2023/24 Champions League

[Johnny J]

He's got time to bring it down on his chest.

Legend has it he still has time.

 

[Marty]

Shout out to Ryerson at RB who I think would be a perfect foil for Porro for us. He's a very good player.

Of course whether he'd want to leave a guaranteed first choice spot at Dortmund to fight with Porro at Spurs is another matter.

 

[cwy21]

That's the extra CL spot secured for Germany. It all but puts Dortmund into a CL spot as they have pretty much locked top 5 in Bundesliga. Still a chance for a 6th team from Italy and Germany too.

 

[Johnny J]

Shout out to Ryerson at RB who I think would be a perfect foil for Porro for us. He's a very good player.

Of course whether he'd want to leave a guaranteed first choice spot at Dortmund to fight with Porro at Spurs is another matter.

Last I heard he was selling insurance in Pennsylvania.

 

[Tucker]

City obviously, and rightly get a lot of flak for financial doping, but for their Academy to turn out 3 elite level players like Sancho, Foden and Palmer in such a short space of time is pretty impressive.

They haven’t just been financially doping their first team is the reason behind this.

 

[Buggsy61]

They haven’t just been financially doping their first team is the reason behind this.

You mean paying the players top money, to attract the most likely to succeed. It’s never a guarantee of success, but it gives them a better chance I suppose.

 

[Tucker]

You mean paying the players top money, to attract the most likely to succeed. It’s never a guarantee of success, but it gives them a better chance I suppose.

Paying well over the odds and bending the rules regarding players travelling distances etc.

 

[robotsonic]

They certainly don't get much credit for Sancho after he spent 8 years at Watford, and then left after 2 at City.

 

[philll]

Coefficient in the mud, Dortmund's win means that extra CL spot is officially Germany's.

 

[RuskyM]

Coefficient in the mud, Dortmund's win means that extra CL spot is officially Germany's.

Never had a PL team finish bottom of the CL group until Newcastle and United both decided to do it this year. Fundamentally unserious clubs.

 

[philll]

Never had a PL team finish bottom of the CL group until Newcastle and United both decided to do it this year. Fundamentally unserious clubs.

That and a particularly bad quarter finals showing. To have 5 clubs go into the stage across all 3 competitions and only 1 progress (in the naffest of the competitions) is shameful, considering how mighty the Premier League thinks it is.

 

[robotsonic]

Never had a PL team finish bottom of the CL group until Newcastle and United both decided to do it this year. Fundamentally unserious clubs.

Not sure even that beats losing a must-win tie to a team with their manager in prison, tbf! It's very easy to fuck it all up.

 

[Marty]

Never had a PL team finish bottom of the CL group until Newcastle and United both decided to do it this year. Fundamentally unserious clubs.

Not actually true, United finished bottom in a group with Villarreal, Benfica and Lille in 2005/6.

But of course the timing to repeat that this year was impeccable.

Newcastle I'd cut some slack there, they got a ridiculous group, it was so tight and they were unlucky with especially that penalty against them in Paris which should not have been given.

 

[PerScoutDenmark]

@PerScoutDenmark are you implying it was neither a good first touch nor finish?

The good ol' fat fingers. My apologies. It was both.

 

[Westmorlandspur]

Not actually true, United finished bottom in a group with Villarreal, Benfica and Lille in 2005/6.

But of course the timing to repeat that this year was impeccable.

Newcastle I'd cut some slack there, they got a ridiculous group, it was so tight and they were unlucky with especially that penalty against them in Paris which should not have been given.

I had to smile when that group of death crap came out . Newcastle, a team who have won nothing since 1955. Not been in CL FOR 20 yrs. Dortmund whose claim to fame is second biggest team in Germany but hardly ever win anything or do anything in CL since Final in 2013. Milan, but a shadow of their former selves who sign Chelsea cast offs. PSG more money than sense but never won a European trophy,
Press need a story so exaggerate one. Makes the geordies think they are doing well.
If they had done better and got in the Europa we might have got the extra CL place.

 

[cwy21]

Lucas Hernandez tore his ACL last night and will miss the Euros.

 

[cwy21]

PSG with a lot of the ball but Dortmund creating chances too.

 

[ItsBoris]

Fun end to end game, reminds me of our game vs Chelsea

it’s funny how Sancho looks a world beater in the CL semifinals for Dortmund while at United he looked league 1 level. Same with Sabitzer actually. Makes me think Rashford or even Antony would do really well if they left United

 

[cwy21]

2-0 Dortmund!

 

[philll]

Up the Dortmund, it's 2 nil.