I'm not saying the ban wasn't damaging to English football, I think all teams lost touch with how the rest of Europe played the game and there was a long period of catch-up once the ban was lifted, but I think it's a bit much for Everton to claim they in particular had their entire future trashed by it.>
It was when he said that Everton were the best team in the world in 1986 that I had to surpress pissing myself with laughter. Talk about deluded.
TBF he has a point. Winners of the European Cup in that era were Steua Bucharest, PSV and Porto. Hardly names to roll off the tongue in a list of great sides. They'd have been eclipsed by the AC Milan teams from 88 onwards, but......
I'm not saying the ban wasn't damaging to English football, I think all teams lost touch with how the rest of Europe played the game and there was a long period of catch-up once the ban was lifted, but I think it's a bit much for Everton to claim they in particular had their entire future trashed by it.>
It was when he said that Everton were the best team in the world in 1986 that I had to surpress pissing myself with laughter. Talk about deluded.