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[Orm]

And I predict that lots of Englishmen will travel to Madrid shortly. And that tickets (to Madrid) already are in short supply.

[Anachro]

Warspite spotted on TV ahead of CL final

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Anachro

Warspite spotted on TV ahead of CL final

warspite1

Lol [:)]

[candiceflynn666]

Anyone excited for the champions league and europa league finals?

first time ever all from same country and a super cup winner will be an english team first time since 2005

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: candiceflynn666

Anyone excited for the champions league and europa league finals?

first time ever all from same country and a super cup winner will be an english team first time since 2005

Four English finalists; four English teams with four all-English line-ups!



... as evident from the promo pictures:

[*] Two Belgian players
[*] One Danish player
[*] One Dutch player
[*] One Egyptian player
[*] Three French players
[*] One Gabonese player
[*] One German player
[*] One Senagelese player
[*] One South Korean player

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: candiceflynn666

Anyone excited for the champions league and europa league finals?

first time ever all from same country and a super cup winner will be an english team first time since 2005

This is no coincidence. I don't believe in them. This clearly confirms the English football as a whole is improving. The youngsters (short, medium term that is) are starting to win everything. The same happened to the classic underachiever Spain before the 2008-2012 period. Don't be fooled by the many foreigners in the league. Without this native improvement I don't think we would see what we see now. Enjoy the ride while it lasts.

[Piteas]

Good luck and enjoy this ungorgettable year, english teams...

Madrid will be a fiesta!

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: Piteas

Good luck and enjoy this ungorgettable year, english teams...

Madrid will be a fiesta!

Do you mean: Madrid will be a fiesta!

[Crossroads]

What's truly amazing as well, as this is about club football after all: three of the four finalists are clubs from London [X(]

[Crossroads]

Well, one more game to play. Should we cancel June as well, just in case?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Crossroads

Well, one more game to play. Should we cancel June as well, just in case?

warspite1

No need. We got to the final of the most prestigious club competition in Europe for the very first time. We should not be there. When you look at what Poch has achieved this season it beggars belief.

We had more players involved in the World Cup semi-finals/final/3rd/4th place play-off than anyone else - and so effectively Spurs had no pre-season.

We had no new signings to bolster the squad.

Dembele (our best midfielder) was injured early doors and then sold having not played again.

We lost key players to injury - some more than once - and some will be missing for the final. Try taking Salah and Mane out of Liverpool or Aubamyang and Lacazette from Arsenal or Aguero and Sane from City and you'll see what Spurs had to contend with.

We lost Son to the Asian games so at one point we were without Kane, Son and Alli!

When we played Barcelona, Dortmund, City and Ajax in the Champions League, all were leading their domestic leagues at the time.

We had all the disruption and uncertainty of the ground move - even having to play a Carabao cup 'home' game in Milton Keynes.

Despite all that - we weren't out of the title race until the end of February. We lost only on penalties in the Carabao Cup semi-final (having got practically no recognised penalty takers left on the pitch!). We finished in a Champions League place and have reached the CL final.

So, Liverpool are a great team, have the final experience from last year and are massive favourites. If, as expected, we lose then at least we can hold our heads high.

[Crossroads]

Bring it on, then [:)]

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: Crossroads
Bring it on, then [:)]

Most likely outcome. Except I don't think they use the katyusha rockets. Also note the difference: no destruction of public, private property, no riot police needed. They kick the sh*t out of each other, as it should be. And let Darwin do the job.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

ORIGINAL: Crossroads
Bring it on, then [:)]

Most likely outcome. Except I don't think they use the katyusha rockets. Also note the difference: no destruction of public, private property, no riot police needed. They kick the sh*t out of each other, as it should be. And let Darwin do the job.

This has no place here. Although, I am not sure if it breaks any of the forum rules. Disgusting.

In my humble opinion, that is.

[TulliusDetritus]

Funny thing is a thread you started was hijacked by *someone* to puke some outright *nazi* vitriol. I don't remember you saying a single thing.

You've got your priorities eh Einstein?

As if hooliganism was not part of *football*

[Orm]

No, football is not part of hooliganism. Nor is hooliganism part of football.

And you have no idea what my priorities are. So I could do without insults.

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: Orm

No, football is not part of hooliganism. Nor is hooliganism part of football.

English news are all reporting on some "banter" gone viral, seemingly laughing at football violence, with staff, maybe even players (but I hope not), joining in. Mysteriously, said club chose to downplay it, instead of issuing an apology. We can be better here. Let us.

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: Orm
Nor is hooliganism part of football.

Good luck fighting against reality. It's a war you will never win eh

[Orm]

Well, I like to think that I live in the real world.

I am not denying that there are some people who go out of their way to fight.

I challenge you to show me an football official from a Western Democracy that claim hooliganism is part of football. Anyone that supports people fighting on the streets in the name of football.

I say that it is you that is out of touch with reality if you think that street violence is condoned by the football world in Western Europe.

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: Orm
I challenge you to show me an football official from a Western Democracy that claim hooliganism is part of football. Anyone that supports people fighting on the streets in the name of football.

Hilarious.

And this proves what exactly? That the proletarian hordes doing the rounds of stadiums and streets never existed and never will? You definitely live in some parallel universe. Meanwhile on planet earth... World Cup: More than 1,200 UK football hooligans blocked from flying to Russia. So something that should not exist exists after all... I could find you hundreds, if not thousands of articles like this. Europe, South America an now -enjoy- even Africa and Asia...

They want to stop them? Next you will tell me the cops want to stop the car thieves.

But the prosaic thruth is hooligans are part of football (a sub-culture, ok) just like car thieves are part of our society.