Arsenal saying hi to UEFA cup thread?

[Angelsaint]

BATE Borisov v Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Zenit St Petersburg v Valencia CF
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Chelsea Haifa
Lyon v KAA Gent
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FC Porto v Dynamo Kyiv
FC Bayern Munchen v Olympiakos
Barcelona v Roma
Arsenal v Dinamo Zagreb


Wednesday 25 November 2015
FC Astana v Benfica
CSKA Moscow v VfL Wolfsburg
Shakhtar Donetsk v Real Madrid
Manchester United v PSV
Malmo FF v Paris Saint-Germain
Juventus v Manchester City
Borussia Monchengladbach v Sevilla
Atletico de Madrid v Galatasaray

[Angelsaint]

Me trying to be a new Saint as failed miserably. What a mess.
Should leave this to Toby.

[Reg]

It looks pretty grim for Arsenal but arguably City topping their group has been a bigger surprise. Although Juve have sorted themselves out a bit since the last time they played.

[phonics]

You can only hope Olympiakos score 5 and Petr Cech throws one in the net.

[niko_cee]

Arsenal should win their last two (they always walk tough/pivotal Euro aways) so it's just a matter of whether Fritz is feeling like another Anschluss.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah, Arsenal have virtually guaranteed qualification by mathematically staying in it throughout.

Backing us to hit the crucial two wins in a row barrier tonight.

[Yevrah]

I don't understand the constant assertions that Arsenal are headed for the Europa League when all they need to do is beat two bang average teams (and hope neither pull a surprise against Bayern) to finish second.

[John]

Two bang average teams that have already beaten them.

[Yevrah]

Two bang average teams that have already beaten them.

Which shouldn't hold any bearing on the two return matches.

[phonics]

We need to beat Olympiacos by two goals or score four and win.

[Waffdon]

The bint on BT Sport there :D

[phonics]

'It's all been Kiev so far' from Michael Owen commentating on the Dinamo Zagreb match.

[Angelsaint]

We need to beat Olympiacos by two goals or score four and win.
What if bayern score a zillion goals against Olympiakos? Like they normally do at home?

Ozil is really a sight for sore eyes. Amazing everything he does.

[phonics]

What if bayern score a zillion goals against Olympiakos? Like they normally do at home?

Ozil is really a sight for sore eyes. Amazing everything he does.

Affects nothing, Champions League is head to head.

[Lee]

Barcelona are taking the piss out of Roma here.

[Angelsaint]

Zagreb manager is the brother of Zagreb president :D

Wonder if Roman ever thought about that.

[Waffdon]

Roma will probably still manage to score a few. The front trio for Barcelona is probably the GOAT partnership?

[Reg]

Probably score a few? Seems pretty unlikely.

The second goal was beautiful, impossible to deal with.

[Boom-Boom]

Ozil is in incredible form at the moment.

[Angelsaint]

Sanchez... I think I discovered him in a u17 tournament in the other forum. I think I also had coentrao and.... Moses.

If my memory doesn't fail me I am amazing in detecting future talents.

I leave to Louis to see if this is true.

[Reg]

I'd say Roma need to change things but I think whatever they do they're screwed when Barcelona are playing this well.

[Toby]

Chelsea could really do with Porto not losing tonight.

[Reg]

Andrew Cole on Suarez - "Top top player in tip top form". :D

No contest really, 3-0 now. Tempted to switch over for the second half, any good matches?

[phonics]

We're smashing Zagreb in a similar style so you'd only be downgrading.

[Angelsaint]

Chelsea could really do with Porto not losing tonight. Chelsea and Mourinho sides play a lot better if they are constantly on pressure.

[phonics]

I can't watch the video but this is a mindblowing stat

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[Waffdon]

York City hahahahahahahahhhaah. Out both cups and now on their way to being relegated.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Casillas :cab:

What a shit attempt at a save.

[phonics]

They're taking the piss at this point

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[Angelsaint]

Mourinho was wrong for benching Casillas...

[Pen]

How does one pronounce William Vainqueur? Does it become 'wanker' or really close to it?

Barca has been pretty nice to watch tonight. They're making Roma look like a pub team at times.

[Jeet]

Is SCZ in goal for Roma?

[phonics]

How does one pronounce William Vainqueur? Does it become 'wanker' or really close to it?

Barca has been pretty nice to watch tonight. They're making Roma look like a pub team at times.

Van-Kerr

[Pepe]

Sanchez... I think I discovered him in a u17 tournament in the other forum. I think I also had coentrao and.... Moses.

If my memory doesn't fail me I am amazing in detecting future talents.

I leave to Louis to see if this is true.

How is Yannick Djaló doing?

[SvN]

What happened to Ashley Cole? Did his form just suddenly plummet in his last season at Chelsea? Crazy that at 34 he's without a club, only a couple of years on from being an automatic starter for Chelsea and England.

[Waffdon]

York City hahahahahahahahhhaah. Out both cups and now on their way to being relegated.

6-0. He's going to relegate two teams this year.

[Reg]

I think he just lost all his pace? Which maybe got him out of trouble more than we thought.

[Pen]

Had Suarez AGS 5-1 and Müller AGS 4-0 double. That last Barca goal after a soft penalty slightly fucking me off now.

[Toby]

Jackie McNamara used to manage Dundee United and now manages York, for anybody not sure why Waffelz is suddenly excited about them losing.


What happened to Ashley Cole? Did his form just suddenly plummet in his last season at Chelsea? Crazy that at 34 he's without a club, only a couple of years on from being an automatic starter for Chelsea and England.

It'll just be that he's no longer worth the massive wages he would want to bother to continue playing, rather than actually not good enough to do a decent job for somebody. He will have lost pace, which was fairly important to his game, but I imagine he'd still do well for a lot of top flight sides if he really wanted to extend his career.

[Lewis]

Arsenal will get Barcelona in the next round.

[Reg]

I don't think it's just wanting too much money, he really didn't do well for Roma last season. Was at fault too many times and couldn't keep his place ahead of Holebas, who is now at Watford to put that into context. (Although I think he's a pretty good player, going forward at least.)

[Toby]

I don't think it's just wanting too much money, he really didn't do well for Roma last season. Was at fault too many times and couldn't keep his place ahead of Holebas, who is now at Watford to put that into context. (Although I think he's a pretty good player, going forward at least.)

I'm not saying he can still cut it at a Champions League club.

[Giggles]

Why does he not like McNamara then? Surely he was sacked and didn't jump ship for York.

[Reg]

Fair enough, I just mean his performances dropped more than expected.

[Toby]

Why does he not like McNamara then? Surely he was sacked and didn't jump ship for York.

Presumably he blames him for the abject failure of a season they're currently plodding through,

[Vim]

Last goal wins!

[Toby]

Chelsea and Mourinho sides play a lot better if they are constantly on pressure.

Part of the problem is that Chelsea only need a draw but Porto need a win. I'd probably be comfortable with win or bust with this side.

[Davgooner]

No way we're doing the job in Greece. Give us the yids in the Europa, preferably in Basel.

[Waffdon]

Why does he not like McNamara then? Surely he was sacked and didn't jump ship for York.

Him and his cronies fucked my club up bad. An absolute wank of a man - who had the sympathy from many. Must be a Celtic/Liverpool/Irish thing. Fuck him.

[phonics]

No way we're doing the job in Greece. Give us the yids in the Europa, preferably in Basel.

Bang on for a 1-0

[Jeet]

Glorious defeat is what we do in Europe or get twatted by Barca/Bayern

[Jimmy Floyd]

Part of the problem is that Chelsea only need a draw but Porto need a win. I'd probably be comfortable with win or bust with this side.

I reckon we need to win don't we? Unless they've changed the sorting rules again.

Oh no, we lost 2-1 in Porto. I thought it was 2-0. A draw would only be enough for second place behind Kiev though.

[Angelsaint]

Second place would be very risky. Most likely a bayern/Barcelona /PSG would follow. We are recovering but not at that levels yet. A olimpiacos / German team who is not bayern or Benfica would be perfect.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://i.imgur.com/48ocdTU.png

I assume that those who voted for Rooney are family members.

[Lewis]

Pulsating stuff this.

[Manc]

Is anyone watching City? Do they look like scoring?

[Smiffy]

.....

[Boydy]

Sterling. :harold:

[Lewis]

I'm going for a late penalty won with some heroic cheating.

[Yevrah]

http://i.imgur.com/48ocdTU.png

I assume that those who voted for Rooney are family members.

It'll be Lewis, at least 6 times.

[Vim]

That Morata miss is making me dread the last five minutes. How did he not pass it to Dybala, who had an open net? :moop:

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's getting to the point where the conspiracy theories as to why he still starts every game for club and country start gaining a bit of credence.

[Ian]

I think we're about due Fellainimania (:cool:) running wild.

[Lewis]

He's been alright tonight. Then again, Chris Smalling has been their best attacker.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Shaktar :eyemouth:

[Vim]

Is the tie-breaker in CL goal difference or head-to-head?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Head to head. Juve take the group with a win here and then a classic Italian away point next time.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Surely Sir Rafa isn't about to cunt a 4-0 lead in the last 12 minutes.

[Vim]

Yep, I was basically asking whether shitting a 0-0 in Seville would be enough.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You won't, as Sevilla will need the win to get their Europa League place and subsequently their 118th consecutive Europa League title.

United are cutting this a bit fine, aren't they? Have to win away to a motivated Wolfsburg next time? No thanks.

[Waffdon]

Bye bye, 'United'.

[Lewis]

There were a few boos there. Hopefully the idea is that it 'clicks' around January, otherwise fucking hell.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Europa League it is then :drool:

[Giggles]

Dunphy is giving them both barrels tonight. So far Van Gaal is a spoofer, Schweinsteiger is an old man, and Man Utd aren't a big club any more and are on life support :D

[Ian]

I reckon we should give some thought to buying a second forward in January.


Bye bye, 'United'.

You know the word United is in the team's name, right?

[Smiffy]

.....

[Giggles]

You know the word United is in the team's name, right?

Yeah but like, Dundee 'United'.

[Ian]

Yeah.

[Giggles]

Yeah.

How dare Utd use the name when a club the stature of Dundee use it.

[Kikó]

More shit on a stick football. The decision to bring on that bog brushed twat in midfield was the confirmation that we had no idea

[Magic]

Is this the new CL thread then or wot?

[Giggles]

Is this the new CL thread then or wot?

The weekly football thread. It's just that Saint made a bit of a balls of it.

[Waffdon]

How dare Utd use the name when a club the stature of Dundee use it.

This beaut gets it.

[Pen]

Doesn't look too good for United now going in to the last games. They could of course get lucky and CSKA will win in Eindhoven, but I can't see them getting an away win against Wolfsburg with the kind of stuff United have been serving in Europe so far.

[Giggles]

Dunphy is giving them both barrels tonight. So far Van Gaal is a spoofer, Schweinsteiger is an old man, and Man Utd aren't a big club any more and are on life support :D

http://m.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/1125/749250-analysis/

I'd missed him saying first time round that Rooney was the only one with talent.

[Lewis]

ITKiko will presumably know who this (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0395tc9) is. Juan Mata is the obvious guess, but he's probably too nice to go grassing to journalists.

[phonics]

I only watched the highlights but it looked like United smashed it but couldn't hit a barn door.

[Kikó]

The highlights were cleverly put together then. We were garbage especially second half.

Lewis - not sure. It's probably Rooney.

[Giggles]

Lloris; Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Mason; Alli, Eriksen, Son; Kane

Strange with Chelsea on Sunday. Wimmer, Njie would at least be worth a start. I'd throw Vorm, Carroll, and Winks in there too.

[Giggles]

I don't know how Kazan haven't scored here.

[Manc]

Dortmund likewise.

[Davgooner]

No surprise really. The Europa really is the top European competition these days.

[Boydy]

What the fuck are Dortmund playing at. Twats have ruined my bet for the day already.

[Boydy]

Back to a bit of bombscare defending there.

[niko_cee]

I thought that 6 second rule was abolished years ago.

[Angelsaint]

Good job of UEFA ruining this cup. Long live champions league.