[Football] Midweek Fixtures - Champions League & Europa League 2nd Rounds (20-22 Feb)

[Reg]

19:45 and BT unless stated. Televised Europa only - full schedule here. (http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/matches/index.html#/rd/2000891/2)

Champions League ties conclude 6/7 March and 13/14 March.

Tuesday
Chelsea v Barcelona
Bayern Munich v Besiktas - BTS Showcase

Wednesday
Sevilla v Man Utd
Shakhtar v Roma

CSKA Moscow v Crvena Zvezda (Europa) - 17:00
Leganes v Real Madrid - 17:45 Sky
Derby v Leeds - Sky

Thursday
Lokomotiv Moscow v Nice - 16:00
Zenit v Celtic - 18:00
Villarreal v Lyon - 18:00
RB Leipzig v Napoli - 18:00
Atletico Madrid v Copenhagen - 18:00
Arsenal v Ostersund - 20:05
Milan v Ludogorets - 20:05
Atlanta v Dortmund - 20:05

[SincereTheRebel]

In the last three meetings between chelski and barcelona, whoever goes through to the next round wins the whole competition.

[Mazuuurk]

That seems like a completely circumstantial stat.

[Jimmy Floyd]

France and Denmark had it in major tournaments for a while.

[Smiffy]

Ah but the last time Liverpool beat Porto....

[Magic]

So excited for this one tonight, think it could be a proper lolfest.

[Magic]

http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/13/london-delivery-driver-discussed-killing-queen-david-cameron-spurs-fans-7311032/

The fuck? :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Reckon we'll win pretty comfortably tonight, but not sure if we'll defend it over there.

[Waffdon]

Fabregas in a two man midfield is never a good sign. Playing no striker also is a bit meh.

[Mazuuurk]

Hoping for a good Chelsea win so the 40/1 odds bet I have on them as CL winners drop to like 30 and I can trade out.

[-james-]

City vs Inter in the Youth League is on BT Sport. Half time and it's 1-1.

City have tried to play pepball, have had about 80% possession but created one chance all half. Inter are, man for man, about double their size and operating a 6 man deep block.

Inter goal came after their keeper hoofed it upfield and it ended up with the City keeper. He tried to play it out, got closed down and it flew in behind him.

City equaliser came from a penalty after Lukas Nmecha went down under the faintest of contact, which about sums them up

Mon Inter.


It's gone to pens. Currently 2-2 after 7 attempts each. Good stuff lads.

[phonics]

I rated Conte until the lack of faith in Giroud.

[Mazuuurk]

Why is Fabregas so incapable of having a normal haircut that doesn't make him look like he enjoys fingering little boys?

[John]

Even the priests are good looking In Sweden.

[Giggles]

Chelsea look up for this at least.

[Giggles]

Even the paedophiles are good looking In Sweden.

Priests.

Forever the hun :drool:

[Mazuuurk]

Even the priests are good looking In Sweden.

Yeah well you know, little boys have rights these days so a Preist's gotta do what a Priest's gotta do and hit the gym like the rest of us.

[Raoul Duke]

This is gonna be one of those games where Chelsea keep looking like they're still playing with a target man but have to cross to midgets

[Mazuuurk]

This is gonna be one of those games where Chelsea keep looking like they're still playing with a target man but have to cross to midgets

Yeah was thinking that. The first few attacks you could almost see Willian thinking "Get in, let's just cross this fucker now to...wait".

[Jimmy Floyd]

The real heroics are going on in the other game, where Besiktas have somehow managed to field not only Pepe and Quaresma but Ryan Babel, Atiba Hutchinson and best of all, Vagner Love.

[Mazuuurk]

John nailed it before with Besiktas, saying it was some sort of retirement home for failed European (league) talents or something.

[Lewis]

I can't even muster up enough interest in this Chelsea match to want one of them to lose.

[phonics]

The real heroics are going on in the other game, where Besiktas have somehow managed to field not only Pepe and Quaresma but Ryan Babel, Atiba Hutchinson and best of all, Vagner Love.

A deadline day signing on a free after selling your big lump target man for a ridiculous price. It's FM 2012 on crack.

Willian is great, nothing about him in particular stands out but he's pretty fucking good at it all.

[phonics]

I got embarrassingly interested in the Chelsea Barcelona match and ended up burning my pizza to a crisp. I'm fuming.

[Mazuuurk]

Willian is such an Almost man I think. He's always allroud solid but never seems to do anything spectacular. You can't in any way point our much faults in what he's doing, but he just isn't "World class" (or whatever) and he never seems to score or assist all that much. He's like the player version of Spurs or something.

[Giggles]

Chris Sutton talks some shite.

[phonics]

Willian is such an Almost man I think. He's always allroud solid but never seems to do anything spectacular. You can't in any way point our much faults in what he's doing, but he just isn't "World class" (or whatever) and he never seems to score or assist all that much. He's like the player version of Spurs or something.

He just seems to get shunted for random reasons, remember when he scored a million free kicks and for some reason is never allowed to take them anymore? It#s weird.

[Adramelch]

Willian is such an Almost man I think. He's always allroud solid but never seems to do anything spectacular. You can't in any way point our much faults in what he's doing, but he just isn't "World class" (or whatever) and he never seems to score or assist all that much. He's like the player version of Spurs or something.

He scores his fair share though. Not anything insane, but it's the 3rd season he's on double digits.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Drogba would win us this 1-0, but I'm not sure this mob will.

[Mazuuurk]

Yeah but that's just it - a fair amount but not a spectacular amount. It feels like he always could have been a bit better and a really top player, but he just ends up being a rotated squad player all the time.
At the same time you can't in anyway say he's bad.

Dunno if Mourinho maybe ruined him a bit as a player.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He hasn't got the pace and power to be a TOP top player, but he is a very much a top player.

[Magic]

So excited for this one tonight, think it could be a proper lolfest.

Been relatively dull so far.

[Magic]

Mackems are doon.

[Magic]

Maz. :harold:

Given he's already hit the post twice, you'd have thought there may have been at least one Barca player with an eye on him...

[Mazuuurk]

Gotta say, Willian is donning it in this game.

[phonics]

Whoever made sure to have the net microphones turned up. Good job. That was sweet.

[Magic]

Spanish football EXPERT Graham Hunter was waxing lyrical about Paulinho. Silly bald cunt.

[CJay]

Well deserved. Not sure why everyone was talking about this tie like it was a forgone conclusion. Barca will be strong at home, but you’ll get them away. There’s a serious lack of pace in their team.

Willian’s been great.

[Kikó]

Willian is a great player

[phonics]

Has Vidal got confused and thought it was Barca who were one up with the terrible dive+ankle clutch?

[Lewis]

Graham Hunter would stick up for Ian Huntley if an old picture of him on the Nou Camp tour emerged.

[Magic]

Graham Hunter would stick up for Ian Huntley if an old picture of him on the Nou Camp tour emerged.

Indeed. I hate those cunts that say 'ah he was shit for X premier league team but you should see him in x european league!'

You only play that card when you absolutely know, like me when I said Salah would become a God.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The bus has broken down.

lol at Christensen.

[Magic]

Simply SUBLIME. GOAT.

[phonics]

Lol what a series of awful mistakes. It's like watching Arsenal when we got beaten by Barca.

[Giggles]

Willian is shit.

[Giggles]

Lol what a series of awful mistakes. It's like watching Arsenal when we got beaten by Barca.

Arsenal you say?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Andy Townsend's radio commentary is just sensational. 'When you play against Barcelona, you know the little man can come up with a bit o'magic'.

We'll lose this 2-1 now. Suarez hammering one in at the far post. Sickening stuff.

[phonics]

This is nostalgia for me at this point.

[Raoul Duke]

What the fuck are they doing passing it across their own box? :cab:

[CJay]

What a ridiculous mistake that was. Chelsea will more than likely need to score twice or force extra time in Spain now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Was it Dave or Christensen who fucked it? Townsend couldn't make his mind up.

I'll forgive either of them tbh, my dream gay threesome.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If Hazard scores and Soggy Biscuits gets a card I'm on for a lot of money.

[Magic]

I still can't get over fucking Danny Drinkwater.

"Danny Drinkwater is coming on to replace Cesc Fabregas"

It just sounds so absolutely wrong.

[Mazuuurk]

I just need Bayern to get one more fucking corner to get my bet in tonight, but of course they wont :moop:

[Magic]

I just need Bayern to get one more fucking corner to get my bet in tonight, but of course they wont :moop:

These bets are poison.

"Yeah got 2-1 Chelsea on"
"Draw for me"
"1-0 Barca"
"I've got 4 corners in the first half, 3 in the second and a a total of 7 yellow cards only shown to defensive players each way"

[Giggles]

These bets are poison.

"Yeah got 2-1 Chelsea on"
"Draw for me"
"1-0 Barca"
"I've got 4 corners in the first half, 3 in the second and a a total of 7 yellow cards only shown to defensive players each way"

The corners and bookings were always the ones that made me so glad I never bothered my hole with betting. They seem the real problem ones.

[Mazuuurk]

I just need Bayern to get one more fucking corner to get my bet in tonight, but of course they wont :moop:

Sorted :cool:

[Giggles]

Is Giroud not eligible for this or something?

[Mazuuurk]

What I had was an accum of +1.5 goals in the Chelsea game and Bayern to score in both halves and get over 1.5 corners in each half.

[Mazuuurk]

Is Giroud not eligible for this or something?

Sure he is, else he wouldnt be allowed on the bench. Weird he's not on IMO.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Andy Townsend is now ripping it out of Guillem Balague, LIVE ON AIR. I'm never watching a TV game again, radio is too good.

[SincereTheRebel]

Whoever tried to intercept that the ball for that miss-placed passs for the barcelona goal needs talking too. You have to make that interceptions.

[Giggles]

That'll be tie over then.

[Adramelch]

They threw a couple of fireworks over here after the final whistle. They do throw fireworks for just about everything though, so it's not out of character.

[John]

Indeed. I hate those cunts that say 'ah he was shit for X premier league team but you should see him in x european league!'

You only play that card when you absolutely know, like me when I said Salah would become a God.

You've reached the point with that where it's counterproductive. If you have to cite that one example so often it can only be because you're utterly wrong the rest of the time.


Was it Dave or Christensen who fucked it? Townsend couldn't make his mind up.

I'll forgive either of them tbh, my dream gay threesome.

Dave. An utterly ridiculous lunge. The BT studio team were hailing him as the best natural defender in the Premiership before the game too. That sort of pregame ramble must backfire more often than not.

[Mazuuurk]

It always does seem to. In Sweden one of the "experts" always covers himself by backing any statements about what a player will or will not achieve with saying "of course now cause I said that, he'll score FOR SURE!" so he gets to be right (in a way) regardless. He likes being right that guy.

[John]

Kingsley Coman has relatively quietly had a fucking excellent career so far. He's twenty one and he's already won three league titles in two countries, five in three if you want to include the medals PSG inexplicably gave him for his combined four appearances in their two league wins before he left. He's off to a perfect start to wind up with more career competition wins than anyone else.

I'm sure Maxwell had the most fairly recently with thirty odd. Coman is credited with eleven already.

[Raoul Duke]

Kingsley Coman has relatively quietly had a fucking excellent career so far. He's twenty one and he's already won three league titles in two countries, five in three if you want to include the medals PSG inexplicably gave him for his combined four appearances in their two league wins before he left. He's off to a perfect start to wind up with more career competition wins than anyone else.

I'm sure Maxwell had the most fairly recently with thirty odd. Coman is credited with eleven already.

Bayern nabbed him for pretty cheap really too. Cracking player.

[Mazuuurk]

Kingsley Coman has relatively quietly had a fucking excellent career so far. He's twenty one and he's already won three league titles in two countries, five in three if you want to include the medals PSG inexplicably gave him for his combined four appearances in their two league wins before he left. He's off to a perfect start to wind up with more career competition wins than anyone else.

I'm sure Maxwell had the most fairly recently with thirty odd. Coman is credited with eleven already.

There's something slightly ridiculous going on with the amounts of talent being churned out from France at the moment. Mbappe, Lemar, Coman, Laporte, Mendy, Pogba, Dembele, Kimpembe, Fekir, Rabiot, Tolisso, Martial, Varane - are all 24 or younger.

[Baz]

Coman and Leon Bailey seem like the perfect replacements for Robben and Ribery.

[SincereTheRebel]

Coman and Leon Bailey seem like the perfect replacements for Robben and Ribery.

Bailey is enjoyable to watch if you have seen him. He just runs through players, not around them. Im sure gnabry signed for bayern last summer too. Im not sure how he is doing at Hoff but bailey does look like a perfect replacement dont really like to watch youtube videos of players as it can easily make nicky butt look like clarence seedorf but tifo youtube channel put together some superb videos on players. They reviewed bailey earlier this week.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sg-iAaE1aE

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pogba/Mourinho rift CONFIRMED.

[Magic]

:harold:

[Reg]

XI: De Gea, Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Young, Matic, Herrera, McTominay, Mata, Lukaku, Sanchez

Subs: Romero, Bailly, Darmian, Pogba, Lingard, Martial, Rashford

Not even completed his second season and Mourinho's already fallen out with his star player.

[Lewis]

MIND GAMES. He'll have got a sensible haircut and converted to Christianity by the end of the month.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If it came to it, who would they bin? I reckon they'd bin Jose and replace him with *insert basketballer here*.

[Lewis]

I have heard of three of the Sevilla team. Is Luis Fabiano injured?

[randomlegend]

Is he even still alive?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

McTominay is the future anyway.

[John]

Navas at right back. Sanchez will roast him.

[Jimmy Floyd]

2-2 I reckon. Sevilla can play and will cause United problems going forward.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Extra assistants are called Ruddy Bucket and Nicholas Rainville. Doesn't get any better than that.

[randomlegend]

Ruddy Bucket :D

That's an absolutely amazing name.

[John]

Sarabia is a delightful little player. I'd assume McTominay is there to just stick to Banega and stop him running it.

Edit - Alright, McManaman.

[Lewis]

Alright Jose you've proved your point. Sub him on.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mind games.

Mourinho told Herrera to fake an injury in the first half.

[Lewis]

Proper selfless that. Captain-like.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That 'finish' :D

It's one of those volleys you do when you first start trying to do them.

[Lewis]

He had about an hour to bring it down as well. Twat.

[randomlegend]

This is a proper niggly, shitty old game.

[John]

What a save that is.

[Raoul Duke]

Fuck me that save from De Gea was astonishing

[randomlegend]

De Gea is superhuman.

Lol at the "he's not that great" bellends from the other day.

[Giggles]

In b4 Banks.

[Giggles]

De Gea is superhuman.

Lol at the "he's not that great" bellends from the other day.

Nobody ever disputed the stopping.

[John]

De Gea is superhuman.

Lol at the "he's not that great" bellends from the other day.

Who was saying that?

[Lewis]

His kicking has been a bit poor tonight, so I'm holding off for now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

McTominay should be getting more starts.

[Magic]

Is he Scottish?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is he Scottish?

Born in England to Scottish parents IIRC.

No youth caps for either though.

[randomlegend]

Englandish.

[Lewis]

If Lukaku wants to take free-kicks then whatever, but if he's even going to mis-control the ball as it bounces back off the wall... Sell.

[randomlegend]

Englandish.

EDIT:

"McTominay was born in England, but has Scottish ancestry and has stated he believes his international future will be with Scotland rather than his country of birth. He has attended training camps with the Scottish youth sides, but has not yet played for Scotland at any level"

Mahow is right.

EDIT2: How the fuck did I do that?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43105205

Scottish Grandparents.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Escudero is such a twat.

[Giggles]

Does that 'gentlemans agreement' stretch to picking up youth players from others among the 4 British teams or is that only for naturalised foreigners?

[randomlegend]

Jesus christ Sevilla are a bunch of grizzling, cheating little cunts.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why are they not bringing on Ben Yedder?

[Lewis]

This is like when they had that appalling series of games against Lille.

[John]

Rashford looked a better player three years ago than he does now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a tramp Navas is.

[randomlegend]

That dive :D

[Giggles]

Loleeds.

[Lewis]

They have looked alright since Rashford came on, even if he hasn't actually done anything, because not having Juan Mata pootling around thirty yards into the pitch gives everybody space to move.

[Reg]

United must be glad they got rid of the manager who played boring football.

[Giggles]

United must be glad they got rid of the manager who played boring football.

You'd seriously be hard set to tell the difference.

[CJay]

Does that go down as a good result? Sevilla are a dangerous team to basically be trying to outscore at home.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's alright lads, the return leg is on my birthday. We'll shit 'em.

[SvN]

That must be up there with the most boring games I've ever watched. I ended up barely paying attention while I messed around in Excel.

[CJay]

Also, Sanchez has one goal (a rebound from a penalty he missed) in his 6 United appearances so far. Wasteman, as Sincere would say.

[Magic]

He's disrupted the 'harmony', according to Twitter. :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

And Sanchez doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the team
He's on a noodle pot, he's doin' alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything...

[randomlegend]

We should be playing Sanchez on the right and Martial on the left.

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I'm not normally one for all the stat-twats nonsense, but look at that pass map. The shape is diabolical.

[Kikó]

No shape or cohesion.

Still better than van gaal.

[CJay]

This has been good result from a Liverpool perspective because United will have to go all out against Sevilla three days after they face us in the league. That means we're probably guaranteed a dreary 0-0 with the United equivalent of Kalas turning up for his one and only game of the season.

#somehowabout?

[Jimmy Floyd]

There will never be a funnier game of football played than that Kalas one. I think it was even better than the Gary Neville sex noise Nou Camp game.

[Reg]

What's so bad about the pass map? Mata drifts around so you'd expect him more central than whoever's on the left, and likewise for Pogba being higher up than the guy next to him.

[randomlegend]

The fact that Antonio Valencia is literally our entire ring wing, and he's not prime Dani Alves which makes us pretty much non-existent on the right (which is definitely the case if you watch us). The shape is totally imbalanced and just doesn't work.

[CJay]

There will never be a funnier game of football played than that Kalas one. I think it was even better than the Gary Neville sex noise Nou Camp game.

Listening to Michael Cox's take on it in The Mixer has really depressed me. I still can't quite believe how we approached that game.

Even Salah started for Chelsea that day.

[Reg]

The fact that Antonio Valencia is literally our entire ring wing, and he's not prime Dani Alves which makes us pretty much non-existent on the right (which is definitely the case if you watch us). The shape is totally imbalanced and just doesn't work.
I think Mata on the right is fine generally as he links up well with everyone and helps outnumber the opposition all over the pitch. Having someone who can break on the right would have been better tonight, I guess, since they were looking to sit. But I think he trusts Mata defensively more than Rashford and Martial.

[randomlegend]

I think Mata on the right is fine generally as he links up well with everyone and helps outnumber the opposition all over the pitch.

This does not happen in real life.

[Reg]

Players moving around can't help outnumber the opposition? You better tell all those world class footballers to stop trying then. It's a primary reason why players like Mata play "on the wing".

[randomlegend]

No, that isn't what I was saying. I was saying that in the specific example, Mata does not move around the pitch for Man Utd outnumbering the opposition and creating an advantage. He sits centrally leaving our right wing non-existent and not achieving much.

Our attack is stilted, shapeless and pretty much shit. It's obvious to anyone watching us play. It's all well and good theorising about how it definitely should work, but it isn't.

[Lewis]

It works in theory, but after watching it for a year it goes two ways. Either they don't need to pack the midfield against most teams that they play, so he is pointless out wide in those games (but it is not particularly obvious because he is still good enough to have some effect); or in the games where they do need to pack the midfield they can play three actual central midfielders, and then he is also pointless out wide because he offers no width or counter-attacking threat.

EDIT: Actually the third way is where they play a midfield two and expect him to come inside as well to help out, but that just guarantees that every single attack goes down the left side, whilst also hauling Antonio Valencia and thus whichever poor cunt plays next to him out of position (usually Chris Smalling, who hardly needs anything else making him worse).

[Reg]

My mistake.

I disagree on that if you mean generally and not tonight specifically. At his best he's great drifting around and getting involved in all of their decent moves. Didn't do anything tonight, when any of Lingard/Martial/Rashford might have worked better.

Agreed about the attack as a whole. It seems their play is dictated pretty much solely by whatever lineup is chosen that week, whereas the other top teams have a defined and practiced way of playing.

[randomlegend]

I disagree on that if you mean generally and not tonight specifically. At his best he's great drifting around and getting involved in all of their decent moves.

If we had a great attacking full-back on the right, this might work. But we don't and it doesn't. Honestly our attack looks sooooo shit, the shape CLEARLY isn't working. Even those few games early in the season where we won 4-1, we scored 3 goals in the last 10 minutes when the opposition collapsed.

[Danny]

966296708371001344

I feel like that could go on for days.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Carragher absolutely fucking hates him.

[Danny]

I didnt realize their time at Liverpool crossed as much as it did.

[SincereTheRebel]

Rashford looked a better player three years ago than he does now.

Rashford needs to step his game up now you feel. Welbeck was considered somewhat of an ordinary player during his time at man utd. Yet welbeck in his first full three seasons has scored more goals and assists. Rashford still has half a season left to complete a full three and he also is younger than welbeck was at the end of his third season.


Also, Sanchez has one goal (a rebound from a penalty he missed) in his 6 United appearances so far. Wasteman, as Sincere would say.

He can be wasteful at times. I didnt watch the game. Is he still losing the ball a lot in the final third by trying to skip past players? He
did that at arsenal on the regular.

[Mazuuurk]

Rashford looked a better player three years ago than he does now.

Isn't that basically the story of every single young English forward talent with "bags of pace and an eye for the goal" that has comes along?


Season 1: Woah who's this guy, he looks like the next Owen!
Season 2: This guy is so good, he should really get more games!
Season 3: Fuck it, this guy is never gonna amount to anything
....
Season 13: (playing for West Ham or Everton) Damn, this guy never realised his potential.

[Kikó]

The entire team are playing less than a sum of their parts. It's not a Rashford thing, it's a team thing. They've completely lost any form or style of play - it's toilet.

[Lewis]

Maybe it was a lack of experience, things like that, but it's a full circle. Experience? How do I get experience? Well I need a job to get experience. I don't want to go too low that it's a struggle, and I don't want to go too low that I'm under someone and thinking "what am I doing here?" I would rather be managing a club myself.

I'm confident and it's not like it's rocket science to run a football club, especially when you get to that level. If you're intelligent enough and a quick learner you will learn pretty soon, within two or three games, what the team needs, training-wise, to survive in that league, get better in that league, to get in the play-offs or even win the league.

I'm intelligent enough, it's not like I played on a fox and dog pitch all my life. I can't believe some people, I'm one of the greatest minds in football and I'm being wasted because of a lack of experience or "maybe he talks his mind too much"". Go to Germany, they love people who speak their minds. They get the jobs. I'm sorry that I've got a mind, but don't be scared of that. That should be something you want at your club, but obviously not.

And let that be the end of the racism argument.

[phonics]

The thing Sol Campbell doesn't seem to realise with all his intelligence is that he comes across as a complete arsehole you wouldn't want to spend 5 minutes in the same room as.

That might be the bigger issue in not getting hired.

[Magic]

He's an arrogant prick but he did have a point.

[Baz]

I feel like a white Sol Campbell.

(Although I’ve not got AIDS or ever had Ashley Cole’s Sony Ericsson up my bum.)

[Disco]

He should try for some jobs in Germany.

[Magic]

I'd rather have Sol Campbell than Paul Heckaday.

[John]

You should have bolded the part where he complains he can't get experience then admits he refuses to drop down the leagues to get it.

[Kikó]

They don't want someone outspoken like Sol.

Welcome Craig Bellamy.

[Mike]

“I need a job to get experience so I can get a better job but I’m not dropping to a small club to get the experience I need to move up”
Nice one Sol.

[Magic]

He isn't a nobody though, he captained the most successful Arsenal side ever and England too.

[Bernanke]

The Östersund FM-run will continue. :drool:

[Ian]

Wenger in. :drool:

[-james-]

Potentially one of the funniest things to ever happen in football here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hah.

I hadn't written the game off after the first leg.

[Adramelch]

Arsenal could do with replacing Wenger with Sol Campbell to be honest.

[phonics]

Seriously feels like Wilsheres the only one that's put a pass on in weeks.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The second goal, lol.

Chambers is absolutely horseshit.

[Magic]

Arse and Sellick. :lol:

[phonics]

Chambers is absolutely horseshit.

Such a weird takeaway :cab:

[phonics]

Awful shot. Jesus.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Such a weird takeaway :cab:

You're right, getting outmuscled and then turned in the box was such great defending.

He's the second coming of Baresi.

[phonics]

Had no idea there was nothing between Baresi and absolute horseshit but thanks for showing me the way. tbf even Baresi would look bad in an Arsenal team when it can't be arsed/isn't sure what it's supposed to do.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Great defending.

[Giggles]

Phonics has increased his preciousness about Arsenal ten-fold lately.


EDIT: #dontbanme



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[phonics]

At least link a goal that everyone can see:

http://arsenalist.com/f/2017-18/arsenal-vs-ostersund/ostersund-goal-0-2.html

Maitland-Niles gets dispossed in the middle of the pitch after a poor pass and gets put one one one and fails.

There's about 6 errors in 7 seconds worth of play and it's a bit harsh describing a player like he shouldn't even have a professional career when it's barely his fault.

[Adramelch]

I mean maybe he wasn't the major culprit, but he definitely should have done better. And that's after playing Aiesh onside for the first goal (although Bellerin also had that covered).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Phonics has increased his preciousness about Arsenal ten-fold lately.


EDIT: #dontbanme



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He's recently been helping Mantralux create a realistic Arsenal db for FM 2018.

[John]

The lad with the bandage looks like Edge.

[Bernanke]

The lad with the bandage looks like Edge.

That's Petting. Arguably a better singer than football player.

[Adramelch]

That's Petting. Arguably a better singer than football player.

So similar to United's Stormzy?

[phonics]

I mean maybe he wasn't the major culprit, but he definitely should have done better. And that's after playing Aiesh onside for the first goal (although Bellerin also had that covered).

I think judging any player in Arsenals second string europa league dead rubber at home match, as 'absolute horseshit' was a bit much. Bellerin, who had any Spurs player on his side in his pocket for large swathes of the time last week, looks a bit crap. This is how every Europa League game has looked.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm not basing it just on today.

[mugbull]

You're trying your very hardest to hang onto that superiority complex over Tottenham aren't you

[phonics]

You're trying your very hardest to hang onto that superiority complex over Tottenham aren't you

It's not a complex.

[phonics]

A bunch of 'Spartak Moscow' fans have killed a Spanish copper.

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think I might be a better finisher than Welbeck.

[Magic]

RED BULL knocking out Napoli is a massive travesty.

[John]

I think I might be a better finisher than Welbeck.

Apparently Sergio Ramos has more career goals than him. Someone else can do the legwork on that, likely Phonics through a fog of angry tears, but fucking lol if that's right.

[Adramelch]

Apparently Sergio Ramos has more career goals than him. Someone else can do the legwork on that, likely Phonics through a fog of angry tears, but fucking lol if that's right.

75 for Ramos and 59 for Welbeck if wikipedia is accurate. Ramos has more than double the games, but still.

[Lewis]

He's had a few injuries to be fair to him. They hardly help when you're crap already.

[Ian]

I'd still have him back.

[Lewis]

Oh yeah I would swap him for Lukaku in a heartbeat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yep, he might be wonky at finishing but I do like him a lot.

Doesn't anger me as much as Lukaku.

[John]

He seems like he'd be good to play beside an old school poacher type, doing all their running for them and getting on the end of the odd rebound.

[John]

Pougatch on the highlights show just now is citing Zenit winning the competition ten years ago as an example of their European experience and how Celtic just can't compete playing in Scotland every week. :harold:

[Jimmy Floyd]

There really is some right old shite trotted out about sport on TV.

[John]

He's probably right, but using that example means his whole argument can be punctured by pointing out it was Rangers that Zenit played in that final.

[Lewis]

Some of the videos from their day out in Manchester were all-time classics. That one with the fat lad and his big drum setting everyone off in an arcade is right up there.

EDIT: This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKnkI1ISSEw). :drool:

[Lewis]

That one of them cheerfully clearing an Aldi out is lol as well.

[John]

I think that might have been from the day before. Still great though.

EDIT - The drum one that is. The Aldi one is from the afternoon of, I think.

[John]

Bruno Fernandes' strike tonight was a corker, but the real highlight of the night is some of the worst goalkeeping you'll ever see from the Partizan lad. Comes to the halfway line to deal with a counter then completely borks his header. Terrific stuff.

[Boydy]

Some of the videos from their day out in Manchester were all-time classics. That one with the fat lad and his big drum setting everyone off in an arcade is right up there.

EDIT: This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKnkI1ISSEw). :drool:

Why are they playing The Fields of Athenry?

[Boydy]

Why are they playing The Fields of Athenry?
Someone answer this. John?

[Lewis]

They have their own version called 'Father's Advice' about joining the YCV.

[Baz]

Lazio v Dynamo Kiev
RB Leipzig v Zenit St Petersburg
Atletico Madrid v Lokomotiv Moscow
CSKA v Lyon
Marseille v Athletic Bilbao
Sporting Lisbon v Viktoria Plzen
Borussia Dortmund v FC Salzburg
Milan v Arsenal

Borini to show Lacazette how to score goals.

[Bob Sacamano]

Whenever I see as tie involving a Russian or Ukranian side I let out a big sigh, so dull.

I'm sure the Lazio and Dynamo fans will try to out shit each other too.

[John]

Someone answer this. John?

I saw you asking last night and assumed you were trolling. It's what Lewis said.

[Boydy]

I saw you asking last night and assumed you were trolling. It's what Lewis said.

I really wasn't. It vaguely rings a bell now Lewis said what it was.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sven in the Sky studio, he is my fucking idol. Come to the Bridge please Sven.

[Giggles]

Is he Scottish?

He is now.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/03/04/scott-mctominay-pledges-future-scotland-meteoric-manchester/

[Kikó]

I find it funny that people can find it INCREDIBLE that he would associate himself as Scottish.

[Magic]

Great we need more English players.