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Aye, I read an article after the Arsenal game, seems to know his stuff. James Richardson is another good pundit, remember seeing him on Setanta before they went bust, it's a shame he didn't get snapped up by Sky, but sure they have Jamie Redknapp. 

Gallsman, how often does he write in the Guardian?

I remember when it was Phil Thompson's turn in charades they all started shouting "Pinocchio" before he got a chance to speak

Anyone see the Christmas special they done last year? Not sure if it's on youtube but it was hilarious, they got up and played charades and all that sort of shit. Jeff Stelling is a genius.

Team news? Robben starting?

Ross, obviously they know all about him, but there is a difference in knowing all about Messi and knowing how to stop him. Likewise Eto'o and Barcelona. Puyol and Pique have played with him for a long time and will know what he's all about, but it will be interesting to see how they handle his pace, as I've no doubt he's going to cause them problems.

Valencia and Atlético can be very inconsistent, but both tend to put in a good performance against the big teams and I would fancy either over 2 legs.

Barca dominated both legs, maybe a 30 minute spell in the first leg and Barcelona's nervy start to the game last night aside Arsenal barely created a chance. Completely outplayed.

I dont't think Jose will fancy his chances, Barca completely outplayed them in the Nou Camp in the group stages and, I know Inter have improved since then, but I think it's fair to say Barcelona have as well? Messi is on fire at the minute and I think he would fancy his chances against the likes of Lucio and Samuel who are much more suited to playing against the likes of Drogba, etc, and will do well to contain him and Ibrahimovic over the 2 legs.

Re your comment about the lack of journalism United recieved, it's Messi that has got all the headlines today, not the team itself.

ross4life, aside from all the other bull you posted, how do you figure that Liverpool would knock out either of those 2 teams? Also, Barcelona and Madrid are so far ahead of everyone else because both have been in unstoppable form, Barcelona have demonstrated in Europe this season how far they are ahead of every other European team, not just Spanish, justifying their joint leadership at the top of la liga. I would be fairly confident that if either of them played in the Premiership they would walk it as well.

In fairness, Rooney would probably score more with those 2 playing behind him, but Messi would still be banging them in at this rate if it was a GAAboard select he was playing on. He single-handedly beat Valencia, Stuttgart and Real Zaragoza on his own over the past week or so.

Remember hearing on here about "Sin Nombre", it's subtitled in Spanish but I would def recommend it.

Thought it was great listening to some of the stuff the commentators were coming out with, Gerry Armstrong losing the run of himself when Messi won the penalty 

For whoever came up with the latest title of this thread, and the rest of you saying all of this about Rooney, have any of you watched any games outside the Premiership this season?