Who'll make up the quarters lads?
Roma v Shakhtar
Milan v Spurs
Valencia v Schalke
Inter v Bayern
Lyon v Real
Arsenal v Barcelona
Man United v Marseille
Copenhagen v Chelsea
Quote from: sammymaguire on December 17, 2010, 11:28:48 AM
Who'll make up the quarters lads?
Roma v Shakhtar
Milan v Spurs
Valencia v Schalke
Inter v Bayern
Lyon v Real
Arsenal v Barcelona
Man United v Marseille
Copenhagen v Chelsea
Roma or Shakhtar
Milan or Spurs
Valencia or Schalke
Inter or Bayern
Lyon or Real
Arsenal or Barcelona
Man United or Marseille
Copenhagen or Chelsea
Spurs could beat Milan.
Hard to see the Arse progressing
Quote from: sammymaguire on December 17, 2010, 11:28:48 AM
Who'll make up the quarters lads?
Roma v Shakhtar
Milan v Spurs
Valencia v Schalke
Inter v Bayern
Lyon v Real
Arsenal v Barcelona
Man United v Marseille
Copenhagen v Chelsea
Is that the draw???
AC Milan is probably the toughest of the remaining draws Spurs could have got they are 13 points ahead of Inter in the league & ibrahimovic is on fire.
Arsenal get what they deserve for not finishing top in a poor group. Real Madrid should get revenge over Lyon while Chelsea, Man united should progress
What odds on United,Chelsea getting Real,Barca in the next round?
I think:
Roma v Shakhtar
Milan v Spurs
Valencia v Schalke
Inter v Bayern
Lyon v Real
Arsenal v Barcelona
Man United v Marseille
Copenhagen v Chelsea
Open draw again after that, or is tv demanding seeding?
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 17, 2010, 01:55:38 PM
I think:
Roma v Shakhtar
Milan v Spurs
Valencia v Schalke
Inter v Bayern
Lyon v Real
Arsenal v Barcelona
Man United v Marseille
Copenhagen v Chelsea
Open draw again after that, or is tv demanding seeding?
Nope. There are no limiteds on who you can/ can't get at this point. They draw the QF and SF together next.
can anyone post lyon's cl record against real madrid?
Quote from: clarshack on December 17, 2010, 07:25:02 PM
can anyone post lyon's cl record against real madrid?
Pretty impressive
Real Madrid 1, Lyon 1
Lyon 1, Real Madrid 0
Real Madrid 2, Lyon 2
Lyon 2, Real Madrid 0
Read Madrid 1, Lyon 1
Lyon 3, Real Madrid 0
So the special one will be be hoping to improve Real Madrids record against French teams. The last four encounters against French sides in the knockout stages, have all ended in elimination for the Spaniards.
will jose be having a few sleepless nights?
Brave enough effort by Arsenal to keep the tie going to injury time.
Some battles between these 2 teams over the years
Barca a bit lopsided to the right side, they could do with something different down their left
Nasri perhaps?
Oh Piss off you!!! :'(
I couldn't see any Arsenal player making the Barca team.
Quote from: ONeill on March 08, 2011, 10:37:28 PM
I couldn't see any Arsenal player making the Barca team.
Bendtner would walk it...
Barca could have played Wes Brown, Johnny Evans tonight & still win at a canter.
Not really Ross, Arsenal would have attacked more knowing that they could have scored 6/7 goals.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 08, 2011, 10:54:32 PM
Not really Ross, Arsenal would have attacked more knowing that they could have scored 6/7 goals.
You do know they played with a left back & midfielder in the centre of defense & Arsenal only made two touches in the barca goal area all night.
Don't forget that Barca scored 3 times and still couldn't get far clear of Arsenal, a team who didn't have a shot on target all game. A miracle of sorts.
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Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 08, 2011, 10:54:32 PM
Not really Ross, Arsenal would have attacked more knowing that they could have scored 6/7 goals.
You do know they played with a left back & midfielder in the centre of defense & Arsenal only made two touches in the barca goal area all night.
'Made two touches in the Barca goal area all night'? That sounds like some fella called Chuck Spangelbeur on ESPNFOXTV in the States :D
Woweee, two touches in the Barca goal area all night, while the Gunner Squad could only watch as the Messimeister had two scoring marks of his own into the Arsenal Goal Net, you gatta love this soccerball.
Did anyone notice when Messi scored the opening goal with a brilliant finish the 2 English commentators on sky I think went off on a rant about Fabregas giving the ball away and never mentioned the brillilant skill of messi. I thought it was a bit ridiculous to be fair. Maybe they don't like Fabregas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4zwOCVykP8
The Irish TV3 commentary pair were a jingoistic farce. On that Messi goal, (the dink, lob and volley) Lawro needed 3 looks at it before he conceded that Messi was not lucky.
For the Arsenal goal, despite the ball dropping between 3 Barca defenders, they thought an Arsenal player had got a clear header on the ball.
If a Barca player went down, he wasn't touched.
Does anyone feel AC Milan can turn it around & win at WHL tonight? some very tasty odds on them doing so.
*happy now RLL?
Quote from: ross4life on March 09, 2011, 04:42:35 PM
Does anyone feel AC Milan can turn it around & win at WTL tonight? some very tasty odds on them doing so.
Where?
First 4 teams through to 1/4 finals :
Barcelona
Shaktar Donetsk
Schalke 04
Tottenham
Some odds on that back in September !!
Next weeks should (maybe) be easier to predict.
Man U
Chelsea
Real
Inter
Another open draw next week for the Quarters?
Quote from: sammymaguire on March 09, 2011, 09:42:03 PM
Another open draw next week for the Quarters?
yep, no restrictions
Spurs are through but something tells me I was watching the wrong game tonight.
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Quote from: Hoof Hearted on March 09, 2011, 09:48:13 PM
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Quote from: sammymaguire on March 09, 2011, 09:42:03 PM
Another open draw next week for the Quarters?
yep, no restrictions
God help the team that get Barca
i hope its the mancs !
United will do well to overcome Marseille
Yep agreed all Marseille need is a score draw.
Valencia currently the 3rd best team in Spain well beaten by a mid table German team what does that tell us?
Quote from: ross4life on March 09, 2011, 10:05:27 PM
Valencia currently the 3rd best team in Spain well beaten by a mid table German team what does that tell us?
That anything can happen in a cup competition. "The form book goes out the window."
That's another one for the Cliché Thread Paco ;)
Anyways when i brought up that debate about Spurs if they played RM i was told don't be silly they would hammer them.
Really enjoyed that game tonight,great game great goals and a great atmosphere.
Munich must be sick though to be 3-1 on agg up and lose then on away goals..
They done the same to us last year
Last 16 is an open draw were anyone can play anyone right?
Next round is quarter-finals and yep, anyone can get anyone as far as I know.
Guessing...
United v Schalke
Barcelona v Shakhtar
Real Madrid v Tottenham
Inter v Chelsea
Actually... We will probably see Chelsea v Spurs in there :-\
Quote from: new devil on March 15, 2011, 10:44:28 PM
They done the same to us last year
Last 16 is an open draw were anyone can play anyone right?
Yes & the semi final draw is also done on Friday
What a dream this would be United V schalke..Winners play spurs/Shakhtar in semis
Quote from: sammymaguire on March 15, 2011, 10:49:15 PM
Next round is quarter-finals and yep, anyone can get anyone as far as I know.
Guessing...
United v Schalke
Barcelona v Shakhtar
Real Madrid v Tottenham
Inter v Chelsea
Actually... We will probably see Chelsea v Spurs in there :-\
UEFA won't want two English teams in Wembley final so all english tie is very likely in the next round with the other English team getting Madrid or Barca
Quote from: new devil on March 15, 2011, 10:57:11 PM
What a dream this would be United V schalke..Winners play spurs/Shakhtar in semis
I remember last year United fans getting hard ons because they got Munich/Lyon in their section in last years CL quarters and semi's draw.... :)
I hate playing Munich at anytime..Would never want to get them at any stage
Quote from: ross4life on March 15, 2011, 10:57:43 PM
Quote from: sammymaguire on March 15, 2011, 10:49:15 PM
Next round is quarter-finals and yep, anyone can get anyone as far as I know.
Guessing...
United v Schalke
Barcelona v Shakhtar
Real Madrid v Tottenham
Inter v Chelsea
Actually... We will probably see Chelsea v Spurs in there :-\
UEFA won't want two English teams in Wembley final so all english tie is very likely in the next round with the other English team getting Madrid or Barca
I hear that Platini personally fixed the weights of the different balls that will be used in the draw himself just to make it so.
real madrid finally bury their lyon hoodoo!
this was a quote on BBC Sport Website
Real Madrid goal: Bish bash bosh and Real Madrid are certainties for the last eight for the first time since 2004.
Holy shit, 7 years. Never would have thought it.
would put the last 8 in this order:
barcelona
real madrid
inter milan
chelsea
man utd
shalke
spurs
shaktar
as a neutral i would like to see a real madrid v man utd pairing in the 1/4 finals.
Shaktar are better than some might think, I think they are better than Schalke and Spuds.
Quote from: Minder on March 16, 2011, 09:44:47 PM
Shaktar are better than some might think, I think they are better than Schalke and Spuds.
Agreed. Away leg will be difficult over there. They're very wealthy and buy a shed load of Brazilians every year.
Quote from: Minder on March 16, 2011, 09:44:47 PM
Shaktar are better than some might think, I think they are better than Schalke and Spuds.
didnt fulham knock them out of europe last year - not sure if they are that great tbh. having said that - shaktar, shalke and spurs are making up the numbers in the last eight.
then again maybe all the teams apart from barca and real are making up the numbers?
On paper hard to see who will beat Barcelona. Having said that if Bendtner had stuck that chance away they would be out despite all their posession and chances v Arsenal.
Would agree that none of the 3 Ss mentioned will win it.
Neither Utd or Chelsea are playing particularly well, Unless Torres rediscovers his form quickly I would rule Chelsea out particularly with Bosiwinga at RB.
If Utd get Vidic back they will improve defensively and there are signs Rooney is coming back to himself. You just can't see them getting much of the ball v Barca.
Quote from: clarshack on March 16, 2011, 09:51:37 PM
Quote from: Minder on March 16, 2011, 09:44:47 PM
Shaktar are better than some might think, I think they are better than Schalke and Spuds.
didnt fulham knock them out of europe last year - not sure if they are that great tbh. having said that - shaktar, shalke and spurs are making up the numbers in the last eight.
then again maybe all the teams apart from barca and real are making up the numbers?
Irrelevant. United got knocked out of the FA Cup by Leeds last year ffs.
They have earned their spot in the last 8 and teams should not take them likely.
On a side note, schalke sacked their Manager today with the team 10th in the league and awaiting a 1/4 final draw. Holy fcuk, what is he supposed to do.
Must be ruthless in Germany.
Van Gaal won the double with Bayern last year and lost the CL final and he is under pressure too.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on March 16, 2011, 10:26:41 PM
On a side note, schalke sacked their Manager today with the team 10th in the league and awaiting a 1/4 final draw. Holy fcuk, what is he supposed to do.
Heard this too but 5 live were saying about 20 minutes ago that it had been misreported and that he was still in the job
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on March 16, 2011, 10:26:41 PM
On a side note, schalke sacked their Manager today with the team 10th in the league and awaiting a 1/4 final draw. Holy fcuk, what is he supposed to do.
Must be ruthless in Germany.
Van Gaal won the double with Bayern last year and lost the CL final and he is under pressure too.
Already been announced that he won't be there next season. The Bundesliga is set for a managerial merry-go-round in the summer.
Quote from: gallsman on March 16, 2011, 10:21:13 PM
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Quote from: Minder on March 16, 2011, 09:44:47 PM
Shaktar are better than some might think, I think they are better than Schalke and Spuds.
didnt fulham knock them out of europe last year - not sure if they are that great tbh. having said that - shaktar, shalke and spurs are making up the numbers in the last eight.
then again maybe all the teams apart from barca and real are making up the numbers?
Irrelevant. United got knocked out of the FA Cup by Leeds last year ffs.
They have earned their spot in the last 8 and teams should not take them likely.
they've added eduardo up front - he's not exactly a world beater is he?
could you see them knocking out chelsea or utd?
experience alone will beat shaktar now.
their best chance to progress is to draw shalke or spurs imo.
Why does everyone think Barca are invincible? Over two legs half the other quarter finalists are well capable of beating them.
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Quote from: clarshack on March 16, 2011, 09:51:37 PM
Quote from: Minder on March 16, 2011, 09:44:47 PM
Shaktar are better than some might think, I think they are better than Schalke and Spuds.
didnt fulham knock them out of europe last year - not sure if they are that great tbh. having said that - shaktar, shalke and spurs are making up the numbers in the last eight.
then again maybe all the teams apart from barca and real are making up the numbers?
Irrelevant. United got knocked out of the FA Cup by Leeds last year ffs.
They have earned their spot in the last 8 and teams should not take them likely.
they've added eduardo up front - he's not exactly a world beater is he?
could you see them knocking out chelsea or utd?
experience alone will beat shaktar now.
their best chance to progress is to draw shalke or spurs imo.
That's not my point. My point was that if teams underestimate them and take a match for granted, then yes, they could beat them.
Quote from: gallsman on March 16, 2011, 11:26:02 PM
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Quote from: Minder on March 16, 2011, 09:44:47 PM
Shaktar are better than some might think, I think they are better than Schalke and Spuds.
didnt fulham knock them out of europe last year - not sure if they are that great tbh. having said that - shaktar, shalke and spurs are making up the numbers in the last eight.
then again maybe all the teams apart from barca and real are making up the numbers?
Irrelevant. United got knocked out of the FA Cup by Leeds last year ffs.
They have earned their spot in the last 8 and teams should not take them likely.
they've added eduardo up front - he's not exactly a world beater is he?
could you see them knocking out chelsea or utd?
experience alone will beat shaktar now.
their best chance to progress is to draw shalke or spurs imo.
That's not my point. My point was that if teams underestimate them and take a match for granted, then yes, they could beat them.
ok - i'll admit they wont be a pushover but i think they might be happy just being in the 1/4 finals this year.
i do think they are a team for the future (especially with the money aspect of it) - just not now.
Quote from: Over the Bar on March 16, 2011, 11:20:16 PM
Why does everyone think Barca are invincible? Over two legs half the other quarter finalists are well capable of beating them.
none of the teams left are invincible - its just that barcelona play the best football and have so much possession that it always makes them favourites.
not even the great AC Milan team of the late 1980's and early 1990's were invincible - though they werent far off it!
QF Draw
Real Madrid v Spurs
Chelsea v Man U
Barca v Shakhtar
Inter v Schalke
Quote from: Estimator on March 18, 2011, 11:13:32 AM
QF Draw
Real Madrid v Spurs
spurs could do it! real madrid weren't too impressive, chelski v manu will be a grudge game, tough to call, chelsea might shade it, barca will win that one and probably inter, my 4 winners are:
Spurs
Chelsea
Barca
Inter
Semi-Final:
Inter / Schalke v Chelsea / Man U
Real / Spurs v Barca / Shakhtar
some decent match ups.
is it just me, or does the fact that the semi finals are pre drawn annoy anyone else?
Think it takes away from the whole drama thing a bit.....
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
I hope there is a ref that will be keeping an eye out for the numerous divers in the Utd team.
Quote from: Minder on March 18, 2011, 11:48:15 AM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
I hope there is a ref that will be keeping an eye out for the numerous divers in the Utd team.
and Chelsea dont have any?
Quote from: Minder on March 18, 2011, 11:48:15 AM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
I hope there is a ref that will be keeping an eye out for the numerous divers in the Utd team.
If anything I hope Utd win with a dodgy penalty from a Nani dive. The more theatrics and crying he puts on the better.
Real won't have too much difficulty getting past Spurs, especially with Ronaldo back.
United/Chelsea could go wither way. United's injury crisis spells big trouble, especially with the FA cup to play as well.
Unwelcome trip to eastern Ukraine for a tired looking Barca team, but they'll come through handily enough.
Inter to get past Schalke.
If Real and Barca get through there will be five Clasicos this season!
Quote from: Minder on March 18, 2011, 11:48:15 AM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
I hope there is a ref that will be keeping an eye out for the numerous divers in the Utd team.
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What a shocker that draw was..who would have guessed it ???
If united have there key players fit they will have a excellent chance to make there 3rd final in 4 years but in the long run it could damage there title challenge, so mixed feeling about that.
Real Madrid should shade the spurs tie while Barca will beat Shakhtar about 4-1 on AGG & Inter should have enough to beat another German team.
I reckon this is chelsea's year.
Quote from: ross4life on March 18, 2011, 02:02:57 PM
What a shocker that draw was..who would have guess it ???
If united have there key players fit they will have a excellent chance to make there 3rd final in 4 years but in the long run it could damage there title challenge, so mixed feeling about that.
Real Madrid should shade the spurs tie while Barca will beat Shakhtar about about 4-1 on AGG & Inter should have enough to beat another German team.
Insightful comments as ever
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
All I want against Chelsea is a referee who gets the big calls right. 3 games in a row between the two have been decided by balls-ups from the officials.
Quote from: nrico2006 on March 18, 2011, 03:52:34 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
All I want against Chelsea is a referee who gets the big calls right. 3 games in a row between the two have been decided by balls-ups from the officials.
are you saying in the previous encounter it wasnt a penalty?
Quote from: nrico2006 on March 18, 2011, 03:52:34 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
All I want against Chelsea is a referee who gets the big calls right. 3 games in a row between the two have been decided by balls-ups from the officials.
I am just hoping that we get the luck that we deserve in Europe, and a ref that's willing to send off a United player unlike the major cop out that saved United in 2008.
I hope we win
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Quote from: nrico2006 on March 18, 2011, 03:52:34 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
All I want against Chelsea is a referee who gets the big calls right. 3 games in a row between the two have been decided by balls-ups from the officials.
I am just hoping that we get the luck that we deserve in Europe, and a ref that's willing to send off a United player unlike the major cop out that saved United in 2008.
I take it the Chelsea faithful won't boycott the home leg this time?
Quote from: nrico2006 on March 18, 2011, 03:52:34 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
All I want against Chelsea is a referee who gets the big calls right. 3 games in a row between the two have been decided by balls-ups from the officials.
Lol, is this still going on about the Drogba offside at the end of last season? You know, the same game where Macheda scored with a handball?
Just hoping Utd and Chelsea kick the fcuk clean out of each other.
Quote from: Boycey on March 18, 2011, 04:55:39 PM
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Quote from: nrico2006 on March 18, 2011, 03:52:34 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
All I want against Chelsea is a referee who gets the big calls right. 3 games in a row between the two have been decided by balls-ups from the officials.
I am just hoping that we get the luck that we deserve in Europe, and a ref that's willing to send off a United player unlike the major cop out that saved United in 2008.
I take it the Chelsea faithful won't boycott the home leg this time?
Depends. If the execs treat the fans the way they do they might.
It's good in a way that a small statement (Smaller than I thought) was made on Weds night. United have struggled to organise boycotts etc against the Glazers as tourist attractions will always pull a crowd.
Tourist attraction, I like it :D. Institution is the word I'd use. Either way it's better than being a crooks plaything..
I think the spuds have a punchers of beating Real and I hope they do, United will struggle against Chelsea if Evans plays, he is pure ket, Rio is gone for the season/forever and thank God for Smalling. Vidic will need to be there or it will get ugly.
I expect these two games, especially the first one to be a borefest with few real chances.
The spuds are going to shock the world.
I agree, Spurs could trouble Madrid. They're unpredictable, but if they play to their capabilities there's no reason they can't beat them. Marcelo and Ramos won't be looking forward to dealing with Lennon and Bale and Van Der Vaart won't need much motivation.
Quote from: Boycey on March 18, 2011, 10:50:09 PM
Tourist attraction, I like it :D. Institution is the word I'd use. Either way it's better than being a crooks plaything..
Lol. Malcolm Glazer has never been accused of any dodgy practices or anything now, has he?
Quote from: sammymaguire on March 15, 2011, 10:49:15 PM
Next round is quarter-finals and yep, anyone can get anyone as far as I know.
Guessing...
United v Schalke
Barcelona v Shakhtar
Real Madrid v Tottenham
Inter v Chelsea
Actually... We will probably see Chelsea v Spurs in there :-\
Two from four right :o ::) Chelski defo have the hoodoo over United in recent years so will surely fancy their chances of playing at Wembley on 28th May...
Quote from: paco on March 19, 2011, 10:00:44 AM
I agree, Spurs could trouble Madrid. They're unpredictable, but if they play to their capabilities there's no reason they can't beat them. Marcelo and Ramos won't be looking forward to dealing with Lennon and Bale and Van Der Vaart won't need much motivation.
Marcelo is one player that could just about live with the pace of Lennon.
Spurs could give Madrid problems as their defence doesn't look too hot.Madrid V Barca would be tasty.
Spurs seem to be running of of steam over the last month. They are struggling to score goals at the minute and it is looking unlikely that they will reach CL next year.
I fancy Utd to scape past Chelsea unless Torres can find some form.
So safe to say Schalke,Real Madrid are into the semi finals i wonder will tomorrows QF ties be closer?
Looking like a Chelsea v Barcelona/Real Madrid final IMO
Yep, def a Chelsea v Barca final.
Quote from: ONeill on April 05, 2011, 09:45:16 PM
Yep, def a Chelsea v Barca final.
+1
Adebayor - one of the most frustrating footballers on the planet...
Quote from: Dave on April 05, 2011, 09:42:46 PM
Looking like a Chelsea v Barcelona/Real Madrid final IMO
Yeah would agree with that.
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Quote from: Dave on April 05, 2011, 09:42:46 PM
Looking like a Chelsea v Barcelona/Real Madrid final IMO
Yeah would agree with that.
I know who wont be in it next year ;D
Me thinks you boys are hoping more that thinking ;D
Quote from: EC Unique on April 05, 2011, 10:29:14 PM
Me thinks you boys are hoping more that thinking ;D
Can't see Madrid making the final.
Yea I would say yous are right..Chelsea V barca final
But it's nice to still be there at this stage or even in the champions league this year at all!!
What a goal that was from Schalke last night, highest quality you'll see.
'Arry, if he's smart should take what he can get for Bale this summer. Wasn't very good last night, though obviously not fully fit. Don't get me wrong, a very exciting and capable player but very one dimensional and easily neutralised. Spurs should take the 60m from Real / Inter and buy him back after 18 months for 20m. Second season syndrome awaits him methinks.
Quote from: mouview on April 06, 2011, 10:09:21 AM
'Arry, if he's smart should take what he can get for Bale this summer. Wasn't very good last night, though obviously not fully fit. Don't get me wrong, a very exciting and capable player but very one dimensional and easily neutralised. Spurs should take the 60m from Real / Inter and buy him back after 18 months for 20m. Second season syndrome awaits him methinks.
I think the main reason for his early season success in Europe was that few outside England had heard about him, same goes for Wilshere.
How bad was Ray Wilkins "commentary" last night! Woeful.
Stink. Wretched. As was Lawro's apparently on TV3. The only miniscule consolation was that you didn't have to listen to both together.
Quote from: mouview on April 06, 2011, 10:21:40 AM
Stink. Wretched. As was Lawro's apparently on TV3. The only miniscule consolation was that you didn't have to listen to both together.
TV3 absolutely awful...Welsh & Lawrenson couldn't (or were just too lazy) to tell the difference between Di Maria, Ozil and Khedira. Also when the commentary was lost Matt Cooper(??) in the studio asked why V d Vaart wasn't offside when he received the ball from a throw in.
Quote from: Bingo on April 06, 2011, 10:18:33 AM
How bad was Ray Wilkins "commentary" last night! Woeful.
He kept saying 'Spurs don't deserve this' towards the end. When a player picks up two stupid yellows and gets sent off and then the team gets completely dominated and spanked 4-0 how the fcuk do they not deserve it....? He was terrible.
Quote from: EC Unique on April 06, 2011, 11:53:38 AM
Quote from: Bingo on April 06, 2011, 10:18:33 AM
How bad was Ray Wilkins "commentary" last night! Woeful.
He kept saying 'Spurs don't deserve this' towards the end. When a player picks up two stupid yellows and gets sent off and then the team gets completely dominated and spanked 4-0 how the fcuk do they not deserve it....? He was terrible.
The mad thing was he was saying that they don't deserve it, not on that game, but because of how they performed this year - beating AC, beating Inter, qualifying for the group stages and then the knock stages! They a great team according to him and Harry has worked miricles on the side.
It was terrible - "we" the whole time, calling players their first names all the time, coaching the players throughout the game, Harry this, Harry that.
What about Jamie Redknapp saying he know's his Dad very well :D
Ray took the biscuit when he said Spurs 'had defended stoutly in the second half'; moments later he said they'd been 'ripped to pieces'. You couldn't make it up!
Quote from: mouview on April 06, 2011, 12:55:42 PM
Ray took the biscuit when he said Spurs 'had defended stoutly in the second half'; moments later he said they'd been 'ripped to pieces'. You couldn't make it up!
I only saw bits of the game, I flicked it over and they were 3-0 down and Ray was telling us how impressed he was with Spurs defending.
My favourite Wilkins moment was when he twice expressed his admiration for the manner in which Spurs had defended from corners.
He must have missed the first two goals.
QuoteMaybe the occasion got the better of him. Or the intensity of the crowd clouded his thinking. Perhaps it was simply too much sun.
Whatever the reason he had a shocker. He had no one to blame but himself, of course, even if his game defining lack of judgement was out of character. Just a bad day at the office for an Englishman abroad, then, when it mattered most.
I'm talking of course about Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE, on summarising duty for Sky Sports, whose performance last night achieved the almost unimaginable of being worse than any Tottenham player on the pitch. Peter Crouch included.
It is difficult to fathom just what got in to Ray. Usually a softly spoken, almost silken voiced purveyor of easy charm and understatement, his performance last night was one of excitable chaos. One where he appeared to have been transported in his mind from the commentary box to some long forgotten wind swept training ground where he felt compelled to bark the same few orders in a repetitious staccato.
Statisticians are still pouring over footage to tally up the exact number of times he told those in blue to 'stay on their feet', a phrase destined forever to be conjured at the slightest mention of Ray's name; Charlie Sheen may be #winning, but Ray is standing proudly tall, like some unmoving giant oak, #stayingonhisfeet .
As with John Terry's obsession with 'the armband', Ray just wouldn't let it go. By the end of the match he sounded like one of those men who stand on the corner of high streets imploring Saturday shoppers to repent and find the love of Jesus Christ, convinced beyond certainty of their own wisdom, but screaming out forlornly in to an uncaring ether, forever to be ignored, even quietly mocked.
And it wasn't just his blunt tactical advice – now to be copied by ranting fathers on the touchline of every Sunday league match this weekend as surely as their sons screaming obscenities in to Mum's camera phone on completing a hat-trick will pay homage to another of England's finest – that jarred.
It was his attempts to complicity cast us all as an amorphous whole, with one dream and one vision.
"We," Ray repeatedly said, where 'they' or indeed 'Tottenham' might have been better employed, to open any observation about Harry Redknapp's team. "And I say 'we' as an Englishman," he would interject to almost but not quite cover himself, before continuing his point (most often, that someone should have stayed on their feet).
The implicit belief in Sky's coverage that everyone watching in the UK will naturally support the English side is understandable in their selling of a product, even if woefully misguided, but Ray took it to its nth degree. Had Tottenham scored you imagine he would have ripped his shirt off and swung it round his head like one of those goons invited to offer an alternative commentary on Sky's matches.
As message boards and Twitter buzzed with both concern and derision for Ray, someone even tried to start a campaign to bring back Andy Gray, suggesting that Ray's crazed dementia may have been such that it was starting to become contagious.
What prompted this switch in personality we may never know. He sounded as if he had been running late for the game, perhaps caught in traffic for several hours before kick off, getting more and more agitated before a quick sprint up the Bernabeu steps landed him in his position moments before the start, breathless and distressed, but suddenly euphoric about his success, the heady cocktail erupting in a volcanic explosion of unthinking, knee-jerk stock phrases.
Regardless, he deserves to be selected for the return leg. How appropriate for the dead rubber at White Hart Lane to be described by someone whose one bad performance has left immediate redemption out of reach, but with plenty of tattered pride left to be played for.
Just saw the highlight of the Schalke match. Maybe it wasn't such a shock with Edu and Raul scoring his 70th(?) CL goal.
Barca match is wide open. Both teams could have scored two or three!
Quote from: gallsman on April 06, 2011, 08:17:01 PM
Barca match is wide open. Both teams could have scored two or three!
Yeah watching bits of it between breaks in the Golf,seems like a decent game.
should have finished about 9-4 to Barca unless Chelsea get through hard to see any team stopping them, they've already beaten the next best in England...
Yea Barca will walk it.... But hey it's still nice to be in it
Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 06, 2011, 09:49:29 PM
should have finished about 9-4 to Barca unless Chelsea get through hard to see any team stopping them, they've already beaten the next best in England...
in a one off game and with plenty of luck (which is very likely), utd could pull it off!!!
Quote from: new devil on April 06, 2011, 09:53:02 PM
Yea Barca will walk it.... But hey it's still nice to be in it
Will you get a start next game?
::) you're like a broken record....please f**k off
Quote from: Minder on March 18, 2011, 11:48:15 AM
Quote from: thebigfella on March 18, 2011, 11:41:59 AM
Utd due a big win and some luck against Chelsea. I think with a 'fair' ref ;) utd to win 3-1 over both legs.
I hope there is a ref that will be keeping an eye out for the numerous divers in the Utd team.
well you got the ref you wanted. pity he didnt see the blatant professional fouler's too
Man U, especially Rooney, were excellent tonight. That Ferguson is one hard nut.
I've said it before, but Dani Alves is just an absolutely outstanding footballer.
Quote from: gallsman on April 06, 2011, 10:11:21 PM
I've said it before, but Dani Alves is just an absolutely outstanding footballer.
Only Messi has more assists this season. Having said that, he made a real balls up of a pass to Valdes in the first half that could have been costly.
Quote from: gallsman on April 06, 2011, 10:11:21 PM
I've said it before, but Dani Alves is just an absolutely outstanding footballer.
Obviously professional footballers are fit but he is on a different level.
Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 06, 2011, 09:49:29 PM
should have finished about 9-4 to Barca unless Chelsea get through hard to see any team stopping them, they've already beaten the next best in England...
So Man United are the 3rd best in England ???
Quote from: paco on April 06, 2011, 10:15:15 PM
Quote from: gallsman on April 06, 2011, 10:11:21 PM
I've said it before, but Dani Alves is just an absolutely outstanding footballer.
Only Messi has more assists this season. Having said that, he made a real balls up of a pass to Valdes in the first half that could have been costly.
He had his bad moments in the first 25 minutes and then proceeded to beat Shakhtar black and blue for the remainder of the match.
I'm sick of listening to shite about "he can't defend", "he's only an athlete" etc.
He's incredible.
He's become as important for Barcelona as he was for Sevilla, justified by the pay rise he got recently. Always an outlet for them and they've got countless goals from the Xavi/Iniesta diagonal ball to Alves-Alves squares it-tap in move down the right.
Quote from: Dave on April 05, 2011, 09:42:46 PM
Looking like a Chelsea v Barcelona/Real Madrid final IMO
Quote from: ONeill on April 05, 2011, 09:45:16 PM
Yep, def a Chelsea v Barca final.
Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 05, 2011, 09:49:21 PM
Quote from: ONeill on April 05, 2011, 09:45:16 PM
Yep, def a Chelsea v Barca final.
+1
Quote from: laoislad on April 05, 2011, 09:54:36 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 05, 2011, 09:42:46 PM
Looking like a Chelsea v Barcelona/Real Madrid final IMO
Yeah would agree with that.
Don't give up the day job lads ;)
Quote from: ross4life on April 12, 2011, 09:48:44 PM
Don't give up the day job lads ;)
I think some of those might have been slightly tongue in cheek ross...
We're were too quick to write of the Germans, looks like a Schalke v Barca final unless Madrid can so something in the semi....
:D :D stop that or Ross will hunt you down
Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 12, 2011, 10:04:06 PM
We're were too quick to write of the Germans, looks like a Schalke v Barca final unless Madrid can so something in the semi....
Still wouldn't write off Inter so maybe Inter v Barca in the final..
Quote from: Dave on April 12, 2011, 10:18:48 PM
Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 12, 2011, 10:04:06 PM
We're were too quick to write of the Germans, looks like a Schalke v Barca final unless Madrid can so something in the semi....
Still wouldn't write off Inter so maybe Inter v Barca in the final..
Don't forget or ever underestimate Jose Mourinho
Quote from: sammymaguire on April 12, 2011, 10:22:12 PM
Quote from: Dave on April 12, 2011, 10:18:48 PM
Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 12, 2011, 10:04:06 PM
We're were too quick to write of the Germans, looks like a Schalke v Barca final unless Madrid can so something in the semi....
Still wouldn't write off Inter so maybe Inter v Barca in the final..
Don't forget or ever underestimate Jose Mourinho
The Baca-Real semi will be a completely different kettle of fish to what happened in the November game. Real have Kaká back (looked good at the weekend) and Higuaín will be fit. Barca won't have Abidal and Puyol's been expected back for weeks now and still hasn't made it. Barca can't keep getting away with Busquets playing centre-half in big games.
Dress rehearsal at the weekend too which should be interesting. I can see Messi in for a hard night...