Champions League Thread 2011/12

[Syn]

I wonder how people in Spain feel about Barcelona (relatively) struggling in the league. In England we think of the league as more important here than the CL. And certainly from my perspective, I think the league is always the best measure of how good a team is than cup competitions. But I get the feeling the CL is, by far, more important than La Liga. Or else a bigger deal would be made of Mourinho and Real Madrid's performances this season. As an outsider, the only thing I've read is how Real Madrid always lose to Barcelona in head-to-head meetings and so the league doesn't matter.

I think it has, conveniently, worked out well for both clubs this season. Barcelona will (probably) take the CL and the head-to-head meetings and they'll claim to be the best. And Mourinho will leave claiming he won the league comfortably and so his job is done.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

7-0, Messi with his fifth!

[Dennis Bendtner]

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I wonder how people in Spain feel about Barcelona (relatively) struggling in the league. In England we think of the league as more important here than the CL. And certainly from my perspective, I think the league is always the best measure of how good a team is than cup competitions. But I get the feeling the CL is, by far, more important than La Liga. Or else a bigger deal would be made of Mourinho and Real Madrid's performances this season. As an outsider, the only thing I've read is how Real Madrid always lose to Barcelona in head-to-head meetings and so the league doesn't matter.

I think it has, conveniently, worked out well for both clubs this season. Barcelona will (probably) take the CL and the head-to-head meetings and they'll claim to be the best. And Mourinho will leave claiming he won the league comfortably and so his job is done.

I think that's probably right. It's not just winning the Champions League that would keep Barcelona in the same breath (of being the best), it'd be that they had done it back-to-back. I think La Liga does have importance though, Barcelona are still many behind Real Madrid's total!

[Cripps_orig]

What a shit couple of days football wise

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Commentators talking about the international record

He's the greatest ever. No doubt about it IMO.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I wonder how people in Spain feel about Barcelona (relatively) struggling in the league. In England we think of the league as more important here than the CL. And certainly from my perspective, I think the league is always the best measure of how good a team is than cup competitions. But I get the feeling the CL is, by far, more important than La Liga. Or else a bigger deal would be made of Mourinho and Real Madrid's performances this season. As an outsider, the only thing I've read is how Real Madrid always lose to Barcelona in head-to-head meetings and so the league doesn't matter.

I think it has, conveniently, worked out well for both clubs this season. Barcelona will (probably) take the CL and the head-to-head meetings and they'll claim to be the best. And Mourinho will leave claiming he won the league comfortably and so his job is done.

Think for the neutral it would be a good think to make the league better, because maybe them always winning it is boring. However in the CL imo they are the best team and rightly favourites tbh.


For Barca fans they'd be pissed but not too much if they won the cl. Jose not winning the CL is a bigger disater then Barca not winning the league.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tello should've got his hat-trick.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

What a shit couple of days football wise

Nah its been good.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Club form's all well and good. Let's see what he does at the Euros.