Genie Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Mic09 said: Starting Moura was such an obvious decision. Clearly in form and fit. If he isn't performing, bring on a supposedly better Kane at 45mins. No one would have blamed him. I really don't get it. Exactly. Kane as an impact sub, if needed, makes so much more sense. Its the kind of decision that held England back for many years. Players getting a place in the starting line up regardless of form. Thankfully Southgate seems to be braver than those before. Poch looks like he lacks to balls to make a big call and leave the club captain out for the good of the team. Edited June 2, 2019 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Anyone catch Michael Owen (yes I know) on the pre-match buildup: "Yeah, Moura did a hattrick in the semi final, but it's Haaaarrry Kaaannnnnneeeee!" It's easy from the comfort of the sofa to say (especially with the benefit of hindsight given how off the pace he was), but whilst bringing Kane into the team was a very easy decision, it was easily a very wrong one. It's really odd to be honest, we saw with Atletico M a few years back that starting with a palpably unfit striker doesn't work out if they have to go off and your game plan goes up in smoke after 15 minutes (or for that matter, if all you're gonna do in 90 minutes is two intercepted crosses). Though, after typing all that I can't say that Spurs winning or losing really came down to Kane - there were so many players out there yesterday who looked below their best (but that's not half as fun or glib to write) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 12 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: He wasn't bad last season to be fair to him. However since 2016/2017 he has shown a season on season decline. If he plays at this level or worse next season they'll be shipping him out. Looks like becoming mega rich at a young age has had an adverse impact on his development. He'll still be in the England team for the next 12 years though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Thank the lord spurs didn't win it. Now all these arrogant spurs fans have gone back on the sewers where they belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 What is the more important the Premier League or champions league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, PaulC said: What is the more important the Premier League or champions league? For plop? Premier League I'd imagine. They can claim to be the best team in Europe, but the are not even the best team in England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, PaulC said: What is the more important the Premier League or champions league? which ever one you won personally for me it will change each year depending on how tough each competition is, city beating an excellent Liverpool team is more of an achievement than that Liverpool team winning the CL IMO, apart from coming back from the dead vs barca (in a game that barca again shouldn't have allowed to happen) they were never really that troubled all competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 For city winning the champions league should be more important as they have win the Premier League several times but never won the champions league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 For a club like Liverpool its the Premier League 1st, 2nd and 3rd IMO. Haven't won the league in the Premier League era and it's absolutely the elephant in the room for their gigantic club status. I reckon 95% of Liverpool fans would trade their CL title for the PL title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, PaulC said: For city winning the champions league should be more important as they have win the Premier League several times but never won the champions league. I dunno, city are edging towards a Bayern munich / juve / psg style dominance which they haven't done before (they hadn't even retained their title before I think) and have the treble this year, for another couple of years I think city can survive just upping their trophy haul (and overtaking us, probably Chelsea too) before the CL becomes a problem, see how its reformatted first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 https://youtu.be/pl7GmELG9LA Official UEFA highlights package has been released. It's a minute and thirty four seconds long (including about twenty seconds of footage from after the full time whistle). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Could have got it up to 2 minutes with some slow-mo shots of the norks from various angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 6, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) On 03/06/2019 at 14:54, PaulC said: What is the more important the Premier League or champions league? Depends. For Man City you'd think now the Champions League is more important. For LIverpool it's undoubtedly the league. I imagine for most clubs it's the league, unless they've won it relatively recently. Edited June 6, 2019 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Depends. For Man City you'd think now the Champions League is more important. For LIverpool it's undoubtedly the league. I imagine for most clubs it's the league, unless they've won it relatively recently. As an Aston Villa fan, I would rather win the Premier League than the CL right now. I'd imagine a Spurs fan will want to win the league too, although they came very close in the CL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 The league at end of the day is more important. CL is a cup competition and anything can happen though its set up to favour the big teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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