Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 7:26 pmI know exactly where you're coming from Jonny. Two years ago in the build up I was struggling not to get too caried away with the thought that we would bring the trophy back cos we were playing AC MILAN for fooks sake. That is why after just 50 seconds of the final I felt like my world was strating to crumble only to get worse over the next 45 mins. Of course the rest is glorious history now but with all of the omens in the build up (the new Pope, Prince Chuck gettin married again & the biggest of all Ken & Deidre gettin married again 
) it was hard not to get carried away.
This time is a different story however. There aren't any of these omens to make us think that Yes it will be our year again. The thing is though I feel that it can most definately be our time again. I've felt that for a few months and the only time that faith waivered slightly was when Barca were pulled out of the hat for the 1st knock-out phase.
Whats different this time though? Well I think that we've had time to realise just how savvy Rafa is when it comes to european football. The team has aged and developed since 2005 and they've shown a real steel in europe this season again overcoming some very strong teams. Rafa hasn't failed to deliver a major piece of silverware in the past three seasons:
2004 - UEFA Cup *Valencia
2005 - OL' BIG EARS
2006 - FA Cup
2007 - #6 ?? ?? ??
If anyone does need any omens there aren't any quite as strong as two years ago but apart from the one Jonnymac has quoted above there are the following ones:-
* Playing AC Milan AGAIN
* Wearing Red AGAIN
* Same area of Europe AGAIN
* Match ball will have blue stars again**
* Ken & Deidre have split up so who knows, maybe they'll get a quickie divorce and get wed again in the next 2 weeks.
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) it was hard not to get carried away.This time is a different story however. There aren't any of these omens to make us think that Yes it will be our year again. The thing is though I feel that it can most definately be our time again. I've felt that for a few months and the only time that faith waivered slightly was when Barca were pulled out of the hat for the 1st knock-out phase.
Whats different this time though? Well I think that we've had time to realise just how savvy Rafa is when it comes to european football. The team has aged and developed since 2005 and they've shown a real steel in europe this season again overcoming some very strong teams. Rafa hasn't failed to deliver a major piece of silverware in the past three seasons:
2004 - UEFA Cup *Valencia
2005 - OL' BIG EARS
2006 - FA Cup
2007 - #6 ?? ?? ??
If anyone does need any omens there aren't any quite as strong as two years ago but apart from the one Jonnymac has quoted above there are the following ones:-
* Playing AC Milan AGAIN
* Wearing Red AGAIN
* Same area of Europe AGAIN
* Match ball will have blue stars again**
* Ken & Deidre have split up so who knows, maybe they'll get a quickie divorce and get wed again in the next 2 weeks.
**
... WTF !
