***Official*** English Football Season 2018-19

[flibbertyjibber]

Well done Spurs, make a few on here pig sick too in the process.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Away goals is such a bad rule.

 

[Burgey]

God I hope Spurs win it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Gutted

 

[OverratedSanity]

One amusing thing was I was watching the bt sport feed and when Moura scored the third, whoever was in charge of the cameras was probably a spurs fan (or a Kevin Dunn fan) because he went apeshit and randomly started cutting to different people, Peter Walton among them. Seeing his ugly mug interspersed with ajax players crying was like something out of a sitcom.

 

[sledger]

I guess I kind of have to support Liverpool in the final now

Yes, having slept on this I have decided that this is how things must be.

The schadenfreude of Liverpool losing would be truly great, not least because it would extend the Klopp "specialist in failure" meme, but there is just no way on earth that I could ever find Spurs winning the thing palatable. That they are in the final at all is bad enough.

 

[Jarquis]

There’s also the fact that Liverpool are the genuinely better side so it wouldn’t be as difficult a pill to swallow

 

[sledger]

There’s also the fact that Liverpool are the genuinely better side so it wouldn’t be as difficult a pill to swallow

Yes, this as well. Plus the fact that they have won it plenty of times already.

The idea of Spurs having a CL win whilst Arsenal have zero is v unpleasant.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

This is perfect for those of us who like to see the English teams winning the European trophies. Job done and no necessity to route for a knob in the final.
The only wish is that they don’t provide Europe with a pit of a final like Manure and Chelsea did.

 

[Pothas]

Would rather Spurs win for sure but not got strong feelings about it. Fairly unenthusiastic about it is a final really despite the madness we have seen over the last couple of days.

 

[vcs]

Hopefully Tottenham win.

Either way, it is good that one of Klopp and Pochettino will have a big trophy to their name, to shut down the stupid lazy meme comebacks made by idiots "but, but they've won nothing compared to people like Mourinho in the last 5 years so they're inferior managers".

Out of the two, Tottenham would be the underdog story, so go Spurs, I suppose.

 

[Uppercut]

This is perfect for those of us who like to see the English teams winning the European trophies. Job done and no necessity to route for a knob in the final.
The only wish is that they don’t provide Europe with a pit of a final like Manure and Chelsea did.

Wash your tongue. The John Terry final was a glorious event.

 

[Uppercut]

Would rather Spurs win for sure but not got strong feelings about it. Fairly unenthusiastic about it is a final really despite the madness we have seen over the last couple of days.

A year or two ago it would have been mouthwatering, games between them were great when they both insisted on constant pressing. At this stage Spurs have basically fallen apart and Liverpool are both much better and less reckless, so that sort of 100mph constant war feels unlikely. Hopefully the long break means they can both go hard from the start.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Would it be fair to say this year's champions league is rivaling Euro 2000 for the sheer number of thrilling games in one tournament ? It's been pretty amazing.

 

[Cabinet96]

Away goals is such a bad rule.

Like VAR it's something I quite like, that doesn't seem to like me back.

 

[sledger]

It's grim, but as a means of splitting a tie it's considerably better than golden goal/penalties etc. for mine.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Away goals is a terrible rule IMO, but it's ground I think we've been over before. I quite like VAR in theory, but it can be improved.

 

[Ikki]

I'd love to see an all-English Europa final too. Not coincidental that this resurgence of successful English teams in europe mirrors what was happening in the 00s as both generations had great managers at the helm.

 

[wpdavid]

It's grim, but as a means of splitting a tie it's considerably better than golden goal/penalties etc. for mine.

Yeah, I'm OK with away the goals rule if it means that penalty shoot outs become less likely.

All the excitement over both finalists overcoming 3 goal deficits reminded me that there is an English club that once overturned a four goal deficit at one point in the tie.
Anyone else know or care who I'm talking about?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Wash your tongue. The John Terry final was a glorious event.

Everyone else hated your club as much as, if not more, than they hated John Terry