Biggest surprise & disappointments of the 11-12 season

Discussion in 'UEFA and Europe' started by mfw13, Apr 23, 2012.

  1. mfw13

    mfw13 Member+

    Jul 19, 2003
    Seattle
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Nominations anybody?

    Here are mine:

    Biggest surprises: Newcastle United, Montpelier, Borussia Moechengladbach, Malaga

    Biggest disappointments: Liverpool, Inter, Marseille, Bayer Leverkusen, Villareal
     
  2. Dage

    Dage Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 4, 2008
    Berlin
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    BVB for ********in up at UEFA level. Yea they've won the League again but this was really a shocker.
     
  3. DaveyGorgeous

    DaveyGorgeous Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Surprised you didn't mention Juventus as one of the biggest surprises of the 2011-2012 season. After back-to-back disappointing 7th place league finishes, Juventus are currently in 1st place in Serie A and in the final of their domestic cup, Coppa Italia. On top of all that, they are currently unbeaten after 33 league games and boast the best defensive record in all of Europe, 18 goals conceded in 33 games.
     
  4. EURO2004PEREIRA

    Apr 15, 2012
    Club:
    Vitoria Guimaraes
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    how can you forget the run that APOEL Had
     
  5. mfw13

    mfw13 Member+

    Jul 19, 2003
    Seattle
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    I didn't forget....just didn't think that it was that suprising. There's been a surprise quarterfinalist in the Champions League just about every year (Shaktar Donetsk in 10/11, CSKA Moscow in 09/10, Fenerbache in 07/08, etc.) and APOEL benefitted from two extremely lucky draws, ending up in the weakest CL group (Porto, Shatakar Donetsk, Zenit, APOEL) and getting Lyon in the round of 16 (whom they only beat in the lottery that is penalty kicks).
     
  6. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The sum of the four club's coefficients in APOEL's group was 261.660. The sum for Arsenal's group was 250.612, which is lower than APOEL's.
     
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  7. Cris 09

    Cris 09 Trololololo

    Nov 30, 2004
    Westfalenstadion
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Biggest surprise of the 11-12 season
    Borussia Dortmund
    Who expected them to win back-to-back titles? It certainly looked like Bayern were going to run away with the title when the season started, and for a while; they did. The last time a club other than Bayern won 2 straight titles was back in 94-95/95-96...and that club was BvB.

    Biggest disappointment of the 11-12 season
    Borussia Dortmund
    Though no one expected them to be crowned again this season I also do not think most people expected them to end last in what was considered a "favorable" group when the draw was made.

    My two cents...
     
  8. DaveyGorgeous

    DaveyGorgeous Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I'm not taking anything away from Dortmund, because I really like what's coming out of that organization in recent years. But, they just won the league last year. Is it that much of a surprise to think they couldn't do it again? I'm sure when the season began Bayern were favorites, but they were probably favored next. No offense (at all), but that wasn't that big of a suprise, for me at least.
     
  9. Cris 09

    Cris 09 Trololololo

    Nov 30, 2004
    Westfalenstadion
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    No worries, not a big deal. It may not have been a big surprise to people that do not follow the BuLi very closely but to be fair, not many expected Dortmund to do it again. With the lose of Sahin and the way Bayern just ran away from the start of the season most of us just wanted to have another shot of CL football.
    As I said, the last time a team other than Bayern won consecutive titles was 16 years ago...
     
  10. DaveyGorgeous

    DaveyGorgeous Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Wow, did not know that.
     

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