It's near the end of the league seasons throughout Europe and in conversations with two Marks recently, a number of questions have arisen. I'll paraphrase:
There may have been more topics brushed upon but these are the ones I remember. Of course, the proper answer to the first four questions should really be "I don't know" but I'll have a crack anyway.
There you go, cards on the table. I'll check back later for facial egg removal......
Any contrary views out there?
- Will the English FA's decision to appoint Roy Hodgson as England manager succeed or fail?
- Would Pep Guardiola have been interested in above job?
- Will Kenny Dalglish be fired at the end of the season?
- Will Chelsea win the Champions League Final this year?
- And if they do and get the 4th Champions League place allocated to England for next season, is this fair?
- Should the Cup winners of each league (eg FA Cup, Coppa Italia, Copa Del Rey, etc) be given a place in the next season's Champions League?
There may have been more topics brushed upon but these are the ones I remember. Of course, the proper answer to the first four questions should really be "I don't know" but I'll have a crack anyway.
- Ultimately, it will succeed because they got Hodgson for free, whereas Redknapp would have cost something like 8 million quid. The problem is with the England players (mostly not good enough) and their egos (mostly quite large, apparently), not with any coach/manager. When England fail at the Euros this summer, it probably won't be Hodgson's fault.
- No.
- I'd say not, especially if Liverpool win the FA Cup. He may go after a few games next season though, but I reckon on his terms.
- No. Bayern should win it in front of their fans and Chelsea have a few big players out. Mind you, I thought it would be a Real/Barca final so......
- If Chelsea do win and finish below 4th they'd take the spot from the actual 4th placed team. It's not a true Champions League anyway - since when did 4th mean Champions (or 3rd or 2nd, come to that)? So I don't really care, except that Spurs may be the unlucky ones this year.
- Why not? It would make the teams in those cup competitions try harder or even care about it. And they'd be the legitimate 'champions' of a cup competition.
There you go, cards on the table. I'll check back later for facial egg removal......
Any contrary views out there?
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