CL Midweek

eirebhoy · 05-03-2008 10:39PM

Raul was well offside for his goal tool. Roma to get Chelsea now in the next round and knock them out.

eZe^ · 05-03-2008 10:41PM

Gutted about Madrid not getting through (never ever thought Id say that). Now that they are only in 1 competition they can concentrate solely on the league and no doubt win it... Also its a shame to only see 1 Spanish team represented in the last 8, not a fair reflection of La Liga imo and I can see the English media having a riot with that... They were absolutely terrible though, they didnt deserve to go through, but they havent deserved to get anything from loads of games this season..

d22ontour · 05-03-2008 10:45PM

eZe^ wrote: »

Also its a shame to only see 1 Spanish team represented in the last 8, not a fair reflection of La Liga imo and I can see the English media having a riot with that...

4 English teams* against 1 Spanish team ?? The stats don't lie this season , the Spanish have not been strong enough.

* I still hope Inter will get a result but for some reason as much as i want then to , i can't see it happening.

Mr. Presentable · 05-03-2008 10:47PM

d22ontour wrote: »

the Spanish have not been strong enough.

Or fortunate enough in the draw.......

KdjaCL · 05-03-2008 10:55PM

Arse, 4 english teams have 4 good managers with fookin millions to spend, with the money on offer in the PL 4 english semi finalists should be expected.

real and sevilla simply could not defend, both teams have excuses Navarro injured for Sevilla and Ramos left, Real are just not very good at defending. Barca winging it , they got the handiest draw and their superiority showed vs a poor team.

Inter are doomed, no way they will score 3 vs pool. Unless PL teams get each other i would expect an all english final. As Roma Fenerbache etc: certainly wont trouble them.

A good manager and money and having more of it then everyone else will always win, look at the Pls dormant years they couldnt compete with italian and spanish wages now they can and they getting into a dominating position.

kdjac

mike65 · 05-03-2008 10:58PM

The 2005 year will be seen as the start of a period of domination a la 1977-1985 for English teams.

Mike.

Necronomicon · 05-03-2008 10:59PM

Glad Roma went through, fantastic performance. Not to mention Raul being a million miles offside for the equaliser.

We're gonna have to be wary of Vucinic too, he really made a difference.

KdjaCL · 05-03-2008 11:04PM

mike65 wrote: »

The 2005 year will be seen as the start of a period of domination a la 1977-1985[/]b for English teams.

Mike.

My tip of the decade, foreign clubs to have their police beat the **** out of english fans and demand they be banned from europe again.

Seriously tho does any top 4 PL team fan not expect/(hope with some optimism for the fainthearted) their team in the final?

oh poll idea

kdjac

dobsdave · 05-03-2008 11:11PM

Porto match looks like going to pens.

And Schalke through on pens

KdjaCL · 05-03-2008 11:30PM

good win for schalke.

kdjac

dobsdave · 05-03-2008 11:32PM

KdjaCL wrote: »

good win for schalke.

kdjac

Indeed, but both teams poor for large periods of the game.

KdjaCL · 05-03-2008 11:33PM

dobsdave wrote: »

Indeed, but both teams poor for large periods of the game.

Only seen ET, porto didnt finish their dinner so get nowt.

kdjac

eZe^ · 05-03-2008 11:35PM

Anyone notice Dunphy contradict himself again?? Yesterday he was criticising united for not playing Scholes, yet he was mocking the 'wiseguy' that questions Grant for not playing the likes of Essien and Anelka today...

Mr.Nice Guy · 05-03-2008 11:40PM

So that makes the final eight:

Manchester United
Arsenal
Chelsea
Fenerbahce
Schalke
Roma
Barcelona
Liverpool or Inter

I think it bodes very well for the English teams left in the competition.

Royale with Cheese · 05-03-2008 11:42PM

Dear Santa/Jesus/whomever it may concern

Can I please have Schalke in the next round. If Schalke are not available i'll take fenerbahce.

Thanks, Arsenal FC

StickyMcGinty · 05-03-2008 11:43PM

United to get Schalke or Fenerbache in the quarters, they always have rediculous luck in draws.

The english teams will be terrified of drawing each other, nightmare scenario would be two all english games.

~Rebel~ · 05-03-2008 11:44PM

Dunph is hilarious. "Robben is a poor player, Drenthe, ordinary, Gago useless!"

Pepe LeFrits · 05-03-2008 11:45PM

He is hilarious, as long as he isn't talking about your team!

KdjaCL · 05-03-2008 11:48PM

Agree with him on drenthe and gago but think robben has to be arsed and Schuster doesnt make him arsed like jose used too.

kdjac

DSB · 05-03-2008 11:53PM

StickyMcGinty wrote: »

United to get Schalke or Fenerbache in the quarters, they always have rediculous luck in draws.

You can't actually be serious?

PHB · 05-03-2008 11:55PM

StickyMcGinty wrote: »

United to get Schalke or Fenerbache in the quarters, they always have rediculous luck in draws.

Yeh, defo, like Villa then Arsenal in the FA Cup, then Lyon in the CL when they were the hardest possible team we could ever get. Also something like 16 premiership teams drawn in a row in the FA cup. You can have that luck if you want

I really want one of the weak 3 though, any of the top 5 could beat each other I think.

I think Robben or Ruud would have won the game for Real tonight, but alas that's football.

Extremely happy to see Schalke go through. A nice fan run club doing well is just wants needed in football these days.

eZe^ · 05-03-2008 11:57PM

PHB wrote: »

any of the top 5 could beat each other I think..

Thats when it starts getting exciting, thats the real cup football. Predictions can go out the window because its all about how they play in 2 games... Im getting excited now!

I dont want any English team though... Hahahah.

KdjaCL · 05-03-2008 11:58PM

PHB wrote: »

I really want one of the weak 3 though, any of the top 5 could beat each other I think.

No offence PHB but thats balls, your there to win it so you want the best teams on the way. Man utd fans should be hoping for barca, they the best team left you could hope for.

Only sad fans want the easy way to the final, Utd in the fa Cup are proof, anytime i in manchester never once heard man utd fans say "bugger" at the fa cup draw, always "bring it on tbh" thats what you want. Play the best, beat the best, be the best.

/slaps PHB stop being a pussy.

kdjac

Pepe LeFrits · 05-03-2008 11:58PM

I don't see Roma posing any of the premiership sides much of a problem*.

* Roma will now draw Arsenal and beat them, to spite me

Pepe LeFrits · 06-03-2008 12:00AM

eZe^ wrote: »

Thats when it starts getting exciting, thats the real cup football. Predictions can go out the window because its all about how they play in 2 games... Im getting excited now!

I dont want any English team though... Hahahah.

If Barca had to face one of the English sides though, which would you want it to be?

PHB · 06-03-2008 12:04AM

KdjaCL wrote: »

No offence PHB but thats balls, your there to win it so you want the best teams on the way. Man utd fans should be hoping for barca, they the best team left you could hope for.

Only sad fans want the easy way to the final, Utd in the fa Cup are proof, anytime i in manchester never once heard man utd fans say "bugger" at the fa cup draw, always "bring it on tbh" thats what you want. Play the best, beat the best, be the best.

/slaps PHB stop being a pussy.

kdjac

**** that ****. Personal abuse, banned

Seriously, why would I want tough draws? I want to win the treble this season. An easy game in the CL would make that much more likely.
Any of those top 5 teams can beat each other on the day I think, why would I want to play the best team? If we win the CL, after getting Fenerbache in the quarters, the winner Schalke vs. Roma, and then whoever in the final, I'l be happy with it. I'd like to beat the best teams on the way and win it. It would make it more special. But i'm willing to settle with just winning it.

I nearly had a ****ing heart attack in the Lyon game, can't take that sort of pressure. Once we get the draw, bring it on. Until then, I'll hope for an easy draw.

[p.s. I wanted Chelsea in the FA Cup draw, because the winner of that game will win the FA Cup, and we might as well get the game out of the way now, that way if we lose we can concentrate on the other cups. Instead we got the worst possible draw imo we could get, not Chelsea but not an easy match.]

eZe^ · 06-03-2008 12:05AM

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

If Barca had to face one of the English sides though, which would you want it to be?

I think about it, and I honestly cant decide.

-When Man Utd put teams to the sword, they put teams to the ****ing sword..

-Liverpool are perfectly set up with Rafa to expose our weakness' again added to his experience of Spanish teams with Valencia...

-Chelsea I think wouldnt do as well against Barca as they did last season, but again well set up to take advantage of Barca's weaknesses.

-Arsenal are the team most like Barca in the competition.

Id say if I had to choose one it'd be arsenal, be a cracking game too.

StickyMcGinty · 06-03-2008 12:11AM

PHB wrote: »

then Lyon in the CL when they were the hardest possible team we could ever get.

ha ha yea sure.... Lyon who had the worst defence of ALL the champions league last 16.

PHB wrote: »

Yeh, defo, like Villa then Arsenal in the FA Cup,

yea ok, thats a pretty tough draw to get this year. what about last year though? Portsmouth, Reading, and Boro and Watford amongst the scalps you claimed.

what i'm saying is that united seem to have good luck in CL draws. but maybe thats just in my head

PHB · 06-03-2008 12:20AM

ha ha yea sure.... Lyon who had the worst defence of ALL the champions league last 16.

We could have drawn

Lyon
Schalke
Porto
Fenerbache
Olmpicanicas (no idea how to spell that)

still pissed off about that draw.

StickyMcGinty · 06-03-2008 12:24AM

PHB wrote: »

We could have drawn

Lyon
Schalke
Porto
Fenerbache
Olmpicanicas (no idea how to spell that)

still pissed off about that draw.

and Celtic?

sure we'll see how accurate i am on the 14th

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