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I really don't care for the football club as a brand thing but that is the way it is nowadays. If the club are to compete at this level they need to grow their revenue streams. As we have just been named as the fastest growing football brand the club would be crazy not to cash in. I remember well the days when a former CEO said that he didn't know where the next £ was coming from.

I couldn't care less about CL football. But it seems to be the yardstick of progress.

I am so pleased to see that there are some people here bright enough to get the point. It is a shame that the point scorers and p*ss takers are up to their usual tiresome tricks.

We won the cup final once. That is what people remember. Clubs have good seasons but at the end of the day the whole point is to actually win trophies isn't it? Only fans of clubs remember the nearlys. History remembers the winners.

As ever the original point is being lost which is for all the talk of CL football we are a million miles away from ever competing at the highest level.

Who knows indeed, but they are not in the same league as the Barcelonas and Real Madrids as the moment are they?

Yep got to the final, when did they last win it?

I am talking about European competition.

When was the last time Juventus were a major force in Europe?

You get a lot more if you win the thing.

Juventus have not been brilliant lately and I was responding to the point about Barcelona. Before you start taking the p*ss perhaps you should take the time to make sure you know what you are taking the p*ss out of. **** me

Read what I actually said again.

No one has to join. No one has to buy replica shirts. If you want your club to compete at the highest level I would think you would be pleased that they are trying to raise the money that will enable them to do that.

Or blue shirts white shorts

They will need the flowers for the funeral.

Exactly.

Is there any point in entering anything if you do not want to win it?

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Was invited out for a meal with my cousin, her friend and her boyfriend who happened to be Paul Verhoeven the film director. He was very pleasant and answered my obvious questions about Sharon Stone and how he got he to flash her bits. At one point though it got a bit odd. He said that he didn't like publicity and that his brother sat in for pictures and interviews. Said to my cousin that didn't sound right and had my doubts about him. A few months later we read in the local paper that this bloke had been arrested for impersonating Paul Verhoeven! Bizarre.

I bet he changes the strip to all red...oh hang on

I wasn't even thinking about the Messi's, the non household name squad players are better than most of our players.

Not sure what Arsenal have got to do with it? There have been plenty of discussions about us building up to becoming a CL contender at some point.

Okay take the p*ss all you like, but after all the chat of qualifying for the CL and Cortese's dream of CLs football it is not just a question of not yet - it is probably not ever. Forget Barcelona, there are many many clubs playing CL football that we couldn't compete with.

She'll need to see the vet about that.

Watching the final last night it occurred to me just how far we are away from the quality needed to be anywhere near winning this trophy. Qualifying is one thing and we may well do that soonish, but we are worlds away from being able to compete with the likes of Barcelona. Even Juventus looked well beyond us. We will never have the cash to bring in the quality of squad needed to compete at the highest level. Perhaps I am just having an Alpine moment, but maybe Europa is the best we can hope for?