The New English Footy Discussion Thread

[Sweet Tart]

hey Sweet Tart, 2-1 to Chelsea today will mean the game is tied overall, so will go to penalties. I cannot see Barcelona not scoring, which means Chelsea are going to have to score twice...

As for Arsenal, yeah am not that hopeful as we are missing too many good defensive players.. I think we will win but maybe only 2-1.. unfortunately Bayern will definitely score...

oh yeah i forgot it wold go to penlties. now that would be a nail biting finsih.

GO CHELSEA!!!!!!

 

[Party Boy]

I had to survive Arsenal going to penalties with Sheff Utd in the FA cup last week... def not good for your health....

 

[Sweet Tart]

I had to survive Arsenal going to penalties with Sheff Utd in the FA cup last week... def not good for your health....

i know...that was kinda sad it had to come to that.

 

[Party Boy]

tell me about it.. sometimes we play really brilliantly yet a week later we play like a pub team.. very strange season for Arsenal..

 

[tarquinsuperb]

tell me about it.. sometimes we play really brilliantly yet a week later we play like a pub team.. very strange season for Arsenal..

For the second leg you've got your best player - the Iceman back so I don't think the pub team will turn up and you could go through. You need an early goal, Henry on fire and non-Mickey Mouse defending. We've seen these things done before so keep the faith.

I'm sorry to say this but Carvalho doesn't look fully fit at the moment and I think we'll find it much more difficult if Gallas doesn't start. If he gets a couple of goals tonight I will willing have Kezman's babies.

 

[Sweet Tart]

For the second leg you've got your best player - the Iceman back so I don't think the pub team will turn up and you could go through. You need an early goal, Henry on fire and non-Mickey Mouse defending. We've seen these things done before so keep the faith.

I'm sorry to say this but Carvalho doesn't look fully fit at the moment and I think we'll find it much more difficult if Gallas doesn't start. If he gets a couple of goals tonight I will willing have Kezman's babies.

me too. GO KEZZA!!!!!!!

but i think that carvalho will have to start. billy will be fit but he wil have to play left back cause i would rather see him there than ferriera playing outta position on the left again and johnson on the right. glen is just not good enough to handle ronaldinho and we can't afford to get all the silly bookings that no doubt he will get if he plays today. i think jose just rested gallas against norwcih cause we didn't need him.

 

[Pero]

I was betting that Barcelona, Lyon and Milan will win tonight. Cross your fingers!!!
Tomorrow: Arsenal wins definitely, Liverpool too, Juve too and Psv plays 2:2 with Monaco

 

[Party Boy]

Good luck to Man U and Chelsea tonight!

 

[Vorsprung]

After Chelsea's and especially Mourinho's last performance against Barcelona they definitely deserve to lose tonight... BIG TIME!!!

ManU: I don't really care, I only know that it will be damn hard to score against Italians on their home ground

Liverpool: they'll probably make it as long as they keep scoring (Leverkusen usually scores easily in home games)

As for Arsenal: they always fuck up in international matches so forget about it.

 

[D'oh!]

WOW! what a first half!
Ronaldinho's second goal
Chelsea have to be careful not to concede again, otherwise they will need to score twice more

Man U - Milan is fascinating for a different set of reasons.....
United are very much alive in this tie, Giggs was sooooo unlucky.

 

[DaveC]

Fuck Chelsea.

 

[Vorsprung]

^ so true

 

[DaveC]

And how about that 7-2 match? I wasn't aware that today Lyon and Bremen were playing baseball.

 

[D'oh!]

I said Barca would qualify, but i am happy to eat my words....
Chelsea were fantastic on the night. They seem like the only side that can challenge an unbelivably efficient AC Milan team, that for the most part of 180 minutes, made Manchester United look very very pedestrian, especially going forward.

 

[Aardvark747]

C*nt it. We didnt deserve to go thru on that performence. Were Rooney and Ruud playing??!

And as for Ronaldo....fuck me, he has confirmed himself as the most selfish fucker in football.

 

[Party Boy]

Chelsea - Barcelona game was great. Although I though Barcelona deserved to score more than 2 goals (they were unlucky with some great saves by Cech), fair play to chelsea for not giving up when it got back to 3-2..

 

[Party Boy]

As for man u, seemed to me that Milan were mostly in control of the game last night. Still, Arsenal will most likely be joining Man U out of the competition later..

 

[Aardvark747]

Chelsea - Barcelona game was great. Although I though Barcelona deserved to score more than 2 goals (they were unlucky with some great saves by Cech), fair play to chelsea for not giving up when it got back to 3-2..

Yeah - sorry, I should've mentioned this game earlier, instead of just being bitter!
Great game - and well done to Chelsea for getting that desicive last goal. Hope they go all the way.

 

[Party Boy]

oh.. dont want them to go all the way.. as i am living in London, I am surrounded by wayy too many Chelsea fans!!

 

[Aardvark747]

lol! Well, i'm down here in the English Riviera - so I should be safe as long as I dont go out on the last day of the season!
But it's always good to see an English team go far in Europe.

Hell - it could even be Liverpool's year?!

 

[Party Boy]

Liverpools year? hmm.. now that I doubt very much.. cant see liverpool winning any major trophy for another few years yet....

 

[Aardvark747]

Gerard will be looking to lead the way thru tonight. He really does carry the team. If they can manage to hang on, I dont really seem them progressing to the semis. They'll probably get Milan or Chelsea next!

 

[Party Boy]

Gerard will be sold by Liverpool this summer. He's not playing as well as he has done in the past at present.. maybe he is just pissed off with how crap the rest of the team is!

 

[Aardvark747]

That's understandable. It would be hilarious tho if they went all the way in the European Cup, knocking out the blues along the way!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

oy, tarquin

how drunk are you?

update on my own team - sitting in third after a horrific run of results including defeats by the mighty watford and qpr. argh.

 

[Party Boy]

ah Ipswich... not a good run... and Joe Royle lost about £500,000 in court case against Man City!

 

[Party Boy]

Come on Arsenal!! Its time for vintage display!!!

 

[Sweet Tart]

YAY!!!!!! what a game

 

[tarquinsuperb]

oy, tarquin

how drunk are you?

Cheers for noticing.

Although I felt drunk last night there was no alcohol in my system at all as I had an early start today.

I think I'll be boring my grandchildren about that match, it was just so good to get the winner. Couldn't believe Ronaldinho's second. Although it was up my end of the ground I missed it because I had my eye on the man in the middle and the Assistant Referee waiting for the flag to go up, it never came but having seen it again what a goal. However what an arsehole, having scored it he could have run 20 yards to his own fans to celebrate or 25 yards to the Chelsea fans, there was no need to choose the latter. Joe Cole as for the last two games was outstanding, probably his best three performances in a Chelsea shirt. John Terry has to be first choice for England, is there nothing the man can't do? Apart from Rijkaard, Barcelona certainly don't know how to lose with dignity. It also removes the myth I think that we are a one man outfit dependent on Robben (Just imagine how good we're going to be when he's back though)

Don't think the media were too happy, focusing on how we rode our luck but I don't think we got a lot out of the ref so it all works out.

Congrats to Liverpool, great win against a team with a much better record in the Champions League than is being made out. Who knows how far they can go if they get a good draw but I do think there is a danger if they get Milan and Shevchenko is fit, they'll get ripped to pieces.

Just watching the United game in full at the moment but saw the highlights, I don't think they had a shot on target (I also think Giggs' shot was lucky to hit the post rather than unlucky not to go in.)

Arsenal, not a lot to say apart from the fact that it was all a bit familiar. Can't believe they didn't attack with more conviction after they got the goal. I've got my own theories as to why they struggle in Europe but that's for another time.

Not sure anyone can stop us this year but I would rather avoid AC Milan or Lyon if possible.

 

[tarquinsuperb]

Good to see the ITV coverage was as unless, uninspiring and unashamedly pro-Man United as ever.

PS The fact that the man who got the goals that knocked United out is on the Chelsea payroll just made the night even sweeter.