***Official Football (Soccer) Thread:[R] All leagues and competitions*** part 16

[the-craig]

People would be daft to write off Dortmund. They're outsiders but there's no reason they can't win it after easily topping a group with Man ****ty, Madrid and Ajax.

[KJacko90]

So close brahs.

Still think Bayern will win this year.

[BUFUbrah]

No one else think juventus have a chance.

[Cheesecanman]

Barcelona are current favourites at 7/4.

The rest follow as;

Real Madrid 3/1
Bayern Munich 4/1
Borussia Dortmund 9/1
Juventus 12/1
PSG 20/1
Galatasaray&Malaga 50/1

[G08208]

Spurs and Madrid gon win the European Cups

Man Citeh will win the FA Cup
Man Utd will win the league


Nuff said

[Strong_1rd_Post]

so close guys.

[TheSlip]

No one else think juventus have a chance.

Definitely.

See what the quarters and semis throw up, isn't the draw Friday?

Dortmund vs Juventus
Barcelona vs PSG
Galatasary vs Madrid
Malaga vs Bayern

3 draws where you'd fancy the big teams and the tasty one of Dortmund vs Juventus.

[TheSlip]

Spurs and Madrid gon win the European Cups

Man Citeh will win the FA Cup
Man Utd will win the league


Nuff said

United can rest a few players before the Chelsea game, Chelsea can't really, and I fancy Everton to get a draw off City this weekend so the gap will likely go to 14.

[Cheesecanman]

The draw for the quarter finals is at 11am British time on Friday.

[G08208]

United can rest a few players before the Chelsea game, Chelsea can't really, and I fancy Everton to get a draw off City this weekend so the gap will likely go to 14.

If Utd beat Chelsea in the cup I'll send you a pair of my used socks and £2 in the post.

[BUFUbrah]

I think wigan will will the fa cup. Its around the time of year they start playing like a top 4 team.

Millwall Chelsea would be the most fun though

[Itouchyou]

I bet you thought Barça had no chance to win the CL after the match in San Siro, too.

Losing 2-0 away to AC Milan =/= Losing at home to Arsenal

[RyzinEnagy]

If you're still measuring which league is the best because they're the most left in a good damn cup competition then you're still a retard.

And after the first leg of this round many EPL fans were with their "la Liga standard" mantra after they had written off both Barca and Madrid.

[G08208]

SPL>MLS>ELP>La Liga

[.MANoWAR.]

Decent performance from Arsenal but it's sad that they can't play with any fight until the tie is almost completely out of their hands. It's like last season when Arsenal put in an abysmal performance at the San Siro and lost 0-4 only to wake up too late and lose on aggregate after winning the 2nd match 3-0. It's happened often this season too; Arsenal has had very poor 1st half performances followed by greatly improved 2nd half performances.

I like that Wenger changed up the lineup, it's something that he needs to do more often. Fabianski, Jenkinson, and Rosicky all looked like they were out there to prove something. It just goes to show that competition for spots creates better performances and now this means that Szczesny, Sagna, and possibly Cazorla (where Rosicky played) will need to work harder to keep their spots. Kudos to Ramsey as well for busting his ass today. He made a few bad passes early on but he really worked hard.

This match sums up what I've been talking about all season regarding our striker/midfield linkup problem and that is we are completely unable to create chances down the middle with Giroud. Far too often Rosicky had nowhere to go with the ball because he didn't have a striker who can link up with the midfield. The only decent chances (both goals) came from crosses. There was no creation down the middle and that's simply because our #10 (Rosicky) had no striker to link up with. I think Bayern quickly realized that and adapted after the early goal which in turn really limited the number of crosses we could get in to Giroud.


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I hope Fabianski starts in goal against Swansea. Szczesny has too often looked careless and detached this season and Fabianski looked very sharp today. No reason to bench Jenkinson or Rosicky either. I wouldn't mind seeing Coquelin and Ox get a start too. Keep changing it up Wenger so all those apathetic ****ers wake up and have to fight for their spots.

[Chitownbrah]

Meh really wanted arsenal to go through..


Right now I'd take Galatasaray, Malaga, PSG, Barcelona(i feel like we have their # now), Dortmund in that order

I don't want Bayern because I know they were just coasting in this last match with Arsenal.. and Juventus isn't that strong but for some reason those *******s always play well against us, so wouldn't be my first pick.

so, that means we'll probably get
Juventus Quarters
Bayern Semi
Dortmund final

[anegusse]

I wouldn't be so quick to write of Galatasaray. Yilmaz is on hot streak and a strong, speedy striker. Once Drogba and Sneijder is match fit, i think they will have a chance. I also think Dortmund can put the performance against Barca but now that Hummels is out with an injury, not so sure how they will cope.

[mandarino]

Lulz i summed up arsenals performance in 5 sentences and manowar cant do it with an essay. What game were you watching? Rosicky was utter trash. Pass completion was probably 15 percent. Even ramsey played better. The whole team was bad to be fair though.



Edit: ^^^ i see what you did there.

[.MANoWAR.]

I wouldn't be so quick to write of Galatasaray. Yilmaz is on hot streak and a strong, speedy striker. Once Drogba and Sneijder is match fit, i think they will have a chance. I also think Dortmund can put the performance against Barca but now that Hummels is out with an injury, not so sure how they will cope.

First, why do you keep implying that Dortmund is playing Barca next? The draws haven't been made yet.

Second, what makes you think Galatasaray has any chance of advancing again? They'll only have a chance of advancing if they draw Malaga.

Third, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

[OceanOfPiss]

MOW, first time i've seen you give ramsey some credit. see sig

although we kept giving away possession and desperately need a stronger striker, we played well. So disappointed we couldn't advance but this will be a big boost for the team.

now lets focus on top 4 trophy

[CLK-GTR]

lol that attack is as direct as it gets. Dont be mad because i owned your ass yesterday after all that incredibly retarded and emotional bull**** you talked about barca after the first leg. Man up kid, you are the only utd fan rustled at Barca's success, every other fan took it like a man. I stood by my team when they were at its lowest, i took the ****, and im giving it back now, deal with it, its just a football thread after all if you can handle the ****talking then go to a dora the explorer forum and start up a thread there.

Owned my ass yesterday? Did I even post in here yesterday??

That post was directed at all those in here that know nothing about football but make every single post a barce/messi v everyone debate and **** this thread for everyone else. That most of them seem to be of Mexican descent is a happy coincidence.

Thats you is it?

All the barcelona fans I know who actually come from barcelona are pretty decent fans

[anegusse]

First, why do you keep implying that Dortmund is playing Barca next? The draws haven't been made yet.

Second, what makes you think Galatasaray has any chance of advancing again? They'll only have a chance of advancing if they draw Malaga.

Third, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

First, i was answering to the people that are saying Barca the only team that can beat Dortmund

Secondly anything can happen, Chelsea were written off 3 times last CL season and they went on to win it.

Third, no need to get mad, we'll over take you in a couple of weeks

[DepressedBrah]

always glad to see a non-Barca/R.Madrid Spanish team get far in the competition

[batman15]

always glad to see a non-Barca/R.Madrid Spanish team get far in the competition

And just how often has that happened lately?

[Harrock]

I thought Rosicky was largely anonymous and Arteta poor. Ramsey was best midfielder on the night for the Arse, with honorable mention to Cazorla. Still... no Schweiny no Ribery no count really.

[TheSlip]

And after the first leg of this round many EPL fans were with their "la Liga standard" mantra after they had written off both Barca and Madrid.

It's tongue in cheek mate, atleast it is when I say it. It's some light trolling.

If Utd beat Chelsea in the cup I'll send you a pair of my used socks and £2 in the post.

Just post a picture of yourself balancing the socks on your head and £2 on your nose.

[.MANoWAR.]

MOW, first time i've seen you give ramsey some credit. see sig

although we kept giving away possession and desperately need a stronger striker, we played well. So disappointed we couldn't advance but this will be a big boost for the team.

now lets focus on top 4 trophy

haha I've given him credit for his workrate before. But I still have very little faith in him long term and don't think he should be anything more than a squad player. He's not a good fit for a team that likes to keep possession mainly because he gives it away all the time and he rarely creates anything. In a nutshell, I think he's not a very good player mainly because he doesn't have the vision/awareness needed from a midfielder. Perhaps he'll improve over time because young midfielders are often very erratic but he's had a lot of first team playing experience without too much improvement. I'd love to see Coquelin get some playing time ahead of him.

First, i was answering to the people that are saying Barca the only team that can beat Dortmund

Secondly anything can happen, Chelsea were written off 3 times last CL season and they went on to win it.

Third, no need to get mad, we'll over take you in a couple of weeks

First, oh okay.

Second, yeah but Chelsea had a lot more quality. If Gala draws one of Barca, Madrid, Bayern, or Juventus then they will get raped harder than that kid in The Kite Runner.

Third, say that to my face not online mother****er and see what happens.

And just how often has that happened lately?

There have been 2 popes elected since Madrid was last in a Champions League final.

I thought Rosicky was largely anonymous and Arteta poor. Ramsey was best midfielder on the night for the Arse, with honorable mention to Cazorla. Still... no Schweiny no Ribery no count really.

no Wilshere, no Podolski no count really (referring to aggregate).

[Carbonfibre]

always glad to see a non-Barca/R.Madrid Spanish team get far in the competition

last time it happened 2009 champions league

Villarreal

[CYYP]

y nikkas hating on Rosicky? i felt like he had an amazing second half. arteta played like sh!t the whole game and committed some dumbass fouls that allowed bayern possession and timewasting.

yea he botched some passes int he first half but he was the most dangerous midfielder in the second

[CYYP]