by Reinas No.1 Fan » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:40 pm
It wasnt just them banned out of Europe, we were too, it hasnt stopped us winning things domestically and in europe.
They need to realise that they are not a power in europe and hopefully (for englands reputation) wont be for a while. They are a team who play safe unimaginative football, score a random goal and put 10 men on the line (with Andy Johnson aimlessly running on to any and every ball hooffed out of defence)
Those tactics will be ripped apart by a lot of teams in the later stages of the UEFA cup and almost all the teams in the Champions League, when that happens they usually resort to dirty shin kicking and out muscling tactics which in european footy will be punished everytime.
Its not a case that 22 years ago you were denied a chance of european football, and that is now to blame for your present day failings, its just an easy f**king excuse for why the red half of liverpool are much much much much much more sucessful.
They dont seem to remember that during the 5 year ban Liverpool won the title and therefore passage into europe 3 times, so we missed out more than they did, we could have 8 european cup instead of 5 (not likely but possible)
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