Quote Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz View Post
no but i think it's reflective of where the league standard is in terms of our 'best' teams against the big boys from overseas. city found themselves where they are because of non qualification the season before and were found extremely wanting when faced with teams who finished in similar positions in other countries.

it's the reason why no one believes utd will get close the final and of course why we will most likely go out in this round. in a complete knock out competition i'd agree that you'd struggle to get a clear picture of the dis/parity between countries but the extend nature of this competition does tell you something.
I agree the league isn't as strong as it once was, however City won the league and we came 4th (and are above us again this year) and yet somehow according the CL seedings were considered better, that's a strange system...they underperformed in the CL last year for sure, but they still have shown themselves superior to us.