View Full Version : Best Domestic League Champion in Europe?
gaijin
22 May 2005, 05:17 PM
The choices are......
* Chelsea (England)
* Juventus (Italy)
* Barcelona (Spain)
* Bayern Munich (Germany)
* Olympique Lyonnais (France)
* PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
* Rangers (Scotland)
* Benfica (Portugal)
* Club Brugge (Belguim)
* Olympiakos (Greece)
* Fenerbahce (Turkey)
* Other (Please state)
Forza Badger
22 May 2005, 05:22 PM
Chelsea. The most convincing of any of the teams listed and in a top league.
gaijin
22 May 2005, 05:29 PM
Chelsea. The most convincing of any of the teams listed and in a top league.
Agreed. I'll go with them. Dominated the league, was a no contest after Christmas.
Bayern and Lyon pretty much led the way throughout the season, Bayern pulling away towards the end.
Benfica and Rangers snuck it at the death.
Although Fener having to beat Gala at home to clinch it took some doing.
Olympiakos won it on the final day and Juve snuck clear after Milan brainfarted against Palermo.
Brugge were always up there and Eindhoven were just waiting for AZ to get tired.
jambon-beurre
23 May 2005, 12:23 AM
voted for Lyon, because that's four in a row for them. but Chelsea were great too.
bora bora
23 May 2005, 03:52 AM
is it just domestic or including europe?
Colm
23 May 2005, 04:06 AM
Chelsea. The most convincing of any of the teams listed and in a top league.I agree with that. Barcelona looked good aswell but Chelsea owned them in the second leg and didn't get as far as Chelsea in the champions and i don't think there defence is a good as Chelsea's. Juventus had a great season in Serie A and come closet to Chelsea in my book. Some good teams in there :)
johan neeskens
23 May 2005, 04:42 AM
PSV. They were so much better than the rest in Holland it was almost pathetic, and considering that no-one gave a penny for their chances of winning the league in pre-season predictions, as they lost their complete attacking force to the premiership, that's a pretty amazing achievement.
balla
23 May 2005, 08:34 AM
No one votes for Bayern when they won Bundesliga by 14 points with 4 games left and made the qtr finals of CL.....They are also in German Cup final.
Germanshepherd
23 May 2005, 01:22 PM
No one votes for Bayern when they won Bundesliga by 14 points with 4 games left and made the qtr finals of CL.....They are also in German Cup final.
Bayern has won the Bundesliga with 3 games left. They have won the last 9 games in a row.
Overall its Chelsea. Just constant.
BocaFan
23 May 2005, 02:25 PM
I'd say Barca. The size of their first-place lead was about the same as Chelsea's until early-April. And then their lead only shrunk because Madrid went on a major tear after the race was essentially over.
Plus Barca scored the most goals and allowed the fewest in their domestic league.
ronaldinhobr10
23 May 2005, 02:33 PM
i will go with chelsea because its just about domestic league and they clearly dominated the epl throughout the whole year
scorpio81
23 May 2005, 02:43 PM
obviously im going with bayern... along with psv - the form team in europe, atm!!! :cool:
America_is_the_best
23 May 2005, 03:11 PM
Chelsea, but ill still say arsenal are a better team. i reckon my team Man U will finish above chelsea next season but arsenal will go unbeaten again.
SirManchester
23 May 2005, 03:54 PM
Hmm, I'm gonna go with Bayern to hahah....even though they made it no contest late they were number one pretty much all throughout, I mean, besides the loses to Shalke (which weren't even convincing) I don't think there was a doubt as to who was going to win, especially not in the ruckrunde. Chelsea had a lot of 1-0 wins as opposed to Bayern which were an offensive juggernaut. Credit to all of them though.
This season really was awesome for all the teams. PSV, Lyon and Chelsea are all deserved champions of course.
Shanksman
23 May 2005, 05:31 PM
Chelsea were just too good this season
bayern,lyon and barcalona also done well
Q Exp
23 May 2005, 06:04 PM
Chelsea! Chelsea!! Chelsea!!!
Chelsea!!! Chelsea!! Chelsea!
When ALL FOUR of your domestic Champions League entrants make it to the Round of 16, and you pretty much blew the other three right out of the water in your league (in terms of domestic league standings), you got to be the best champion in Europe.
ronaldinhobr10
23 May 2005, 06:52 PM
Chelsea, but ill still say arsenal are a better team. i reckon my team Man U will finish above chelsea next season but arsenal will go unbeaten again.
i agree that arsenal is a better team but only now
it was chelsea all season except for the last few matches
after gilberto came back, vieira started to play liuke his old self and arsenal looked a whole lot better
GoodDead
23 May 2005, 07:00 PM
NOT Benfica that's for sure. Who ever voted for them knows nothing. They were fortunate to win this year. They had a 6 point lead twice in the last month and squandered them both and could of lost on the last day had they faced a decent team.
|--LdC--|
23 May 2005, 07:03 PM
Obviously Chelsea.
RegginaCalcio
24 May 2005, 09:30 AM
I'd have to say it's between Chelsea and Juventus. I also look at the fact of who these teams were going up against. Chelsea had to beat out Arsenal and Man U who are both quality sides and made it far in the CL while Juve had to surpass Milan and Inter who both also made it far in the CL. Barca had Real and that is it and IMO Real didn't impress much this year domestically or on the European stage. Bayern had no real challenge.