Blackninja,
i do beleive the saying what goes around, comes around whenit comes to decisions...
example, we went out of the Champions league to Porto last year.... the ref disallowed a perfectly good goal by paul scholes
then we all know what happened at spurs.
as for the european success Liverpool had...
1977 games..
1st round - Crusaders (norther irish champs) 7-0 agg
2nd round - Trabzonspor (turkey) 3-1 agg
Q final - St Etienne 3-2 agg
semi final - FC Zurich 6-1 agg
final - Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1
1978 games..
1st round - bye
2nd round - Dynamo Dresden 6-3 on agg
Q final - Benfica 6-3 on agg
semi final
- Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-1 on agg
final - FC Bruges 1-0
1981 games
1st round - Oulu Palloseura (Finnish part timers) 11-2 agg
2nd round - Aberdeen 5-0 agg
Q final - CSKA Sofia 6-1 agg
semi final Bayern Munich 1-1 agg liverpool win on away goals
final - Real Madrid 1-1
1984 games
1st round - Odense 6-0 agg
2nd round - Atletico Bilbao 1-0 agg
Q final - Benfica 5-1 agg
semi final - Dinamo Bucharest 3-1 agg
final - AS Roma 1-1 liverpool won 4-2 on penalties
you cannot compare the old European cup with the new champions league.... although winnning is still an acheivment, i have to say that the peroid of dominance that Liverpool had came at a good time for them really...
and Manchester United, Arsenal and now Chelsea have a much more difficult competition to win, harder teams and more games.