Football Nerd WeeklyRamblings: Thoughts on the ‘success’ of the European mini-tournaments and what Barcelona’s humbling means for their future.

Last weekend finally brought the conclusions to the European competitions some two and a half months or so later than had been originally planned and in quite possibly the most surreal circumstances we have ever witnessed. The competitions were eventually staged as two concurrent mini-finals tournaments running in Lisbon and Germany and while it was […]

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Liverpool frustrated at home, but it is still all to play for at home and in Europe.

As the second phase of Champions League Round of 16 ties got underway this week, two of the competitions most successful sides met at Anfield on Tuesday when Liverpool hosted fellow five time winners Bayern Munich. Given Liverpool’s Premier League form and near success in Europe’s premier competition last season; it was largely felt that […]