Live Match Discussion 2024/25

[ROVERT47]

You would want the same if Wolves won it

Of course but it would never happen, this over the top nonsense.

 

[Kenny]

You wouldn't get it though.

I don't know, it was insane when Leicester won it (rightly so)

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

6 in a row
Villa out the cup
West Brom confirmed in the Championship
Gibbs-White missing an open goal in the semi final

Beautiful.

Just seen the Palace goals, the best keeper in the world was a bit crap again.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Just seen the Palace goals, the best keeper in the world was a bit crap again.

First one is right at him.

As I said to @Lycan , an Ikeme special. He learned from the best there.

 

[Jack Regan]

I don't know, it was insane when Leicester won it (rightly so)

That was then. Based on their coverage these days they'd just spend all the time talking about how bad the big six are to have allowed it to happen again.

 

[HanDoJin]

Doesn’t reflect well on old Jurgen Klopp, ‘specialist in failure’ etc…











…is how I’ll be spending the week

 

[Kenny]

Just seen the Palace goals, the best keeper in the world was a bit crap again.

Little smile from me after his OTT celebration at the penalty miss and not along after watching the ball fly past him

 

[Kenny]

That was then. Based on their coverage these days they'd just spend all the time talking about how bad the big six are to have allowed it to happen again.

To be fair, that's what they have done to Liverpool before today.

Ton of media talk on how City have gone to shit, Arsenal blowing up etc all handing the easiest title to Liverpool.

 

[Templeton Peck]

You would want the same if Wolves won it

I'd want a statement from Starmer if we won it.

 

[jd1981]

City fans getting pelters for only taking 26k to Wembley today. Mostly from armchair Man Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal fans.
To put it into perspective if you were born in the year 2000 as a city fan you would have seen them play at Wembley 28 times. Would be 30 if it weren’t for Covid.
We all remember how hard it was to get back to the midlands on a Sunday night from Wembley I got in at 1am and was up for work at 6.
Biggest thing I can draw from this is stop playing semi finals at Wembley.
Today could’ve been played at Villa park and yesterday at Tottenham. It’s all on deaf ears as the FA will never budge on it.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

City fans getting pelters for only taking 26k to Wembley today. Mostly from armchair Man Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal fans.
To put it into perspective if you were born in the year 2000 as a city fan you would have seen them play at Wembley 28 times. Would be 30 if it weren’t for Covid.
We all remember how hard it was to get back to the midlands on a Sunday night from Wembley I got in at 1am and was up for work at 6.
Biggest thing I can draw from this is stop playing semi finals at Wembley.
Today could’ve been played at Villa park and yesterday at Tottenham. It’s all on deaf ears as the FA will never budge on it.

I heard one City fan had spent over £6k on Wembley games and simply couldn’t afford it and the final if they got there.

 

[ROVERT47]

I’ll always have a place in my heart for Nuno but I can’t stand Forest.

 

[jd1981]

I heard one City fan had spent over £6k on Wembley games and simply couldn’t afford it and the final if they got there.

City fans in my family and who I have contracts with (all are long term city fans not Johnny come lately types) say the expense and hassle it is considering they’ve done it so many times isn’t worth it.
Yep it’s supporting your side but if you know there’s a good chance you can go again some point soon you’re going to give these games a miss.
Also stating that Forest sold their allocation out it’s their second visit in 34 years.
The closer you get to London or being a London club the easier the Wembley experience is.

 

[ROVERT47]

They get a lot of stick for recent plastics, most successful Clubs have them but they were getting gates of 30,000 in Division 3.

 

[jd1981]

I’ll always have a place in my heart for Nuno but I can’t stand Forest.

Looking back at the European cups back when they won I didn’t realise how few teams were in it just 33 from preliminary round to the final. Would be the equivalent of the competition starting from the play off round now. Beat 2 really tough sides in each competition Liverpool and Cologne in 78/79 and Ajax and Hamburg in 79/80. Outside of that some of sides they beat were playing in much smaller leagues ie pitesi of Romania, Osters of Sweden, AEK Athens and Malmo.
The current CL means the level of opposition is far more brutal earlier in knockout rounds than it was back then.
Also clubs winning back to back EC was far more common 7 clubs between 1955-1992 managed to retain their title. Just 1 club has managed it Real since the formation of the CL.

 

[ROVERT47]

Dunno what to expect from Leeds next season, they appear to be miles ahead of the rest of the Championship but I can’t see much that I think would improve our squad, Piroe and Tenaka look decent but their defence is made up of the likes of Rodin, Ampadou and Bogle, not very Premier League.

 

[leedswolf]

Dunno what to expect from Leeds next season, they appear to be miles ahead of the rest of the Championship but I can’t see much that I think would improve our squad, Piroe and Tenaka look decent but their defence is made up of the likes of Rodin, Ampadou and Bogle, not very Premier League.

The same problem as last time, a Championship defence. Bogle is probably the only one who could do ok in the PL. Jury's out on Tenaka for me. I don't think Piroe has enough pace for the PL.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Dunno what to expect from Leeds next season, they appear to be miles ahead of the rest of the Championship but I can’t see much that I think would improve our squad, Piroe and Tenaka look decent but their defence is made up of the likes of Rodin, Ampadou and Bogle, not very Premier League.

Rodin is likely to be statuesque!

 

[leedswolf]

Rodin is likely to be statuesque!

I need to think about that one.

 

[Tony Towner]

Looking back at the European cups back when they won I didn’t realise how few teams were in it just 33 from preliminary round to the final. Would be the equivalent of the competition starting from the play off round now. Beat 2 really tough sides in each competition Liverpool and Cologne in 78/79 and Ajax and Hamburg in 79/80. Outside of that some of sides they beat were playing in much smaller leagues ie pitesi of Romania, Osters of Sweden, AEK Athens and Malmo.
The current CL means the level of opposition is far more brutal earlier in knockout rounds than it was back then.
Also clubs winning back to back EC was far more common 7 clubs between 1955-1992 managed to retain their title. Just 1 club has managed it Real since the formation of the CL.

The big difference you are missing is the quality of the nations was a lot closer due to the lack of migration. So Forest may have only beaten Malmo, but that team had 10 Swedish Internationals in it. The Anderlecht team that Villa beat in the 82 semis had 6 players from their 82 World Cup team including Franky Vercauteren. Also trips behind the iron curtain were levelers given the conditions on and off the pitch.

Then the most obvious stat, you had to win the league (or prior year competition) to enter, not finish 5th