Champions League Round of 16 (14th Feb - 15th Mar)

What's the point of clubs like Leipzig. People may not like this but football was way more competitive in 2000s. Now you have half of these teams who have zero soul and are just not even good enough to be playing on ro16.
 
Still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth that such a plastic, manufactured club have such a player like Haaland play for them.
 
What's the point of clubs like Leipzig. People may not like this but football was way more competitive in 2000s. Now you have half of these teams who have zero soul and are just not even good enough to be playing on ro16.
These posts are dumb.

It is hard for clubs who are not one of the richest in the world with unlimited money to compete on the highest level because of how the money has exploded, especially for PL teams. Why would you look down on them?
 
What's the point of clubs like Leipzig. People may not like this but football was way more competitive in 2000s. Now you have half of these teams who have zero soul and are just not even good enough to be playing on ro16.
What's the point of clubs like city?
 
Not really, he can score a million more for all I care, but you can hardly deny it surely?
He's by far not my dream player but anyone describing him as a simple tap-in merchant is either biased or not to be taken seriously.
 
Thought I had logged into Bluemoon for a second.

I’ve noticed that this is creeping into these forums of late and as a Utd fan, I hate to see our supporter base get as desperate as the bitters and RAWK.

Can we not just say the ref is shit? And that VAR is crap? Because both are true.
Ask Barcelona.
 
What's the point of clubs like Leipzig. People may not like this but football was way more competitive in 2000s. Now you have half of these teams who have zero soul and are just not even good enough to be playing on ro16.
What? They were Champions league semi finalists a couple of years ago. And anyway, who defines the point of a football club by whether they're competitive in the knock out rounds of the top club competition in the world?
 
So not a single word on that shocking Ederson all from the BT panel?
2 or 3 years back, there was some report about how panelists are told what to speak about. It is not random thoughts coming out of mind. There is a script given by whoever runs the show from background and the panelists discuss only that. Which is why some decisions are not talked about.
 
Jesus Christ, has anyone ever scored a double hat trick in the champions league?
 
These posts are dumb.

It is hard for clubs who are not one of the richest in the world with unlimited money to compete on the highest level because of how the money has exploded, especially for PL teams. Why would you look down on them?
Yes football is broken. There is nothing dumb about that. If you enjoy such football where one team just can go and buy anyone while others are just there to fill numbers. My post was not to knock Leipzig but teams like City who have zero soul.
 
What's the point of clubs like Leipzig. People may not like this but football was way more competitive in 2000s. Now you have half of these teams who have zero soul and are just not even good enough to be playing on ro16.

Leipzig are as good as some of the clubs in the 2000s. But it’s a general problem with some football matches now where teams get absolutely trounced and when the game is going against them they don’t seem to try to keep the score down for professional pride. It happens way more often these times at the top level.

We can’t talk, look at the Liverpool game. But it’s part of a wide trend - Brazil-Germany, Barca-Bayern, Barca-PSG and many more
 
What's the point of clubs like Leipzig. People may not like this but football was way more competitive in 2000s. Now you have half of these teams who have zero soul and are just not even good enough to be playing on ro16.

Agreed. Football may be better now but the competitiveness is far below the 2000s.
 
City in the last few years have ripped the CL like nobody else before, regularly spanking teams in the early knockouts. It’s so weird how they fail to win it every year.
 
Like a magnet for loose balls in the box. Proper schooling this.