The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[The_Flash 1,144]

  On 10/12/2013 at 22:23, Superfrankie said:

What an embarassment.

I just thought he didn't have the balls to attack Bayern.

That is pretty funny but not totally surprising he seems very confused often that Pelligrini, bring back Mancini

[Strike 7,317]

Any chance Fernanda Lima will host the CL draw instead of the annoying bald prick?

[Blue Armour 4,376]

  On 10/12/2013 at 21:12, The_Flash said:

I question with city beating bayern, how the hell did we beat city?

Honestly, its beating the lesser teams I'm more concerned about. We did get results against Bayern too this season...so its question of players raising their game

[bushman 2,043]

A great result for Citeh. After all, it proves that Bayern is not unbeatable as most people think.

A big boost to Citeh morale just ahead of the clash with the goons.

[yuvala 2,167]

  On 11/12/2013 at 07:56, bushman said:

A great result for Citeh. After all, it proves that Bayern is not unbeatable as most people think.

A big boost to Citeh morale just ahead of the clash with the goons.

IMO Pep made them more beatable.

Still one of the top clubs, tearing up the Bundesliga.

[Jase 43,479]

  On 10/12/2013 at 22:27, CHOULO19 said:

LMAO I tweeted something about City not knowing that a goal would take them top of the group, but I was just making fun of their attitude after the third goal I never imagined that it would actually be true!

Ridiculous to think that no one from his backroom staff told him about this or not checking anything about this beforehand!

[Tomo 21,741]

We have to consider the top 4 the top 3 again.

We can't ignore the possibility of United doing what we did in 2012.

[Jype 6,398]

  On 10/12/2013 at 22:19, Rmpr said:

We cant face English teams, Zenit and Milan are not great (imo) and Leverkusen is beatable...

I'm well aware that we can't be drawn against an English team, I was talking about the round of 16 in general.

And despite not being all that great at the moment, teams like Milan and Zenit are still much harder opponents to anyone than some of the second placed teams there have been in previous years. And despite a mediocre United team raping them a couple of weeks ago Leverkusen are a team to be taken seriously, they've been consistently great for over a year now, especially this season in the Bundesliga. They are beatable, yes, but definitely not a pushover.

In my opinion the CL has been a much tougher competition these past few years than it was before, might be because some quality teams are only now making their way back to the European elite as well as some new up-and-comers and none of these are still nowhere near top seeded teams in the group stages. It's hilarious to think that clubs like Benfica and Porto are always in Pot 1 for the draw but then there are teams like PSG, City, Dortmund, Juventus and Napoli most of whom are in Pots 3 or 4.

[Special Juan 27,627]

Brilliant come back from City.

[edetarod 2,155]

  On 11/12/2013 at 09:42, Tomo said:

We have to consider the top 4 the top 3 again.

We can't ignore the possibility of United doing what we did in 2012.

yeah i was thinking about that too

as long as mu are in the CL there's no top 4 only top 3

will the Gala-Juve game resume from the start or where it stopped?

[bushman 2,043]

Personally, I would not worry about Citeh, Manures or Arsenal now. None of these teams are capable to win the CL, at least on paper. If Hamsik plays tonight, the goons are getting clobbered. Manures are going nowhere from now on. Citeh do have a chance, it all depends whom they play in the last 16 teams. As for Chelsea, an outside chance to go a bit further, but that´s all she wrote. Unless 2 top players are bought in January. Who knows.

[Reddish-Blue 2,429]

  On 11/12/2013 at 10:09, edetarod said:

yeah i was thinking about that too

as long as mu are in the CL there's no top 4 only top 3

will the Gala-Juve game resume from the start or where it stopped?

From BBC sport:

"Champions League regulations state the remaining match time will be played, rather than replaying the whole match, although more snow is forecast in Istanbul on Wednesday"

[kellzfresh 7,229]

The bayern vs mancity game just reminded me of us against stoke city.

Bayern dominated the first half, city score one and get into the game and bayern miss chances to kill it off.

2nd half city get a cheap penalty (like petr cech mistake) and they are level. Bayern push forward more and concede a third on the counter.

Ribery playing like hazard sometimes, so many dribbles but no shots. Reminding them why robben is so important.

Glad bayern lost, they were getting too arrogant. Mancity rested their players for arsenal so a win-win for us.

Let's hope we turn up today and top our group. Finishing the game off early would be nice so that KDB can get some game time.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Just noticed the final is in Lisbon, about half-hour from where Jose was born. Maybe it's a sign.

[bushman 2,043]

Soon, Galatasaray is on. Let´s see them eliminating Juve, I hope.

[NishC300 1,865]

  On 11/12/2013 at 11:41, kellzfresh said:

The bayern vs mancity game just reminded me of us against stoke city.

Bayern dominated the first half, city score one and get into the game and bayern miss chances to kill it off.

2nd half city get a cheap penalty (like petr cech mistake) and they are level. Bayern push forward more and concede a third on the counter.

Ribery playing like hazard sometimes, so many dribbles but no shots. Reminding them why robben is so important.

Glad bayern lost, they were getting too arrogant. Mancity rested their players for arsenal so a win-win for us.

Let's hope we turn up today and top our group. Finishing the game off early would be nice so that KDB can get some game time.

Tbh any result will do us good on Saturday since both clubs are title rivals (in which case maybe a draw's good)

[Thendo 1,088]

Watching the Gala-Juve game, it will be interesting to see how long they can keep the game going this time lol, the pitch looks truly horrible and the weather seems as bad as yesterday.

[Strike 7,317]

Terrible pitch - gala-vs juve