23 Feb 2021 22:10:02
Is English football back on the way up?
Chelsea looked a far better team than the top team in last liga .
English team haven't lost so far in this round of Europe
Couple of Stand out team psg and munich but apart from them?

1.) 23 Feb 2021
23 Feb 2021 23:08:31
Was it ever really down? English teams constantly in the semi finals/ finals over the last 5 years.

Liverpool and Chelsea still have work to do in their ties. On the flip side of that argument, you have the 3rd best English side being knocked out by the 3rd best German side in the group stages. So swings and roundabouts.

2.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 05:57:12
Makes our exit at the group stage even more dissapointing.

With our counter attacking threat and ability to defend deeper we could have done well in the knockout rounds of the champions league.

PSG, Munich and City are the only teams that look top quality at the moment.

3.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 07:21:45
Agree dsg. But we were one martial tap in and a silly Fred challenge deo knocking out the finalists.

{Ed077's Note - All ifs and buts... Man Utd didn't go through though in reality.}

4.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 08:03:26
I think people have been question the quality of the epl this year .
It's never stronger than some think?

{Ed077's Note - Sorry what do you mean? The post is a bit unclear 😂😂}

5.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 10:54:01
Should be, it's maybe stronger than some think .

{Ed077's Note - oh that's better😂}

6.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 11:18:29
I watch a lot of European football, and bar those few top teams that play in the ECL or the Europa league the quality of many of the sides in big leagues such as La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga are equal to top half sides in the Championship.

It's why often we see a player such as Kagawa or Mkhitaryan who tore up the Bundesliga move to the EPL and struggle. For most players if you score 20 goals in the Bundesliga or Serie A then you might get 10 if you're lucky in the EPL.

The only thing which I think is on the whole stronger in many of the main land Europe leagues is the level of coaching. Far more coaches qualified to a far superior level who don't stop learning once they get a top job but continue to grow and evolve as the game does. British coaches tend to be a little simplistic in their approach and rarely show any sign of growth or development in their techniques as they age.

7.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 12:06:12
The prem has been terrible for me, no fans, VAR ruining the game, refs inconsistent, players diving, nobody knows what handball is anymore, games either complete dross or like a basketball match because without fan pressure there is no intensity or responsibility from most, saturated with live games, I'm rapidly losing interest in the game as a whole tbh. Fans back for the last game is a joke sure Newcastle will be hugely happy if they need to neat Fulham, maybe when it's full attendances and VAR is either used properly or scrapped will it get better.

8.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 12:16:11
Are the Spanish teams suffering because they have not had the usual Christmas break, so no time to recover.

{Ed077's Note - Or they aren't that great teams anymore. Both Barca and Real Madrid have much weaker squads than in the past few years and Atleti sometimes suffer from Simeone's defensive attitude and approach to games.

9.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 12:52:30
As always it is a combination of factors Ed. Barcelona and Real have both benefitted from having Messi and Ronaldo in their prime, sharing 6 CLs back to back says everything. Now we are nack to the age of Bayern, it would be no surprise if they go level with Milan this year in number of CLs won.

{Ed077's Note - agreed that there are more than 1 thing at play ,most of the time.}

10.) 24 Feb 2021
24 Feb 2021 13:33:24
We're dominating both European competitions now that we don't have Platini suppressing the English clubs.

Funny that.

{Ed077's Note - where was Platini when Man Utd made two back to back CL finals and 3 in 4 years. Where was he when 3 of the 4 semifinalists were English sides in back to back seasons?}