why the EPL football club not conquer the UEFA championship?
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English teams have, traditionally, done very well in Europes top competition and have won it 10 times, a record shared with the Italian and Spanish leagues. The strength of English football can be seen though, when you consider that those 10 wins include 4 different clubs, which is the highest number from any country.\n\nEnglish clubs dominated the competition during the late 70's / early 80's winning it in 1977, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, and 84. However, due to continuing problems with hooliganism culminating with events at the 1985 final, English teams were banned from European competition.\n\nWhen they returned it was clear that they had fallen behind their continental counterparts, and the clubs struggled to make an impact.\n\nIn 1999 Manchester Utd became the first English team to win the newly branded "Champions League", and in 2005 Liverpool claimed their fifth victory, and were presented with the European Cup on a permanent basis. A new trophy has been made for this season.\n\nArsenal, at the time of writing, are still in this seasons competition and look likely to progress to at least the semi-finals as they have a 2 goal lead in their quarter final tie.\n\nIf you take 1999 as being the year that English teams finally managed to catch up with other countries, since that point the competition has been won by teams from:\n\nEngland twice\nSpain twice\nItaly once\nGermany once\nPortugal once\n\nWhich suggests that English Premiership teams are conquering the Champions League just as well as teams from other countries, and in fact a lot better than most.
640670
It will probably be one of the teams at the bottom of the table, as with previous seasons we, like most top clubs, have a 'bogey' team that always manage to beat us.  I would like to say no team will beat Arsenal on their new ground, but this would just be a dream.
1066993
That's true! British football is always in the middle of media hype due to EPL's commercial success. However, they are not really doing their job on the field...
798540
Not a chance!\nPompey had many injuries and do not have the squad the bigger names have, they are picking their battles.\nChelsea and Arsenal were beaten, Chelsea by a team that played better and Arsenal by a team that played rougher.\nMan.Utd have started the season brilliantly but will stumble before the finish.\nCongratulations and utmost respect to Fergie, twenty years at the very top deserves every true soccer fans admiration.
741143
If you take the emotion out of it then the truth is that the Players are just not good enough. It didn't just happen this year and has been a problem for a few years due to lack of investment on the playing side. We got rid of Big Eck when in retrospect what he did in taking virtually the same team to the last 16 of the Champions League was nothing short of a miracle.There are players wearing the shirt who are not good enough to do so and while Le Guen may have signed some of them but he was working within the budget given to him. He has underestimated the teams that make up the SPL ( like many others) but a new Manager will not turn things around in the short term. For starters they need 3 quality defenders and 1 quality midfielder and they are only going to find them in the Summer and then if the money is available. Murray has put a lot of time and money into Rangers so I have no quarrels with him but it is time to go as he has clearly lost his appetite and is not about to put them back into debt and affect the selling price. The best we can hope for is an improvement in results which make the club look like a viable purchase without large scale investment but the root problem will still remain.
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Well, the first answerer must have been asleep for a year...\nNot much chance of them winning, there are better teams in the competition, but the same was true in 2005, and that Liverpool side beat most of those sides to win!!!\nIt just proves that the best team doesn't always win a cup competition, teams like Liverpool are capable of beating anyone.
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no way..just look at them\n1.injury problems.\n2. they will face roma or valencia in next round..(n obviously they cant win against any of them)\n3.still confuse about gerrard postion in midfield..\n4.poor EPl form so far\n\ndefinitly they wont b able to make upto quaters
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La Champion's League était à l'origine une compétition qui réunissait le vainqueur de chaque championnat européen.\n\nElle a, par la suite, beaucoup évolué, et accueille maintenant les trois ou quatre meilleures équipes des quelques grands championnats européens.\n\nLa Coupe de l'UEFA réunit, quant à elle, les équipes ayant terminé aux places "d'honneur" de leurs championnats respectifs, ainsi que le vainqueur de la Coupe nationale et de la Coupe de la Ligue.
488416
Yeah, I would say you've pretty much missed the boat here.  You could try asking your local national football association I guess.\n\nOther than that, try going in for some competitions to win them, or get a Best Answer on Yahoo Answers!
8740
They probably will win.  It appears all the major teams in England to contest Chelsea are on the decline (Arsenal, Man U) for the time being.  I suspect the reason they lead the group is that luck is on their side now which allows them to win games.  Overall, they are not much different than Chelsea of several years ago  even though they acquired more players.
323893
OF COURSE OALL TIME CAN WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP CAN BUT IT DIDN'T MEANT THAT THEY WILL WIN ;)
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I hate to say it, but I think Chelsea will eventually win the EPL. They've got tremendous depth and they're nowhere near hitting top gear. When they finally gel and/or decide to play to their capabilities, I think they will be very hard to catch. Plus, unlike Chelsea, an injury or 2 to a key player (i.e. Saha, Rooney, Ronaldo) could very well cripple United....whereas Chelsea must have some magic potion they use in the dressing room because Lampard and Terry are never injured!
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Nah.. Chelsea and United are too far ahead now to be bothered by a challenge from Arsenal this season.\n\nArsenal's only statement could be made now when they actually meet those two teams and win.\n\nBut there's no chance for them making any impact on the top of the table this season.\n\nMaybe next year eh?
804713
They've done it in the past with Souness (and he was not even a Rangers legend at the time) so why not.  But remember PLG will have just won his second championship by then and will be riding high in the champions league!!!
771009
Good point\n\nIts a transitional period for Arsenal and it is difficult for several reasons\n\n1) New stadium - It will take time to build the psychological 'Home' feel for players and fans\n2) Wenger is nurturing his 3rd Phase (his thrid rebuilding of a squad) and the players are you. \n\nThe problem may also be that the team lacks solid British players and despite the beauty of their football some rigidity is needed (ie Bolton)\n\nIn the end Arsenal have a brilliant young squad that is going to imporve more than Man Utd and Chelsea. So the futures bright.
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Hope springs eternal. Forza Milano Campioni D'Europa.\n\nBut seriously, I was having this discussion with a friend yesterday. This is Arsenal's best ever chance, if they don't take it, they will have to wait a long time.\n\nA club of Milan size, we know it will be soon when outr team triumphs again. The same goes for Barcelona, if they don't win it this year, they'll do it before the decade is out. \nEnglish clubs must seize the opportunity when it prsents itself.
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Hearts of Midlothian, no doubt about it. They finished 2nd in Scottish Premier League last year, ahead of Glasgow Rangers. Now that they have been bought by a Lithuanian they really may be challengers for the title in one or two years.