[h8kurdt]

In defence of John Terry it's not that bad of a thing to do. He'd played and captained the whole of the europa league and the only reason he didn't play that game was because of injury.

People seem to forget that Rooney did the exact same thing only the other day with the Premier League cup.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

In defence of John Terry it's not that bad of a thing to do. He'd played and captained the whole of the europa league and the only reason he didn't play that game was because of injury.

True, but it's John Terry doing it.

[Diesel]

This penultimate day of the season must be the most boring in years. Before today we know who's won it, we know all 3 who's down, all that's left is for Arsenal to smash us and claim their usual 4th place.

[demonrail666]

The last few minutes at St James' were a bit frantic once news came through about Bale's goal but, yeah, a pretty boring end to a pretty boring season. At least West Ham finished with a win, and with a Kevin Nolan hattrick, too.

EDIT: the radio phone-ins did their usual end of season best/worst thing. So here's mine:

Prem:

Best team: West Brom. Never got much media attention but were quietly brilliant.
Worst Team: QPR. Just awful. (Honorary mention, Man City. No team with that squad should've finished second.)
Best Manager: Rafa. Did a great job in the most difficult of circumstances. (Honorary mention for Steve Clarke, for reasons above)
Worst Manager: Mancini. For reasons that I've been boring everyone who reads this thread for about a year.
Best Player: Bale. No justification needed, I'd have thought.
Worst Player: Ben Haim. So crap even QPR decided to loan him to the MLS
Best goal: Peter Crouch against Man City: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aY5Q7r76gY

Europe-wide:

Best team: Dortmund. Bayern may be 'better' but, given their economic situation, Dortmund have been amazing. (Honorary mention for Malaga).
Best Manager: Klopp. Impossible to criticise, regardless of what happens in the final.
Best Player: Messi. He may currently be injured but what team would realistically say they didn't want him? At least the best player of his generation. More arguably the best ever. (Although personally I'd go with Maradona.)
Best Goal: Zlatan's goal for Sweden against England. It's jammy but still pure class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Xh2YFphR8 (honorary mention has to go to to Ribery last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lin8IurcaWM).

From what I've seen, obviously.

[pad_023]

What a game yesterday, coming back from 5-2 was brilliant. The game had a fantastic atmosphere.

I really hope we can get Lukaku back on loan for another season, what a player he is going to be.

Pretty pleased with how the season has gone overall, need to invest this summer though as we are going to lose some players and our squad depth isn't great.

[!@#$%!]

europe-wide bayern is the best team hands-down, even if they by chance manage to fuck up the final. because nobody wins on "deserves", they are the best team in europe right now.

BUT i'll concede Klopp is the best manager because, indeed, given his finances, he has put together an awesome squad-- just not the best one, but and awesome one, and in this category what you do with what you have counts. Re: Málaga-- now that Pellegrini is going to Man City, what can you expect?

(And yeah, Messi, okay. And that Zlatan goal! It leaves me tongue-tied...)

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by pad_023

What a game yesterday, coming back from 5-2 was brilliant. The game had a fantastic atmosphere.

I really hope we can get Lukaku back on loan for another season, what a player he is going to be.

Pretty pleased with how the season has gone overall, need to invest this summer though as we are going to lose some players and our squad depth isn't great.

Haha. That game was nuts. I've loved West Brom this season. They dropped off a bit towards the end but they were invariably great whenever it mattered.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

europe-wide bayern is the best team hands-down, even if they by chance manage to fuck up the final. because nobody wins on "deserves", they are the best team in europe right now.

BUT i'll concede Klopp is the best manager because, indeed, given his finances, he has put together an awesome squad-- just not the best one, but and awesome one, and in this category what you do with what you have counts. Re: Málaga-- now that Pellegrini is going to Man City, what can you expect?

(And yeah, Messi, okay. And that Zlatan goal! It leaves me tongue-tied...)

Relative to resources I'd still go with Dortmund but you're right, purely in terms of quality on the pitch, it's Bayern without a doubt.