This has got 1-1 written all over it.
Outstanding goal. Absolutely outstanding.
Swango1980
Well-known member
Amad just demonstrated perfectly what he has that Rashford doesn't. In abundance
Slime
Tour Winner
Great finish!
Robbie Savage is just as poor a commentator as he was a footballer.
If he says “you know” once more I’ll scream.
Slime
Tour Winner
So, United can win in Europe.
Who knew?
Who knew?
PaulMdj
Well-known member
8-0 in the end, could of easily been 11 or 12 - 2 in the end, great for the nuetral.
Morfeen75
Active member
It was so easy for Chelsea it looked more like a training session than a competitive european game.8-0 in the end, could of easily been 11 or 12 - 2 in the end, great for the nuetral.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Never even heard of the team they beat. Yet of course we need to expand all the competitions to allow these kind of teams to 'compete'.8-0 in the end, could of easily been 11 or 12 - 2 in the end, great for the nuetral.
PaulMdj
Well-known member
I believe I heard the commentators say they’ve only been in existence 7 years.Never even heard of the team they beat. Yet of course we need to expand all the competitions to allow these kind of teams to 'compete'.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
They were named after the biblical character
But these comps do allow those small teams like Noah , Man Utd , Spurs , Chelsea to get good experience and exposure
But these comps do allow those small teams like Noah , Man Utd , Spurs , Chelsea to get good experience and exposure
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
They were named after the biblical character
But these comps do allow those small teams like Noah , Man Utd , Spurs , Chelsea to get good experience and exposure
Yet spurs deemed the conference beneath them. If they had taken year 1 seriously they would most likely have a trophy rather than cobwebs
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Just read an article on the BBC website questioning if Chelsea are too good a team to be in the Conference League. Maybe the real question should be if a team ranked 311 in the UEFA standings should be in a 'major' UEFA competition? I'm all for giving smaller clubs a chance, like in the FA Cup , but this scenario is a bit ridiculous and sums up what is wrong with the expansion of the European competitions.
PaulMdj
Well-known member
Chelsea are in the Conference League due to last season’s form though. Just as smaller UEFA Countries should be given the right to send their best teams to the tournaments.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Chelsea are in the competition due to how they performed last season
And that’s the same with the team they faced
Neilds
Assistant Pro
I understand this, my point is really about whether either should be in a 'major' European competition that has got very bloated and is ruining national competitions and wrecking players
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
What people want to define as “major” or not I guess will be down to them
It’s a trophy that you may have to beat some good teams to win
I’m not sure about players being wrecked or national comps being ruined
Swango1980
Well-known member
In regards to Chelsea being in the Conference League, I think we all know that if teams qualified for competitions purely based on ability across Europe, Chelsea would not be in conference league. Chelsea will be a better side than many sides in the Europa League, and to be honest, the Champions League as well. I'm pretty sure Chelsea are better than Crvena, Young Boys, Sturm Graz, etc, teams that are in Champions League.
Realistically, if the top 6 or 7 English clubs qualified for Europe, purely on ability they will probably mainly be in the Champions League, perhaps some in Europa League. Whereas the Champions of some weak leagues in Europe would not get into Champions League or Europa League.
But, that is the way it is I suppose. So if 6/7 teams qualify for Europe in the major leagues, at least one of them will have to be in Conference League. And they'll face teams we've never heard of from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Moldova, N Ireland etc. Pointless game for the English side really, but probably the dream for the team we've never heard of. In that sense, it is probably positive. FC Noah got battered, but it may still be the day many of those players never forget for positive reasons. They may have even done well financially out of it.
Realistically, if the top 6 or 7 English clubs qualified for Europe, purely on ability they will probably mainly be in the Champions League, perhaps some in Europa League. Whereas the Champions of some weak leagues in Europe would not get into Champions League or Europa League.
But, that is the way it is I suppose. So if 6/7 teams qualify for Europe in the major leagues, at least one of them will have to be in Conference League. And they'll face teams we've never heard of from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Moldova, N Ireland etc. Pointless game for the English side really, but probably the dream for the team we've never heard of. In that sense, it is probably positive. FC Noah got battered, but it may still be the day many of those players never forget for positive reasons. They may have even done well financially out of it.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
So you haven't seen the growing injury lists, FA Cup having no replays, 2nd teams playing in the League Cup, etc?
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Teams have been having injuries for years , 20 years ago clubs were playing “fringe” players in the cup
It’s not anything new tbh since the change of European Cup back in the 90’s
It’s amazing how injuries that teams have been having for years are now all of sudden critical - those teams spend fortunes buying a lot of players to cover injuries
If anything the biggest issue is FIFA and the increase in national stuff
