Champions League Thread 2023/2024

[Langston]

Paul Scholes makes Ryan Giggs look like an after dinner speaker, bloody hell

[Jattdogg]

You love to see it. 

 

[Vacamion]

 

I've only just seen that the hashtag was #FCKMUN.

 

Oh yes.  

[FoxyPV]

Just saw the result 😁

 

Then I saw the times of the goals 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Super_horns]

Ouch !

That is going to sting and dent already fragile confidence.

Edited 8 November 2023 by Super_horns

[lcfcell]

They’re never going to be good again are they? 

[Stuntman_Mike]

That was beautiful.

[st albans fox]

Am I the only person (apart from savage) who agrees rashford is a red?

 

there is no need for him to go so far over the ball to protect it -  by doing that he is way more likely to come down on the defenders leg or foot 

 

a foot past the ball is fine but three feet is not 

[Corky]

Glad that nonsense penalty didn't win the game. Farce.

[Super_horns]

6 minutes ago, Corky said:

Glad that nonsense penalty didn't win the game. Farce.

There are many a Man U teams that would have still won the game .

Wasn’t like they were at Man C or Liverpool.

Probably doesn’t say much that they didn’t hold on even for a point .

[filbertway]

22 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Am I the only person (apart from savage) who agrees rashford is a red?

 

there is no need for him to go so far over the ball to protect it -  by doing that he is way more likely to come down on the defenders leg or foot 

 

a foot past the ball is fine but three feet is not 

Im fine with it being a red as long as every time a player does it they also get a red card.

[Nalis]

Its 2030 and we'll still be singing 'more recent than you' at Man U

[StanSP]

8 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Am I the only person (apart from savage) who agrees rashford is a red?

 

there is no need for him to go so far over the ball to protect it -  by doing that he is way more likely to come down on the defenders leg or foot 

 

a foot past the ball is fine but three feet is not 

Nope! 

[st albans fox]

8 hours ago, filbertway said:

Im fine with it being a red as long as every time a player does it they also get a red card.

That’s right but there’s context 

if rashford goes a foot past the ball then it’s still within his playing control and if he contacts the defender then the defender is trying to play the ball 

by going several feet past the ball rashford is endangering the safety of his opponent who has to have his feet somewhere whilst not actually competing for the ball. 

[Finnegan]

Apparently VAR is "out of control" because in the Champions League it doesn't just give Manchester United everything they need to hide the fact they're shit. 

 

Absolutely nothing wrong with the decisions yesterday. Maguire's arm is up doing the okey cokey and Rashford full on stands on some guy's ankle with a full leg breaker. 

 

The fvck are they moaning about. Just bottle merchants that went in to panic mode whilst beating a pub team 2 - 0. Can you imagine Man City or Bayern or someone collapsing from there, even with 10, against FCK? 

 

[RowlattsFox]

Ten Haag was even trying to claim Copenhagen's first goal was offside because someone was in Onana's eyeline  

 

The worse decision of the night was the one that went in Man Utd's favour. 

[Fox92]

All this about VAR, media painting it as "out of control". But it wasn't "out of control" earlier in the season when Man Utd got favourable decisions in home games against Wolves and Forest.

 

Absoloute joke. As always people moaning about it when it doesn't go their way.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

Apparently VAR is "out of control" because in the Champions League it doesn't just give Manchester United everything they need to hide the fact they're shit. 

 

Absolutely nothing wrong with the decisions yesterday. Maguire's arm is up doing the okey cokey and Rashford full on stands on some guy's ankle with a full leg breaker. 

 

The fvck are they moaning about. Just bottle merchants that went in to panic mode whilst beating a pub team 2 - 0. Can you imagine Man City or Bayern or someone collapsing from there, even with 10, against FCK? 

 

I notice 'everything goes against Man Utd' even though they got a penalty which was more controversial than any decision that did go against them.

 

All the managers just as bad as each other. Arteta's comments the other day were a load of shite to try and justify his rant beforehand. They love when decisions go their way but can't hack it if a referee dare to make a 50/50 call against them. It's precisely one of the (many) reasons why fans hated Fergie back in the day - lambast and disrespect referees into feeling the pressure to give Man Utd everything. 

[StanSP]

 

 

[purpleronnie]

Backed Copenhagen at the start, thought i'd lost when i saw utd 2-0 up, saw this morning utd lost 4-3..

[purpleronnie]

Reading the red cafe is always fun when Utd lose:-

 

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Audacity of these irrelevant c**** to put up a tifo like that vs us. Do they even know who we are? We are Manchester f****** United. Time to teach these w****** a lesson they'll never forget.

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Unluckiest club in the world.

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English football fan survival guide:

1)Be obnoxiously drunk on the way to the stadium
2)Make some noise and try to provoke home fans 20 minutes before kickoff while no player is on the pitch.
3)Stay silent.
4)Jeer at a missed shot
5)Stay silent.

[Finnegan]

12 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Reading the red cafe is always fun when Utd lose:-

 

 

I went to our Copenhagen away. Their fans are fantastic, really liked their end. Liked the stadium as a whole to be fair. 

 

Great city too. 

 

[Mickyblueeyes]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12730815/amp/IAN-LADYMAN-Celtic-crash-burn-Europe-dont-understand-Brendan-Rodgers-doing-there.html
 

My jaw is still firmly placed on the ground. 
 

a few snippets:

 

Brendan Rodgers will turn 51 in January. So the promising, energetic, innovative and engaging young coach who emerged at Reading and Swansea and then started the transformation of Liverpool in 2012 is now at what you may call managerial maturity.

 

What, then, is he doing spending valuable years back at Celtic?

 

Firstly, “started the transformation at Liverpool”. They were mid-table. Got spanked by Stoke and had some good money and lot of bad money. I’m sorry, was it Brendan who bought Salah, Mane, Van Dijk, Wijnaldum, Richardson, Allison ? Was it Brendan who promoted TAA ? No sorry, he promoted the other superstar, Flanagan. Was it Brendan who implemented the Gengenpress style ? Secondly, no mention of his longest serving term of his managerial career - don’t worry, we appear later down. 
 

So against this backdrop, what can Rodgers do? The Northern Irishman remains a coach of quality and personality but he cannot work miracles and to take Celtic out of a Champions League containing Atletico, Lazio and Feyenoord would have been a huge ask. The Dutch Eredivisie is not exactly in the rudest health its ever been in but even they take £90m a year from the broadcasters - three times the SPL figure.

 

Did Brendan write this - it sounds all too familiar. 
 

Rodgers may have many reasons to be back in Scotland, both personal and professional. If he felt he needed some time away from the English game after a couple of difficult seasons as the spending was pulled back at Leicester then that would be understandable. Emotional attachments to Celtic are important too

 

Ah, there we are. A couple of difficult seasons ? Spending pulled back ? Couple ? Wasn’t it one transfer window. Surely I’m mistaken.

 

His ability to improve players and his courage to afford his teams tactical freedom and responsibility was always refreshing and that survived and grew during his time at Leicester

 

Only one answer to that. **** off. 
 

Oh and no mention of our relegation. Reading that, I’ve come to one conclusion which I can’t say. 

 

 

[Corky]

His transformation of Liverpool was so great that Klopp basically had to rip that squad up. His refreshing style at Leicester left us with a team of players currently in the Champions League/ other European competitions in 19th in April.

 

Usual Brendan loving bullshit from the media.

[FrankieADZ]

see Celtic are keeping that record going

letting 2 goals in in the space of a couple of mins

 

what is it with a BR side bottling it in Rome