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You kinda just wished him bad in the sentence before!

Looked rusty on the ball, but physically he seemed ready. Misplaced some easy passes, but almost won the game with a decent shot from outside the box. Overall, I think he'll need a few more games with the U21s.

Colin knows John personally. He was the first to deny the Galatasaray rumors last summer. If he says there was a meeting, then there probably was.

The tennis ball must be a nightmare.

Basically, Oscar has to start in the middle to disrupt Arteta's function in Arsenal's system.

In the entire game? That can't be right!

I wouldn't put a top 5 teams in the world because there are no means to know for sure especially for teams from different leagues. I think there are three teams who are in a league of their own and those are Bayern, Barcelona and Madrid. Then you have top teams that just aren't at the level of those three and those include the likes of Athletico, Dortmund, City, PSG, Chelsea, Juventus, Napoli, Arsenal (probably forgetting a couple of teams).

I'm not saying they wouldn't have aimed, just that it's not their season objective. Meaning, their season would not have been failure if they fail to reach the semis of the CL as is the case with Bayer, Real and Barca. And I think you're using the term "world class" way too loosely..

What do you mean as a squad? As a team, in terms of their performances, their results, their achievements, they are by no means in the top 4 teams in Europe. I don't care about names, if names mattered then Zenith would have been in the QFs last season and City would be in the semis this season. "Almost" knocking out the worst Barca in a decade, on a bad day, doesn't them in the top four teams in the world. If they win the CL this season, then I'll consider them in the top 4 teams in the world.

Marco on for the second half.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1iqi02_mourinho-press-conference-before-arsenal-match_sport

Thiago Silva has just been subbed off, injured. Don't think it's a serious injury though, he took an elbow below the eye.

Of course it's not going to be an easy game, it's the quarter finals of the UCL FFS! But I think both teams will be happy to have avoided the likes of Real and Bayern and Barcelona. I think it's a pretty even match up, but the good thing is that there really isn't much pressure. The media will be occupied with the other ties and I'm sure that neither team had "reaching UCL semifinal" as their objective at the start of the season. But I have to say, after Galatasaray, the PSG fans, so far, are a breathe of fresh air!

#BarbaraForPresident

Only on TC would drawing PSG in the UCL QF turn into a debate about Barcelona in the 60s to determine how tough the game will be

Rob Beasely said that the most Jose could get is a 10K fine. No ban.

It is coin toss indeed. I think you have slightly better individuals, but I think our team works better together in defense. If I may ask: I've seen your attackers rip teams open with pace and great runs, but do you think the likes of Lavezzi and Cavani will suffer with no space behind the opposition defense?

Was going to say it is pretty even draw, but after reading the past couple of pages I'll say that we are the clear favorites to beat this shit PSG team. In fact, we're already in the semis if you ask me.. Just to piss off those who are addicted to pessimism

And everyone said that Thiago and Kroos would never come to Old Traford....

LMAO Buttner vs Robben is trending world-wide

Honestly, I think it's pretty much 50-50. They probably have better individuals, but we have Jose and play the second leg at home.

How did you know that? The draw for the semis is on April 11th.

Bayern's reaction to the draw: Quite a lot, my self included, because we wanted revenge for the 09 disaster and because we have always been Barca bogey team. This united team is NOTHING like our 2011-12 team.

United could win the CL.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

That was probably the least eventful PC all season. Practically said nothing.