Chelsea v Arsenal......lots of criticism of the final being held in Baku, too far, too expensive.

Anyway at least an English club is guaranteed to win it.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Chelsea v Arsenal......lots of criticism of the final being held in Baku, too far, too expensive.

Anyway at least an English club is guaranteed to win it.

Apparently only one English player on the pitch.

2 English teams 1 English starter in a game 6000 miles away kicking off after 11pm local time in a stadium where the fans who must have paid 1,000s to get there need binoculars to see the pitch.

The global game?............. f@%k that!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

2 English teams 1 English starter in a game 6000 miles away kicking off after 11pm local time in a stadium where the fans who must have paid 1,000s to get there need binoculars to see the pitch.

The global game?............. f@%k that!

The full time pitch invasion starts at half time.

At least the TV picture is panoramic !!!! Camera position is that high up can virtually see every player at all times.
Has the feel of a World Cup dead rubber group game about it.

So if Arsenal win tonight is there five English clubs in the Champions League next season?

Quoted from moosey_club

At least the TV picture is panoramic !!!! Camera position is that high up can virtually see every player at all times.
Has the feel of a World Cup dead rubber group game about it.

Looks like a game of Football Manager on the TV

Amazing stadium tbh but, the game is surrounded in so much controversy that you wonder how much cash has been exchanged tonhave the game played there

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Looks like a game of Football Manager on the TV

The 96' version

Watching it on YouTube, every time the ball goes in the air or gets passed forward it's like playing "spot the ball" that you used to get in the Saturday sport supplement with the Grimsby Evening Telegraph 😂

Quoted from promotion plaice

So if Arsenal win tonight is there five English clubs in the Champions League next season?

Yes.

Just need it to finish 4 -1 to arsenal

1-0 Chelsea.

Quoted from arryarryarry

1-0 Chelsea.

2-0 game over

Some think it's all over, it is now.

2-0

Quoted from Nutsy

Just need it to finish 4 -1 to arsenal

Or 4-3

Quoted from arryarryarry

Or 4-3

Just 3 more to get.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Just 3 more to get.

4-1 Chelsea

Quoted from arryarryarry

4-1 Chelsea

Wouldn't like to be an Arsenal fan if Spurs win the Champions League on Saturday   8)

Notable that all the Chelsea goals have come from the Englishman's side and most have been his errors or poor positioning.

Looks to be one of those young defenders who is decent going forward but not great doing the defensive stuff. Still, plenty of time for him to learn yet.

What a shocking decision to play it there. There’s no atmosphere and the camera doesn’t even look like it’s in the stadium.

I’ve turned over and I’m now watching Chernobyl which is probably where next years final is going to be if UEFA get their way.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Watching it on YouTube, every time the ball goes in the air or gets passed forward it's like playing "spot the ball" that you used to get in the Saturday sport supplement with the Grimsby Evening Telegraph 😂

It was on freeview as is the champs league final on Saturday

Quoted from Nutsy

Just need it to finish 4 -1 to arsenal

Nearly right.  ;D

Quoted from supertown

It was on freeview as is the champs league final on Saturday

Which Freeview channel is the Champion's League on?

Ta

Quoted from arryarryarry

Which Freeview channel is the Champion's League on?

Ta

I’ve got Virgin and it’s channel 100

Quoted from Civvy at last

I’ve got Virgin and it’s channel 100

Just googled it, it is not on Freeview but there are ways to watch it other than on a BT box, Sky and Virgin.

Brilliant.
How.
I did read that the police are stopping illegal streams of thr game

Quoted from arryarryarry

Just googled it, it is not on Freeview but there are ways to watch it other than on a BT box, Sky and Virgin.

I think it's 'free to view 'on Virgin and otther 'net methods, but not on Freeview, highly mis-leading and scandalous that this match isn't on the Beeb or ITV like it always used to be.

Win win for me tonight, two English clubs and all that so I was going to be neutral

but   ;)

was out in Clee last night and met a Liverpool fan (local chap) who hated GTFC with a passion and kept arguing the toss....so for that reason come on you Spurs tonight.

It's on YouTube for free, so you'd have to be a bit flipping daft to go hunting for illegal streams!

I watched the Europa League Final via YouTube on a NowTV box in the week and quality was pretty decent.

Quoted from RoboCod

I think it's 'free to view 'on Virgin and otther 'net methods, but not on Freeview, highly mis-leading and scandalous that this match isn't on the Beeb or ITV like it always used to be.

Don't have Premiershite BT Sports.... boo
Will have to go to the pub to watch the game.... hooray

This should really be on free to view channel, but the moneymen win again.

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Don't have Premiershite BT Sports.... boo
Will have to go to the pub to watch the game.... hooray

This should really be on free to view channel, but the moneymen win again.

They should put it on youtube

Quoted from Abdul19

They should put it on youtube

;D ;D

Promotion plaice, your Liverpool “mate” probably hates Grimsby because we had the cheek to score a last-minute winner at Anfield, and it was an ex-Evertonian as well.

Liverpool should not be losing at home to “the likes of Grimsby”.  He won’t have got over this yet.

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Don't have Premiershite BT Sports.... boo
Will have to go to the pub to watch the game.... hooray

This should really be on free to view channel, but the moneymen win again.

If only people didn't keep encouragng them by paying directly or indirectly via the pub.

It's on YouTube free apparently.

Not normally a betting man but I put a fiver on Liverpool to win with both teams scoring, return £17.50.....thought it was worth a punt.

Surprised to see Kane playing.  Brave to start with him.  Liverpool will not have expected that.  However, better to see how long he lasts than chasing the game as a sub on say after 70 mins.  Moura would be a very important impact player.

Jack Taylor anyone?  Who awarded a pen in the first min in a World Cup Final to the very talented Holland (who still lost).

1-0 Liverpool.

1-0 Liverpool pen

Anyone else watching it on the BT sport youtube channel  having pixels flying across the pitch?

Quoted from Manchester Mariner

Anyone else watching it on the BT sport youtube channel  having pixels flying across the pitch?

Yep, it’s a bizarre sight. Buffering too. It’s not like the old days.

Since the goal Spurs has been the slightly better team in my opinion but despite that i just get the sense that Liverpool have this game won.

Spurs needed to score first to make a game of it, a bit like Arsenal needed to score first on Wednesday.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Yep, it’s a bizarre sight. Buffering too. It’s not like the old days.

A bit psychedelic at times. Just saw loads of brightly coloured little people running across Hugo Lloris's chest.

The YouTube stream for the Europa League Final the other night was good quality. Almost unwatchable tonight as they've clearly not got the bandwidth to deal with demand. If Google can't cope with the bandwidth demands, nobody would.

Not been a great game

If these are the best 2 teams in Europe help and never a penalty, clever by Mane to aim for his arm even though he missed

Quoted from Maringer

The YouTube stream for the Europa League Final the other night was good quality. Almost unwatchable tonight as they've clearly not got the bandwidth to deal with demand. If Google can't cope with the bandwidth demands, nobody would.

Bit harsh, no worse than watching some dodgy stream from Saudi Arabia

Amazingly the adverts in perfect clarity 😡🤬

Seems to be more a Tyson Fury advert than a cup final.

Even though I'm able to watch it on you tube, I've seen nothing coverage wise that would make me remotely contemplate subscribing
to BT sport. The commentators are absolute garbage.

Thats 90 mins of my life I wont get back

Dreadful Game. Bring on Love Island on Monday😖😖😖

Quoted from Hagrid

Dreadful Game. Bring on Love Island on Monday😖😖😖

Like you sat down to actually enjoy that game. Right ::)

What an anti-climax.

Liverpool won the Champions League with possibly their most mediocre performance of the season. Spurs did look better and created more chances, but even they looked below par.

On that showing, they wouldn't have got out of their groups.

So much hype around the game but imagine for just a minute how you'd be feeling if you were a Spurs fan who spent £1,000 to be there tonight.

Football at the top end is in a world of its own. The game doesn't belong to the people at that level. It belongs to the prawn sandwich brigade; the media conglomerates; oil companies and such like.

Grimsby Town may be a bit rubbish right now, and in the icy grip of a local rich man who has zero clue how to run a football club successfully, but at least we can get a ticket to watch us play without having to remortgage the house.

Watched the game last night and not for the first time I thought god this game of football is so overrated, when you think of all the build up and all the money spent by the fans and for what a total bore fest.

Maybe it’s an age thing as up until my early 30s  the game of football was the bees knees the beautiful game and all that, but the reality is most games are boring especially if you follow a poor lower division club. I’ve just watched the boxing this morning and it just blows football out of the water for entertainment value, I didn’t see the undercards but the reports I’ve read are all saying brilliant fights.

The game was what I expected 2 knackered teams playing like a pre season game.  Don't forget it's been 3 weeks since they last played.

So glad Kane played felt sorry for Moura.  Kane should have been on the bench really but playing him from the start gave Liverpool an advantage.

Quoted from RoboCod

Like you sat down to actually enjoy that game. Right ::)

Erm well yeah thats the general idea fella

Quoted from Hagrid

Erm well yeah thats the general idea fella

The general idea of yours is that Liverpool are 'scum' remember?And that you also hate the Premiership full stop. Sitting down to watch the 'scum' playing against another Premiership team might not be the best idea you've ever had.

Quoted from RoboCod

The general idea of yours is that Liverpool are 'scum' remember?And that you also hate the Premiership full stop. Sitting down to watch the 'scum' playing against another Premiership team might not be the best idea you've ever had.

Good Job it was the CL Final then. Bit obsessed arent you

It's been a brilliant tournament with some great games just a shame the final was so terrible. Football can be awful but the highs far exceed any other sport.

Quoted from Hagrid

Good Job it was the CL Final then. Bit obsessed arent you

The exact opposite. Something I don't like that makes me mardy I avoid. Otherwise I'd just be forcing myself to watch it, moan like feck and irritate people.

Agree though, the qualifiers were something else for excitement, but the final a little too guarded and not at all like the lead up games. Would have liked to have seen Ajax and their young teams take on how to play the final.

Quoted from Grim74

Watched the game last night and not for the first time I thought god this game of football is so overrated, when you think of all the build up and all the money spent by the fans and for what a total bore fest.

Maybe it’s an age thing as up until my early 30s  the game of football was the bees knees the beautiful game and all that, but the reality is most games are boring especially if you follow a poor lower division club. I’ve just watched the boxing this morning and it just blows football out of the water for entertainment value, I didn’t see the undercards but the reports I’ve read are all saying brilliant fights.

I have much the same opinion about the game. Thinking about it, the reason for me at any rate is the lack of connection I feel with the club and the players on the pitch. It is in part an age thing. In younger days I knew some of the players personally especially local lads like Jimmy Fell. Ron Cockerill was our weekly Man From The Pru. We would see people like Brian Clifton when we were playing tennis at Ross on Weelsby Road. Quite a few players still lived in club houses in Cleethorpes or had bought their club house. We would see the players training in Weelsby Woods or running on the sands. It is a lot harder to get that community connection today when contracts are short, players commute and don't move here ...... to that extent I sympathise with the problem the club has in finding artificial ways to get younger people especially to relate to it in the way we naturally could.

As a Liverpool fan (I know, how can I call myself a Town fan when I also follow Liverpool? (Ans. Because I always have)) I loved it. Sure the game was dull and Liverpool hardly got out of 2nd gear (never really needed to, did they), but it was tense to the very end and the celebrations at the end were just reward for a brilliant season.

I hope that Liverpool can build on this success and push on again next season, hopefully finally winning a Premier League title. If next season is as exciting as this one was, it will be wonderful. I can't wait. I'm pretty lucky, except for the domestic cups and (sadly) the FL, I get every game live and (thankfully) recordable. And the football this year has been, at times, mesmerising and the drama brilliant. As an EPL fan, the new season cannot start soon enough.

Quoted from Hagrid

Dreadful Game. Bring on Love Island on Monday😖😖😖

Was the scantily clad woman who came on the pitch staking a claim to be a contestant on Love Island...  ;)

Quoted from CairnsMariner

As a Liverpool fan (I know, how can I call myself a Town fan when I also follow Liverpool? (Ans. Because I always have)

Thought this made an interesting read.....

https://staceywest.net/2019/06/02/why-lincoln-city-fans-should-feel-sorry-for-liverpool-spurs-supporters/

The early penalty just killed the game as a spectacle unfortunately.

It was fairly obvious that as soon as Liverpool were in front then they would play more defensively having such a solid defence as they do.

Had the game stayed nil nil for longer or had Spurs scored first the game would have been a far better spectacle than it was.