Re: Champions League last 16 draw discussion

by M99 Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:08

Muntari

On and off the pitch an idiot.

by jibers Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:11

M99 wrote:Muntari

On and off the pitch an idiot.

by Art Morte Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:15

Arsenal and City to go through just so I can party with the other premfaces on GL Cool

by DeletedUser#1 Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:16

Mole's love in with Arsenal Proud

by Dante Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:40

Surprise of the 16 Olympiacos vs Manchester United hmm

last time they played Bechkam was playing for Manchester and they got streamrolled home and away. This time though , it will be very different , because it is a vastly different Olympiacos in CL experience and team quality. Olympiacos maybe doesn't have the players or the fame other big clubs enjoy in the CL , but they have grown a lot after continuous years & years in the comp.

Whilst Manchester got the 'easiest' opponent available , the truth is it is going to be far from easy to qualify , as strange as it may seem right now. Olympiacos comes from a funny league , but they aren't a funny club and they certainly don't have a funny team. They will look Manchester in the eyes , believe it or not.

by RealGunner Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:40

We got this.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:46

Natalie Portman wrote:Mole's love in with Arsenal

Yes because losing on away goals when they were not even on the top 6 and didn't have a good defence or many of the players who are in form now = love in.

Your acting like Bayern beat them 8-0 a year ago and wasn't lucky to go through.

by S Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:50

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
Natalie Portman wrote:Mole's love in with Arsenal

Yes because losing on away goals when they were not even on the top 6 and didn't have a good defence or many of the players who are in form now = love in.

Your acting like Bayern beat them 8-0 a year ago and wasn't lucky to go through.

Werent you saying last year that Bayern dint take that game seriously though ?

by McLewis Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:53

RealGunner wrote:We got this.

That's my main man Proud

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 16:58

S wrote:
Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
Natalie Portman wrote:Mole's love in with Arsenal

Yes because losing on away goals when they were not even on the top 6 and didn't have a good defence or many of the players who are in form now = love in.

Your acting like Bayern beat them 8-0 a year ago and wasn't lucky to go through.

Werent you saying last year that Bayern dint take that game seriously though ?

They wasn't.... but fact is if they do that again they'll go out Laughing

Bayern are still a very arrogant club from top to bottom, i wouldn't be surprised if they get a lead to take back to Allianz and throw it all away.

by Eman Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:00

If we beat Bayern, the EPL will have to be considered the best league in the world again :coffee:

And Arsene will be the best manager in the world :coffee:

by S Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:02

Wouldnt be surprised to see 3 Spanish teams in the semis.The Spanish and the German contingent are a cut above everyone imo.

by Pip Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:03

Arsenal only got close because of the phantom goal in the first leg. I wonder how the second leg would have played out if Bayern had a 0:3 lead going back to the Allianz.

At this stage I'd probably want Barça, PSG, or Bayern to win the competition.

by rwo power Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:06

PSG first need to get past Leverkusen, though. :coffee:

by RED Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:10

Dante wrote:Surprise of the 16 Olympiacos vs Manchester United

last time they played Bechkam was playing for Manchester and they got streamrolled home and away. This time though , it will be very different , because it is a vastly different Olympiacos in CL experience and team quality. Olympiacos maybe doesn't have the players or the fame other big clubs enjoy in the CL , but they have grown a lot after continuous years & years in the comp.

Whilst Manchester got the 'easiest' opponent available , the truth is it is going to be far from easy to qualify , as strange as it may seem right now. Olympiacos comes from a funny league , but they aren't a funny club and they certainly don't have a funny team. They will look Manchester in the eyes , believe it or not.

Olympiacos will be happy they got United than the other group winners. They will look at our domestic form and that will instill some belief in them.

by Helmer Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:16

rwo power wrote:PSG first need to get past Leverkusen, though.

I think it will be not so easy for PSG to get past Leverkusen because people's judgement seems to be only based on what they did against ManUtd. But i am sure, Levekusen will be completely a different team against PSG. Although PSG will finally go through in the end

by Rebaño Sagrado Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:21

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Exactly Farfan and Costa was a scrub last year which is why its so hard for me to believe he's improved this much

On GL once you have an opinion you are not allowed to change it..... ever.

Except..Costa wasn't a scrub last year Laughing

by RealGunner Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:43

He was a ok.

by flameas Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:49

I think its too early to say who are the favorites in even clashes - two months is a long, long time. Anything can change.. even Milan Very Happy

by DeletedUser#1 Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:57

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
S wrote:
Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Yes because losing on away goals when they were not even on the top 6 and didn't have a good defence or many of the players who are in form now = love in.

Your acting like Bayern beat them 8-0 a year ago and wasn't lucky to go through.

Werent you saying last year that Bayern dint take that game seriously though ?

They wasn't.... but fact is if they do that again they'll go out

Bayern are still a very arrogant club from top to bottom, i wouldn't be surprised if they get a lead to take back to Allianz and throw it all away.

More like the fact that Guardiola is a superb manager in CL, while Wenger has failed in this competition for nearly 2 decades.

And Bayern are a team of winners with immense depth, and in February-March, Arsenal have their most hectic schedule.

And 2 of Bayern's best players will be back (Schweini and Robben), whereas Arsenal have just lost a key defender for a lengthy time.

And yea. you've been bashing Liverpool, City and Chelsea all season praising Arsenal, but funnily Arsenal could easily be below ALL those 3 teams after 17 games played this time next week (in a few hours) Laughing

Admit that you love them as your neutral team, and get it over with mate Smile

by DeletedUser#1 Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 17:58

Rebaño Sagrado wrote:
Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Exactly Farfan and Costa was a scrub last year which is why its so hard for me to believe he's improved this much

On GL once you have an opinion you are not allowed to change it..... ever.

Except..Costa wasn't a scrub last year

I remember GL going into rage when it was announced Liverpool had bid 25 million Euros for Costa.

It was deemed as, havne't they learnt their lesson? Just the Brazilian Carroll Laughing

Limited player Laughing

by Zealous Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 18:10

RealGunner wrote:He was a ok.

He was more than just OK. Falcao is rightfully considered an elite CF but there were times when Costa was playing just as well as Falcao.

by ronalessi Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 18:13

Lot of mouth-watering match-ups. Excited. Can't wait. :coffee:

by Zealous Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 18:52

Draxler: "Siempre fue mi sueño jugar contra el Madrid en el Bernabeu"

Proud

Draxler's audition before becoming a Madrid legend next summer will be fun to watch Proud

by 7amood11 Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 18:54

I think Muntari's words were misconstrued. He said that he thought Atletico were the weakest on paper, which is actually spot on considering that the other teams Milan could have faced are Barca, United, PSG, Chelsea, Madrid, Dortmund, and Bayern.

Obviously on paper =/= what happens on the field though.

by Lex Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 18:56

Thankfully, football isn't played on paper

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