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patrickblue wrote:I still can't work up much enthusiasm for the champions league, and all their weird and wonderful co-efficients and pots. Suppose it's a hangover from when only scum, arse, chelsea and red scouse were allowed to play in it.

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:

patrickblue wrote:I still can't work up much enthusiasm for the champions league, and all their weird and wonderful co-efficients and pots. Suppose it's a hangover from when only scum, arse, chelsea and red scouse were allowed to play in it.

I've never really enjoyed the cl myself. Partly because of your reason and partly because teams play boring negative football and I need to get up at stupid o'clock to see it.

Alan D wrote:Pot Three for the Champions League draw next season seems inevitable for us. We're currently 14th highest in the teams qualified for the Champions League so far, and you'd expect Arsenal and Milan to qualify to the group stage which would demote us down to 16th, one further place down and we'd be in pot three.

Zenit and Schalke have a higher coefficient points, although they have to qualify, as do Valencia and Lyon but they might still miss out in their final league fixtures. Had we won even one of our group games last season I think it would of leapfrogged us up some way up:

PSG: 71.80
Juventus: 70.83
Zenit: 70.77
Man City: 70.53

mcfc1632 wrote:Being lucky enough to be able to get to the matches I would say that the CL and EL have been wonderful.

It is great being able to meet up with so many blues in European cities - every game has been an enjoyable experience in some fashion - even if the eventual match was disappointing (Amsterdam being a prime example).

If the draw could be rigged - I would love Bayern with the away leg falling just as it did a couple of years ago during Oktoberfest - that was a very special trip for lots of blues.

Im_Spartacus wrote:
I echo those thoughts. The games often become secondary to the social aspect in Europe, although I would say that this is still down to the novelty aspect, perhaps after 10 years of going to largely the same cities and seeing your team play shit, you would start to think twice about going?

Its still a special buzz though getting up at silly o'clock in the morning to drive to some stupid fucking airport for the ryanair flight to the middle of nowhere and the train journey into the big city, then seeing thousands of blues scattered around as you emerge from the train station.

I'm particularly looking forward to certain trips, Malaga would be brilliant, Valencia is a good one basing yourself in Benidorm for a couple of days, milan (seems to be less aggro than further south in italy), Prague, Monaco, Marseille

Lee_R wrote:
I think we need to get out of the groups before we will start to enjoy it as a competition. Its bloody tedious until that stage.

patrickblue wrote:I still can't work up much enthusiasm for the champions league, and all their weird and wonderful co-efficients and pots. Suppose it's a hangover from when only scum, arse, chelsea and red scouse were allowed to play in it.

Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:

Im_Spartacus wrote:
I echo those thoughts. The games often become secondary to the social aspect in Europe, although I would say that this is still down to the novelty aspect, perhaps after 10 years of going to largely the same cities and seeing your team play shit, you would start to think twice about going?

Its still a special buzz though getting up at silly o'clock in the morning to drive to some stupid fucking airport for the ryanair flight to the middle of nowhere and the train journey into the big city, then seeing thousands of blues scattered around as you emerge from the train station.

I'm particularly looking forward to certain trips, Malaga would be brilliant, Valencia is a good one basing yourself in Benidorm for a couple of days, milan (seems to be less aggro than further south in italy), Prague, Monaco, Marseille

Spot on.
I love the Euro trips but have to try to not allow our sorry arsed performances to ruin the occasion. Although it was a tough group, from a fan's perspective it was fabulous.
I went Amsterdam and Dortmund and had a fantastic time both places but the football was utter shite. (We were off back to the bar after 65 minutes in Dortmund)
Don't under estimate how important Europe is to us. It's a big part of why Bob went. We need to get that coefficient improved and get amongst the big hitters and bag some of the cash on offer.
I'm looking forward to the C L draw and hopefully a more determined and attacking attitude next time.

Im_Spartacus wrote:

Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:

Im_Spartacus wrote:
I echo those thoughts. The games often become secondary to the social aspect in Europe, although I would say that this is still down to the novelty aspect, perhaps after 10 years of going to largely the same cities and seeing your team play shit, you would start to think twice about going?

Its still a special buzz though getting up at silly o'clock in the morning to drive to some stupid fucking airport for the ryanair flight to the middle of nowhere and the train journey into the big city, then seeing thousands of blues scattered around as you emerge from the train station.

I'm particularly looking forward to certain trips, Malaga would be brilliant, Valencia is a good one basing yourself in Benidorm for a couple of days, milan (seems to be less aggro than further south in italy), Prague, Monaco, Marseille

Spot on.
I love the Euro trips but have to try to not allow our sorry arsed performances to ruin the occasion. Although it was a tough group, from a fan's perspective it was fabulous.
I went Amsterdam and Dortmund and had a fantastic time both places but the football was utter shite. (We were off back to the bar after 65 minutes in Dortmund)
Don't under estimate how important Europe is to us. It's a big part of why Bob went. We need to get that coefficient improved and get amongst the big hitters and bag some of the cash on offer.
I'm looking forward to the C L draw and hopefully a more determined and attacking attitude next time.

I was gutted to miss Dortmund this time round, but Real and Ajax were brilliant trips, as was Bayern last year - but fuck southern Italy for a game of soldiers, won't be doing that one again. Will be interesting next season plotting my travels from Saudi Arabia - although I bet it's a damned site easier than the mad scramble for easyjet, and probably not much more expensive

In fact, I'm gonna start a new thread for some funny stories to lighten the mood.

Im_Spartacus wrote:

Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:

Im_Spartacus wrote:
I echo those thoughts. The games often become secondary to the social aspect in Europe, although I would say that this is still down to the novelty aspect, perhaps after 10 years of going to largely the same cities and seeing your team play shit, you would start to think twice about going?

Its still a special buzz though getting up at silly o'clock in the morning to drive to some stupid fucking airport for the ryanair flight to the middle of nowhere and the train journey into the big city, then seeing thousands of blues scattered around as you emerge from the train station.

I'm particularly looking forward to certain trips, Malaga would be brilliant, Valencia is a good one basing yourself in Benidorm for a couple of days, milan (seems to be less aggro than further south in italy), Prague, Monaco, Marseille

Spot on.
I love the Euro trips but have to try to not allow our sorry arsed performances to ruin the occasion. Although it was a tough group, from a fan's perspective it was fabulous.
I went Amsterdam and Dortmund and had a fantastic time both places but the football was utter shite. (We were off back to the bar after 65 minutes in Dortmund)
Don't under estimate how important Europe is to us. It's a big part of why Bob went. We need to get that coefficient improved and get amongst the big hitters and bag some of the cash on offer.
I'm looking forward to the C L draw and hopefully a more determined and attacking attitude next time.

I was gutted to miss Dortmund this time round, but Real and Ajax were brilliant trips, as was Bayern last year - but fuck southern Italy for a game of soldiers, won't be doing that one again. Will be interesting next season plotting my travels from Saudi Arabia - although I bet it's a damned site easier than the mad scramble for easyjet, and probably not much more expensive

In fact, I'm gonna start a new thread for some funny stories to lighten the mood.

Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:Dortmund were in pot 4. No excuses.