to my knowledge the replicas are only a maximum of 80% the size of the original, which you can see if you look up an image of the three Bayern won on the trot - you can clearly see the original is bigger than the other two.
Does the original gets engraved with the winners' name on it? There's a cracking shot of Hendo lifting it and you can clearly see Liverpool's name on it in a number of places. It was on here somewhere, but I don't know which thread anymore!
I've always assumed the replicas to be 1:1, and the one's I've seen certainly don't look any smaller, I mean the one in Madrid and at the parade looked full size, no? So I guess 80% of 73.5cm would be what about 59cm, would we notice? It's such a huge trophy, maybe not, but I think I would and I don't see the reason for UEFA to hide it away for the final and the pictures as it doesn't make sense - it was made to be shown off in all its glory, it's the whole purpose of the trophy. I also think that the whole purpose of having a size restriction on replica's is so that it is completely obvious that it is just that - a replica. I remember watching an interview with Nick Faldo, when he said that he'd had replica's made of the claret jug but the R&A only allowed them to be 2/3 size, interestingly, I may be wrong but I think the R&A have now relaxed that rule, so you can have a 1:1 made with permission. If you look at the European cup trophies awarded to Bob by UEFA, they are obviously replica's due to the size. I really hope they give one of these to Klopp as I think for the first time in my life I've wanted a trophy for the manager more than the team - if UEFA don't give him one, I'll buy it myself and send it to him - 2:1 size though!
I feel like the club has been reset by FSG and we are about to embark on a period of success, we will get stronger and I see no reason why we couldn't be celebrating number seven at a parade next year - how many teams are capable of beating this Liverpool team? I've heard it mentioned on here that during our golden age that perhaps our fanbase became complacent, well maybe, but I've missed this success so much that I'm going to cherish and celebrate every success like it's the first. I want us to get past AC Milan in terms of European cups and United for league titles, and I think the players, manager and our younger fans are also hungry for more success.
I mean think about it, our sixth European Cup is an amazing achievement, I remember talking to an Arsenal fan between the two Bayern Munich ties after the goalless draw at Anfield and I still felt confident. I also said to him that I noted the badges on the side of the shirts of the two teams which indicated an aggregate of 10 European Cup wins between. The badges are a reminder of the history and the quality of the two sides and I wasn't expecting it to be any easy game anyway - why should it be, this competition has Europe's best teams competing against each other. It wasn't a deliberate dig at Arsenal, or perhaps it was, but when you compare it with their one (1) Cup Winners cup win then we really are in a different league as a club. Now I don't mind Arsenal as I consider them a proper club and I was sad that they didn't win the UEFA cup but compared to us at the moment they are light years behind us, as are other clubs in the Premier league with the exception of City, but I believe we can haul them in too. The future looks bright, which is such a contrast to when we won our fifth - fourteen years ago.
This is one of my favourite pictures of the cup:-
