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Accy cyclist · 9 Dec 2014

Accrington Stanley have drawn Man Utd at home in the FA Cup! :wahhey:

http://accringtonstanley.co.uk/2014/12/cup-draw-evening/
We ONLY have to beat Yeovil in the replay to play them! :rolleyes:

Accy cyclist · 10 Dec 2014

Liverpool are out of the Champions League. I don't think they should be too upset they were never going to win it,but they have a decent chance of winning the Europa League! Big fish in a small pond and all that!

AndyRM · 10 Dec 2014

A chance they shouldn't have IMO as their failure has been rewarded with the opportunity of silverware.

Smokin Joe · 10 Dec 2014

Accy cyclist said:
Liverpool are out of the Champions League. I don't think they should be too upset they were never going to win it,but they have a decent chance of winning the Europa League! Big fish in a small pond and all that!

Exactly how big a fish are Liverpool now? There are some sharks floating about in the Europa League.

Not that anyone cares, it's the European equivalent of the Johnstones Paint Trophy.

Accy cyclist · 10 Dec 2014

AndyRM said:
A chance they shouldn't have IMO as their failure has been rewarded with the opportunity of silverware.

Smokin Joe said:
Exactly how big a fish are Liverpool now? There are some sharks floating about in the Europa League.

Not that anyone cares, it's the European equivalent of the Johnstones Paint Trophy.

If they win the Europa League it'll be some kind of an achievement because they'll have to get past those sharks to win it. :whistle:

I noticed that last year's beaten Europa League finalists Benfica ended up with the wooden spoon in their Champion's League group meaning they don't even qualify for the lesser competition. Now they do flatter to deceive! I think they've appeared in something like 9 European finals and lost them all?

AndyRM · 10 Dec 2014

Accy cyclist said:
If they win the Europa League it'll be some kind of an achievement because they'll have to get past those sharks to win it. I noticed that last year's beaten Europa League finalists Benfica ended up with the wooden spoon in their Champion's League group meaning they don't even qualify for the lesser competition. Now they do flatter to deceive! I think they've appeared in something like 9 European finals and lost them all?

Benfica have won the European Cup/Champions League twice.

Accy cyclist · 10 Dec 2014

AndyRM said:
Benfica have won the European Cup/Champions League twice.

Ok but it was a long time ago!Winners (2):1960–61, 1961–62 :thumbsup:

AndyRM · 10 Dec 2014

Accy cyclist said:
Ok but it was a long time ago!Winners (2):1960–61, 1961–62

Does that matter though? The way Liverpool bang on about their European heritage, you'd think they'd been contenders for ages. They were last dominant 30 odd years ago.

Piemaster · 10 Dec 2014

Guy I work with is a Benfica supporter. I may have to ask him about their group position next week when I see him.
Actually I may have to ask him about it a lot :evil:

Accy cyclist · 10 Dec 2014

AndyRM said:
Does that matter though? The way Liverpool bang on about their European heritage, you'd think they'd been contenders for ages. They were last dominant 30 odd years ago.

Yes but they won the Champions League only 9 years ago and they do have quite a record though, even if it is fading a bit with time.

Since 1964, they have won eleven European trophies: the UEFA Champions League (formerly known as the European Cup) five times, the UEFA Europa League (formerly known as the UEFA Cup) three times, and the UEFA Super Cup three times.

AndyRM · 10 Dec 2014

Piemaster said:
Guy I work with is a Benfica supporter. I may have to ask him about their group position next week when I see him.
Actually I may have to ask him about it a lot

Group C was one of the toughest ones IMO, along with E.

Accy cyclist · 10 Dec 2014

AndyRM said:
Group C was one of the toughest ones IMO, along with E.

I saw Benfica beat Everton 5-0 in the Europa League in 2009 while i was on holiday in Portugal.Just thought i'd mention it. :whistle:

AndyRM · 10 Dec 2014

Accy cyclist said:
Yes but they won the Champions League only 9 years ago and they do have quite a record though, even if it is fading a bit with time.

Since 1964, they have won eleven European trophies: the UEFA Champions League (formerly known as the European Cup) five times, the UEFA Europa League (formerly known as the UEFA Cup) three times, and the UEFA Super Cup three times.

I'm not disputing that, I just don't particularly care. The way the media fawn over Liverpool's heritage, and 'big nights at Anfield' is tedious.

In general it seems that certain teams are expected to do well, and alterations to European competition over the years has pretty much guaranteed a status quo. It should be a straight knock out competition from the start, with none of this league p!sh.

Piemaster · 10 Dec 2014

Accy cyclist said:
I saw Benfica beat Everton 5-0 in the Europa League in 2009 while i was on holiday in Portugal.Just thought i'd mention it.

They are a competitive team and have been quite unfortunate with 'almost' recently. Of course I'd never tell him that

solitaire · 10 Dec 2014

Hi all just joined yesterday,
I don't think liverpool are good enough to win anything at the minute, I certainly don't think they will be in the champions league next season.
As far as being knocked out of one competition and being rewarded by going into another, it's ridiculous.IMO

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