hammer93 15,402 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Back in 95 we were drawn in the group of death of Juve, Dortmund and Steau, apart from prodans wonder goal(remember him) weactually held our own in the 4 games against Steau and Dortmund but only earned 3pts.The 2 games against Juve we were outclassed by a fantastic football side packed with first class footballers but this was overlookedby the scottish press as they laid into our team and manager.Now 17yrs on i am witnessing the mega bucks of man city come up a major cropper in the same competition, people will say we underachieved with some of our performances but results like last night just proves how tough a competition it is.Instead of claiming we underachieved we should be happy that we have played in the champions league and competed with some ofthe best sides in europe.WATP Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Sounds a lot like the tartan trannie's attitude,happy to be losers.Not for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 19,544 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I can watch this video every day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 We went behind twice at home to Dortmund. Steau at home wasn't much better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I can watch this video every day.Turned out to be a false dawn that game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 75,159 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 We were poor and should have done better, we have underachieved in the CL in recent times because we have had the players to go far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 19,544 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Turned out to be a false dawn that game.Still, you had to enjoy it at the time. We didn't qualify in 07 but everyone will never forget the Lyon away performance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bydo 3,404 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'm certain Prodan never played for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Curtain 60 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 You forget what a great team WE had, one of Europe's finest squads - it just wasn't Walter's tournament, sad to say. His record was pretty shocking and it was a real period of missed opportunities CL wise.If only we had got past the first hurdle on a few occasions it could all have been different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Carpintero 546 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Sounds a lot like the tartan trannie's attitude,happy to be losers.Not for me.Absolutely mate. Well said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Curtain 60 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'm certain Prodan never played for us.He didn't, he's referring to the last minute goal in Bucharest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Still, you had to enjoy it at the time. We didn't qualify in 07 but everyone will never forget the Lyon away performance.Indeed. I meant a false dawn as far as that season was concerned, we humped Celtic 5-1 around that time as well and then just collapsed both in Europe and the League. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH 270 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Back in 95 we were drawn in the group of death of Juve, Dortmund and Steau, apart from prodans wonder goal(remember him) weactually held our own in the 4 games against Steau and Dortmund but only earned 3pts.The 2 games against Juve we were outclassed by a fantastic football side packed with first class footballers but this was overlookedby the scottish press as they laid into our team and manager.Now 17yrs on i am witnessing the mega bucks of man city come up a major cropper in the same competition, people will say we underachieved with some of our performances but results like last night just proves how tough a competition it is.Instead of claiming we underachieved we should be happy that we have played in the champions league and competed with some ofthe best sides in europe.I remember Gary Bolland nutmegging Angelo D'Livio in the Ibrox tie against Juve. I am sure the Italian hasn't lived it down to this day.WATP Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bydo 3,404 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 He didn't, he's referring to the last minute goal in Bucharest.Aah, apologies then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,402 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Sounds a lot like the tartan trannie's attitude,happy to be losers.Not for me.I hate losing but we have to be realistic here, twice in the last 6yrs man utd failed to get out their group and city look like 2/2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Curtain 60 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Aah, apologies then!Think he may have played for Romania again after he left, just adds to the shambles if that's true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,402 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'm certain Prodan never played for us.A under 21 game at ardeer recreation Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 19,544 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 One game that still haunts me is the Man Utd game from 2003, can't believe we didn't score let alone win. Shades of Bayern away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Think he may have played for Romania again after he left, just adds to the shambles if that's true.I'm trying to remember how much we paid for him. £4m or something? Unbelievable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 75,159 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 One game that still haunts me is the Man Utd game from 2003, can't believe we didn't score let alone win. Shades of Bayern away.Game that sticks out for me is when Mols got that injury, he would have taken us through IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,402 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 I'm trying to remember how much we paid for him. £4m or something? Unbelievable.2.2million if i remember, we rushed the deal through as spurs were supposedly trying to hijack yh deal Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 21,357 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Since the Champions League has began we've never really had a manager cut out for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Curtain 60 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 2.2million if i remember, we rushed the deal through as spurs were supposedly trying to hijack yh dealWe spent in excess of £4.4 million on the deal I believe, all told with wages. Incomprehensible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo 588 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Game that sticks out for me is when Mols got that injury, he would have taken us through IMO.There were a lot of games under Advocaat in Europe that we should have won or won by more such as Monaco (H)( (2000-2001), Kaiserlauten (H) (2000-2001), Bayern Munich (H) and (A) (1999-2000) and also the Dortmund Uefa Cup penalty loss that season in 2000 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 75,159 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 There were a lot of games under Advocaat in Europe that we should have won or won by more such as Monaco (H)( (2000-2001), Kaiserlauten (H) (2000-2001), Bayern Munich (H) and (A) (1999-2000) and also the Dortmund Uefa Cup penalty loss that season in 2000 yeah with the players we had we should have done much better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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