Rather than look back in fondness it made me sad :-(
why is this? that team should have done more :-(
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Rather than look back in fondness it made me sad :-(
why is this? that team should have done more :-(
Indeed, a real failure in my book.
In the past we seemed to win a title then rest on our laurels as such instead of using the success as a basis for aggressive strengthening. Of course one has to acknowledge that winning the thing is difficult enough in the first place, to retain it would merely be rubber stamping the team's dominance.
Well documented on here that I am no huge fan of Europe apart from in an economic, social and cultural perspective.
One’s domestic league title is always and will always be the first priority to me. We had scattered success in this respect as opposed to sustained.
Certainly 1 was allowed to slip in the period you reference.
SWv2 "The absence of a European triumph, or indeed coming close, is often held up as a reason to knock them."
It really was a missed opportunity given the teams which reached the Semi-Final that year
And going out to a Wayne Bridge winner in that Quarter at Highbury... :shout: :cry:
A CL in 04 and another in 06 would have suited me
That year Chelsea knocked us out was our year and pretty pivotal to the future of European football.
Chelsea played Monaco in the Semi Final but Ranieri found a way to lose but then a young Jose Mourinho masterminded a famous win for Porto in the final...next up was his victory lap around Europe with Chelsea, Real and Inter and years of endless Arsene torment.
:shrug:
Should have got the job done that year imo
It’s part of the reason I just can’t see us winning the EL.
After witnessing stuff like the above, Galatasary in the UEFA, Paris in 06, Birmingham in the Carling Cup...I just think we’ll find a way to screw it up.
We’ll probably beat Atlético 5-0 over the 2 legs then lose on penalties to Salzburg in the final :nod:
I think he is, wes. This moment was obviously sweet for the Citeh fans...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HQhV3ujyg
I take your point as 2004 was a much better team, however beating Chelsea would have meant us having to avoid ****ing up for 3 more matches, 180 minutes. Who knows how we would have coped with the remaining games and team rotation.
Jeremie Aliadiere to start up top. Blimey.
Henry scoring that chance meant 20 minutes and surely victory?
The circumstances of 2004 certainly hurt more as we utterly blew it, Paris was more a sense of disbelief that we were actually winning.
God was I drunk that night. The George Abbott in Guildford's fault. I fancied lager and they only had Fosters and Stella so I ingeniously decided that watching the CL final and swilling endless pints of Stella was a good idea.
I can still recall the look on the Chinese woman's face at the chippy as I ordered. Not sure what she was more worried about, my ability to take my wallet out and pay or the likelihood that I was about to fall into the glass window behind me. :-(