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Champions League 2016/17
- Thread starter Baleforce
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Underestimate RM in the CL at your peril
Baleforce
Ron Henry
indeed, but Bayern at home with Carlo in charge, I did fear it would be a step too far
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
Fear? Are you a Real Madrid fan?
Baleforce
Ron Henry
there are certain players I greatly admire, if we are not eligible for a trophy I want them to win it, Bale is top of that list
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
I love Pepe and Marcelo, such great professionals and so sporting.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
ha, I take your point, but i'd have them both at Spurs, effective footballers
milo
Jack L. Jones
I was going to suggest that just a ban on Leicester would suffice but they have probably only ever got one more European fixture.
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
No
Why tarnish all teams from a Country because of some backwards macarons
And having been to span to watch us play I can categorically say the police over there are a Joke who seem to want to batter you for the sake of it
Baleforce
Ron Henry
because it's the same whichever team it is, 99% of english men (and it is always men) attending a game in spain spend the day shirtless and tinkled whilst singing ridiculous songs
backwards macaron is the national average
i've seen us play in spain too, i had no issues
with local law enforcement, but then I kept myself as far away from large groups of my countrymen as possible
milo
Jack L. Jones
Frankly, as a country, we are largely ignorant and have an over inflated sense of our own worth. We have a blatantly xenophobic press that feeds the ignorance and politicians too scared to challenge the ignorance or those that peddle it.
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
I've seen us play all over Europe and I have hardly ever seen the shirtless macarons you describe (I'm talking Spurs games not England).
Did you go to Sevilla where they attacked Spurs fans in the ground for no reason and the lady from sky was caught in it???
Baleforce
Ron Henry
not that one no, yes they were heavy handed, they had a playbook for english fans i guess
they were certainly there for our last game in madrid, vomiting into the gutter, discarding recyclables onto the floor, abusing staff at the airport the next morning, i've not been to a foreign game since due to the embarrassment I felt
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
I went to Madrid too but only on the day
It was messy and there were all sorts there
I also saw their fans behaving in a disgusting manner as well as some of our macaron element
I've been to Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, France and Belgium, Holland and Italy to watch us play and never had any issue with the police despite some of our fans being tacos at those games. Hell Belgium was Anderlecht just after the terrorist attacks
In Milan we had Spurs fans drunk, singing and dancing and also being uncouth. Only time the police stepped in was when some idiot tried to put a flag on the cathedral. We got escorted in and out and it was slick
In Spain it's about as slick as tar. The police have no idea what their doing and their first reaction is to just hit someone almost as if they enjoy it. The way they operate is appallingly bad. I'm lead to believe that it's beacaye unlike the other countries I mentioned in Spain away fans don't travel, so the police don't know what to do
StephenH
David Ginola
True. I thought Lewandowski was a bit older 31'sh. He's 28! was surprised. Muller will be shipped out this summer and a couple of big signings bought in. Aubameyang is 27!!
I'd go for Mbappe and or Debelle!
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Paul Walsh
I don't go to away european games as usually the local police take the opportunity to do their riot training, takes me back to how police use to behave in Yorkshire and parts of Lancashire.
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
No that's not right at all
As I said I've been there and seen it
If people do something wrong that's against the law then deal with it correctly and proportionate as we would over here or as they do in most civilised countries. So if someone is singing a song don't throw tear gas at them or batter them with weapons when simply pulling them out of the crowd and taking them away solves the issue
I regularly travel with a Cambridge university lecturer for away European games and we also try to see some sites when away. In his words some countries (Spain being the main one) treat you like your a Cold War rebel (his specialist subject). He is 64 by the way and has travelled far more than the average person
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
That is very tue, however i get the impression that some of those idiots would struggle to read.