Jump to content

Recommended Posts

For Haifa you'd have to go via Tel Aviv which is 90Km away, be near ?400 if it's in September having taking a look at Opodo website.. and about ?150 if Matchday 6 (in December) but obviously you'd still expect good weather.


For those wondering where Haifa is, here it is on the map relative to Europe. Actually I think they have to play their home games further south in Tel Aviv as it's within striking distance of Hezbollah rocket attacks in Lebanon... Hmmm may have to give this one a miss!



View Larger Map

Annasfield Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I'm thinking about the trip MM. Would be nice to

> avoid Madrid as I have already been there this

> year. In a way i'm glad I didn't go to the

> Calderon when we played Atletico now.

>

> Chances are we'll draw them again too.



Sorry Anna - I keep forgetting you are an active fan as opposed to a TV fan like myself.

matthew123 Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Looks quite a strong group stage this season.

> Standard Liege, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan

> could form one group with an English team.

>

> http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/n

> ewsid=878126.html



I'd be happy to predict Matt that the top 2 will go through in at least 6 of the 8 groups. Its not a stronger group stage this year by virtue of the change of system whereby they have let in a number of teams who are further down the Uefa rankings. Check out the uefa coefficients of some of the tier 4 teams, they are very low.


The top two will be strong in all groups and should ensure some good matches but in the end they will go through. I'd like to see Ronaldo back in England getting kicked about at MU or Liverpool, that would be good.

Not even when Liverpool has just 1 point from first 3 games two seasons ago? I thought that was very exciting as first we had to beat Beskitas, which we did 8-0, then we had to beat Porto, which we did 4-1, then we had to visit the Med and beat Marseille which we did 4-0 in their own backyard. Or how about when United got kicked out of Group stage few years back by Lille?
Personally Keef I'd prefer they just kicked out Wigan, Blackburn, Burnley, Fulham, Stoke, Hull, Sunderland, Bolton, Brum from Premiership and replace them with Ajax, Sevilla, Barcelona, Real, Bayern, PSG, Marseille, Valencia and Fenerbahce.
That's fine for the well off middle class supporters who can afford to take time off and travel to those countries for the games Matthew but what about the less well off. It would be taking away from the grassroots of the game. What you're proposing is a European Super League. I guess it'll happen eventually but only the rich will be able to afford to go to those matches and rest of us will have to pay-per-view or watch it down the pub.
Actually for once I'm with matthew. Tosspots who think their club is too big for these shores can fuck off as far as I'm concerne. Maybe the Asking price of a game or season ticket at cute little upton park might resemble something in the real world again.

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote:

I agree. Should just abolish small Clubs altogether and Non-League and Amateur and Sunday Leagues, oh! and any Park Football...I mean whats the bally point?


Its like me. I'm in a real dilemma who to support this year.


It "was" going to be Liverpool but they look ropey. I had discounted ManU but after their last result I'm re-considering so, currently, I'm torn between Arsenal, Chelsea ( obviously), ManU and Spurs ( just in case "Xmas" lasts until April).


I'll keep you posted on what I decide but it won't be a small Club.


The're just a waste of space.


"Wastemen," innit...

It's not a case of Clubs thinking they're too big for the PL rather a case of other clubs being too small for the Premiership. Why should we stop foreign Clubs competing in PL - it strikes me as little Britain mentality. No we should remember Football is about entertainment not a charity event for Clubs that don't even try to play Football. What is the Stoke long throw all about, or Hull keeping the grass long? Crikey it's the 21st century!


This isn't about people being able to afford a trip to Amsterdam or Madrid, as it's usually cheaper than a visit to the North East, this is about creme da le creme... okay maybe not as I also did put a place at the big table for West Ham ;-)

Jah Lush Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Tut tut Tony you forgot Man City.


Never forgiven then for ruining the :


Summerbee/Bell/Lee/Young/Coleman Forward Line by bringing Rodney Marsh in when they were top of the League until March.


I supported them 'til March but had to change my allegiance once the results went pear-shaped, with Rod's disruption.


Support them now? I'm not that fickle.


I'll see how many other signings Citah make and if there god form continues b4 making a final decision.


Have to agree though about these small Clubs, if I had my way everyone would support the "Big 4/5/6" from Truro to Tynemouth and from Looe to Lowestoft....

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Wanted 2 x Adult and 1 x Children tickets for Dulwich fireworks tonight please!
    • Labour have changed a number of things overnight.   1. VAT on school fees - this has resulted in 25,000 moving until state education. 2. Increasing NICs adding billions to the cost of going to work. 3. Introducing the Employment Rights Bill causing employers to stop hiring. This and item 2 have added 100,000 people to the unemployment scrapheap. These are also causing businesses to relocate further harming the economy. 4. Scrapping all the small boats deterrents meaning 60,000 illegal migrants have arrived in small boats since they were elected. 5. Dishing out huge public sector payroses with no conditions so we have a massively increased payroll and doctors etc arestill going out on strike. 6.changed IHT and non domicile tax rules causing 16,500 millionaires to leave the UK and stop paying any tax here at all forever. 7. Alongside 6, leaving the budget up until an historically late period after the last budget has caused a house price crash, killing the market and decimating government stamp duty receipts. 8. Their profligate borrowing (£100bn extra in just one year) to fund all their lavish promises means the government can now only borrow at the highest ever yields on records. They are more beholden to the bond markets than Liz Truss was. 9. The rate of inflation has doubled under this government. It was a healthy 2% when they came in. For most of the last year, as a result of all of the above it is now nearly 4%.   These are all decisions the Labour government took that have immediate cause and effect.  Its no good harking back to 15 years ago. The current administration was gifted the fastest growing economy in the G7 and within 15 months they have destroyed it.    And things are only going to get worse this winter.      
    • I use Autocar Repair in West Dulwich.. been using them for over 20 years. Excellent service… 
    • A lot to agree with here - don’t get me started on Irish people complaining about immigration! - but that final paragraph is once again a cop out  there’s a lot of extreme right wing money stirring up the division that people are feeling - but there is zero excuse for handing power to these people. We live in a democracy and if we have enough people willing to give it up then judging those people foolish enough to do so is not only something that will happen, it is something that the rest of us should be morally compelled to do  if someone wouldn’t “normally” vote for a racist party yet somehow will do so because they hear someone like me saying that would be bad, then you better believe I’m judging them
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...