UCL Draw Thread

[LAM09 6,840]

dont lessen the transfer fee. just tell them to take torres off us. PLEASE.

LOL! Fingers crossed.

[BloodIsBlue 291]

Jose knows it all. Just like most of you here.

Jose doesn't have to do anything special or unusual to give us a managerial advantage over Real or Bayen. He knows Madrid like an ex-girlfriend knows you. Jose's brand of football was brought to Madrid to dismantle the reign Barca created with their Tiki-Take football. The best orchestrator at of Tiki-Take is now at Bayern and fully implementing his possession system, a system our team is a predator for. Mou doesn't really give us a managerial advantage over Atletico, both managers know eachothers system pretty well.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Experience also cost PSG, Napoli 2 years ago

Napoli maybe, but not PSG. Mourinho just tactically outsmarted Blanc in the second leg IMO.

[The Skipper 20,593]

defensively weaker full baks (carvajal-Marcelo vs lahm-alaba).

Definitely weaker defensively as a team.

Wingers who don't track back (cr and bale. And the RM bale is different than the spurs bale, the tracking back is minimal)

One dimensional attacks.

Jose's know how of the players' strength and weaknesses

I'm talking about how Real set up as a team tactically, not about how bad their individual players are defensively.

If you look at the way each team sets up tactically then Bayern suits our game the most.

[bushman 2,043]

Of course Bayern suits Chelsea the most.

If you think about it, can Chelsea really withstand Real's relentless attack for 180 minutes? Well, I am not sure. I'll take shitty Pep instead of...

[bushman 2,043]

Jose doesn't have to do anything special or unusual to give us a managerial advantage over Real or Bayen. He knows Madrid like an ex-girlfriend knows you. Jose's brand of football was brought to Madrid to dismantle the reign Barca created with their Tiki-Take football. The best orchestrator at of Tiki-Take is now at Bayern and fully implementing his possession system, a system our team is a predator for. Mou doesn't really give us a managerial advantage over Atletico, both managers know eachothers system pretty well.

Jose has advantages over all managers. He is the best tactician around.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

I'd rather face Bale and Ronaldo rather then Ribery and Robben but thats just me.

[iseah100 5,612]

I'd rather face Bayern. I hate them, plus I'd get to see Gotze play, who is awesome.

[superfrank8 23]

Bayern, Atletico and Real would be my order of preference.

[iseah100 5,612]

Bayern, Atletico and Real would be my order of preference.

Don't want to face Atletico, i want Courtois to play, even against us. Even though it's a long shot.

[LAM09 6,840]

For me RM is probably the best option. They can't defend for shit!

[Y123CFC 69]

Nobody wants to face us. Mourinho knows the intricacies of most the Real Madrid players he has had to compensate for their flaws and manage them, surely that's more of an advantage than the players seeking revenge. One can say that Ancelotti knows this team only a little but because things have changed. Atletico will be playing with a rusty keeper and most likely missing Arda Turan who is fantastic. Bayern play a brand of football to which Mourinho is their kyrptonite, if we get them Pep knows he needs to change his system a little bit. We have a charismatic bunch (bar Torres) that will bleed for a win when we need it.

Agree with this. Ancelotti knows Lamps, JT, Cech, Cole, Ivanovic, Luiz, Ramires - few of those won't play anyway.

Jose knows the whole Madrid team bar Isco, Bale & Illaramendi (not sure of spelling)

Plus I think the whole "revenge" thing has been twisted a lot. I rewatched highlights of the game in pre season and he spoke with Coentrao & Alonso after the game, Ronaldo was reported saying he had forgiven him and there was never anything big. Think it is Pepe who still criticises him sometimes though.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Anyone know what time is the draw?

[duo11bluecl 207]

I'd rather face Bayern. I hate them, plus I'd get to see Gotze play, who is awesome.

For me he has regressed this year. Yesterday as soon as he gone off Bayern actually started to play really well too. Sure he is still a great player but his influence is no where near the same as at Dortmund.

Anyone know what time is the draw?

11AM UK time so mid-day most of country in Europe.

[iseah100 5,612]

For me he has regressed this year. Yesterday as soon as he gone off Bayern actually started to play really well too. Sure he is still a great player but his influence is no where near the same as at Dortmund.

Me too, it's a shame. But that's to be expected, no? New system, new coach, teammates, team. He's young and is on a team with Ribery, Robben, Schweinsteiger, Muller. It's hard to adapt quickly. I stopped watching when he came off, but he'll improve.

[The Skipper 20,593]

For me RM is probably the best option. They can't defend for shit!

Why do people keep bringing this up like we're awesome going forward?

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

Why do people keep bringing this up like we're awesome going forward?

looool. What are you talking about? We have got Torres

[Namika 922]

Why do people keep bringing this up like we're awesome going forward?

We are a very good counter-attacking team, nobody can argue with that and RM do seems to struggle when they are pressured high-up the pitch, something we do very well.

BBC is another thing but here too, I think that we can keep them quiet at the Bridge and Ronaldo is out for the 1st leg. So Real Madrid + 1st leg at the Bernabéu, and we could go to Lisbon.