The Decline of the EPL

sid waddell wrote: irishmufc wrote: sid waddell wrote: doherty wrote: Double Maxim wrote: doherty wrote: Ian darke on bt at the end of the game saying its one of utds worst results in their proud european history. Fcking hilarious. Imagine sevilla actually winning the game....their tiny minds were blown. I ask ya.     I wonder who <SPAN>José Mourinho will blame this time?</SPAN> frank de boer   The failed manager is 100% right regarding Mourinho's history tbh.  Seeing as you're getting as much enjoyment tonight Sid as I had when Mourinho's Chelsea team put a stop to Liverpool's swashbuckling EPL title chasing adventure in 2014 , it will make it  all the more enjoyable when (or if) some other CL team knocks Liverpool out of the Champions League.  Fingers crossed  See, here's the thing, mate.  That Liverpool team, as you said in your own word, was "swashbuckling", exhilarating, thrilling, scoring over 100 goals in the league that season. Sure they f**ked up at the end but the amazing memories they gave us will never die, they will always be looked back on fondly.  The current team are doing something similar. They're thrilling us, they're exhilarating us, they're mesmerising us with their glorious, tantalising football.  They are a team that honours the famous red jersey. If Liverpool go down in flames this season, so be it, but at least they are giving us a rollercoaster ride. It's the same with Tottenham. They might be out, but at least they contributed to a wonderful European tie in which demonstrated just how good football can be at its best. The current Manchester United team are as dull as a puddle on a muddy field with sewage leaking into it, the sewage being the football they play.  All the nonsense about "attack, attack, attack" has been shown to be just that. All season Manchester United supporters have been scrambling defensively to put gloss on a long series of turgid performances. "Hey, what was so bad about that!?"  The cracks can no longer be papered over. And if our efforts on Saturday contributed in any small way to tonight's result, so much the better. Nobody will miss Manchester United from this competition. The richest team in the world were humiliated both on their own ground and on their opponents' ground by a powder puff, deeply average team who every other club left will be desperate to draw in the quarter-finals.  Manchester United are Arsenal under George Graham, without the success.

United are no loss to this competition given how they've played. 100% agree on that one.

You can continue to win the hearts and minds of supporters all over the world. I loved the Borussia teams under Klopp in the CL and the constant Valencia teams that mesmerised us but neither of those teams won it when it came to the crunch in the CL.

An un-insperational Man City team that won the EPL in 2014 partly due to Liverpool falling at the sight of the finish line have the trophy to show for it but that majestic Liverpool side spearheaded by the buck-toothed racist means they're the champions of our hearts forever more.

If United's efforts beating Liverpool on Saturday contributed to tonight's loss, then also much the better.   

Edited by irishmufc - 14 Mar 2018 at 12:03am

irishmufc wrote: Gary McKay wrote: Muff is absolutely snapping. Surprised at that. Its only bants mate. I'm responding Gary mo chara.

 

MC Hammered wrote: Are there any future David Silva style players starting to come through the English academies?

Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote: Gary McKay wrote: MC Hammered wrote: Are there any future David Silva style players starting to come through the English academies?  No because they only accept players 5'10" and upwards. Who was the last "David Silva" type player for England -  Micky Carrick?

Roberto Baggio wrote: La Liga still the best league in the world.

I still much prefer watching the Premier League, more enjoyable style of play to watch as a spectacle than LaLiga, but each to their own.

Shedite wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: La Liga still the best league in the world. I still much prefer watching the Premier League, more enjoyable style of play to watch as a spectacle than LaLiga, but each to their own.

Shedite wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: La Liga still the best league in the world. I still much prefer watching the Premier League, more enjoyable style of play to watch as a spectacle than LaLiga, but each to their own.

Real Betis are the best team to watch for pure entertainment! Very good going forward and terrible at the back.