The Official 2010/2011 Champions League Thread

[SebC]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

haha

Madrid took two deliberate red cards at the end of the game, Ramos and Alonso, so they are suspended for a meaningless game (they have clinched 1st) and have a clean slate for the knockout stages

Surprised more people aren't talking about this. I honestly think they've exposed a major problem with the yellow card rules. Maybe defer the 1-game suspensions to the knockout round for teams that have already qualified or something. This could change the game.

[valo403]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

haha

Madrid took two deliberate red cards at the end of the game, Ramos and Alonso, so they are suspended for a meaningless game (they have clinched 1st) and have a clean slate for the knockout stages

Absolutely genius by Mourinho. Exposed the utter stupidity of the rule and made UEFA look like fools, I fully support that.

[SebC]

I was surprised Ronaldo didn't get himself sent of too, and even surprised that he didn't get himself sent off first.

[SeoulFire]

Originally Posted by SebC

Surprised more people aren't talking about this. I honestly think they've exposed a major problem with the yellow card rules. Maybe defer the 1-game suspensions to the knockout round for teams that have already qualified or something. This could change the game.

It is not the first time this has happened and it certainly won't be the last. I really have no ideas on how it can be done that will not be exploitable.

[troutman]

Ajax used to be a European powerhouse. Now, they sadly can't compete with the big moneyed teams.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by troutman

Ajax used to be a European powerhouse. Now, they sadly can't compete with the big moneyed teams.

and their best player may in fact be a vampire

http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/aja...-seven-matches

[d_phaneuf]

and this is great, I wonder if he is even aware what he did

[d_phaneuf]

kaboom!

[rubecube]

Great start!

[rubecube]

Beautiful goal from Modric.

[d_phaneuf]

Moddle!

[d_phaneuf]

Rangers are playing a 10-0 formation against United again, in a game they have to win

[d_phaneuf]

Inter are being outplayed from what I saw against Twente as well

a draw or a twente win there would mean Spurs only need a draw at twente in the last game to finish 1st in the group

[d_phaneuf]

Bale with an absolutely terrible pen

and Inter scored

[rubecube]

My favourite whipping boy, Alan Hutton, has been excellent today.

[d_phaneuf]

Crouchy!

best game Lennon has played in over a year

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Crouchy!

best game Lennon has played in over a year

Agreed. Hopefully this sparks a return to the excellent form he was in last fall.

[rubecube]

Any idea how much more money Spurs will receive now that they've qualified for the KO?

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Any idea how much more money Spurs will receive now that they've qualified for the KO?

this shows how much teams got last year

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...LOAD.pdf&pli=1

the market pool is the tv revenue which gets split out at the end of season evenly based on games played

so even a team like Madrid or Milan who went out in the 1st KO stages last year made 23m Euro's

so they would be looking at that so far earned on the low end

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

this shows how much teams got last year

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...LOAD.pdf&pli=1

the market pool is the tv revenue which gets split out at the end of season evenly based on games played

so even a team like Madrid or Milan who went out in the 1st KO stages last year made 23m Euro's

so they would be looking at that so far earned on the low end

Should be enough to add someone substantial in January.