Leaping Lannys Perm Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 No, not a weird muckfilm. Bayern have just won the World Club Championship and now everyone seems to be banging on about them winning the Sextuple. I'm not downplaying ther overall achievements. They romped the CL and being World Champions is always a cool claim to have. But since when were one off Supercups an achievement? The German Supercup is literally the same as the Charity/Community Shield. And the European Supercup no more impressive either. Surely any competition where you only need to win one game isn't worth anything. I don't recall many English double and treble winners bumping their achievement up by adding the Charity Shield to it. I don't know why it bothered me, but it seems to cheapen it somehow. The average quality of the 6 is lower than the average quality of the 4. *The above does not apply if you are Sheffield United. I'm sure their honours board is filled with their glorious achievements of the Charity shield and one off friendly competitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I don't disagree, but they're not alone with this. Pep and Mourinho have both counted Community Shields in their trophy hauls during interviews, and when people talk of Barcelona's great team they include the Spanish Super Cup in their calculations. I even had a Man United supporting colleague who had a poster of the Earth from space, with arrows pointing to England, Europe and the globe itself, proclaiming their dominance in all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Yeh you dont hear us going on about winning the charity shield winning 1-0 v arsenal do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham67 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Surely to win the Charity shield, you have had to win a minimum of 6 games in the FA Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmJimmers Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Tbf, winning that many finals, no matter who they are against, is a proper achievement, but do get what you mean. Also, sex lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMacLean Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 In other Bayern news they have signed Dayot Upamecano from RB Leipzig for about 33m Euros. Not a bad replacement for the Real Madrid bound Alaba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Tbf, Liverpool prioritised that club world thing over the domestic cups last year. Think it is seen as good for global marketing and furthering the brand etc. I've also seen promotion stuff from them where they have both the Champs League and PL alongside one another, as they one both within a 12-month period...even though it was in two different seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Maybe FIFA should have had a guest of honour that was allowed to shake hands with all of the officials after the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T Hardy Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 On 11/02/2021 at 22:02, Leaping Lannys Perm said: No, not a weird muckfilm. Bayern have just won the World Club Championship and now everyone seems to be banging on about them winning the Sextuple. I'm not downplaying ther overall achievements. They romped the CL and being World Champions is always a cool claim to have. But since when were one off Supercups an achievement? The German Supercup is literally the same as the Charity/Community Shield. And the European Supercup no more impressive either. Surely any competition where you only need to win one game isn't worth anything. I don't recall many English double and treble winners bumping their achievement up by adding the Charity Shield to it. I don't know why it bothered me, but it seems to cheapen it somehow. The average quality of the 6 is lower than the average quality of the 4. *The above does not apply if you are Sheffield United. I'm sure their honours board is filled with their glorious achievements of the Charity shield and one off friendly competitions. Perhaps in a few years time we’ll say similar things about the FA Cup or League Cup, when most Premier League sides just play their reserves in it. I agree I don’t really see the community shield/German super cup as a trophy, but you get a trophy/shield/cup for it that will go in your museum for eternity and it’s another medal. Regarding teams not showing it off as much here, I bet they would do if winning that meant they could count it as an extra trophy if they’d already won every other completion they were in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 12/02/2021 at 10:49, CalmJimmers said: Also, sex lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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