Champions League Draw

[The Baron]

Would of loved to have seen Inter play Chelsea, they have been so ridiculously good this season in Serie A (Pld 26 Won 22 Drawn 4)

Maybe becuase the only other good Italian teams were caught cheating and the best players in the league are almost all at Inter!

Precisely!

Talk about a one horse race! Italian domestic football is a joke, similar to English in the late 80's, early 90's

No it's worse.

At least in the 80's and 90's here the leagues were closely run most years.

My point was more aimed at corruption, hooliganism, their performances in Europe (English clubs was non-existent )and their prehistoric stadia!

Yeah the league was close in 1989. Remember Micky Thomas' goal in the 93:23 seconds at Anfieild?

I actually cheered that goal

From '77 to '85 English clubs did ok though!

The only thing that stopped the dominance was the ban on entering.

[Nem]

Would of loved to have seen Inter play Chelsea, they have been so ridiculously good this season in Serie A (Pld 26 Won 22 Drawn 4)

Maybe becuase the only other good Italian teams were caught cheating and the best players in the league are almost all at Inter!

Precisely!

Talk about a one horse race! Italian domestic football is a joke, similar to English in the late 80's, early 90's

No it's worse.

At least in the 80's and 90's here the leagues were closely run most years.

My point was more aimed at corruption, hooliganism, their performances in Europe (English clubs was non-existent )and their prehistoric stadia!

Yeah the league was close in 1989. Remember Micky Thomas' goal in the 93:23 seconds at Anfieild?

I actually cheered that goal

From '77 to '85 English clubs did ok though!

The only thing that stopped the dominance was the ban on entering.

Yep.

And it has taken 15 years for dominance to return...

[The Baron]

I doubt they'd ever ban the English again.

[Royal Flush]

With the exception of Juve the league is still the same, yeah Fiorentina Lazio and Milan all lost points but even with them back they would still be nowhere near Inter.

To win 22 from 26 is some performance.

Mainly becuase big players such a Vieira/Zambrotta/Thuram/Cannavaro/Emerson had no where else to go in Italy if they wanted somewhere to challenge for honours. It was Inter or abroad.

Vieira went to Inter, the rest went abroad knowing the league would be pants for the next few years.

Any team that can win 17 games in a row in their league isn't in a strong enough league IMO.

If Juve/Milan were totally unpunished Inter would be third at best.

Roma/Milan/Fiorentina were all options for the players to go to. Just because they got docked points doesn't mean they were not good prospects.