Roiling football blather

[don_quixote]

europa league breakdown
england 2
spain 2
germany 2
belgium 1
portugal 1

england's dominance of european competition may have weakened, but undoubtly they still have strength.

 

[baboon2004]

Sentences you thought you'd never write: Bobby Zamora has just destroyed Juventus...

Okay, I was otherwise engaged last night - WHAT DID YOU SAY????? Going to youtube right now...

Fucking hell - 4-1???

 

[hucks]

oooh, Arse versus Barce

 

[baboon2004]

Fucking hell, what a draw. Slightly disappointed with Lyon-Bordeaux, cos wanted to see how the French teams would match up against, say, Man U, but Bayern-United is a monster tie.

Inter-CSKA...Inter probably the only team to ever play three 'ex-USSR' teams in one CL season. God, could it be Jose's year again -s tarting to think it might be.

 

[hucks]

Inter-CSKA...Inter probably the only team to ever play three 'ex-USSR' teams in one CL season.

Four if you include Chelsea

 

[baboon2004]

And Barcelona is obviously a Communist hotbed - so is Jose singlehandedly leading the fight against the pinkos?

 

[crackerjack]

oooh, Arse versus Barce

Boo! I'd like to have seen both those teams stick around.

Man U, but Bayern-United is a monster tie.

So my friend was just saying, tho I assumed this was virtually a bye. Are Bayern real contenders at the moment? Who've they've got apart from le Frenchie?

 

[hucks]

Robben. On paper, it's not an amazing side tbh, but they are in good form right now

 

[baboon2004]

Exactly. Only saw Fiorentina highlights, but that Robben goal was a Messi-like rocket. And the sheer weight of history between United and Bayern should make it absorbing. Think it's good that first leg is in Muncih,a s they could've been blown away at OT, ruining the tie a bit.

Everyone seen the semi-final draw too? United-Lyon would make a killer semi, and the stage is set for Man U vs Inter or Barca in the final... Arsenal-Barca should be a hell of a game, but anyone who saw Barca-Valencia has got to doubt that anyone except a well-disciplined Inter can stop Messi right now.

 

[IdleRich]

"Exactly. Only saw Fiorentina highlights, but that Robben goal was a Messi-like rocket. And the sheer weight of history between United and Bayern should make it absorbing."

Have they met since that ridiculous final?

 

[hucks]

Yep, 2001. Bayern won home and away

Also, hats off to The Times

Dempsey makes piece of history for Fulham

 

[baboon2004]

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The commentator should have been screaming though at that point. Where's Barry Davies when you need him?

Plus he doesn't seem to understand, er, numbers. Fulham surely intot he quarter finals??? Eight minutes left and Juve only need to get one goal to win the tie??? What is so diffciult to grasp about the away goals rule - some people treat it like an equation by newton or something.

 

[IdleRich]

"The commentator should have been screaming though at that point. Where's Barry Davies when you need him?"

And he's still describing it as "a lovely ball across" as it drops in the net.

 

[don_quixote]

everyone said bayern were decent and in decent form last year though and look what happened there

 

[crackerjack]

messi keeps it coming

and coming again

 

[mind_philip]

I started a new football blog called Seagulls Follow The Trawler, if anyone fancies a read. Got bored of the overwhelming laddishness of most football blogs and decided to have a go at writing my own.

www.seagullsfollowthetrawler.com

 

[mrfaucet]

I can't wait for the Barca vs Arsenal game.

 

[hucks]

I started a new football blog called Seagulls Follow The Trawler, if anyone fancies a read. Got bored of the overwhelming laddishness of most football blogs and decided to have a go at writing my own.

www.seagullsfollowthetrawler.com

Looks great. Bookmarked!

 

[crackerjack]

I'll bookmark too, if I can overcome my disappointment that it's not about Brighton

 

[mind_philip]

I'll bookmark too, if I can overcome my disappointment that it's not about Brighton

If I could overcome my disappointment from when Brighton beat southampton on Sky earlier this season, I could probably bring myself to write about them. Always thought Poyet was a fantastic player and a scorer of great goals - hope he does well as a manager.