Champions League 18/19

Originally posted by Zinedine Kilbane 110

Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:

All the English teams getting through again.

When is the draw for the next round?

Monday i think

If City get a point tonight to win the group they can only face Atletico Madrid, Ajax, Schalke or Roma

VAR to be used in the knockout stages

Hans Moleman wrote:

BrendanD88 wrote:

The Huntacha wrote:

Hans Moleman wrote:

If Barca rest Messi, I'd definitely fancy Spurs. Spurs better players are coming into form, Barca are half the team without Messi and have nothing to play for effectively.

Liverpool Napoli. 2 serious sides. Awful pity if one of these go out in the end, especially if it's Napoli as they have probably been the best side in the group so far by a good bit. Liverpool will have to hit the heights of last seasons performances to get it done tonight. Will be a joy to watch Liverpools attack try to break down Koulibalys defence. This guy is something else. 2 of the top few CBs in the world at opposite ends tonight imo.

Hamsik is the key for me though. Liverpool need to go back to massive pressure high up the pitch and hound Hamsik every time he touches the ball. If he gets time on the ball he'll kill Liverpool eventually. If Liverpool stop him, which I'd expect them to be all over him, they should get the foothold they need to carry them through.

Thought he was extremely poor last night. Gave the ball away a lot, even when not being pressured that much.

He has been average for a couple of years now.

Zielinski is a better player.

Wouldn't agree with that at all. Hamsik is still a top quality player. Liverpool just hounded him last night. Napoli had little time in midfield to pick passes and set their own tempo. Hamsik was very good all of last season for Napoli in what was exceptionally close to being a title winning season. Although he was hauled off in almost every game for Zielinski around the 70 mins mark, which I always presumed was a recurring injury issue.

Watched a lot of Napoli last season and he certainly wasn't very good. Had a good season the year before but he has been average in 17/18 and for most of what I have seen of him this season too.

Ajax and their new generation of youngsters against a Bayern team that seems on decline. This is the only game worth watching the rest of the groups are fairly straight forward.

Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government.

Fckin mangy coonts Madrid 2down at half time to the ruskies Angry

Roberto Baggio wrote:

DUBLIN DOC wrote:

Fckin mangy coonts Madrid 2down at half time to the ruskies Angry

You bet them? LOL

You’d stop anything

I did actually, your beloved are fcked so also LOL

Some miss by Bernardo. Three of them with just the keeper to beat and hit straight at him

What's the reasoning behind teams from the same country avoiding each other in the second round?

pre Madonna wrote:

max wrote:

What's the reasoning behind teams from the same country avoiding each other in the second round?

Money. Keep as many big television audiences apart for as long as possible.

Is literally the right answer. This isn't PM being a conspiracy theorist (for a change Wink

). It is actually the right answer.

UEFA are money grubbing arseholes and the longer they can keep sides from the same country apart, the longer they will, because filthy, filthy lucre.

Edited by SuperDave84 - 13 Dec 2018 at 12:06am

pre Madonna wrote:

I can't think of many conspiracy theories I believe in. I do believe there is a lot of smoke and mirrors regarding anything where money is involved, or cynical for want of a better word, but it hardly makes me David Icke.

True. Conspiracy is the wrong word.