Champions League 09/10

[Guy Incognito]

group stages start tonight.

err.. come on united

[checkyourprez]

pipppppooooooo.

[checkyourprez]

super pippo to be exact.

2 fine poaching goals.

milan 2-1.

[Freebasser]

1-0.

That'll do pig. That'll do.

Wayne didn't look happy :/

[Guy Incognito]

mickeys are getting battered in florence but i wont start gloating until the final whistle. could be a good sceond half of football

[Drederick Tatum]

Arsenal have been shooting blanks all game. ti's probably going to be one of those nights where they have about 25 shots and no goals...that always seems to happen when Rosicky plays.

[Drederick Tatum]

RVP has put one in. good stuff. couple more before the final whistle should make for a more appropriate scoreline. they've completely dominated the Greeks.

[checkyourprez]

pool played much better in the second half but never really threatened.

la viola played some really nice footy in the first half, sat back more in the second not needing anymore goals.

[Guy Incognito]

good first half at OT

shame for mickey owen going off after 20 mins but berba's looked top class tonight.

just need a goal

[Freebasser]

Berbatov was poor (n)

Valencia spent 80 mins doing a fine impression of a statue (n)

Our defence was shakey (n)

Giggs and Rooney worked their socks off (y)

A fair result, but we did it the hard way.

[rirv]

Owen in injury shocker.

[checkyourprez]

more group play starts again today.


cant wait for the massive milan real tilt tomorrow.


fox soccer channel getting the rights for the competition in the US has been a godsend.


i get to watch 4 games a day now, one right after another...sickness.

[checkyourprez]

kaka 67 million
c.ronaldo 90 million
a bunch of other dudes 100 million

losing to the older timers of milan = priceless



FUCK YEA MILANESE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guy Incognito]

^ Ronaldo was injured.

bloody good game tho. milan played brilliant second half and that pirlo goal was one of the greatest strikes i have ever seen

[Drederick Tatum]

Dida is comical.

[Guy Incognito]

Dida is comical.

it was a howler and he has got previous but he made a couple of class match winning saves at the end

[checkyourprez]

^ Ronaldo was injured.

bloody good game tho. milan played brilliant second half and that pirlo goal was one of the greatest strikes i have ever seen

very true, but they still bought him. and my little visa card rip off wouldnt have looked as complete without him in there.

Dida is comical.

true.

it was a howler and he has got previous but he made a couple of class match winning saves at the end

true.

[Guy Incognito]

farkin hell. cska just scored a blinder. Loads of players missing, owen's missed a couple. still confident though

come on united

[Guy Incognito]

fucking hell - what a match, stonewall penalty denied but i'll take qualifying with a point(y)
gonna watch ac v real highlights now

[checkyourprez]

fucking hell - what a match, stonewall penalty denied but i'll take qualifying with a point(y)
gonna watch ac v real highlights now

just watched the milan game on replay. avoided tv and internet for the better part of the day so it was live to me. real bossed the game until they got their goal then after that milan had the better of the play for the rest of the first half and a decent amount of the second. ambro was beasting kaka all over the pitch. ronnie was looking nice, getting stuck in, nice passes and flicks, dispatched his penal superbly. just needs to get that confidence to run at players back just a little more. but its coming. real dominated in shots but i would say 3 out of their 20 something shots were any threats. milan played great organized defense. nesta is back to being a top center back in the world

taking 4 points off real is fine with me.

(should have been 6, that disallowed goal was absolutely a shit call) overall the ref did a good job though, was really letting them play, didnt call much many of the dives.

[Drederick Tatum]

Arsenal just scored a great 4th against AZ. flowing move that included a 20m back heel from Eduardo. good stuff.

[rirv]

Liverpool are dominating Lyon in midfield, but no finishing. Standard.

[Guy Incognito]

Arsenal just scored a great 4th against AZ. flowing move that included a 20m back heel from Eduardo. good stuff.

i'll watch the highlights, am too busy watchin the mickeys struggle in france. they need to win and are playing shit. its brilliant

[Guy Incognito]

bollocks, babels just score a screamer. my fault, shouldnt have started gloating till the final whistle

[rirv]

Typical Man U fan - takes pleasure in the failings of others and speaks too soon.

1-0.

[Guy Incognito]

Typical Man U fan - takes pleasure in the failings of others and speaks too soon.

1-0.

brave talk with five minutes to go luv

i actually want you lot to progress in champions league, not beacuse of all that british club spirit but because it will become more and more your priority and i'd like to see you slide down that premier league table.

seriously though its still a tough ask for you lot even if you win this game

[Guy Incognito]

ahem..you were saying rirv?

[rirv]

Bollocks, 1-1.
I wasn't tough talking, just stating the facts.

To be honest I'm starting to get seriously disilliusioned with football at the moment. People are becoming so fickle and full of seriously boring, unoriginal, repetitive opinions. I blame the internet for this. Every tiny incident is also totally overanalysed and referees are given too much stick. Managers, for example Alex Ferguson, will deflect criticism from his team after a loss by blaming the referee for not giving a decision one way or the other and then the 24 hour press will report this over and over and over until the fact that the team didn't play well is totally overlooked and the referee is called an amateur. It makes me depressed.

[Guy Incognito]

Bollocks, 1-1.
I wasn't tough talking, just stating the facts.

To be honest I'm starting to get seriously disilliusioned with football at the moment. People are becoming so fickle and full of seriously boring, unoriginal, repetitive opinions. I blame the internet for this. Every tiny incident is also totally overanalysed and referees are given too much stick. Managers, for example Alex Ferguson, will deflect criticism from his team after a loss by blaming the referee for not giving a decision one way or the other and then the 24 hour press will report this over and over and over until the fact that the team didn't play well is totally overlooked and the referee is called an amateur. It makes me depressed.

its ok son just let it out.

i will say that most managers will never publicly have a go at their players i think its part of the managers code.
to be honest, i dont think a draw is a total disaster for you - you still could get 10 points, its just now lyon have qualified they might not give it 100 percent against fiorentina.
you can call for rafas head all you like he isnt going anywhere, its gonna cost around 10 million to terminate his and his staffs contracts then you have to spend to get somebody decent or risk having sammy lee in charge. never going to happen

[Guy Incognito]

I wasn't tough talking, just stating the facts.

.

i meant it was brave speaking before the final whistle like what i did. some goal by babel though

[roosta]

when arsenal click, jesus they are good.

[camo]

I fuckin' love seeing Liverpool fail. It warms my heart and cheers me up.

Arsenal seem to be indecisive...are we brilliant or are we mediocre?

[Planetary]

It's all very well playing nice slow-paced football at the Emirates on a Wednesday night. Let's see how you get on in a ground with some atmosphere and 30,000 ugly yam yams in your face.

:)(y)

Nah i'm joking, we'll be destroyed.

[paul jones]

Misimovic of Wolfsburg's goal was good but his celebration was cringeworthy.

[camo]

It's all very well playing nice slow-paced football at the Emirates on a Wednesday night. Let's see how you get on in a ground with some atmosphere and 30,000 ugly yam yams in your face.

:)(y)

Nah i'm joking, we'll be destroyed.


hahaha (y)

[Guy Incognito]

not a great start in the san siro, its men against boys at the minute but plenty of time

come on united

[Guy Incognito]

what a turnaround we have been better side since the equaliser still look a bit shaky at the back but milan look tired now

[paul jones]

ROONEY ROONEY ROONEY ROONEY

FUCK OFF MILAN(y)

[Freebasser]

What happened at 3-1? We were bossing the game, and then we get sloppy and suddenly AC Milan are back in it.

I'd have been far happier going home with a 2 goal cushion, but an away win is an away win - first time at the San Siro too (y)

[checkyourprez]

fuck all of you english manchester united supporting faggots. im plowed, i hope you all die.





serioously.

[paul jones]

fuck all of you english manchester united supporting faggots. im plowed, i hope you all die.





serioously.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!(y)

[camo]

fuck all of you english manchester united supporting faggots. im plowed, i hope you all die.





serioously.

You got plowed?

And you say we're faggots????????


________________________________

Milan shot their load early. But we did look shakey towards the end.

Paul Scholes meant that too, honest!

[Guy Incognito]

fuck all of you english manchester united supporting faggots. im plowed, i hope you all die.





serioously.

come on luv, calm down.

it was a great game. ronaldinho was different gravy first half but darren fletcher was immense second half. nani was shit and rooney intimated as much in the interview after the game

[roosta]

great game for a neutral.

Clarence Seedorf scoring in the Champions League in 2010. Amazing.

I was convinced Milan were going to bring on Ruud Gullit at some stage.

[camo]

haha!

[paul jones]

Why are Swedish refs so shit?

[camo]

Why are Swedish refs so shit?

They were Bjorn that way.

[paul jones]

They were Bjorn that way.

quality comeback of the year(y)

[Guy Incognito]

They were Bjorn that way.

good one - i was going to try and get something about the swedish chef in but it wasnt funny

[Guy Incognito]

julius caesar addresses his countrymen:

"friends, romans countrymen, lend me your years. I will go to france and claim france and kill thousands of gauls"
Cheers from the crowd
6 months later:
"friends, romans, countrymen. I have claimed france and killed 50,000 gauls, i will go to britain and slay the british"
Brutus is watching and he says to his mate:
"caesar is full of shit, i'm going to go to france and check he's not bullshitting"
4 months later:
Caesar: " I have been to britain and slayed 100,000 british and its ours"
Brutus: "Your talking bollocks mate, i went to france and i found out you only killed 25,00 gauls"
Caesar: You forget, Brutus, that in europe, away gauls count double".

[camo]

quality comeback of the year(y)

*Bows*

[checkyourprez]

inter v chelski.


i fucking hate inter.

but i really dont like the premier league. although i dont mind chelsea.


if serie A wasnt in danger of loosing its 4th champs league spot id root for chelsea. but i suppose i must begrudgingly root for inter for "the greater good".

[camo]

Why do you dislike the Premier League?

[checkyourprez]

Why do you dislike the Premier League?

overall its entertaining.

however, i dislike the english media and peoples gushing their panties about how its the "best league in the world". i appreciate tactics of the spanish or italian leagues more as well.

[Guy Incognito]

inter v chelski.


i fucking hate inter.

but i really dont like the premier league. although i dont mind chelsea.


if serie A wasnt in danger of loosing its 4th champs league spot id root for chelsea. but i suppose i must begrudgingly root for inter for "the greater good".

cease with the wind ups. you dont like the premier league my arse. you watch it evry fucking week, post blow by blow on the premier league thread, you love it, you should say that you prefer the italian league, i have no problem with you saying that, if you dont like the "EPL" then dont fricking watch it and i know thats not going to happen. you is a football fan and by that it means you like the premier league cos its one of the best products the game has. FACT.
EDIT: notice i said one of the and the best league in the world, i just read your post above

[Guy Incognito]

2-1 inter - great game

[checkyourprez]

cease with the wind ups. you dont like the premier league my arse. you watch it evry fucking week, post blow by blow on the premier league thread, you love it, you should say that you prefer the italian league, i have no problem with you saying that, if you dont like the "EPL" then dont fricking watch it and i know thats not going to happen. you is a football fan and by that it means you like the premier league cos its one of the best products the game has. FACT.
EDIT: notice i said one of the and the best league in the world, i just read your post above

(lb)

reading the latest responses in a thread is key my friend.

[Drederick Tatum]

Chelsea should be going wide at every opportunity. for a good part of the first half Kalou and Malouda were carving up the left. unfortunately, Kalou has the footballing IQ of Eboue, and Malouda looks a bit low on confidence so they didn't really take advantage. I get the feeling Ashley Cole could've had a significant impact tonight.

[Guy Incognito]

i didnt read it cos i was too busy shouting at you writing my post and when id finished you had posted your retort where you back tracked a bit:p

[rirv]

I can't believe Zanetti is still playing - he must about 48 by now. Lucio is a great player. Good match to watch.

[rirv]

He's "only" 36! But been playing for Inter since 1995 which is roughly when I first started watching football. To me he seems to have been around since the beginning of time.

[checkyourprez]

I can't believe Zanetti is still playing - he must about 48 by now. Lucio is a great player. Good match to watch.

lucio is good, but hes a piece of shit. really dont like him. doesn't help he plays for inter.


zanetti on the other hand is the one the classiest best footballers i have ever had the pleasure of watching. i cant believe he didnt get picked to go the the last world cup. and 4 years later he is arguably playing even better than he was then (which was still at a very high level). he really can play anywhere you need him. has an engine that does not quit. a superb touch on the ball, can really hold someone off and accelerate for pace.



inter are a disgrace though. 1 italian on the pitch today out of the first 11 and subs, and hes a natural born ghanian who was adopted by italian parents.

milan started 8 italians and 3 brazlians sunday. the perfect footballing mix. brazilian skill/flair, italian defense/tactics.

[rirv]

Alright, we get it, you're an AC fan and you don't like Inter. It must hurt that they're kicking the shit out of you in the league.

[checkyourprez]

Alright, we get it, you're an AC fan and you don't like Inter. It must hurt that they're kicking the shit out of you in the league.


when chelsea win their game in hand, will they be kicking the shit out of man uer in the league?

[paul jones]

Stupid commentator mistook Muntari for McDonald Mariga.It's lucky Ron Atkinson wasn't next to him in the commentary box

[rirv]

I hate Man U.

[paul jones]

I hate Man U.

we know that

[camo]

overall its entertaining.

however, i dislike the english media and peoples gushing their panties about how its the "best league in the world". i appreciate tactics of the spanish or italian leagues more as well.

Huh?!?! So you don't hate it, you just dislike what surrounds it or peoples opinions of it?

What?

Dude, for a football fan you sure do spend your time knee deep in cretinous hating of both the easily immediate and now peripheral facets of the game.

I know people hate Man Utd, but that's because we were beating their teams and winning trophy after trophy but seeing as they aren't your teams your hate of Man Yoo is slightly weird.

[checkyourprez]

Huh?!?! So you don't hate it, you just dislike what surrounds it or peoples opinions of it?

What?

Dude, for a football fan you sure do spend your time knee deep in cretinous hating of both the easily immediate and now peripheral facets of the game.

I know people hate Man Utd, but that's because we were beating their teams and winning trophy after trophy but seeing as they aren't your teams your hate of Man Yoo is slightly weird.

i tried to put it nicely in my above post because i didn't want an english shit storm to rain down upon me..

i think the football played in the epl is an inferior brand. i dont care for kickball type of football. entertaining it is. and i watch it, because it is on. and there are very talented players in the league dont get me wrong. but if i still had goltv i would prefer to watch spanish or german games when shown at the same time as epl games.

arsenal is really the only team that plays a brand i find particularly attractive in the epl.

my disdain of man u comes from several places. one, before two years ago you hadn't won anything in 10 years in europe (and that was a very fortuitous win indeed) and much longer before that. european trophies are what matters in my eyes. the other is how so many fan boy americans claim to be man u fans (or other english teams to be honest) when its really the only teams they know of. but that comes from the epl being pushed in the united states for marketing reasons and the fact the epl games are more attractive to the simpleton fans out there who do not understand the tactics and skills of the game.

clearly you all will disagree with that, doesn't bother me its peoples opinions, but does that answer your question?

[camo]

Yeah but preferring other leagues is different to hating them. I personally think the spanish league is too slow and the german league is too inconsistent.

Arsenal? Brand? So you like fluctuating form and inconsistent players? Or are we talking the other few hundred or so seasons they have played?

But hating us for not winning much in Europe? What is that all about lol? You do realise by default that you have to hate far more teams than just United for that daft reason.

I get you with the fan thing though, as a Mancunian it is a bit of a pain to get stick for all of our fans not born in or around the city but hey it would be the same if it was another team who had done so well. We can't have it all good.

So basically you're saying that the Premier League is big over there because the tactics and playing style of our teams is inane enough to appeal to the american simpletons? I don't know what is more stupid? Your comments or the fact that you seem to think that you are not one of these simpletons.

[checkyourprez]

Yeah but preferring other leagues is different to hating them. I personally think the spanish league is too slow and the german league is too inconsistent.

Arsenal? Brand? So you like fluctuating form and inconsistent players? Or are we talking the other few hundred or so seasons they have played?

But hating us for not winning much in Europe? What is that all about lol? You do realise by default that you have to hate far more teams than just United for that daft reason.

I get you with the fan thing though, as a Mancunian it is a bit of a pain to get stick for all of our fans not born in or around the city but hey it would be the same if it was another team who had done so well. We can't have it all good.

So basically you're saying that the Premier League is big over there because the tactics and playing style of our teams is inane enough to appeal to the american simpletons? I don't know what is more stupid? Your comments or the fact that you seem to think that you are not one of these simpletons.


i dont know whats funnier, you being offended that i dont like the premier league or that your trying to bunch me in with simpletons.



back to the CL.

i dont know why ancelloti did not put on joe cole later in the game for malouda and let him try to attack the flanks of inter. they are a rock through the middle of the back and midfield yet they kept trying to go up the middle. i think he would have been especially effective on maicons side if they found him on a counter attack when maicon was up out of position.

[roosta]

Arsenal? Brand? So you like fluctuating form and inconsistent players? Or are we talking the other few hundred or so seasons they have played?


You are a Man U fan, are you not? ;)

italian football is generally boring to me, but its alright.

Spanish football is great, but for me it's no more entertaining to watch than the EPL. I think alot of people (not necessarily anyone here) jump on the Spanish football thing because it makes them sound like more of a 'real' football fan if they call it the best in the world.

[checkyourprez]

its all opinion when it comes to the big leagues.


thats part of my point.


its about what kind of football you appreciate. what you value in the game.

[camo]

You are a Man U fan, are you not? ;)

i was waiting for you! :D

[Guy Incognito]

i'm very nervous. too many people at work thought its going to be easy for us tonight. i think we'll scrape it just.

COME ON UNITED

[Freebasser]

I am confident tonight.

Never a good sign :(

[Drederick Tatum]

Milan are just too slow.

[Freebasser]

Seriously.

United weren't even in second gear and we were still running rings around them.

[checkyourprez]

Milan are just too slow.

that had ZERO to do with anything tonight.


remove rooney (man u's whole team) and vidic and add pato and nesta...4-0 would not be the score line.

at 1-0 going into the second and needing goals taking off a defender moving midfielders in the back that dont know positioning and what not as well...well 4-0 is about right.


without pato on the right side, there was nothing keeping the man u defense honest. they could just overload on ronnie every time he got the ball. with pato in there, they cant overload and leave him too open or he can burn a team with his pace so it leaves ronnie with more space for killer balls.

then in the back with bonera instead of nesta, just is what it is. a sub par defender in for one of the best in the world.

i was suprised antonini wasnt on. im not sure if he was hurt because he had been playing very well this year. sticking in javenkolvski whos played sparingly at best, because of injury and fitness, was not a good move imo, but he wasnt bad or anything. antonini would have just been a better option imo.


real madrid is out, thats pretty funny. 200 something million dollars and they cant even get out of the round of 16. at least we have some excuse, we spent 15 million i think on transferes this summer.

friorentina got hosed bad by bayern. they should have moved on. they beat liverpool, lyon, and bayern in this edition and still didn't move on, shame.

i think i must sadly put my eggs in inters basket. hopefully their ugly style of play can bring the cl trophy back to the boot.

[Drederick Tatum]

Evra, Nani, Valencia, Park Ji Sung, Rooney tore through the elderly the entire game. Park was in Pirlo's face constantly and gave Milan no chance to bore Man Utd and the millions watching to death. your team is just not athletic enough, not good enough. it's really that simple.

remove rooney (man u's whole team) and vidic and add pato and nesta...4-0 would not be the score line.

is this what passes for logic in America?

[checkyourprez]

Evra, Nani, Valencia, Park Ji Sung, Rooney tore through the elderly the entire game. Park was in Pirlo's face constantly and gave Milan no chance to bore Man Utd and the millions watching to death. your team is just not athletic enough, not good enough. it's really that simple.



is this what passes for logic in America?



are you delusional?

remove 2 of man ures best players and add 2 of milans best players. its a different game, one that does not resemble a 4-0 scoreline. what are you even trying to refute here?

[rirv]

I really, really hate the "if it wasn't for player X then the game would have been different" logic.

That's the whole point of football - beat the opposition by playing better.

Basically what the argument amounts to is "if Team A didn't have good players they wouldn't be good".

No shit.

Fuck off.

I hate Man Utd.

[checkyourprez]

I really, really hate the "if it wasn't for player X then the game would have been different" logic.

That's the whole point of football - beat the opposition by playing better.

Basically what the argument amounts to is "if Team A didn't have good players they wouldn't be good".

No shit.

Fuck off.

I hate Man Utd.

i frankly am not in the mood to give a shit about your argument rirv, go fuck your own dick.

if it was as simple as beating the opposition by playing better in the champions league maccabi haifa woulda won the trophy. but its not u bag of dicks, its about having a good full strength squad.

[rirv]

You are right, Maccabi Haifa would win the European Cup if they had Rooney, Vidic, Pato, Ronaldinho, Ribery, Lucio, Cech, Drogba, Nesta, Ronaldo, Essien, Fabregas, Iniesta and a few others. It's not fair comparing two teams out there on the pitch when there are so many hypothetical teams that could instead be deployed.

[roosta]

are you delusional?

remove 2 of man ures best players and add 2 of milans best players. its a different game, one that does not resemble a 4-0 scoreline. what are you even trying to refute here?

Remove Park and replace him with Jairzinho, swap Vidic with Costacurta and bring in a robot with the head of Kevin Keegan and 4-0 would not be the score-line.

or, to quote my Dad, if my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle.

[checkyourprez]

"To analyze the match now would be out of place. There are many reasons as to why we lost like this, in particular a Manchester United side in excellent form," the tactician told Sky.

"We needed everyone's help to overcome the deficit, but we did not access to all our best players. We imagined the match would be played out in another manner, but the injuries helped shape the result."

"When you have these types of problems, it is impossible to beat a team like Manchester. The team did some extraordinary things to obtain this result."

-AC Milan coach Leonardo


(y)

[Drederick Tatum]

quit being such a little bitch about it, checkyerprez.

you can live in an alternate universe and delusionally dream of different lineups, but that doesn't change the fact that your team got smoked.

[Guy Incognito]

firstly cyp, can you change your name to checkyerprez, i like that much better.

we didnt have our first picks on the pitch, carrick was suspended for a start. its all irrelevant, you have to have a good squad to win stuff and having your best players doesnt necessarily gurantee winning games. real madrid anyone?
I think we would have beaten you with pato and nesta, it was about who wanted it more. leonardo is obviously inexperienced as a manager and it showed last night. some milan players didnt look motivated at all, the early goal knocked the wind out of your sails but great teams still try and recover and you didnt do that and we didnt allow you to.
he should have played beckham from the start, at least he was up for it, got stuck in, made some great passes and had that shot that would have been one of the goals of the season. I nearly cried when he picked up the green and gold scarf, what a moment.

[paul jones]

Poor Christiano Ronaldo's dream of winning the Champions League on his own doorstep,shattered.

80 million euros well spent Madrid(y)

[checkyourprez]

firstly cyp, can you change your name to checkyerprez, i like that much better.

we didnt have our first picks on the pitch, carrick was suspended for a start. its all irrelevant, you have to have a good squad to win stuff and having your best players doesnt necessarily gurantee winning games. real madrid anyone?
I think we would have beaten you with pato and nesta, it was about who wanted it more. leonardo is obviously inexperienced as a manager and it showed last night. some milan players didnt look motivated at all, the early goal knocked the wind out of your sails but great teams still try and recover and you didnt do that and we didnt allow you to.
he should have played beckham from the start, at least he was up for it, got stuck in, made some great passes and had that shot that would have been one of the goals of the season. I nearly cried when he picked up the green and gold scarf, what a moment.

to be honest i'd like to change my name on here altogether. it isn't really fitting anymore..


and guy, please do not compare carrick to pato or nesta.



lets hope inter beats chelski next week. if not then im going to have to be pulling for barca or the blues.

[Planetary]

i still want arsenal to win the league and champions league this year. just because i dont want chelsea or man utd to win it.

just as long as wolves win at the emirates :)(y)

[Freebasser]

Well, the draw's been made (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8574578.stm), and it looks like United have a decent run to the final by avoiding Arsenal, Barca and Inter. Phew!

[Planetary]

Have United ever won at Munich? I'm surprised at how easy a fixture you lot seem to think this will be.

Nice to see a French team in the semi finals too.

Lyon - Arsenal final.

[Freebasser]

I don't think it will be easy be any means.

I never think any game'll be easy - I'm about as pessimistic a United supporter as you're likely to find. Bayern will be tough, and Bordeaux picked up more points in the group stage than anybody else. I just think it will be easier than playing Barca, Inter or Arsenal to get to the final.

Breaking a finger is nasty, but it's not as nasty as snapping your neck.

[Guy Incognito]

great start, i knew we would score from the free kick. we have done the hard bit already, scoring away

come on united!

[checkyourprez]

Ribéryyyyyyyyy.


great player, he needs to get to a bigger squad for sho doe.

[Guy Incognito]

shit. we were shit
shit. waynes injured, looks bad, hope not
shit. what is that fucking awful music they are playing

[checkyourprez]

olic in the 90!!!!!!


revenge is a dish best served 11 years later. (still a ways to go tho)

[Freebasser]

How we didn't lose by more I have no idea.

No spark, no enthusiasm, no hope! Every time Bayern put the ball in the mixer I thought they were going to score. Credit to VDS from keeping it from becoming a rugby score.

If we play like that against Chelsea we can kiss the league goodbye. And Rooney! That fucking metatarsal again!

[checkyourprez]

How we didn't lose by more I have no idea.

No spark, no enthusiasm, no hope! Every time Bayern put the ball in the mixer I thought they were going to score. Credit to VDS from keeping it from becoming a rugby score.

If we play like that against Chelsea we can kiss the league goodbye. And Rooney! That fucking metatarsal again!

how bad is it?

[Planetary]

come on united!

Norwich united? :confused:

[checkyourprez]

Norwich united? :confused:

ha yea i was wondering about that choice of color scheme as well..

[checkyourprez]

how bad is it?

looks like wanyers out for 2 to 4 weeks. does this mean kiss the CL and EPL good bye???? i'd tend to think yes more than no.

[checkyourprez]

and robben will be back for the return leg..

[Planetary]

ha yea i was wondering about that choice of color scheme as well..

Nah its the green and gold old colours in support of the anti-glazer campaign. but everyone wears green and yellow scarfs. look like norwich fans, delia smith must be loving it.

[checkyourprez]

Nah its the green and gold old colours in support of the anti-glazer campaign. but everyone wears green and yellow scarfs. look like norwich fans, delia smith must be loving it.

im not a fan of the glazers by any means, i hate clubs running massive debts. kinda why i dont mind arsenal, i like their business philosophy as much as their football.


but in all fairness united has had a lot of success as a club with the glazers at the helm..

[checkyourprez]

jesus effing christ this kinda just blew my mind. Bayern Munich coach Louis Van Gaal just about summed it up...

"He is their most important player and if you look at the statistics, then you see that Rooney has scored 31 goals. After Rooney, their second top-scorer is the opposition with own goals.

Van Gaal actually got his figures wrong. Rooney has scored 34 goals, while the club's third top-scorer is own goals, 10 of them, just behind Dimitar Berbatov with 12. But, the point remains.

but still!

[Drederick Tatum]

jesus, Barca all over Arsenal. can only be a matter of time before they score. Almunia world class for the first 15.

[Drederick Tatum]

2-2. Barca 65% possession. Almunia hero/villain. Walcott on. goal. red card for Puyol. Cesc penalty. injures himself. plays on. 3 mins to go. what a game.

[roosta]

Walcott > Messi

[paul jones]

I want to be a referee.Easiest job in the world.All you have to do is run around and not do your job properly.(y)

[Guy Incognito]

ha yea i was wondering about that choice of color scheme as well..

last season on these threads i was getting carried away at this stage of CL and posting big red letters but it has to be green and gold till the club is sold now.

looks like wanyers out for 2 to 4 weeks. does this mean kiss the CL and EPL good bye???? i'd tend to think yes more than no.

no official word yet. torn between rushing him back for united and not rushing him back for england. I think it'll be a month
.
Its kiinda good for berba, has chance to prove himself now and shut the doubters up, i think he will relish it and step up. also Park might play a bit more advanced like in the liverpool game to help out. I think a point against chelsea is ok, just means we have to be city. really not sure about the 2nd leg though.



but in all fairness united has had a lot of success as a club with the glazers at the helm..

we had a lot of success when they werent, plus fergies the main man, we would have the money anyway (and more of it if the glazers werent skimming off the top.


Walcott > Messi

now now lets not get carried away - good game though. you'll get dicked in the camp nou, i fear. I want you to win as knocking barca out gives everyone a great chance

[Planetary]

but more importantly, fabregas, arshavin and gallas are all crocked against us on saturday which means we might not lose by as many :)

[Junker]

2 of my favorite teams are facing each other.
Arsenal x Barça

But I think Barcelona will proceed now the Gunners lost Fabregas for the 2nd match.

[roosta]

All in all, Barca ran us ragged in that game, but two things.

As Arsenal are constantly being told, all the possession and tippy-tappy football in the world counts for nothing if you don't kill off the game.

AND.....Arsenal are good enough to pull off a 1-0 away win. Its definitely doable.

[checkyourprez]

All in all, Barca ran us ragged in that game, but two things.

As Arsenal are constantly being told, all the possession and tippy-tappy football in the world counts for nothing if you don't kill off the game.

AND.....Arsenal are good enough to pull off a 1-0 away win. Its definitely doable.

yes.


no. i dont see arsenal keeping messi, ibra, henry, bojan, xavi, iniesta, and co. off the board. whens the last time they were even shutout?

[Dusty Brain]

Arsenal don't have a chance. It's not even worth discussing.

[Junker]

AND.....Arsenal are good enough to pull off a 1-0 away win. Its definitely doable.

But that's the problem. I dont see Barcelona leaving the match without scoring.

[checkyourprez]

All in all, Barca ran us ragged in that game, but two things.

As Arsenal are constantly being told, all the possession and tippy-tappy football in the world counts for nothing if you don't kill off the game.

AND.....Arsenal are good enough to pull off a 1-0 away win. Its definitely doable.

i was just curious myself...its been 33 games since barca has been shut out. a 0-0 draw with rubin kazan in the champions league on november 4th in russia.

[Drederick Tatum]

so...you're saying they're due to be shutout.

[checkyourprez]

so...you're saying they're due to be shutout.

eggsactly.

[checkyourprez]

All in all, Barca ran us ragged in that game, but two things.

As Arsenal are constantly being told, all the possession and tippy-tappy football in the world counts for nothing if you don't kill off the game.

AND.....Arsenal are good enough to pull off a 1-0 away win. Its definitely doable.

2 whole minutes of a 1-0 lead! so close.

[Drederick Tatum]

hmmmm, so Messi has just scored a hat trick in 21 mins. can't really do much but applaud.

[checkyourprez]

yes.


no. i dont see arsenal keeping messi, ibra, henry, bojan, xavi, iniesta, and co. off the board. whens the last time they were even shutout?

the kid is a beast.

but surely walcott > messi.

[Drederick Tatum]

that goes without saying.

[Guy Incognito]

messi's going to win the world cup on his own if he's not careful . jesus he's good.

[checkyourprez]

and dudes were talking head about the argies chances in the cup!!!

team messi. hes a joy to watch.

[Guy Incognito]

and dudes were talking head about the argies chances in the cup!!!

team messi. hes a joy to watch.

well whatever thread we were in the other week, i got told by someone i was mad for thinking it but its definitely on as long as he plays and stays fit

[Planetary]

i wish the media and everyone else would take their tongue out of his arse hole. "genius, absolute genius. what else can you say?" i'd rather you said nothing cunty.

[roosta]

Silvestre against Messi was never really going to work, was it?

Messi is amazing, but I really hate this "best in the world" talk, about anyone. Its completely meaningless, too many variables.

But yeah, he's pretty good.

Still not as good as Walcott though.

[checkyourprez]

im curious to see how messi ages as a player. hes so sick right now, but so much of it is because hes lightening quick and ridiculously pacey with the ball. very few players can maintain that speed as they get older.

[paul jones]

John O'shea hat-trick against Bayern tonight

I just had this vision in my head.

It won't happen but if it does then that would be funny

[Freebasser]

I'm going in expecting to be knocked out tonight. That way I'll be ok whatever the result.

I don't mind if we lose just so long as we see some heart and determination.

[paul jones]

I'm going in expecting to be knocked out tonight. That way I'll be ok whatever the result.

I don't mind if we lose just so long as we see some heart and determination.

It's good to be nervous about big games like this.

Bayern are full of quality players but I think back to the '99 season and how we turned it around on Juventus and then Bayern in the final.

Last night when Arsenal were 1-0 up they could have followed it up right after if Walcott had got that pass instead of Bendtner,then payed the price shortly after with Messi's first.That was the turning point of the game.It could have been all so diffrent if they had gone 2-0 up but it wasn't to be and Messi is just unstoppable right now but it was a shame Arsenal didn't have half their first team out there.Imagine what difference Arshavin,Fabregas,Gallas,Van Persie,Song etc would have made.

[Guy Incognito]

not very confident at all. i have been saying all day we would win 3-2 on the night and go out on away goals. I was advised to put my money where my mouth was but declined to bet on my team (as always). so my boss hass put a tenner on it at 26-1. I'm gonna be doubly gutted if it happens now.

not sure we can score 3 goals without wayne anyway. they all have to step up tonight and he better not play berbatov upfront on his own. he worked really hard on saturday and only got a couple of sniffs. he needs a partner, stick macheda on he has no fear and looks to have some knack of scoring big goals

[Guy Incognito]

this is torture:

1) surprised to see wayne and worried constantly about him
2) its 3-1 and if they score again my boss is going to be quids in tomorrow, and we'll be out obviously
3) there's still 45 mins to go. I am having heart failure here

playing ok though(y)

praying for a 4th

[Guy Incognito]

shit

played bravely but i'm afraid that rafael kicking in retaliation blew it. he played really well apart from that but thats was the difference

[Freebasser]

Absolutely gutted. We played so well, but we were never going to be able to get one back easily with 10 men.

My only gripe was with Carrick for Bayern's second. Standing there while 65,000 reds shout 'man on' and he's still fucking clueless to the Bayern players approaching from behind. Bayern get the ball and force a corner and it's goodbye Europe.

To be honest I am fed up with him - he has been with us for about 5 years now, and he still hasn't got this out of his game. He is a liability. I cannot wait til Hargreaves returns, because I tell you now, Carrick will be dropped to back-up. He just isn't United quality.

[Guy Incognito]

Absolutely gutted. We played so well, but we were never going to be able to get one back easily with 10 men.

My only gripe was with Carrick for Bayern's second. Standing there while 65,000 reds shout 'man on' and he's still fucking clueless to the Bayern players approaching from behind. Bayern get the ball and force a corner and it's goodbye Europe.

To be honest I am fed up with him - he has been with us for about 5 years now, and he still hasn't got this out of his game. He is a liability. I cannot wait til Hargreaves returns, because I tell you now, Carrick will be dropped to back-up. He just isn't United quality.

well i think sometimes he is world class and other times he hasnt woken up at all. he's inconsistent but i didnt think he had that bad a game tonight. no one did.

[paul jones]

I fuckin knew Utd would blow it when that cunt Olic scored

What was the point of bringing the twat Berbatov on for?

He's SHIT

replace him with Vukicic from Roma

[checkyourprez]

not very confident at all. i have been saying all day we would win 3-2 on the night and go out on away goals. I was advised to put my money where my mouth was but declined to bet on my team (as always). so my boss hass put a tenner on it at 26-1. I'm gonna be doubly gutted if it happens now.

not sure we can score 3 goals without wayne anyway. they all have to step up tonight and he better not play berbatov upfront on his own. he worked really hard on saturday and only got a couple of sniffs. he needs a partner, stick macheda on he has no fear and looks to have some knack of scoring big goals

man if you weren't a pussy you could have made some cash.

[Freebasser]

It seems a fair contingent of United 606ers want him out too.

He gave away the ball during a good spell of possession which resulted in the corner that lead to Robben's goal.

He allowed Olic to sneak in for Bayern's first.

He planted a ball back into our own box when we'd just cleared it which led to a hasty clearance from Van der Sar whilst surrounded by Bayern players.

He is the dopiest cunt ever to pull on our shirt. He's constantly unaware of what's going on around him and he takes far, far too long on the ball. Smacks of Ferdinand when he first played for us - but Ferdinand grew up and got it out of his system. Gibson will hopefully get it out of his system too.

[Guy Incognito]

man if you weren't a pussy you could have made some cash.

well, long story short. i used to gamble. a lot. i dont now.

to be honest i was dreading going in it work if it came in but am good about it that someone took my advice and won is a nice feeling. well thats how i am going to convince myself anyway haha.

[checkyourprez]

well, long story short. i used to gamble. a lot. i dont now.

to be honest i was dreading going in it work if it came in but am good about it that someone took my advice and won is a nice feeling. well thats how i am going to convince myself anyway haha.

fair enough.


i entertained no thoughts of a 3-2 man u win until i read that and then i thought about it periodically the whole game and it ended up coming true. way to jinx your squad brosif.

[Guy Incognito]

I fuckin knew Utd would blow it when that cunt Olic scored

What was the point of bringing the twat Berbatov on for?

He's SHIT

replace him with Vukicic from Roma

No No No and no.

leave him alone. he's doing all right, he has to have a good next season but he's good enough, his contribution is a lot more than goals and there are subtler things he does that no one seems to notice, making space, quick passing, awareness and he actually does put a lot of effort in contrary to popular opinion. he should get the chance to play with rooney all the time. the 4-5-1 has worked at times but 4-4-2 is the way to go

he should have been on at the start of the half and given a chance to get in the game.

[Guy Incognito]

fair enough.


i entertained no thoughts of a 3-2 man u win until i read that and then i thought about it periodically the whole game and it ended up coming true. way to jinx your squad brosif.

hahaha. not one united fan today i have spoke to thought we were going to win. not one

[Guy Incognito]

It seems a fair contingent of United 606ers want him out too.

He gave away the ball during a good spell of possession which resulted in the corner that lead to Robben's goal.

He allowed Olic to sneak in for Bayern's first.

He planted a ball back into our own box when we'd just cleared it which led to a hasty clearance from Van der Sar whilst surrounded by Bayern players.

He is the dopiest cunt ever to pull on our shirt. He's constantly unaware of what's going on around him and he takes far, far too long on the ball. Smacks of Ferdinand when he first played for us - but Ferdinand grew up and got it out of his system. Gibson will hopefully get it out of his system too.

but when he gets the time, he can produce brilliant stuff. but yes he doesnt always think

[paul jones]

No No No and no.

leave him alone. he's doing all right, he has to have a good next season but he's good enough, his contribution is a lot more than goals and there are subtler things he does that no one seems to notice, making space, quick passing, awareness and he actually does put a lot of effort in contrary to popular opinion. he should get the chance to play with rooney all the time. the 4-5-1 has worked at times but 4-4-2 is the way to go

he should have been on at the start of the half and given a chance to get in the game.

I think we need to get Bobby Charlton to come down from his seat and pull a shirt on.Just stick him 6 yards from the goal(y)

[Freebasser]

but when he gets the time, he can produce brilliant stuff. but yes he doesnt always think

He has scored some amazing goals, and made some amazing passes during his time with us, but he hasn't produced a strong performance in a long while.

I've just been looking at the 606 again and there are so many threads being made about him - he's really pissed a lot of United fans off tonight.

Some gems of quotes though:

I would rather play Carlton Palmer...Injured....and Blindfolded, whilst having amnesia than play Carrick in a United midfield ever again. I have disliked him from day one, and thank god now people are now starting to come around to my way of thinking.


I wouldnt mind who, or what, he was replaced by. A piece of cake. A futon. A box of mini cheddars. They'd all be far more effective.

Would seriously swap for Djemba Djemba.

Serious LOLs at the last one (y)

[checkyourprez]

No No No and no.

leave him alone. he's doing all right, he has to have a good next season but he's good enough, his contribution is a lot more than goals and there are subtler things he does that no one seems to notice, making space, quick passing, awareness and he actually does put a lot of effort in contrary to popular opinion. he should get the chance to play with rooney all the time. the 4-5-1 has worked at times but 4-4-2 is the way to go

he should have been on at the start of the half and given a chance to get in the game.

i dont understand why he wont give berba and wayne a shot together. maybe it doesnt workout player wise with wingers like nani and valencia that need the outside space and then not having enough cover in the middle of the park if you play all four.

but i think berba and wayne could be deadly, way more deadly than keane and berba were. and they scored a TON of goals together. wayne has a lot of the same characteristics as keane, only hes a lot better. i dont see why it couldn't work with those two. might decrease waynes goal total a bit, but it would defiantly increase berbas, and in my opinion the squads, overall goal output.

[Planetary]

Robbie Keane is a king :)

even if he is a cunt for supporting 4 teams and playing in the SPL

[Guy Incognito]

fair enough.


i entertained no thoughts of a 3-2 man u win until i read that and then i thought about it periodically the whole game and it ended up coming true. way to jinx your squad brosif.

update: went into work today and my boss was smiling and i said" how the £260 are you" and he admitted that he didnt put a tenner on. he put eleven pound on and then have gave me 26 quid. which was very nice indeed

[checkyourprez]

update: went into work today and my boss was smiling and i said" how the £260 are you" and he admitted that he didnt put a tenner on. he put eleven pound on and then have gave me 26 quid. which was very nice indeed

good karma. (y)

[Planetary]

3-1 inter now. crikey

[Guy Incognito]

i wasnt gonna watch cos champions league is rubbish :rolleyes:

glad i did, fucking great game. and the 2nd legs gonna be very interseting

zanetti is just a fantastic player.

[Drederick Tatum]

please, someone make a gif of Milito's face after he scored. he looked possessed.



:eek:

[Drederick Tatum]

Balotelli is a mental.

[roosta]

Inter were pretty impressive.

[checkyourprez]

i had been saying to my friends if anyone was going to stop barca it would be inter. their defense and midfield is a rock. every player there is a beast in their prime age. and then they have 3 very dangerous forwards/attacking players that can score goals on the counter. its the recipie for beating barca.


and how can messi be the best player in the world when he can disappear like that in such a big game? i mean i do agree he is, but he just does this from time to time.

[checkyourprez]

if inter win this, thats 3 winners and 2 runner ups in the past 8 years. best record of the big leagues. serie A the clear top league in the world. BO!

:)


:rolleyes:


:p

[checkyourprez]

if inter win this, thats 3 winners and 2 runner ups in the past 8 years. best record of the big leagues. serie A the clear top league in the world. BO!

:)


:rolleyes:


:p

:D

[roosta]

Mourinho is writing his name into history.

Now, if he were to beat Barca next year with Real, that'd be interesting...

[checkyourprez]

Mourinho is writing his name into history.

Now, if he were to beat Barca next year with Real, that'd be interesting...

this is true.


however mourinhos tactics and real madrid supporters of free flowing football is going to clash. he will definatly change up that squad. he builds his teams on air tight defense, something real madrid is known not to care about.

[Guy Incognito]

[QUOTE=checkyourprez;1733568]
however mourinhos tactics and real madrid supporters of free flowing football is going to clash. QUOTE]

i see your point but the longer barca dominate that league the fans will have to concede to winning some games unattractively. having said that i still think mourhino uses creative players well and when on song its good to watch. Milito and schneider were good to watch last night. I think the fans will love him. Every club, would want him as their next manager if they could afford him.