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2016-17 UEFA Champions League

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  • #5072
    TheCitizen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,751 ✭✭✭TheCitizen


    Excellent from Juventus. Strong favourites to win it out this year.


  • #5073
    Jan_de_Bakker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭Jan_de_Bakker


    Playing that brainwashing song ....

    WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE WE DIDN'T LOSE !!!

    MIND CONTROL
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    MIND CONTROL


  • #5074
    Crackle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 960 ✭✭✭Crackle


    Eamo beginning his eulogy.


  • #5075
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,416 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Buffon had a relatively easy night.
    That says a lot.


  • #5076
    citytillidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,898 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    Results
    Leicester City (ENG) 1 V 1 Atlético Madrid (ESP) (Agg 1-2)
    Real Madrid (ESP) 4 V 2 FC Bayern Munich (GER) AET (Agg 6-3)
    Monaco (FRA) 3 V 1 Borussia Dortmund (GER) (Agg 6-3)
    FC Barcelona (ESP) 0 V 0 Juventus (ITA) (Agg 0-3)

    Semi Final line up
    Atlético Madrid (ESP)
    Real Madrid (ESP)
    Monaco (FRA)
    Juventus (ITA)

    ******



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  • #5077
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Hopefully the two madrid teams meet in the semi final. Would like to see a fresh final


  • #5078
    SlickRic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,697 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    Armchair Andy wrote: »
    Leicester must be watching thinking if only we had got Barcelona

    You're probably half joking, but the Juvé defensive stuff is exactly what Leicester try to do.

    You plug all gaps in the middle, make the opposition go wide, and your giant CBs head away the inevitable cross.

    Rinse repeat.

    Barca had zero answers to it. Wait...no...their answer was to put their giant CB up front from minute 46 in order to try compete.

    Completely ran out of ideas.


  • #5079
    Andersonisgod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    The times they are changing and changes, real changes, must come to Barcelona in the summer. This tie more than any other shows that. It's Rijkaard 2008, it's a semi final defeat to Man Utd without scoring, it's an incredibly poor league campaign. Laporta appointed the totally untested Guardiola and the rest is history. Here we are again, what does Bartomeu do? Does he play it safe, or does he take a risk and give this club what it desperately needs?

    By the way, I love Neymar and I love how much Neymar loves Barça. Put him in the right situation, football will be his.


  • #5080
    TheCitizen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,751 ✭✭✭TheCitizen


    Can Eamon and Richie stop calling Juventus "Jewventis"?


  • #5081
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,416 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Agree Neymar has the talent, but seems to be too wasteful at times.
    Needs to play the game smarter.

    I suppose after Messi he will be their next main man.


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  • #5082
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,287 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    SlickRic wrote: »
    Barca had zero answers to it. Wait...no...their answer was to put their giant CB up front from minute 46 in order to try compete.

    Completely ran out of ideas.

    Yep. Ignominous end for Enrique really. Barca have gone stale and the magic is gone. Lot of petulant, pampered stars there now. Don't have the right energy or attitude anymore.

    They are saying 'end of an era' on the RTE panel last week. That's old hat.


  • #5083
    ERG89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Crackle wrote:
    Eamo beginning his eulogy.

    Rakitic is suddenly bad??? :confused:
    I'll take him.
    If they wanted to replace Xavi there were 2 players who probably could have his passing ability but are as old. Xabi Alonso & Pirlo.


  • #5084
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,267 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    La Mesia's quality has dried up and they dont have the money to buy ready made replacements or superstars.

    This Barcelona side is going to go through a serious transisation over the next 2 years, Real should hoover up 2 or 3 titles in the next few years too.


  • #5085
    StringerBell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,358 ✭✭✭✭StringerBell


    Not something I say too often, not something you feel you can say very often.

    But, fair play to the Barcelona fans there toward the end.

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



  • #5086
    Jan_de_Bakker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭Jan_de_Bakker


    El Classico on Sunday now will be huge, Barca with a lot more to proove ..


  • #5087
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Barca may have done it with a clinical finisher, blazed so many chances over.


  • #5088
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Some funny comments over on RTE, Dunphy saying Messi needs all timers around him to be a real star and Liam Brady saying a replacement for Xavi doesn't exist, but they still need to sign him (somehow)!

    I generally try to avoid RTE punditry because it's woeful and haven't watched it in a few years... my god Liam Brady has aged!


  • #5089
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    StringerBell wrote: »
    Not something I say too often, not something you feel you can say very often.

    But, fair play to the Barcelona fans there toward the end.
    No matter which anyone prefers (if either at all), there is no denying that as a general overall fanbase they put their rivals in Madrid to utter shame.


  • #5090
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,806 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Fair play to Barca fans, would not see Real fans do it

    EVENFLOW



  • #5091
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,416 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    La Mesia's quality has dried up and they dont have the money to buy ready made replacements or superstars.

    This Barcelona side is going to go through a serious transisation over the next 2 years, Real should hoover up 2 or 3 titles in the next few years too.

    Are Barca not loaded?


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  • #5092
    martyos121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,547 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Billy86 wrote: »
    Some funny comments over on RTE, Dunphy saying Messi needs all timers around him to be a real star and Liam Brady saying a replacement for Xavi doesn't exist, but they still need to sign him (somehow)!

    I generally try to avoid RTE punditry because it's woeful and haven't watched it in a few years... my god Liam Brady has aged!

    He does exist and his name is Marco Verratti, not that Barca could afford him. Brady knows fcuk all about football outside of the PL.


  • #5093
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Fair play to Barca fans, would not see Real fans do it

    True that.


  • #5094
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,416 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Fair play to Barca fans, would not see Real fans do it

    But Real are in the semi's, Barca aren't, thats the bottom line.


  • #5095
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,876 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    La Mesia's quality has dried up and they dont have the money to buy ready made replacements or superstars.

    This Barcelona side is going to go through a serious transisation over the next 2 years, Real should hoover up 2 or 3 titles in the next few years too.
    The youth might still be there but none of them are getting a chance. Barca have fallen back into the same pot as the others which is buying in the talent instead of letting it develop.

    Look at your own club, they have had a lot of good young players come through but never get a chance. De Bruyne is the clear example of a great one they let get away. At the moment they have a young man by the name of Nathan Ake who should be starting but isn't getting a chance at all. He'll be off soon if he doesn't get his opportunity.


  • #5096
    fuzzydunlop85
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭fuzzydunlop85


    Eamon going for the paper, **** bout to get real !


  • #5097
    blueser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,744 ✭✭✭✭blueser


    Juve full of donkeys apparently.
    :rolleyes:


  • #5098
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,416 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Juve full of donkeys!


  • #5099
    LuckyGent88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,150 ✭✭✭✭LuckyGent88


    Never change Eamo...never change!!!


  • #5100
    Andersonisgod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    La Mesia's quality has dried up and they dont have the money to buy ready made replacements or superstars.

    This Barcelona side is going to go through a serious transisation over the next 2 years, Real should hoover up 2 or 3 titles in the next few years too.

    That's absolutely not true. La Masia still produces some excellent players and some players who, if they were given the chance to grow and develop in an environment like the Barça first team, could grow and become big stars. Thiago Alcantara might be the best midfielder in the world, Grimaldo is a superstar left back, Hector Bellerin is a top level right back, Marc Bartra is a very talented centre back, Adama Traore and Delofeu have gifts that could've been nurtured at the club, Munir is an obvious talent, Sergi Samper right now should be at the same level as Julian Weigl but he isn't because he's not been given a quarter of the chance to grow as Weigl has, Carles Alena is a bloody maestro, will he be given the chance? I have my doubts. The quality remains unbelievably high, what's changed is that there is no longer a coach at the helm willing to give these guys a chance, and the current board cares only about selling off our best youth players to make a quick buck, they have sucked the lifeblood out of our club and brought in soulless zombies like Gomes and Turan for big money. Pathetic.


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  • #5101
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    That's Juventus to win the CL now.

    Thanks Eamo!


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