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Post by Adzer on Dec 15, 2006 17:49:05 GMT
Out of the British teams I think Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal will make it through, Liverpool and Celtic have a tough one
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Post by stevenuk1 on Dec 15, 2006 19:28:28 GMT
Out of the British teams I think Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal will make it through, Liverpool and Celtic have a tough one Agreed, Hope Liverpool can do it tho, really would like to see them get through to next round. |
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Post by doakey on Dec 15, 2006 21:47:52 GMT
Out of the British teams I think Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal will make it through, Liverpool and Celtic have a tough one If ever there was a time to draw Milan then its now. They have struggled badly this year in the league and have been unpredictable to say the least in Europe. |
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Post by Adzer on Dec 16, 2006 3:34:51 GMT
Out of the British teams I think Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal will make it through, Liverpool and Celtic have a tough one If ever there was a time to draw Milan then its now. They have struggled badly this year in the league and have been unpredictable to say the least in Europe. That's very true, they lost 2 of their games to AEK and Lille and drew with Lille too. They have been dodgy in Serie A too, even without the points reduction they would still be about 6th. But, Celtics bad away form is not going to do them well if it continues, the San Siro is where Celtics fate will be IMO |
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Post by doakey on Dec 16, 2006 21:19:54 GMT
If ever there was a time to draw Milan then its now. They have struggled badly this year in the league and have been unpredictable to say the least in Europe. That's very true, they lost 2 of their games to AEK and Lille and drew with Lille too. They have been dodgy in Serie A too, even without the points reduction they would still be about 6th. But, Celtics bad away form is not going to do them well if it continues, the San Siro is where Celtics fate will be IMO Agreed, although I have to say our terrible away run in Europe has to end some time. Also we have one of the best home records in the tournament, only Barca have beaten us at Parkhead and I am very confident of getting a result at home. I was quite pleased with the draw, apart from ourselves, they are one of the weaker teams left along with PSV and Porto either of these teams I would have been pleases with as well. |
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Post by Adzer on Dec 17, 2006 13:15:47 GMT
That's very true, they lost 2 of their games to AEK and Lille and drew with Lille too. They have been dodgy in Serie A too, even without the points reduction they would still be about 6th. But, Celtics bad away form is not going to do them well if it continues, the San Siro is where Celtics fate will be IMO Agreed, although I have to say our terrible away run in Europe has to end some time. Also we have one of the best home records in the tournament, only Barca have beaten us at Parkhead and I am very confident of getting a result at home. I was quite pleased with the draw, apart from ourselves, they are one of the weaker teams left along with PSV and Porto either of these teams I would have been pleases with as well. Lille could have been a good draw for them too, Lyon are the strong team in france and still top of their league but Lille are struggling a little bit in Ligue 1 in 4th. I also think that Celtic could have made a good challenge to Liverpool or Arsenal |
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Post by stevenuk1 on Feb 16, 2007 22:13:16 GMT
Porto vs. Chelsea
Celtic vs. AC Milan
PSV Eindhoven vs. Arsenal
Lille vs. Manchester United
Roma vs. Lyon
Barcelona vs. Liverpool
Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich
Inter Milan vs. Valencia
With these match's being next week who do you think will get the upper hand going in to the second leg of the games in March? I am going to say;
Chelsea
AC Milan
Arsenal
Lille/Manchester United (draw)
Lyon
Barca/Liverpool (draw)
Bayern Munich
Inter Milan
Could be really wrong but anything can happen in football.
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Post by Adzer on Feb 17, 2007 11:26:01 GMT
Porto vs. Chelsea Celtic vs. AC Milan PSV Eindhoven vs. Arsenal Lille vs. Manchester United Roma vs. Lyon Barcelona vs. Liverpool Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich Inter Milan vs. Valencia Couple of guesses here, but here is how the first legs will go Porto 1-1 Chelsea Celtic 1-3 AC Milan PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Arsenal Lille 0-0 Manchester United Roma 2-2 Lyon Barcelona 2-0 Liverpool Real Madrid 3-2 Bayern Munich Inter Milan 2-0 Valencia I have a feeling that Inter will take the trophy in the end, they are some great form in Serie A, Adrianio and Ibrahimovich are playing well and Crespo/Cruz/Recoba are all great top have as backup strikers. |
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Post by doakey on Feb 17, 2007 14:13:32 GMT
I'll say:
Porto 0 - 2+ Chelsea
Celtic 1 - 0 AC Milan
PSV 0 - 1 Arsenal
Lille 0 - 2+ Man Utd
Roma 0 - 1 Lyon
Barc 2 - 1 Liverpool
Real Madrid 1 - 1 Bayern Munich
Inter 1 - 0 Valencia
My tip for the tournament is Lyon. They have played so well in the past few seasons, only to choke at the latter stages. I think this could be there year.
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Post by Rocky IV on Feb 17, 2007 14:57:45 GMT
I'm taking..
Chelsea
AC Milan
PSV Eindhoven
Manchester United
Lyon
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Inter Milan
With Inter or AC to win the whole thing.
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Post by stevenuk1 on Feb 19, 2007 15:16:57 GMT
I can see it being a Lyon/Inter final, but I can see Liverpool taking Barca, not just as I am a Liverpool fan, just can see Liverpool doing them.
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Post by euanzooom on Feb 19, 2007 15:39:55 GMT
Inter v Valencia will be a cracking tie.
I've followed Inter for 16 years now so I'm currently delighted, however, Valencia could well have been winning the Spanish league this year had it not been for the freak injuries to their entire first team.Vicente, Gavilan, Regueiro who were their first threee choices for left midfield were all injured at the same time in addition to Del Horno long term with his back up Moretti being injured as well. Central midfielders Marchena, Albelda, Baraja and Edu all bit the dust at the same time as well as Villa and Morientes both being injured at the same time!
All these players are either back or just back and they beat Barcelona last night so this tie could be great as Valencia at full strength have quite a team.
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Post by Adzer on Feb 21, 2007 0:11:51 GMT
Couple of guesses here, but here is how the first legs will go Celtic 1-3 AC Milan PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Arsenal Lille 0-0 Manchester United Real Madrid 3-2 Bayern Munich * (Wrong, my guess 1-3), good result to stop AC getting an away goal, but as I said before the San Siro awaits (if they do actually intend on holding it there), which is where Celtic need to really play out of their skins to survive and maybe nick an away goal. PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Arsenal * (Wrong, my guess 0-2), Surprising result, didnt get to see the match to evaluate Arsenals performance but 1-0 loss isnt a terrible defeat for them and is well within their reaches of turning around, If Brighty or Carl could fill me on the match itself, I would really appreciate it. Lille 0-1 Manchester United *(Wrong, my guess 0-0), It nearly finished with a correct prediction for me, after Lille's goal was disallowed (Not sure if it should have been), and then Uniteds contraversial goal from a free kick that the referee never blew the whistle for (according to Fifa its perfectly legal), but a great game to watch, both teams played with the urgency you expect at this level, but also both making stupid mistakes and either team could have walked out with the win, Old Trafford now awaits the decider with United having an away goal. Overall, not a great performance by Man Utd at all, but the result will definitely help us reach the quarter finals (nothings guaranteed though). Real Madrid 3-2 Bayern Munich *(Correct, my guess 3-2), Well I never expected to get this one right, the exact scoreline aswell, from what I seen of the match, it was just bad luck on Bayern that they didnt get the draw from this game, but 2 away goals from the Bernabeau (sp?) is almost as good as, 2nd leg in Munich ought to be interesting |
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Post by Gary Groucutt on Feb 21, 2007 10:52:01 GMT
Great result for Man utd. It was a average performance (at times awful) but the result yesterday was the only important thing.
I would say we are through, i cant see them causing us any problems at home. ;D
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Post by stevenuk1 on Feb 21, 2007 11:52:00 GMT
I missed most of the Man Utd game yesterday as forgot all about it but was lucky enough to flick over when Giggs put away the free kick and to watch the Lille coach telling his players to come off the pitch. Stupid moment in football, but made me laugh. As for my predictions; AC Milan - Wrong, ended a draw  Arsenal - Arsenal lost. Lille/Manchester United (draw) - Man Utd won. Bayern Munich - Wrong as they lost, close match tho. Didn't do very good at predicting the winners last night. |
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Post by Mr-Brightside on Feb 21, 2007 17:46:38 GMT
Inter v Valencia will be a cracking tie. I've followed Inter for 16 years now so I'm currently delighted, however, Valencia could well have been winning the Spanish league this year had it not been for the freak injuries to their entire first team.Vicente, Gavilan, Regueiro who were their first threee choices for left midfield were all injured at the same time in addition to Del Horno long term with his back up Moretti being injured as well. Central midfielders Marchena, Albelda, Baraja and Edu all bit the dust at the same time as well as Villa and Morientes both being injured at the same time! All these players are either back or just back and they beat Barcelona last night so this tie could be great as Valencia at full strength have quite a team. Even you, an Inter fan, have to admit that they are among the most feeble teams (read: biggest underachievers in Europe) and regardless of how they do it this season, their championship win should and will always be marked with an asterix: No Juventus, AC Milan 20 points behind from day one, Serie A's poorest league for years and the most stacked team in Italian football history, finally give Inter a scudetto. I find their plight, quite frankly, beyond hilarious. They'll beat Valencia but will fall short on one of the next two rounds as they're a bunch of choke artists. PSV were/are shite, Arsenal were their usual waste of space selves. Loads of possession, loads of missed chances, about 20 passes too many. Henry needs to be dropped as captain and from the team, he does nothing but pout these days; complete waste of space. Tomas Rosicky is a God, Robin Van Persie and Emanuel Eboue need to hurry up and return and Gilberto needs to be made captain. Phillipe Senderos needs to fuck off and Kolo Toure needs to learn how to defend again because his instability is really starting to worry me. |
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Post by doakey on Feb 21, 2007 19:56:10 GMT
Celtic 0-0 AC Milan * (Wrong, my guess 1-3), good result to stop AC getting an away goal, but as I said before the San Siro awaits (if they do actually intend on holding it there), which is where Celtic need to really play out of their skins to survive and maybe nick an away goal. I don't think we need to play out of our skins to get a result in Milan. Watching the game it looked pretty even with no real goal scoring oppertunities, but that was a pretty poor performance by our standards. If AC play lie that at the San Siro and we actually perform then we could take them. |
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Post by stevenuk1 on Feb 21, 2007 22:17:52 GMT
Barcelona 1-2 Liverpool
FC Porto 1-1 Chelsea
Inter Milan 2-2 Valencia
Roma 0-0 Lyon
So happy about the Liverpool score tonight, what a way to come off after a week of players having alleged bust up's and for the two main people in it all to score. Can't wait for the return leg at Anfield, should be a good one.
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Post by Gary Groucutt on Feb 21, 2007 22:47:12 GMT
I cant believe how bad barca's defence was, still a great result for Liverpool.
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Post by Adzer on Feb 21, 2007 23:26:50 GMT
Porto 1-1 Chelsea
Roma 2-2 Lyon
Barcelona 2-0 Liverpool
Inter Milan 2-0 Valencia - On the button, well done Porto!! Roma 0-0 Lyon - Right result, wrong score Barcelona 1-2 Liverpool - Wrong, great result for Liverpool, like someone said, Barca's defence made too many fuckups and Liverpool punished them for it Inter Milan 2-2 Valencia - Interesting situation for this tie, 2 away goals and a home fixture to come really sways in Valencia's favour Even you, an Inter fan, have to admit that they are among the most feeble teams (read: biggest underachievers in Europe) and regardless of how they do it this season, their championship win should and will always be marked with an asterix: No Juventus, AC Milan 20 points behind from day one, Serie A's poorest league for years and the most stacked team in Italian football history, finally give Inter a scudetto. I find their plight, quite frankly, beyond hilarious. Even if AC didnt have the 20 point reduction they would be 2nd and 10 points behind Inter, AC lost 4-3 to Inter earlier this season and Inter beat 2nd place at the moment Roma aswell, so you have to say they have earned the championship if they do indeed win it. |
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