EskWeston 696 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 On the other hand Grant has said the CL is the most important, so you'd think the two stalwarts of JT and Fat Frank would feature. Interesting to see the starting lineup, and the state of the pitch ! Think it's on ITV 4 btw , mickeys on ITV1. No big shock there, ITV are a bunch of c**ts. I hate their game coverage!!! Well on paper the game tonight is an easier tie, and with the benefit of a second leg at home. IF (and thats a big if) he does rest JT and Lamps it's not really a gamble because of the players who would play insted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,319 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 No big shock there, ITV are a bunch of c**ts. I hate their game coverage!!! Well on paper the game tonight is an easier tie, and with the benefit of a second leg at home. IF (and thats a big if) he does rest JT and Lamps it's not really a gamble because of the players who would play insted. Riccy and Alex can do a sterling job at the back. If the media reports are wrong though I'd expect this; GK - Cech RB - Belletti CB - JT CB - Ricky LB - Cole MID - Ballack MID - Essien MID - Lamps ATT - J Cole ATT - Drogba ATT - Kalou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 i dont think it matters to much who plays. Any 11 that line up will be more than capable of beating this side. I can't see any problems what so ever in tonights game. I'm looking forward to it. The rest of the English teams have got very tough games, they wont all go through. Hell, none might go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Just had a look at the Olympiakos squad, and they've got one or two recongisable names. Didier Domi was at Leeds at Newcastle as a defender, playing nearly 70 games over here.Luciano Galletti has been capped 13 times from Argentina, and is a good midfielder.Darko Kovačević is probably the most well known. He played for Sheff Wednesday for a while, as well as Juve and Lazio, and also was red hot alongside Nihat for Sociedad for a few seasons.Predrag Đorđević is the captain and plays left midfield. He has a scoring record of nearly one in two, so look out for him.Raul Bravo alot of you will know from being at Madrid for a long time.Fernando Belluschi along with Galletti plays in the midfield, again some may know him.Lomana Lua Lua, no description needed really.Antonis Nikopolidis. Finally, legendary Greek 'keeper. Kept goal at Euro 2004. Aged 36, but looks 56. Still a decent keeper though. Niko is the best goalkeeper outside of the five major European leagues, their defence is relatively solid as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 The current conditions in Athens. Avram Grant leads training. Ashley Cole Drogba back in action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidEU 2,023 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 1. Petr Cech 35. Juliano Belletti 3. Ashley Cole 6. Ricardo Carvalho 33. Alex Rodrigo da Costa 5. Michael Essien 4. Claude Makelele © 13. Michael Ballack 10. Joe Cole 15. Florent Malouda 11. Didier Drogba Subs: 23. Carlo Cudicini, 8. Frank Lampard, 12. John Obi Mikel, 21. Salomon Kalou, 24. Shaun Wright-Phillips, 26. John Terry, 39. Nicolas Anelka. How about that for a subs bench eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHopkins 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'm happy with the team I don't know about the bench yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Olympiakos: Nikopolidis, Zewlakow, Julio Cesar, Antzas, Pantos, Ledesma, Galletti, Torosidis, Djordjevic, Stoltidis, Kovacevic. Subs: Sifakis, Patsatzoglou, Leonardo, Leonel Nunez, Mitroglou, Belluschi, Sisic. Chelsea: Cech, Belletti, Carvalho, Alex, Ashley Cole, Essien, Makelele, Ballack, Malouda, Drogba, Joe Cole. Subs: Cudicini, Lampard, Obi, Kalou, Wright-Phillips, Terry, Anelka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 i think its a good team but i would like to see 4-4-2 used a bit more. Resting JT and Lamps is the right decision imo. I wanna see what Anelka and DD can do as a partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 any body got and english commentary stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 any body got and english commentary stream? http://www.fsicrew.info/streams/validate/d....com:3912/43343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 thanks heaps buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hingis 0 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 http://www.fsicrew.info/streams/validate/d....com:3912/43343 This is not the good one, I have the scousers's match :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Stand Lower 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 HT 0-0 Nothing less than i expected really. they have come closest with a flashing header just wide at this moment in time, i would take 0-0 and then do them at the bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 HT they come very close with a header just wide, i think drogba needs some more supports i think we should bring anelka on and play with 2 up front in the middle.. but yes i think we can get the win.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHopkins 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Not the best of matches so far they have probably had the slighly better chances. Drogba seems very frustrated at the moment. Most of the play is coming through Malouda. On another note how the hell was Materazzi sent off? Torres dived on at least one if not both the occasions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Stand Lower 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 does FIFA pay this ref for being a complete numptie?? or does he do it off his own back?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Stand Lower 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Anelka on - J Cole off Kalou on - Malouda off 15mins to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Stand Lower 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Liverpool just scored :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Stand Lower 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Ballack off - Lamps on 4mins to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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