Is this a sign?

[gary gordon 1,777]

Nice topic. In a way i believe that once United took an exit from the comp our boys got a lot more confident of winning it. Lets face it, United have been our fiercest rivals since Roman took over and now that they are out of the picture, winning this competition won't seem like so much of a daunting task.. I would love to think our boys will be there come may 2012, but I'm a pessimist, I never hope for the best. I just hope we can put together a few wins this month and enjoy some really good holiday football!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Just so that we are clear, this is a sign:

While this, is a good result:

Chelsea 3:0 Valencia

I think we will probably need the second more than the first if we are to ever win the Champion's League.

[The Big Drog 1,110]

Based on what? Barca are dropping points in the La Liga and Real were given a run for their money against AC Milan, and we're lucky to beat them on two occasions.

Based on quality. There can be no doubt about it, these are the two strongest teams on the planet. Barcelona are the team of their generation and will rightly go down in the history books as one of the very best teams ever created in the history of the game. Real Madrid have made giant strides under Mourinho and are now in a position where they can challenge Barcelona, more so this season than last thanks to Mourinho's introduction of the Barcelona style pressing game and some individual changes (Sergio Ramos to centre back, Kaka's revival, Benzema and Higuain both in stunning form). Mourinho always said Madrid would be better in his second season and that is exactly what has occurred, for me they are currently the best side in the worldand this Saturday's El Classico could prove exactly that. Sorry mate but there is no denying it, the best players in the world play for these two clubs, the two best managers in the world manage both clubs, both clubs have a glittering history, a massive fanbase and I personally believe that they play in the best league in the world. Ilker Casillas put it best last season when he said that Barcelona got a lot of plaudits for how they took Man Utd apart in the Champions League final at Wembley but had it been Real Madrid playing Man Utd, they would have done the exact same thing to the English club and I tend to believe Ilker, the two Spanish giants are on a different level to all other teams.

[Krypt 241]

Lets not get too carried away

I hate playing English Teams in the CL we always seem to go out to them though we will most likely get past the last 16 then play Aresnal its obvious.

[Kojo 4,676]

Seriousley, they arent unbeatable. Getafe beat barcelona...etc. I know they are very good, but if u play very defensive and use counterattacking u can beat them. Sorta like we did against valencia.

It also has something to do with Complacency, didn't Barcelona get beat by the team what came last and got relegated last season?, i could of sworn that was there only loss in the league. When they know they have to put a performance on they do, they got beat against Inter, but Inter were very lucky and got a lot of decisions there way, had Bojans goal of been counted (which it should have because Toure did not handball it) then Barcelona would of won on away goals, not to mention they should of easily of had at least 2 penalties in my opinion. However it's weird that, very rare you see teh decisions go against Barcelona, however against us i still think they would dominate.

[Kojo 4,676]

Lets not get too carried away

I hate playing English Teams in the CL we always seem to go out to them though we will most likely get past the last 16 then play Aresnal its obvious.

No doubt, they usually don't like english teams to do well so they always play them against each other to make it a 'must' that one of them will have to go out, and if we manage to get through that we would play Real Madrid easily, i can even see it now, Student takes on Master, jesus christ papers are going to be loving it.

[Tomo 21,751]

Lets hope for this.

Milan V Bayern

Napoli V Real Madrid

Basle V Chelsea

Then in the q/f

APEOL V Chelsea

Zenit V Benfica

Milan/Bayern V Inter

Barcelona V Real Madrid

SEMI

Zenit/Benfica V APEOL/Chelsea

Milan/Bayern/Inter V Barcelona/Real Madrid

See what i mean by a bit of luck, if it happens this way we are laughing.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Lmao that would be the easiest run to the final.... ever.

[YankinBlue42 72]

Lets hope for this.

Milan V Bayern

Napoli V Real Madrid

Basle V Chelsea

Then in the q/f

APEOL V Chelsea

Zenit V Benfica

Milan/Bayern V Inter

Barcelona V Real Madrid

SEMI

Zenit/Benfica V APEOL/Chelsea

Milan/Bayern/Inter V Barcelona/Real Madrid

See what i mean by a bit of luck, if it happens this way we are laughing.

If anyone doesn't believe that winning the Champions league requires a bit a luck, then just look at this scenario which COULD happen! Maybe, just maybe we've suffered enough CL heartbreak and the gods will smile down upon us with a draw like this.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Defintly requires a bit of luck...a good draw..dodgy ref...a slippy patch...

We need a bit of luck for once!! We're due it!

[warnie_666 1,081]

Taking all the Champions League injustice and heartbreak in my stride I believe the Universe has its own way of correcting things. I believe there will come a time when we will be the first team ever to Win a Hattrick of Champions League.

Amen to that!!

[Hd123 5]

People overrating Napoli. A great side but IMO inferior to the likes of Arsenal and Milan. This always happens because of the hype, I said last year that Dortmund would crash and burn in the CL, everyone else disagreed and said they would make the Semis at least.