UEFA Champions League 2018/19

[Leicester_Loyal]

Ridiculous results in this years knock out stages. I personally hope Spurs go on to win it, but I think Liverpool will beat them.

[lestajigs]

Fantastic couple of nights for football, very good for English football, hoping a spurs win tbf 

[st albans fox]

The Spanish police won’t know where to turn .... batons everywhere !!!!!

[SystonFox]

5 hours ago, spacemunky said:

So we've learned that the thing holding Spurs back all this time is.....Harry Kane!

Will he be fit for the final?

[Nalis]

This isnt a dig, more of an observation, but does anyone else notice Jenas is usually about 5-10 seconds behind whats happening on the pitch? Dont know why really or if he's in a studio rather than the stadium with a lag as bad as those streaming.

 

Saying stuff like I think he's given it for a goal /free kick whilst players are lining up the free kick/kick off. Happened in the.Man City Spurs game too.

[CosbehFox]

7 minutes ago, Nalis said:

This isnt a dig, more of an observation, but does anyone else notice Jenas is usually about 5-10 seconds behind whats happening on the pitch? Dont know why really or if he's in a studio rather than the stadium with a lag as bad as those streaming.

 

Saying stuff like I think he's given it for a goal /free kick whilst players are lining up the free kick/kick off. Happened in the.Man City Spurs game too.

Given his Nottingham background, that’s easily explainable 

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Abrasive fox said:

But hes some how managed to make the post match all about him. The bloke is weird, he does the same thing for England as well. Vardy cannot stand him.

What did he say? 

[stripeyfox]

is the final only on BT Sport? 

[Fox in the North]

Just imagine a commentary booth with McManaman and Jenas for the final.... 

[deejdeej]

17 minutes ago, Fox in the North said:

Just imagine a commentary booth with McManaman and Jenas for the final.... 

Hopefully they go for Crouch, played for both sides and has some personality.

[yorkie1999]

9 hours ago, Vacamion said:

 

 

Can the OP add a poll?  Is that how it works?  @seanfox778 ??? 

 

Who do people in here want to win? 

 

Spurs or Liverpool

 

Whites or Reds

Poch or Klopp

Jenas or MacMannaman

Fighting Cock or Thieving Cocks

Stupid vowels or crazy consonants 

Lahndan Tahn or De Friedliest Place in de Werrrrld

 

 

Barbour hats or shell suits

[AjcW]

1 hour ago, stripeyfox said:

is the final only on BT Sport? 

They are contractually obliged to make it free to air so they put it on their freeview channel and YouTube as well. 

[stripeyfox]

12 minutes ago, AjcW said:

They are contractually obliged to make it free to air so they put it on their freeview channel and YouTube as well. 

Ah, nice one. Cheers

 

 

[stripeyfox]

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48206280

Liverpool and Tottenham have each been allocated 16,613 tickets for the Champions League final in Madrid.

Liverpool have announced pricing details for their fans with the cheapest tickets costing £60, but only accounting for 20% of the Reds' allocation.

In addition 54% of tickets are priced at £154, 21% at £385 and 5% at £513.

Tottenham, who beat Ajax to reach the final, have not announced pricing details for their tickets.

Uefa has already sold 4,000 tickets to "fans worldwide" for seats at the 68,000-capacity Estadio Metropolitano stadium.

The rest will go to the local organising committee, Uefa and national associations, commercial partners, broadcasters and corporate hospitality.

In addition to the 16,613 tickets, Liverpool have been given 100 adult/junior combined tickets priced at £120 per pair, but there will be no other concessionary tickets available.

They also received 300 tickets for club staff and players' families and friends.

Jurgen Klopp's side beat Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield on Tuesday to complete a remarkable comeback, winning 4-3 on aggregate to reach the final.

It is the second successive season the Reds have made the final. Last year they lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in Kiev. Tickets then ranged from £61 to £394.

[RonnieTodger]

Plaza Mayor will be a warzone

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Tottenham’s last-gasp win over Ajax was unbelievable. You could see what it meant to Pochettino - I hadn’t seen a manager crying like that since Sam Allardyce at Tesco Express when they’d sold out of Scotch eggs.

[cambridgefox]

10 hours ago, BoyJones said:

Would much prefer Liverpool to win the CL but not the league. They and their fans and I know quite a few appear more desperate to win the Premier League. They've been there and done that in the CL. 

 

Fair play to Spurs for an unbelievable battling second half. Pleased for their English lads, but in reality the level of football, apart from Moura, who took his goals exceptionally well, was very, very poor. Ajax were clearly the better footballing side, but fell away mentally in the second half. Trippier and Son looked very poor and I would have said the same for Alli, but for his assists. 

 

If Liverpool turn up, they should win comfortably, but as Spurs have shown in the last two ties, keep on fighting and who knows. If Spurs won the CL, imo their fans would take smugness to an insufferable level and we wouldn't be able to keep calling them bottlers. 

My FB timeline is full of Spurs giving it large and I have probably seen Spurs more than them,a few exceptions are the ones that actually go.

We do love our” We’re waiting for you””Who came 3rd chant” to wind them up,but I feel they won’t give a shit if they win it.

Something we hold over them in this modern era.

You know I’m surrounded by them and they are my most hated team.

Hoping Liverpool either stuff them or score at the same time they did.

call it determination or luck,I don’t know,but they have nearly been knocked out with minutes to go 3 times.This upsets me greatly.

 

PS What sort of pub did we end up in on Monday at Man City.First for me having a police corden 12feet away after a murder!!!

Most in the pub looked like prime suspects.

[String fellow]

Isn't there something slightly ridiculous about having two English teams playing in the final of the Champions League (a) when neither have been champions in England for many years, and (b) playing the match in Madrid? As Spurs have been so jammy in their quarter- and semi-finals, methinks their name must be on the cup, despite being incapable of winning anything in this country. 

[stripeyfox]

1 hour ago, String fellow said:

Isn't there something slightly ridiculous about having two English teams playing in the final of the Champions League (a) when neither have been champions in England for many years, and (b) playing the match in Madrid? As Spurs have been so jammy in their quarter- and semi-finals, methinks their name must be on the cup, despite being incapable of winning anything in this country. 

Well the Champions League long since removed the requirement to win a domestic title in order to participate so it is what it is.

 

Regards the venue, the stadiums are selected a long time in advance and they're not going to change it because it is inconvenient for the participating teams.

 

 

 

 

[egg_fried_rice]

I'm still reeling from the last few nights. What an incredible week of football.

[spacemunky]

6 hours ago, SystonFox said:

Will he be fit for the final?

Has some time with the final being June 1st. 

[KrefelderFox666]

Bet Gareth Southgate isn't happy. Most of his players won't be joining him until a couple of days before their Nations League semi against Holland.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Fox in the North said:

Just imagine a commentary booth with McManaman and Jenas for the final.... 

Not sure why anyone would want to listen to the commentators on SKY for any match.

 

Personally I try and listen to our own Arlo White on American commentary or the Canadian commentary where I think Danny Dichio and his colleague (whose name escapes me at the moment) are two of the few worth listening to.

[UniFox21]

Put into context, thats basically the KP filled with a bit extra of Liverpool and spurs fans, with another KP  being filled with non-supporters

[CosbehFox]

I will sound like a deluded, miserable git here but I feel a little odd about the hysteria of the last two evenings. This over-riding feeling from pundits and other fans of 'its football we love it'. 

 

Firstly, I can't understand any regular match attending Premier League supporter getting all gooey over these comebacks. Both clubs have awful fanbases who consistently belittle any club who dares challenge them. For years at schools, have to contend with Liverpool fans and their cliched sayings. This gets completed repeated by the media as though its fact. Then throw in Spurs. One of the grounds where I have had opposition fans attempt to intimidate me, they went around belting women at Wembley, exude a huge complex despite generally being middle of the road all the way through my lifetime. 

 

So okay it's low of me to dislike both clubs because of their fans but those feats pulled off over the past two nights have been incredible showings of skill. 

 

But then this gets me too. The media et al including football fans have labelled this as the type of events which only occur in the Champions League. 'European nights', 'classic clubs', rah rah rah. If you love football, it's not restricted to occurring in the Champions League. Those events from last night will have occurred up and down the footballing pyramid. There was a non league game on Monday which went 2-0, 2-2, 3-2 with two missed penalties and a sending off. If people love football, get out and watch your local team regardless of level. Try to pre-determine this has something which is exclusive to Champions League, exclusively to TV coverage, exclusive to someone the majority of us can't watch is dangerous. So it's not 'football what a sport' the majority of this sheep like, it's 'top level, glamorous, big name football' 

 

The CL is a monster. Last night's result was a hammer blow for the 'European nights', 'classic clubs'. From 2024, the Champions League will take another format change which is likely to see even further dominance by the big leagues. We needed Ajax to win it and give some credit that the CL should be more open. 

 

Rant and waffling over