[FOOTBALL] Midweek Football Thread - September 27th/28th/29th

[Weaver]

All games 19:45 unless stated, all CL on BT, some Europa League on BT, no televised Football League.

Tuesday
CSKA Moscow vs Spurs - BT Sport Showcase
Monaco vs Leverkusen
Dortmund vs Real Madrid
Sporting Lisbon vs Legia Warsaw
Copenhagen vs Club Brugge
Leicester vs FC Porto
Dinamo vs Juventus
Sevilla vs Lyon

34 Football League Fixtures

Wednesday
Arsenal vs FC Basel
Ludogorets vs Paris St Germain
Besiktas vs Dynamo Kiev
Napoli vs Benfica
Moechengladbach vs FC Barcelona
Celtic vs Manchester City
Atletico vs Bayern
Rostov vs PSV

Newcastle vs Norwich
Coventry vs Wimbledon

Thursday
Hapoel Beer Sheva vs Southampton - 6pm
Sparta Prague vs Inter Milan - 6pm
Schalke vs RB Salzburg - 6pm
Ajax vs Standard Liege - 6pm

Manchester United vs Zorya- 8:05pm
Dundalk vs Maccabi tel Aviv - 8:05pm
Fenerbahce vs Feyenoord - BT Sport Showcase, 8:05pm
Bilbao vs Rapid Vienna - 8:05pm

16 Non-Televised Europa League fixtures at 4pm, 6pm and 8:05pm

[Spoonsky]

Football.

[Magic]

Dortmund Real good so far.

[Spoonsky]

They have been real good, agreed.

[Magic]

I'd probably touch Zidane's willy.

[Spoonsky]

Since when does Gotze play for Dortmund again? German football is so weird and incestuous.

[Jimmy Floyd]

German football is just a story of Bayern being six times bigger than any of the others (including Dortmund, who are relative upstarts historically).

[Raoul Duke]

This Dembele kid for Dortmund looks ace.

[Magic]

Ron. :cool:

[Magic]

This Dembele kid for Dortmund looks ace.

Doesn't he just.

[Spoonsky]

Islam Salami :cool:

[Giggles]

Leicester :cool:

Come back Lee you fucking cunt.

[Reg]

Yes Leicester! Very good goal. It'd be great to see them in the knockouts.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Slimani is such a don.

[Magic]

Leicester to win the CL and get relegated?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lol at Navas.

[Raoul Duke]

Dodgy keeper for Real. What a shit punch

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tom Delaney just scored a beastly goal for Copenhagen.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Poor Akinfeev, 20 minutes away from his first clean sheet in a decade in the Champions League and then Son pops up.

[Magic]

We've been incredible since Pontus Jansson signed on loan to us. He went off injured at half time after us pretty much dominating the game against Brizzle and one of our useless wanks from last season is on and we've fallen apart. Bartley has turned in to a mess almost immediately.

[Giggles]

Poor Akinfeev, 20 minutes away from his first clean sheet in a decade in the Champions League and then Son pops up.

Every time I see results he seems to have scored these days. Has was fucking terrible any time I see him last season, is he any better or is he just going through a run where the head-down speculative shots are going in?

[Browning]

Poor Akinfeev, 20 minutes away from his first clean sheet in a decade in the Champions League and then Son pops up.

Only himself to blame, it was straight at him.

Was he ever good outside of FM? Every time I see him he's shit.

[Raoul Duke]

Dortmund striking back against The Empire

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Brugge have been fisted by Copenhagen who look really good.

Leicester could be troubled in the next two games by them.

[Magic]

They'll beat them 2-0 at home and 2-1 away.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was a brilliant volley at the death from Glik. Christ knows how a Polish centre back has that composure and skill.

[elth]

My assessment of this thread thus far is that nobody cares about European football unless proper English clubs are playing, and that neither Leicester nor Spurs are proper English clubs.

[John Arne]

I think it's a mixture of the group stage being largely boring and irrelevant. That, and Leicester aren't exactly interesting to watch, and Spurs are Spurs.

[Ian]

Only Champions League games I watch now it's all BT are ones I go out of my way to see. I need streams, which I can't be arsed with, or to go somewhere specifically to watch it. If it was on Sky still or if I had BT it'd be on the telly while I had FM on the go or something.

[Giggles]

Same as that. Can't get BT/Eir and streams aren't worth the hassle.

[Kikó]

Just like the cricket. Get it off free to air and numbers dwindle.

It's a pain to stream.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I haven't watched a single European game (including Chelsea, though that's not a problem this year) since it went to BT. Sports administrators are very short-sighted about this stuff. The golf people taking the Open off the BBC was literally madness.

[Giggles]

I was just looking at the Ryder Cup teams and there's three players on each I've never heard tell of before. There's just that little that's available to the masses now.

[Kikó]

On the flip side, I watched the Chinese Super League in the gym the other day and it wasn't completely awful.

[Reg]

May have been offside but Celtic just scored a really clever freekick. 1-0 up vs Man City.

[GS]

It's impossible to care about group stage matches, structured as they are to give the big clubs as little scope as possible for falling out of the tournament. It becomes interesting in the knock-out stages.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lol at PSG losing to Ludogrets.

[Reg]

It's impossible to care about group stage matches, structured as they are to give the big clubs as little scope as possible for falling out of the tournament. It becomes interesting in the knock-out stages.
The interest is whether the unfancied sides can get results. And sometimes you just get a good game of football (like this one is shaping up to be), and you don't need much of a reason for that.

Edit- 2-1 Celtic. This is good.

[Magic]

Celtic running riot.

[Kikó]

Hamsik has just scored a header from a corner. Ffs Benfica.

[Max Power]

Celtic - City is great. City will end up winning by two but fair play to Celtic for having a bang

[Waffdon]

Carrasco is so good.

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah. Celtic will get minced when they tire out a bit more (especially their left back who looks a bit green). This Dembele kid up front looks decent. Good game so far.

[Magic]

Fuck me? :D

[Raoul Duke]

Lolarov

[Smiffy]

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[Spoonsky]

It really fucks me off when there's a good game on and the TV aren't showing it. Who gives a shit about Arsenal vs Basel?

[Adamski]

Every game is on.

[Shindig]

We might just struggle to get out of this league.

[Spoonsky]

Every game is on.

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a mong Vidal is.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Griezmann :harold:

[Spoonsky]

Griezmann has got to be one of the biggest bottlers in football, perhaps only behind Higuain, and Atletico the worst team at penalties.

[Raoul Duke]

Griezmann has got to be one of the biggest bottlers in football, perhaps only behind Higuain, and Atletico the worst team at penalties.

Vive la France

[Magic]

Newcastle. :harold:

[niko_cee]

Good to see even Pep the Great can't shake City out of their European stupor.

[Spoonsky]

What a shit, dull club Bayern are. Although it's fun to see Robben and Ribery running the flanks like it's 2011.

[Magic]

Newcastle. :harold:

:(

[Magic]

:(

Oh for fuck's sake.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pep is god.

[Max Power]

Fucking hell Newcastle

[Smiffy]

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[Waffdon]

Griezmann has got to be one of the biggest bottlers in football, perhaps only behind Higuain, and Atletico the worst team at penalties.

You what. Watching Atletico is amazing. Only Real Madrid are going to stop them again.

Celtic are really good going forward but they'll never do anything with their joke defence and goalkeeper.

[niko_cee]

Jesus, what's gone on in that Newcastle game?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lovely jynx, Magic.

[phonics]

We are playing some good stuff right now which can only mean we're an Alexis being assassinated while on international duty away from actually doing something this year.

[Reg]

Jesus, what's gone on in that Newcastle game?
Norwich dropping points. :cool: Any result would have been good for us really, always nice when two rivals play each other.

Months away but I'm looking forward to our home game v Newcastle in January. (No doubt the bastards at Sky will ruin another Saturday 3pm.)

[Shindig]

Fuck! :D

Didn't see that coming.

[Adamski]

Griezmann has got to be one of the biggest bottlers in football, perhaps only behind Higuain, and Atletico the worst team at penalties.

I'd ageee about Atletico. Doesn't do anything for me watching a team shit their way to 1-0's all season.

[Magic]

I'd ageee about Atletico. Doesn't do anything for me watching a team shit their way to 1-0's all season.

Loleicester.

[Spoonsky]

You what. Watching Atletico is amazing. Only Real Madrid are going to stop them again.

Celtic are really good going forward but they'll never do anything with their joke defence and goalkeeper.


I'd ageee about Atletico. Doesn't do anything for me watching a team shit their way to 1-0's all season.

You're both reading too much into me there, I only meant that Atletico are shite at penalties. I've seen them miss three big ones in a row, plus losing the final in a shootout. As it happens I agree more with Waff, they were looking good there, they're much more than a sound defensive team. Griezmann is still a massive bottler.

[Waffdon]

He's missed two penalties in a final and then last night from what I recall recently. Atletico won a shoot out against PSV last year. Their problem is that Oblak is fucking terrible at saving them for reason.

[Mellberg]

That missed penalty saved/won me £90. Had no more goals on from about 50 mins @ 2.5

Bit of luck, but Atletico are so bloody predictable. Which is why they'll do well again.

[-james-]

Celtic yesterday was probably the best football game I've ever been to. The noise they make is pretty amazing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Were you there courtsiding the over/under 5.5 market?

[Lewis]

What, like Jim Torbett?

[Ian]

Celtic yesterday was probably the best football game I've ever been to. The noise they make is pretty amazing.

They must have a Magical European Celtic Park Nights thing going on because the game I went to I reckon most of the fans could have had a chat with the players without raising their voice.

[Spoonsky]

He's missed two penalties in a final and then last night from what I recall recently. Atletico won a shoot out against PSV last year. Their problem is that Oblak is fucking terrible at saving them for reason.

Also missed a free header in the Euro finals and bottled that game generally. He's great until he gets into a final.

[Lewis]

Nice to see my mate 'Brendan' talking up Celtic [and Rangers] in England and why everybody is scared of it. :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rooney still on the bench with Fossy starting :drool:

Batter these fucking Ukrainians please.

[Reg]

Couldn't see any news on de Gea or Valencia - why aren't they in the squad?

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[randomlegend]

I believe Mourinho said it's because he's fit enough to do it and will get a rest during the international break, since he's retired from Sweden.

[randomlegend]

Robbie Savage is earbleedingly bad.

[Raoul Duke]

Yep. Nearly all the BT people are complete helmets. Scholes and Owen are thick as shit. Savage is a gimp.

Hargreaves and Mcmanaman seem to know their shit though. Hargreaves especially.

[Reg]

Is one of the Telegraph investigation revealings going to be that Mourinho and van Gaal are serial killers and Fellaini's the only one that knows about it?

[-james-]

They must have a Magical European Celtic Park Nights thing going on because the game I went to I reckon most of the fans could have had a chat with the players without raising their voice.

Yeah I think you have to question the morals of anyone who goes to a league game.


Dundalk. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Savage complaining about how slow we are (he's right) and then saying Rooney needs to be brought on as soon as possible.

Yeah the fat lump will help...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rooney :D

Lucky Zlatan was there.

[randomlegend]

That shot from Rooney :face:

[-james-]

What vision from the England captain.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hark at Savage saying it was FIRED INTO HIM when Rooney muffed his shot and praising him for the assist.

[Ian]

Cracked the Zorya defence wide open. Captain Fantastic.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I honestly think that I could do a better job than Fellaini.

[Shindig]

Fallaini would be a better player if all that hair was on his chin, yes.

[Raoul Duke]

Fellaini is fucking shit. It's him and Rooney who kill everything. He can't even play simple passes.

[Giggles]

Fellaini is fucking shit. It's him and Rooney who kill everything. He can't even play simple passes.

So much was made of the improvement vs Leicester with Rooney out, buy at least 80% of that was because that frizzy headed laborious twat wasn't playing.

[Raoul Duke]

So much was made of the improvement vs Leicester with Rooney out, buy at least 80% of that was because that frizzy headed laborious twat wasn't playing.

Absolutely. Schneiderlein must've got caught fisting Mourinho's kids or something as I've no idea how he can't get in the team.

[Giggles]

Dundalk you beautiful bastards.


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[Giggles]

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[Max Power]

I watched Dundalk, they were full value for the win. Reckon they can get a result in Israel and then could qualify with a home win vs AZ.

Really impressed by the winger Horgan.

[Spoonsky]

Batter these fucking Ukrainians please.

:console:

[Giggles]

I watched Dundalk, they were full value for the win. Reckon they can get a result in Israel and then could qualify with a home win vs AZ.

Really impressed by the winger Horgan.

He really should have made the 33 man international preliminary, that tonight is in line with how he's been performing consistently lately. Though even if O'Neill doesn't fancy him, his excuse was a piss poor cop out.

[Max Power]

Probably needs to go and warm the bench at Brentford or Rotherham or something, shame. Both times I've watched Dundalk in Europe he's looked real quality.