Mad that when you think about it.. That's exactly how the FA cup was when I was a kid, in the UK..
The TV would be on all day dedicated to the FA Cup Final...
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The TV would be on all day dedicated to the FA Cup Final...
I would have loved to been a fly on the wall for this moment..
'When he showed Rio Ferdinand and Vidic videos of Phil Jagielka'...
All season, it was the league I wanted, and CL was just a diversion. I saw us win the league so often as a boy, wanted to see it happen once with my sons. They understand the history and the desire for the league - but the 2 were almost interchangeable for them. So I am content. Here in Virginia there is a lot of TV coverage, and the boys I coach were aware of my allegiances, but it was the CL they focused on. Barcelona is the mot popular team in my town, so some of the boys were less than happy when I coached in an LFC jersey the night of the comeback.
As long as they have the channels to route monies to the players account as "second" wages which are not reported in official club expenses, they wont have problem with players leaving.
No doubt for the foreign players, CL is much more important than the league. I remember a Salah interview where they were discussing him being the first Egyptian and the third Arab to win the champions league and how much it meant to him and the community. I think if he had a choice between winning the CL again and winning the league, he might prefer winning the CL again.
I think that is the case with most clubs. We are an anomaly of a club which has done reasonably well in the CL (4 finals in since 2005) without winning the league. I am reasonably confident, Juve fans will be willing to exchange 5 of their 10 Serie A wins for a champions league.
We have European competition DNA. Irrespective of how poor our squad is, how bad the odds are, there is always a quite confidence about the club that we can find solutions in a two legged tie. You cannot buy that and it is a major reason why we do so well relative to our squad quality. I also think that is why we will always be attractive to promising continental managers. We are a location where they can achieve their CL dreams. Klopp and Hitzfield are the only two German managers who have won the CL with clubs outside of Bayern, Madrid, Barcelona.
It's still on for a fair while isn't it? Admittedly, I haven't watched it for years for obvious reasons.
No doubt it's been hugely diminished in every way, though. I remember watching Spurs vs Coventry (Houchennnnnnnn!) and it seemed like the entire country was too.
When I was a kid, cup day felt like a huge deal even all the way down here in SA. It seemed like everyone was watching and making a day of it. People who usually had no interest in football would be just as wrapped up in it all as the ardent fans. It felt as big as the World Cup.
Now that I think about it, it's entirely possible that this was just my impression as a child as that's what my family and neighbours did.
Now that I think about it, it's entirely possible that this was just my impression as a child as that's what my family and neighbours did.
True, but on the other hand Americans seem to place a lot of value on domestic titles. That's all US sports are. The 'World Series' of Baseball, The NFL playoffs, NBA...sports doesn't exist outside of the American leagues, and if they do, like the Basketball World Cup, they are entirely ignored.
And rightly so.
The issue is basically that the country is large - so teams split up into divisions, otherwise when sports weren't lucrative, teams would have to drive around thousands and thousands of miles. That and there being multiple original leagues in some cases.
That, and not having Liverpool play Man City for the title in a one off game to decide the league is leaving many millions on the table, even if its at the expense of the regular fan, and that's positively unamerican.
That, and not having Liverpool play Man City for the title in a one off game to decide the league is leaving many millions on the table, even if its at the expense of the regular fan, and that's positively unamerican.
Same here. I wore my Liverpool top to tryouts the Monday following the CL final and other than a few well educated kids (ie my own children) everyone was a Barca fan and thought we just got lucky.
So I wore it again the next night. After a wash.
Well, that maybe so, Gigsy, but none of our players have / will spend a decade shagging their brothers' wives either, so there's that...
That would be great but two of those three had terrible attitudes.
Hopefully he does too.
I don’t see much wrong with it. An innocent form of communication with teammates. It’s not like he’s carrying an Xbox and monitor into the club.
When you hate someone, you hate everything they do. They fucking hate Ashley young.
Yep. When I was a kid (long time ago !) it was huge. The whole street decked out in colours, flags and pennants, pet cats & dogs with ribbons tied around their necks, and the budgie named Shankly. I remember everyone would gather at whoever's house had the biggest tellie. Sarnies, sausages on sticks, pop and crisps galore. Obviously lots of beer and booze. It was a real community gatherings - except for the Blues of course, until their turn came around.
The good old days. *cue violin*.
Yes, I don't see what's wrong with that picture either. I actually think it's fun.
Haha, that's the thing I don't think I have.
So it would be fun to try it again.
Mate, I fucking love you, but have no fucking idea what you’re on about here
Hahaha!
Ha well first of all talking to City fans was your first mistake 😉
Your second one was admitting you’d swap the CL for the league.
Any rival fan from any club that asks I simply ask they are right in the head. Who’s swap a domestic title for essentially a world title with the CL.
When you don’t admit you’d prefer the league they have nowhere to go
Yeah that's fucking cleared it up
Thanks for clearing that up Pat XXX
Fucking players of coming back off their holidays, and ours havn't got theirs yet.
Errr, what's uno ?
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