I see no difference to how it used to be. The same sort of teams played in Europe then as they do now.
check out who our dear rivals beat to win the uefa cup! jesus!! (they didn't beat jesus by the way) aris thessaloniki bohemians praha widzew lodz st etienne cologne az alkmaar and you think it's better now? that was to win the whole competition! they didn't play a team i'd even heard of until the quarter finals now look back at who fulham beat to get to the final...
The thing is I can remember as a 9 year old listening to Liverpool St Etienne on the radio in bed. They won 3-1 to go through to the semi final of the european cup. It was unusual, special to see (well hear ) an English team win in a big competition in Europe. It instilled a sense to magic about football and the glamour involved. The players were conected more to the fans (Phil Thompson paraded the european cup that year in his local pub) European teams were rarely seen on TV, they were mysterious teams, when uk players went abroad it was a big deal, not anymore. All of those sorts of qualities imbued the european football nights with a sense of awe, expecation. That doesn't happen anymore, because the world has moved on. Ultimately I guess all I am trying to say in a very roundabout way, is that they FELT bigger and more special because they happened less frequently, were not televised as much and so on. maybe it's just nostalgia
http://www.travelexplorations.com/l...ocks-we-shall-not-be-moved.5036280-59574.html If you get the time, watch these highlights of the Liverpool St etienne match: I'm not sure I want to go back to this terracing !
This is referring more to to the players caring more about money and I think this makes no difference to wanting the football at Carrow Road.
Seriously though, I think a club like us it would do more harm than good. Stretch the squad, will probably cost us money to participate, if we don't do well in it could halt any momentum we build in the league. Don't get me wrong Supers, I would love to be in the position to qualify, but think the actual competition will not benefit us. I don't even think there will be anything memorable from it. Too many games in it.
Bugger have I said that already? I meant three anyway, I blame my phone! Either that or I can travel in time!
there has been some comments on here about the fair play league. although we are doing well on the cards front, i didn't realise until just now that it's not just based on cards, and we are 8th in that league after 14 games . You can see we are top of the cards column (R/Y) http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/fair-play.html
i agree it looks odd given the other rating criteria. probably irrelevant if nobody gets a place like last season. somebody more knowlegable might have an idea
That table makes no sense at all! I'm assuming the R/Y column refers to red and yellow cards - so how come we have the highest score with 128? I thought we had the fewest cards this season, how is it calculated and what do the other columns refer to?
munky i think the highest score means the least amount of cards, as the aim is to get the highest score over all the factors. They must knock points off for each card there's a link at the bottom which takes you to how the other bits are measured, it's a bit general as there must be a score for each game available, might not be disclosed.
its calculated in the most stupid, roundabout way imaginable http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/fair-play-calculation.html
the cards are factual, but the rest is based on someones judegement! Daft edit. P.S here comes the history boy
