, the 2nd best RB in the world can play CB and DMF

they are fucking LOADED there!!

 

lol at 'they need to buy Koulibaly'

morons!

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hat tip to Atalanta

into the knockout stage

Pasalic scored again

so did my RB b/u pick Castagne

really well run little team

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hat tip to Atalanta
into the knockout stage
Pasalic scored again
so did my RB b/u pick Castagne
really well run little team

Their wage bill is supposedly that of a mid table Championship side, so it's a phenomenal achievement.

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super predictable and to form group stage

the worst team in every group finished 4th

and the only 2 teams who should have went through but who ended up dropping down to the EL were Ajax and Inter (Inter fucked up drawing to Slavia Prague at the San Siro, and then blowing two tied scores, one against Dortmund (the killer, as if they had just done that, they would have went through regardless of all else) and finally losing near the death yesterday v Barca)

and

FFS!

we were the only one who should have won their group who didnt

so only three upsets out of 32 teams standings-wise

that is amazing

those diving, cheating cunts from Valencia played a hand in two of the three

 

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probably a top ten all time weakest red card ever against Dodô of Shakhtar and VAR upheld it!

 

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All 16 teams in knockout stage are from top5 leagues. Group stage is becoming pointless. Superleague is not that far away. 

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All 16 teams in knockout stage are from top5 leagues. Group stage is becoming pointless. Superleague is not that far away. 

 

People have been saying that for sometime now. With UEFA introducing a third club competition, I'd expect it's still some way off.

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14 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

All 16 teams in knockout stage are from top5 leagues. Group stage is becoming pointless. Superleague is not that far away. 

44 teams

4 divisions

20 games inside division

20 games outside

2 cups

then playoffs for the Euro Championship

other than the UK Division, all the rest were so easy and worked out perfectly, all the truly major teams and huge derby rivalries are in and the splits (regionally) worked out perfectly as well

 

UK Division (this was the ONLY tough one to sort, as if we are going on traditional powers and now built up clubs, the 2 lesser but still biggish London clubs (plus the Old Firm who have to be included) then I have 20, so 9 (some more deserving than others,) get left out. I explain it below in the Newcastle slot)

 

Chels

Manure

Shitty

Victimpool

Arse

Spuds

Everton

West Ham

Newcastle (they need to be sold, Ashley is not capable of running a team in this league, IF he refuses, then Leicester (as they are backed by billions) takes their place, also it sucks that Wolves, Leeds (true old power and will be back in the EPL next year), West Brom, Villa, Forest (they could now be rebuilt, and they were a massive power back in the day) Swansea and Cardiff (Wales Derby), and finally Palace (the last one simply because they are London, so maybe not the strongest case anyway) are left out as if those all were in there are no other old powers and/or truly major teams left)

Celtic

Rangers

 

Iberian Division

Barca

Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid

Valencia

Sevilla

Villarreal

Real Sociedad (Basque)

Athletic Bilbao (Basque)

Porto

Sporting Lisbon

Benfica

 

 

Germany/Netherlands division

Bayern Munich

Dortmund

RB Leipzig

Schalke

Bayer Leverkusen

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Werder Bremen

Hertha Berlin

Ajax

PSV Eindhoven

Feyenoord

 

French/Italian Division

PSG

Lyon

Marseille

Monaco

Juventus

Inter Milan

AC Milan

Roma

Napoli

Lazio

Fiorentina

 

 

 

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Europe's top clubs want to reshape Champions League in three months with new proposals

EXCLUSIVE: The European Club Association have started a working group to explain the proposals in a move which could radically change the competition

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/europes-top-clubs-want-reshape-21082392

Europe's top clubs want to reshape the Champions League within the next three months.

The European Club Association board have set up a new working group to outline a fresh round of detailed proposals for the biggest shake-up since the the competition replaced the European Cup.

AC Milan chief executive Ivan Gazidis is chairman of the working group and there is a target of agreeing the new-look format by March in the hope of taking it to UEFA to get it rubber-stamped and introduced by 2024.

One proposal is to have a league of 32 teams. Each team would be seeded and get 10 games and reaching the last 16 would also guarantee qualification for Champions League the following season.

It could be bad news for clubs like Leicester as the shake-up could mean finishing in the top four would no longer guarantee a place as the elite clubs want to safeguard themselves.

 

snip

a lot more at the link