[Merged] Football talk - Page 158

Mal · 18-01-2005, 18:25

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Of course, when Utd won it in 99 they weren't champions.

Well not going into the start of the comp, but going into that final we were...

sherer · 18-01-2005, 18:30

i think you are right that's when forest won it.. they did it back to back and we did it with 2 teams not sure what it better there.. was harder when forest done it as you had to win the league to get in it the way it should be and you could be drawn against any team.. they alse set the unbeaten league run that arsenal beat last year..

not sure how many players they used but would be something like 15

Russ · 18-01-2005, 18:30

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One point to the man in the [dunno] coloured shirt... it was 79-80. Meaning exactly 25 yrs ago we're going down again.

Of course, when Utd won it in 99 they weren't champions.

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but didn't we do the double that year??

Mal · 18-01-2005, 18:34

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but didn't we do the double that year??

If you mean '99, yes you are wrong, it was the treble...

Russ · 18-01-2005, 18:36

Ahh yes, that's right. Winning so much, it's easy to get mixed up

sherer · 18-01-2005, 18:40

we were the first team to win it who hadn't won their league the year before

Paul K · 18-01-2005, 21:40

Anyone seen the Liverpool score lately?
Burnley 1 - Liverpool 0

Oh well, never mind.

sir_drinks_alot · 18-01-2005, 21:56

burnly just beat liverpool ! the fa cup is still alive

Mal · 18-01-2005, 21:58

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burnly just beat liverpool !

Yeah. Paul said, just before you.

Paul K · 18-01-2005, 22:01

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burnly just beat liverpool !

Yeah. Paul said, just before you.

Shhhh

Let him have his moment of glory. It's worth repeating anyway

Burnley 1 - Liverpool 0

nffc · 18-01-2005, 22:29

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Originally Posted by Russ D

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Originally Posted by nffc

One point to the man in the [dunno] coloured shirt... it was 79-80. Meaning exactly 25 yrs ago we're going down again.

Of course, when Utd won it in 99 they weren't champions.

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but didn't we do the double that year??

You did the treble- but the fact is you weren't champions in the qualifying season 97-98 (Arsenal were) so you shouldn't really have been in a competition for clubs who WON their league (ie the Champions' League) but FIFA pandering to the wishes of the big teams again.

It was harder to win it when it was unseeded draw, 2 leg knockout, competition, now you can draw your group games and still go through.
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i think you are right that's when forest won it.. they did it back to back and we did it with 2 teams not sure what it better there.. was harder when forest done it as you had to win the league to get in it the way it should be and you could be drawn against any team.. they alse set the unbeaten league run that arsenal beat last year..

not sure how many players they used but would be something like 15

something pathetically small. SBC had a definitive first XI that in the event of no midweek game he'd even take off for a friendly! And he'd still play them all the time.
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we were the first team to win it who hadn't won their league the year before

Well of course we've only won the league once but we won the thing so entered as holders the second time round.

Russ · 18-01-2005, 22:47

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Originally Posted by nffc

You did the treble- but the fact is you weren't champions in the qualifying season 97-98 (Arsenal were) so you shouldn't really have been in a competition for clubs who WON their league (ie the Champions' League) but FIFA pandering to the wishes of the big teams again.

It's amazing how bitter people become after their teams' glory years are just a fading memory

nffc · 19-01-2005, 00:01

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Originally Posted by nffc

You did the treble- but the fact is you weren't champions in the qualifying season 97-98 (Arsenal were) so you shouldn't really have been in a competition for clubs who WON their league (ie the Champions' League) but FIFA pandering to the wishes of the big teams again.

It's amazing how bitter people become after their teams' glory years are just a fading memory

What, like yours will be after you lose to Exeter, and in a few years when chelsea are cleaning up all and sundry...

Fact remains that Clough took a team of misfits and cheap players from 16thish in the second division to league champions straight after promotion, and the best team in Europe, twice in two years. That will NEVER be done again.

No-one can take that away from Forest. They'll be back as soon as they can remove that prat of a chairman.

And in any case. If bitterness were a pill Man Utd and their whinging idiot of a manager would have ODed on it and be in intensive care having their stomach pumped on a life support. Pfft.

This seems to have wandered anyway.

Chelsea are a joy to watch, play good, honest, football based on solid defending. Mourinho may not exhude classic one liners like SBC did but he's as close as one can get (Porto, european champions?

) to a modern SBC. There is nothing wrong with their spending. They only brought in 5 this year and I can't see them buying much more.

Russ · 19-01-2005, 00:03

Ok. I'll let you have your moment of glory.

And thanks for reminding the rest of us about who Nottm Forest are. Most people here are either to young to remember their glory days or have simply forgotten

nffc · 19-01-2005, 00:07

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Ok. I'll let you have your moment of glory.

And thanks for reminding the rest of us about who Nottm Forest are. Most people here are either to young to remember their glory days or have simply forgotten

Idiot. We were in the Premiership up until recently (your lot won 8-1 at our place once- which kind of flattered you lot really, don't think our defence turned up but the rest weren't too bad), reached the QFs of the UEFA cup in 1996, and third in PL in 95. League Cup in 89 and 90.

That's not too far away.

Although we're gonna be the first Euro Champs to be demoted to the third tier of their league

Sort it out Megson...