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  1. HanoiVillan
    This seems like a topic where no-one can even agree on what they're comparing. Is it the overall wealth of the league? Is it the European performances of its teams? If so, over this season, or over several seasons? Is it a general sense of footballing ability, not measure by European performance? Is it comparing the on-paper footballing strength of sides? Are people comparing Man City and Real Madrid, Brighton and Osasuna, or Sheff Utd and Almeria? Is a league stronger if it's more even, or weaker? What's any of this *for*, really?
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    Yes. I mean there's two points really, first that 75% is not 100% (as you say), but then also secondly that people were acting and talking as if the number mattered more than the reality of the fixtures. I don't know what the number of games is where looking at a statistical average of a dataset would be more useful to just predicting who would win a group of matches, but it's far more than the 5 ties that happened.
  3. HanoiVillan
    The Guardian's match report says it as well, I assume it's been confirmed by UEFA.
  4. HanoiVillan
    Remembering when people were treating a Twitter account saying England had a 75% chance of getting the 5th spot as if that somehow meant something . . . oh, all of about ten days ago now.
  5. HanoiVillan
    It's one thing to lose - to be honest, I expected to lose tonight - but to go out with such a damp squib having hardly had a shot is pretty pathetic. They've been really good and they do deserve the victory but I feel we've let ourselves down very badly.
  6. HanoiVillan
    Have to agree. We haven't even turned up, but they also haven't let us.
  7. HanoiVillan
    One logical idea I've seen floated would be to have scrapped replays for all-PL ties, but kept them for others. I don't understand why 1st and 2nd round replays have been scrapped.
  8. HanoiVillan
    I would go so far as to say it's unlikely, given Newcastle's fixtures.
  9. HanoiVillan
    Was it ever clear to what extent that was his idea, versus the club hierarchy's? Anyway, it was **** stupid for the reasons you identify.
  10. HanoiVillan
    We managed to build the squad we have now without offering Champions League. In the vast majority of cases they were signed to a club who appeared to only offer persistent relegation battles with some mid-table ambition. At this level, the difference in player quality is real, not fake, but not massive. Our advantage is the opportunity to be coached by one of the game's best managers.
  11. HanoiVillan
    I'm not a lawyer, but falsifying accounts is often a crime (it's what Trump is on trial for right now, for one topical example)
  12. HanoiVillan
    I say this entirely un-ironically: that's the spirit!
  13. HanoiVillan
    I don't think that's true, but regardless we're getting off-topic anyway.
  14. HanoiVillan
    Never underestimate . . . . the Moyestermind! Pre-game prep already sorted:
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    Anyone seen another version of this?
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