[EU] Champions League 06/07 (17 Viewers)
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And you forgot to add how Milan winning CL has an incredible impact on normal people. I was sick yesterday and i feel great today. It's all because of Maldini lifting the trophy
Something weird also happened with me, I looked at my laptop wondering how to make the wireless adapter work and without solutions I said to myself "Oh well, at least Milan won the CL". You won't believe me if I tell you, the leds went on and it worked all by itself.
Rab, i accept the situation where Juve fans wanted an Italian team to win CL. I don't understand these juventini and i'll never agree with their reasons for supporting Milan, but i accept this weird situation and i have no hard feelings for them.
But a Juventino being emotional and crying a tear of joy about Maldini lifting the cup is too much for me to understand
But a Juventino being emotional and crying a tear of joy about Maldini lifting the cup is too much for me to understand
+rep for the effort. 
That's nothing. I just saw a blind man screaming "I can see, i can see", an invalid jumping from his wheel chair and started running.
And i just heard on the news how some man in Somalia took a little boy's lunch of loaves and fishes, blessed it and fed 5000 people with the one lunch.
Oh wait, and it just started raining in Ethiopia after 50 years.
And i just heard on the news how some man in Somalia took a little boy's lunch of loaves and fishes, blessed it and fed 5000 people with the one lunch.
Oh wait, and it just started raining in Ethiopia after 50 years.
You are certainly correct as you are most time. I have to give big props to Ambrosini, as not only he was their primary defensive unit at the back, he kept ball extremely well in contrast to his 3 midfield compatriots who were itching to give away the possession the moment they got it (especially Pirlo IMO).
Regarding the quality of the league: I think the big teams in Italia and England have big advantage over the Spanish outfits, simply because they have far more financial clout to attract players of proven quality than La Liga teams. You rarely see Italian or English big teams venture in the next hottest South-American prodigy. Its one thing to have talent, to actually win some ball games, mentality, experience are just as critical in tight situations. Furthermore, I think the strenght of domestic players in Italia and England are stronger than Spain, which gives two leagues great advantage in building really good teams since you can't have 11 foreigners if you are to make a team cohesive unit.
With regards to the equity: I do like La Liga for having many decent mid-table team who can give big boys a good run for their money on some occasions. I think this is due to wide influx of South Americans which give teams an access to much cheaper resources to compete with more illustrious teams. But it is one thing to be competitive, and entirely different matter in reaching greatness. I think South Americans are great for building decent team in quick time, but if you are seriously thinking about winning trophies than they are not the answer IMO. Possibly exception may be Sevilla, but heck what is the probability of striking gold with virtually every South American prospect you buy like they did? Not all teams have such good scouting network to rely upon.
But I think you are a bit critical on your own nation England. I thought English league has a potential to be extremely competitive one due to excellent revenue sharing scheme that is in place. So it is not out of realm to suggests that teams like Newcastle, Manchester City, West-Ham, Aston Villa could fight for bigger honors with right management in place. In addition, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of teams like Bolton and Everton last year. They may not play entertaining game but they sure give teams a hard workout with their physique and work-rate. Also the very bottom club in England isnt too bad. I mean how can teams like Wigan and West-Ham take points off teams like Arsenal and Manchester at away matches. In Serie A, the bottom team just lie down and die without a fight when Inter, Milan, Roma comes to the town. I think the depth in Serie A will vastly improve in 3 years time, because Napoli, Torino and Genoa have the fanbase to stay competitive in the league for a long time. I liked Viola's aggresive strategy in Calcio Mercato over last couple of years. I won't be surprised if they become the Sevilla of Serie A next year with couple of signings, especially considering that they have Corvino who is by far the best director in the business in Italia. That will probably leave with 4 excellent teams, 2 very good, 4-5 (Udinese, Samp, Palermo, Torino, Napoli) competitive teams in the league, which isn't too bad. The problem will be those last 8-9 teams who are utter crap, 3 or 4 of which shouldn't even be in Serie A, only playing in the league becase Italian courts likes to be involved with having final say in deciding who stays and who gets relegated. Only way to cure the problem IMO is to share resources more equitably like EPL teams do, thus raising the competitiveness in the league.
Regarding the quality of the league: I think the big teams in Italia and England have big advantage over the Spanish outfits, simply because they have far more financial clout to attract players of proven quality than La Liga teams. You rarely see Italian or English big teams venture in the next hottest South-American prodigy. Its one thing to have talent, to actually win some ball games, mentality, experience are just as critical in tight situations. Furthermore, I think the strenght of domestic players in Italia and England are stronger than Spain, which gives two leagues great advantage in building really good teams since you can't have 11 foreigners if you are to make a team cohesive unit.
With regards to the equity: I do like La Liga for having many decent mid-table team who can give big boys a good run for their money on some occasions. I think this is due to wide influx of South Americans which give teams an access to much cheaper resources to compete with more illustrious teams. But it is one thing to be competitive, and entirely different matter in reaching greatness. I think South Americans are great for building decent team in quick time, but if you are seriously thinking about winning trophies than they are not the answer IMO. Possibly exception may be Sevilla, but heck what is the probability of striking gold with virtually every South American prospect you buy like they did? Not all teams have such good scouting network to rely upon.
But I think you are a bit critical on your own nation England. I thought English league has a potential to be extremely competitive one due to excellent revenue sharing scheme that is in place. So it is not out of realm to suggests that teams like Newcastle, Manchester City, West-Ham, Aston Villa could fight for bigger honors with right management in place. In addition, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of teams like Bolton and Everton last year. They may not play entertaining game but they sure give teams a hard workout with their physique and work-rate. Also the very bottom club in England isnt too bad. I mean how can teams like Wigan and West-Ham take points off teams like Arsenal and Manchester at away matches. In Serie A, the bottom team just lie down and die without a fight when Inter, Milan, Roma comes to the town. I think the depth in Serie A will vastly improve in 3 years time, because Napoli, Torino and Genoa have the fanbase to stay competitive in the league for a long time. I liked Viola's aggresive strategy in Calcio Mercato over last couple of years. I won't be surprised if they become the Sevilla of Serie A next year with couple of signings, especially considering that they have Corvino who is by far the best director in the business in Italia. That will probably leave with 4 excellent teams, 2 very good, 4-5 (Udinese, Samp, Palermo, Torino, Napoli) competitive teams in the league, which isn't too bad. The problem will be those last 8-9 teams who are utter crap, 3 or 4 of which shouldn't even be in Serie A, only playing in the league becase Italian courts likes to be involved with having final say in deciding who stays and who gets relegated. Only way to cure the problem IMO is to share resources more equitably like EPL teams do, thus raising the competitiveness in the league.
Props to Milan. I have nothing but respect for players as Maldini, Pirlo and Kaka. Maybe even Gattuso.
But seeing Galliani putting his ugly bald face everywhere and Silvio holding the cup and being lifted by the players was the end of any sense of respect.
I was sort of happy at the end of the game, and disgusted after they lifted the trophy.
But seeing Galliani putting his ugly bald face everywhere and Silvio holding the cup and being lifted by the players was the end of any sense of respect.
I was sort of happy at the end of the game, and disgusted after they lifted the trophy.
