I think we could have won it. Forest won 2 consecutive European cups with a solid rather than outstanding side. We had the scalp of Juventus the favourites and PSV. the British teams were doing well in the tournament round about his time. One of my greatest memories is being present at the Ranger 2 Juventus 0 game, an incredible evening.I’ve never really agreed with that.
Cologne were German champions. They’d seen off Bayern Munich and Boroussia Monchengladbach to win the title so were clearly no slouches. In fact, I’d say they were always going to be a tougher proposition than PSV, which is how it proved.
And even if we had managed to get past them, I doubt we’d have beaten that Forest side in the semis.
We did well to get to the quarters, but we were a team already in decline so I’ve always felt it’s asking a lot to believe we should have won it that year.
He should have been sent off at Ibrox as wellFeyenoord game was one we should have won if we didn't have Van Honkydonk diving about all over the place
remember a 19-20 year old Van Persie playing in that game as well
it's actually worse than i remembered. The use of the subs was absolutely gallingI've still not watched the 2008 Final back and honestly don't think I ever will.
We were robbed by the referee here, do doubt.
And the dodgy free kicks given against us, we were really unlucky in this match.remember McCann taking a deliberate elbow in the throat and the ref did nothing.
I’ve never really agreed with that.
Cologne were German champions. They’d seen off Bayern Munich and Boroussia Monchengladbach to win the title so were clearly no slouches. In fact, I’d say they were always going to be a tougher proposition than PSV, which is how it proved.
And even if we had managed to get past them, I doubt we’d have beaten that Forest side in the semis.
We did well to get to the quarters, but we were a team already in decline so I’ve always felt it’s asking a lot to believe we should have won it that year.
Forest won because they had Brian Clough.I think we could have won it. Forest won 2 consecutive European cups with a solid rather than outstanding side. We had the scalp of Juventus the favourites and PSV. the British teams were doing well in the tournament round about his time. One of my greatest memories is being present at the Ranger 2 Juventus 0 game, an incredible evening.
This is one I’d add to the op instantly.You missed 1986-7 when Monchengladbach knocked us out on away goals after a shameful refereeing performance in Germany. this was the year Dundee United reached the final after putting Borussia out in the semis. I really thought we could have gone far in the tournament that year.
The following year a good Steaua team knocked us out after we had beaten a fantastic Dynamo Kiev team.
To be honest, Greig deserved a bit of respect after beating Juventus and PSV.Forest won because they had Brian Clough.
Clough v Greig?
Sorry, it’s no contest.