sledger
Spanish_Vicente
It's the biggest competition in the world, one that pretty much every player aspires to do well in, I should have thought it was obvious.Yeah, I don't know why he celebrated winning the champions league
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*Official* English Football Season 2012-13
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The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Bayern had a bit of luck, but fully deserving winners - it always feels right to me when the European Cup is actually won by the best team in Europe.
Cheeky/disrespectful (delete as appropriate) post-match from Heynckes:
"We know Goetze will be joining us and I don't think Lewandowski will be hanging about too much either."
Cheeky/disrespectful (delete as appropriate) post-match from Heynckes:
"We know Goetze will be joining us and I don't think Lewandowski will be hanging about too much either."
Uppercut
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That's probably included in the final price. He only has a year left on his contract.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
It's 25 million euros + 3 million for 55% of the share.
Spanish rules are different for third party ownership from England so Barca don't necessarily have to buy the remaining 45%. They might though at the same rate.
Would end up costing them 45 million Euros or something. He is owned by a number of different companies and what not.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
I often thought that, but the thought of Wigan in the Europa is bad enough.
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Football, bloody hell.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
The problem with the Europa is that from a marketing POV there's no way round the "it's like the Champions League, but ****ter" aspect of the competition (UEFA haven't helped in this regard by making the format exactly the same as the Champions League, introducing a Europa League anthem, changing the name of the competition etc). Same would happen with a rejuvinated CWC, and you can't make the Champions League any bigger than it already is without seriously impacting Europe's domestic leagues.
Every year with the Europa League I see the last 32 lineup, see that it's got proper teams like Ajax, Anderlecht, Benfica etc, think "yeah, I'll try and catch a bit of that" then never bother watching the final stages of the competition. Didn't even watch the first hour of the final, just didn't give enough of a **** to bother turning the TV on. Yet for the Champions League final I had the build up on from 6pm (Dortmund playing did help in that regard), turning off the cricket to do so.
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sledger
Spanish_Vicente
It's a combination of factors that turns me off watching it, most of which have been outlined above. The early stages are dross, the Champions League has been on the night before, and even when you get a knockout game between two decent sides it's just so painfully obvious that the whole thing is Champions League lite. The fact that it's broadcast on ITV4 doesn't exactly add to it's credibility, either.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Where's the logic in calling the top competition the Champions League anyway?It's also a trophy for 17th in a way. You get a trophy for 17th but not 4th. Where's the logic behind that
