2005 to 2012,
Adam Larsson Jersey they were good times werent they? It felt like you couldnt watch football on a Tuesday or Wednesday night without an English club side doing continental teams some serious damage. For many years it seemed inevitable that an English team would reach the final, it just became a matter of which one and how many. Although Manchester United triumphed in 1999, it wast until the middle of the last decade when English clubs really started to
Ryan Smyth Jersey dominate. In the eight finals to take place in the period mentioned above, only the final of 2010 was contested without the presence of an English club. Four different English clubs have made the final with three of them lifting the trophy. The top 4 had become an elite. They monopolised the Champions League places and reaped the riches which followed. Of the 32 places up for grabs to English clubs over that period, 30
Zack Kassian Jersey of them went to the same four teams. Only in the last two years has their grip been loosened and in Economic parlance, its taken a shitload of money to do it.This unconvincing form has spilled over into this years incarnation. Again only two sides of the four have made it past the group stages and of those that remain, Arsenal look about as convincing as a George Osborne Autumn Statement.
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