Champions League Thread 2013/14

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's a nice man.

Cech only just denied Salah from a scuffer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Salah is rapid. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 FT. Federer. :scarf:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I've never noticed before but Lampard runs like a crab with the shits.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not a huge crowd for Porto in the Dragao. Weird to see.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Old Man Eto'o went off injured today.

[Master Splinter]

Mourinho :haha: :haha:.

But their squad depth is so good!

Barcelona :haha:.

Rafa :doh:.

Napoli seem a bit amateurish at times. I think we'll handle them quite well. We're better at retaining the ball and if they just attack us it plays into our hands. Theo and Gnabry and Ryo up front tbh.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Utd plane had problems last night apparently

[Syn]

If Denzel's flying the plane, they'll be fine.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Group A
Bayer Leverkusen v Man Utd
Shakhtar Donetsk v Real Sociedad

Group B
Juventus v Copenhagen
Real Madrid v Galatasaray

Group C
PSG v Olympiakos
Anderlecht v Benfica

Group D
CSKA Moscow 0-1 Bayern Munich, Robben
Man City v Plzen

All other matches 19:45 kick-off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The snow is falling in Moscow, little bit hard.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How in the blue hell hasn't Honda scored? He's a couple of yards out!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Souness is in the studio with Schmeichel and Carragher. Wonder what Souness will say about Ramsey now. And us in general. :whistle:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Honda actually bothers to shoot this time, Neuer well to it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

CSKA Moscow 0-2 Bayern Munich, Goetze! Great goal.

Looks like La Decima. Wins in a row in this competition, that is. All teams apart from us in the Allianz. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to CSKA!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

CSKA 1-2 Bayern Munich, Honda!

[mkkreuk]

Pelanty after Robben is fouled.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Goetze just smacked the post before that too.

[mkkreuk]

Honda's been playing well, but at his finishing has been atrocious.

3-1 Bayern. Muller Penalty.

Entertaining second half so far.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rolled it in, much like Honda's.

[mkkreuk]

Goetze just smacked the post before that too.

Reverse pass from Robben was a little bit special....

for all his faults the old man is a star.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Backpass! :haha: Indirect freekick to Bayern.

[mkkreuk]

ridiculous decision to give a backpass.

[mkkreuk]

freekick from Robben just curls wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Very close from Robben.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Souness: Arsenal don't have a plan B. When do Arsenal change their game?

:rolleyes:

[mkkreuk]

Souness: Arsenal don't have a plan B. When do Arsenal change their game?

:rolleyes:

He's trying to outdo the ITV panel for fuckwit punditry.

[mkkreuk]

Tosic should do better I think.

CSKA have been threatening this whole second half, but it does feel like Bayern can step it up at will.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He didn't wait long to outdo them.

Carragher: Do you think you can play Wilshere and Ramsey together?

Souness: Well I don't know because they're both a bit naive, they all are, apart from Fellaini. :haha:

Fucking idiot.

[mkkreuk]

He didn't wait long to outdo them.

Carragher: Do you think you can play Wilshere and Ramsey together?

Souness: Well I don't know because they're both a bit naive, they all are, apart from Fellaini. :haha:

Fucking idiot.

No way he actually said that. :shrug: What a prat

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm afraid he did.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

This is the part where I jump in and defend him.

:shrug:

[mkkreuk]

Bayern ripped apart. Tosic hits the crossbar. CSKA movement was superb

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blame Rangers for Souness tbf.

[mkkreuk]

This is the part where I jump in and defend him.

:shrug:

We've all got idiot pundits who used to be legends for us.

Wrighty springs to mind immediately, for us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Souness went on to say with his hand to his head, great to watch but you hope someone in our midfield have a defensive thought in their minds. :lol:

[Syn]

We've all got idiot pundits who used to be legends for us.

Wrighty springs to mind immediately, for us.

apparently Thierry's going to be a guest on Sky for our game versus Napoli.

[mkkreuk]

apparently Thierry's going to be a guest on Sky for our game versus Napoli.

Obviously everything that comes out of God's mouth will be genius....and if it's not, that lovely accent will have hypnotised us long before we realise...

[Syn]

Jonesy, Giggsy and Kagawy in midfield. lol.

[Marc Overmars]

Souness went on to say with his hand to his head, great to watch but you hope someone in our midfield have a defensive thought in their minds. :lol:

What is he smoking?

Defence is our strongest asset now, we've rarely fallen behind in games this season.

[Syn]

Obviously everything that comes out of God's mouth will be genius....and if it's not, that lovely accent will have hypnotised us long before we realise...

Reckon he'll wear a scarf with his suit though, so nobody's perfect.

[mkkreuk]

Robben good chance. Akinfeev makes the save

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Akinfeev saves from Robben.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What is he smoking?

Defence is our strongest asset now, we've rarely fallen behind in games this season.

You can't expect professional pundits to do research.

[Master Splinter]

Those comments from Souness and Carragher are actually more ridiculous than if someone had posted them through a Twitter parody account. They make no sense whatsoever.

Souness is possibly the stupidest pundit ever. He's beyond thick. The apparent bitterness in his whole being is a bonus.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

CSKA Moscow 1-3 Bayern Munich, FT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayer Leverkusen: Leno, Donati, Spahic, Toprak, Can, Bender, Reinartz, Rolfes, Castro, Kiessling, Son.
Subs: Lomb, Stafylidis, Wollscheid, Derdiyok, Hegeler, Kruse, Kohr.

Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Giggs, Jones, Valencia, Nani, Kagawa, Rooney.
Subs: Lindegaard, Anderson, Hernandez, Young, Welbeck, Cleverley, Buttner.

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

[Munchies]

Can and Bender in the middle look tough to break down.

Can was a hidden gem on Football Manager a few years back :coffee:

From Bayern, but they've put a buy-back clause in his contract

[Özim]

There's only 2 sides in the Bundesliga, Leverkusen on one of them and aren't much cop either.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City: Hart, Richards, Demichelis, Lescott, Kolarov, Milner, Javi Garcia, Fernandinho, Nasri, Aguero, Dzeko.
Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Negredo, Jesus Navas, Boyata, Toure, Huws.

Plzen: Kozacik, Rajtoral, Cisovsky, Prochazka, Hubnik, Petrzela, Horava, Horvath, Duris, Kolar, Tecl.
Subs: Bolek, Hejda, Reznik, Wagner, Kovarik, Bakos, Pospisil.

Referee: Firat Aydinus (Turkey)

[Master Splinter]

Why is Kolarov captain with Aguero, Milner and Hart playing? Odd.

5-0 to Citeh?

Come on Leverkusen. They really should capitalise on an old/slow/dodgy midfield and defence. Shame Sam is injured.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fergie is touring every Man Utd game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Champions League music. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wazza offside.

Gary Neville always commentating on Man Utd games too. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Son. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Son :lol:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Smalling's passing is abysmal.

Woy has a funny story about what he should be doing...

[Master Splinter]

Smalling :lol:.

Son having a shocker so far.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bale misses a sitter. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

PSG 1-0 Olympiacos, Zlatan. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG 1-0 Olympiakos, Zlatan! :bow:

[Master Splinter]

The counter is on?

Evra is on the halfway line with no United players near him and half the Leverkusen team in their own half.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nani curls it, not far over. Decent play.

[Master Splinter]

Leverkusen just missing the final ball.

Maybe Neville should so some research on Kiessling's national team situation.

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal transfer legend Spahic almost scores with a header.

[Master Splinter]

Great block by Evans to deny Kiessling.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderlecht 1-0 Benfica, Mbemba.

Keissling nearly waltzes in for a goal. Evans with the Big Man tackle.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Man Utd, Valencia. :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Leverkusen 0-1 United, Valencia.

Was it Bender who gave the ball away with a Ramsey backheel?

Stupid.

[Syn]

Was it Bender who gave the ball away with a Ramsey backheel?

Stupid.

Imagine having another Ramsey. :cloud9:

A must get.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Evans shoots, going wide but blocked, Jones shoots, :lol: Blocked again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sergio Ramos sent off, again. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Kagawa passes it to Noone.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Man Utd, Spahic OG. :rose:

[Master Splinter]

Wazza's delivery is pretty special at the moment.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Juventus 1-0 Copenhagen, Vidal pelanty. Maybe they will actually get a win tonight.

Weak shot from Kagawa.

[Master Splinter]

Neverkusen :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 1-0 Plzen, Aguero pelanty.

Plzen should be in the lead but they fucked it up.

Anderlecht 1-1 Benfica, Matic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shakhtar 1-0 Real Sociedad, Luiz Adriano.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-0 Galatasaray, Bale.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 1-1 Galatasaray, Bulut!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 1-1 Plzen, Horava! Great strike.

[Master Splinter]

Neville seems to have taken offence to the suggestion that Bender is a good player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Man Utd, HT.

[Master Splinter]

United in complete control after the first goal went in.

This must be their best performance of the season.

[Syn]

United in complete control after the first goal went in.

This must be their best performance of the season.

Wazza is destroying them. He's peaking at the right time. Soon as Jack sorts his life out and provides adequate supply, Walcott plays Wazza's assistant and Carrick organises the midfield, the WC is ours. We can't defend but nor can anyone else.

[Master Splinter]

"It's not their left-back."

But Emre Can is playing left-back, Schmeichel.

And it was actually Reinartz with the moronic backheel. Bender :bow:.

[Master Splinter]

Wazza is destroying them. He's peaking at the right time. Soon as Jack sorts his life out and provides adequate supply, Walcott plays Wazza's assistant and Carrick organises the midfield, the WC is ours. We can't defend but nor can anyone else.

Do not forget that Welbz, Townsend, Gerrard and Lampard must play.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kagawa. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aguero hauled off injured, Jesus Navas on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Smalling is so cumbersome.

Shakhtar 2-0 Real Sociedad, Teixeira.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Shit, the word is shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderlecht 1-2 Benfica, Mbemba OG. :lol:

Real Madrid 2-1 Galatasaray, Arbeloa.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nani shoots but it goes across goal. Come on Neverkusen.

Juventus 1-1 Copenhagen, Mellberg! Villa legend. :bow:

Juve in the CL this year. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Reinartz hits the post!

De Gea then saves from Spahic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Wazza.

[Master Splinter]

Wazza is triffic at the moment. So much better when he's not playing with RVC.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Juventus 2-1 Copenhagen, Vidal with his second!

[Master Splinter]

Neverkusen are making Valencia look like Ribery.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayer Leverkusn 0-3 Man Utd, Evans. Smudger not there to say 'Johnny on the spot'.

[Syn]

Aguero hauled off injured, Jesus Navas on.

Sorry but it'd awesome if he's out for a while. Nothing painful because he seems like a good guy. But £2847293832929388299288373m spent or not, they are fucked without him.

[Master Splinter]

Vidal is almost as good as Ramsey.

Neverkusen are truly awlful today. Another Wazza assist. Kind of.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Juventus 3-1 Copenhagen, Vidal hat-trick! Juve are going to win. :bow:

Yaya on, a booking away from being suspended for the Bayern game so I am expecting him to kick some heads in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 2-1 Plzen, Nasri. :sick:

Real Madrid 3-1 Galatasaray, Di Maria.

[Syn]

Is Vidal the best CM in the world right now?

[Master Splinter]

Sociedad have had an absolute mare in the CL.

[Master Splinter]

Is Ramsey the best CM in the world right now?

Yes.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Bayer Leverkusn 0-3 Man Utd, Evans. Smudger not there to say 'Johnny on the spot'.


Mark Lawrenson, BBC 5 live at BayArena
Bayer Leverkusen 0-3 Man Utd
"Jonny on the spot! It has been a brave selection by David Moyes, with Phil Jones and Ryan Giggs in central midfield, but Giggs has been excellent

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shakhtar 3-0 Real Sociedad, Douglas Costa.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 2-2 Plzen, Tecl!

[GP]

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

You can always rely on Lawro.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayer Leverkusen 0-4 Man Utd, Smalling. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

I think every one of the Leverkusen back four has had the worst game of their lives. Just dreadful.

Wazza with 3.5 assists.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nasri giving Pellegrini instructions...a minute later he's off for Negredo. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderlecht 2-2 Benfica, Bruno.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Looks like I picked a good night not to watch soccer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 3-2 Plzen, Negredo with a tap-in.

[Master Splinter]

Buttner, Anderson and Young on as subs.

That's more embarrassing than the result for Leverkusen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderson. :haha:

Woeful finish.

[Master Splinter]

And Anderson nearly scores! :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG 1-1 Olympiakos, Manolas.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Real Madrid 4-1 Galatasaray, Isco.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayer Leverkusen 0-5 Man Utd, Nani. :blink:

[Master Splinter]

Brilliant pass by Old Man Giggs. Lovely finish from Nani.

Horrendous night for Leverkusen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shakhtar 4-0 Real Sociedad, Douglas Costa with his second.

[Özim]

Bayer Leverkusen 0-5 Man Utd, Nani. :blink:

:haha: Leverkusen are truly sh*t.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 4-2 Plzen, Dzeko.

Anderlecht 2-3 Benfica, Rodrigo.

[Master Splinter]

United's biggest ever away win in the CL.

Moyes :bow:.

Fergie :haha:.

Neverkusen :doh: :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yaya does get his booking and will miss the game against Bayern. :lol:

PSG 2-1 Olympiakos, Cavani.

[Munchies]

Wow, just came on now to see the scores... surprised a Moyes team could win like that :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Old Man Giggs is quite good.

[Syn]

Thought Sociedad and Leverkusen would make life more difficult for Man Utd in this group. Sociedad maybe aren't a good team but I thought mid-tably Spaniards could pass their way past Fellaini. Bilbao embarrassed Man Utd a couple of years back. And Leverkusen are doing well in the league and by all accounts have some good players. But both very disappointing. Tonight though - Man Utd very good too, lets be fair.

In short, the English league is the best league in the world.

[Munchies]

Group A:
Man Utd V Shakhtar Donetsk 19:45
Real Sociedad V Bayer 04 Leverkusen 19:45

UEFA Champions League - Group B
FC Copenhagen V Real Madrid 19:45
Galatasaray V Juventus 19:45

UEFA Champions League - Group C
Benfica V Paris Saint Germain 19:45
Olympiakos V RSC Anderlecht19:45

UEFA Champions League - Group D
Bayern Munich V Man City 19:45
Viktoria Plzen V CSKA Moscow 19:45

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FFS City got a game which they'll rest everyone for

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I don't think they will, they aren't going to risk a pumping against Bayern. Even if they do, it just means their potential subs would be doing all the work tbf.

[Master Splinter]

Would be great to see United suffer another home loss and drop to second, but I can see them pubbing a result tonight.

Bayern v Citeh should be fun. If Pellegrini plays a weakened team, they get thrashed. If they play a mostly first XI, they don't have too much of an advantage over us going into the weekend. And they get thrashed. Bayern will want to continue their winning run and set new records and probably make sure City know their place.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Thrashed and injuries :pray:

[Munchies]

Just read that Shitty do have a slight chance of topping the group if they win 3-0 away, tough but not impossible.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They've taken the majority of their main squad so I'd be surprised if they didn't start. Yaya won't though because he is suspended.

[Master Splinter]

Has Yaya ever had a good game against us (with Citeh)? He looks like a less mobile Gerrard when we play around them. If most of our identical, small, technical midgets are rested tomorrow, it should happen again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I don't think so. As long as you deny him the space to run vertically, or alternatively keep the ball away from him, there's not a huge amount he can do to activate Beast Mode.

[Master Splinter]

Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Büttner, Giggs, Young, Kagawa, Januzaj, Rooney
Subs: Lindegaard, Anderson, Nani, Cleverley, Valencia, Hernández, van Persie.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Kucher, Shevchuk, Rakitskiy, Stepanenko, Fred, Douglas Costa, Alex Teixeira, Srna, Luiz Adriano, Taison
Subs: Kanibolotskiy, Kryvtsov, Hübschman, Bernard, Fernando, Eduardo, Ferreyra.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP. :lol:

Sky's programme on SS2 starts now, for the Bayern - Citeh game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A Citeh version of 12 days of Christmas.

Sky. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carragher, Souness and Hoddle are in the studio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Dante, Alaba, Thiago, Muller, Kroos, Götze, Ribery, Mandzukic.

Man City: Hart, Kolarov, Lescott, Demichelis, Richards, Fernandinho, Garcia, Milner, Silva, Navas, Dzeko.

:lol:

[Master Splinter]

Bayern München: Neuer, Dante, Boateng, Lahm, Thiago Alcántara, Ribéry, Götze, Müller, Alaba, Kroos, Mandžukić
Subs: Starke, Van Buyten, Rafinha, Contento, Javi Martínez, Shaqiri, Pizarro.

Manchester City: Hart, Richards, Lescott, Kolarov, Demichelis, Milner, Javi García, Jesús Navas, Silva, Fernandinho, Džeko
Subs: Pantilimon, Kompany, Zabaleta, Boyata, Rodwell, Negredo, Agüero.

[Ollie the Optimist]

what is the betting that if city get a result tonight against Bayern, the british media will use it as the reason why city will win the league and totally ignore the fact that we beat them in march?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nasri hiding ahead of our game again? :whistle:

[Master Splinter]

FC København : Wiland, Jacobsen, Bengtsson, Mellberg, Sigurdsson, Claudemir, Delaney, Gíslason, Vetokele, Jørgensen, Toutouh
Subs: Jensen, Stadsgaard, Remmer, Kristensen, Bolaños, Santin, Pourie.

Real Madrid CF: Casillas, Pepe, Marcelo, Arbeloa, Nacho, Bale, Alonso, Modrić, Isco, Ronaldo, Benzema
Subs: López, Carvajal, Casemiro, Di María, Illarramendi, Jesé, Morata.


No rest for Ronaldo or Bale. Rest :lol:.

Copenhagen :rose:.

[Master Splinter]

Mitroglou injured. Joel Campbell to lead Olympiakos to qualification glory :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stelling points out the Bayern Munich game was when people started taking notice of Hart's poor form. No Jeff, some noticed 12 months ago.

[Rors]

"Arsenal won here, and Manchester City are a better side than Arsenal". Not even Kevin Kilbane will cut you a break....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:doh:

Even if it's true they are better, it really doesn't work like that Kev.

[Ollie the Optimist]

"Arsenal won here, and Manchester City are a better side than Arsenal". Not even Kevin Kilbane will cut you a break....

yeah but kevin kilbane is a fucking idiot

[Ollie the Optimist]

"Arsenal won here, and Manchester City are a better side than Arsenal". Not even Kevin Kilbane will cut you a break....

also using that logic. if city are better then arsenal, then it means cardiff are better then city because they beat them

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

THAN.

[Ollie the Optimist]

yeah but remember, I'm also a fucking idiot :good:

[Munchies]

THAN.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Boateng and Kompany the dream partnership. :lol:

No, Bayern already have the dream partnership tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ITV's programme on now.

Keane. :popcorn:

[Ollie the Optimist]

Boateng and Kompany the dream partnership. :lol:

No, Bayern already have the dream partnership tbf.

but they don't have koscienly or mertesacker :unsure:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Bet they smash Shakhtar tonight...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Keane thinks Man Utd brought in Flamini.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

WTF was that?

[Ollie the Optimist]

also, why have ITV failed to show either chelsea or city this season? i thought they were meant to show every british team at least once. they've shown, united three times, us twice, celtic once.

[Master Splinter]

This reserve Citeh team is definitely better than Arsenal.

They have a magical, shiny, amazing On Paper squad. That's all that matters.

[Xhaka Can’t]

THAN.

Innit blud.

[Master Splinter]

Also, Mancini to go out in the group stages again?

He really is an awlful manager. Hope Juventus can keep Dids in check.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Juve need to save football. We can't risk getting Dids tbf.

Also, Manyernited.

[Rors]

Three United fans interviewed so far on Fivelive, all of whom who could easily begin sentences with "alwight my sahhhhhn"....

[Rors]

"He ba'ered us!"

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Moyes having to protect RVP. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Champions League music. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on FC Hollywood.

And Eduardo FC.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Thiago making Neuer come out a long way.

Lescott. :haha:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I don't think so. As long as you deny him the space to run vertically, or alternatively keep the ball away from him, there's not a huge amount he can do to activate Beast Mode.

:lol: Yeah, if you keep the ball away from a footballer he'll be ineffective. Einstein!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

A few fans dressed as seats at Old Trafford.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Richards is dreadful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich 1-0 Man City, Muller! :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol: Yeah, if you keep the ball away from a footballer he'll be ineffective. Einstein!

Yaya isn't going to be someone that will go chasing to get it back himself and then activate Beast Mode. Anyway, shut up!

The point is, it's a task that's easier for us with better control of the ball in midfield then for some pubbers he routinely destroys.

[Maestro]

milner, typical ghel ....pass the ball and run away into hiding

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dante header, Hart saves.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ribery hits the woodwork, via Hart!

Citeh. :haha:

All over the place.

Bayern Munich 2-0 Man City, Goetze! Oh dear god. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So close from Teixeira.

[Rors]

But of course, this is only second string City and will have ABSOLUTELY NO BEARING on Saturday.....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Musclebound Richards injures his hamstring for the millionth time, Zabaleta coming on.

[Ollie the Optimist]

what was kevin kilbane saying?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

But of course, this is only second string City and will have ABSOLUTELY NO BEARING on Saturday.....

They're still better than Arsenal!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save from Neuer, denying Milner's volley.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Richards has a twinge, charges back to probably do more damage. What an idiot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Youngy. :haha:

Good stike from Januzaj.

[Master Splinter]

So two goals, a post and mistakes aplenty from Citeh already?

:haha:

Better than Arsenal :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kroos shoots, Hart saves.

Kolarov. :haha:

[Ollie the Optimist]

so city will win the league because they have better squad depth.

this is their reserve squad. who are being hammered. proves once again why on paper means nothing

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Rio ever so slightly left for dead over half a yard.

[Globalgunner]

Really like the way Germany fans stay seated throughout. In England, as soon as the first Muppet stands, the whole stadium follows suit. Makes watching the game a chore

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Former Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton: Man City against Europe's best tonight for me.

Reiging European Champions in best European team shocker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good block by Adriano. Unfortunately to stop Costa.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fernandinho. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich 2-1 Man City, David Silva.

Bayern. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Copenhagen 0-1 Real Madrid, Modric.

[Master Splinter]

Facing any one of Demichelis or Lescott should give us a boost on Saturday. Not to to mention that Kompany's form is seriously dodgy (he has been in and out tbf). I hope we don't just play in front of them. We should play with more directness to get their oafs in defence off-balance and Ozil should go on a through-ball frenzy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolarov whacks it against Mandzukic, only just goes over.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

United have been shocking.

They usually take the lead right about now...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fred you berk!

Rio. :rose:

Give it up old man.

[Syn]

Watching Manyoo, genocide is actually very pretty to watch on the ball. Very Ozil-VanPersiey.

No peeedo. No rapey.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Olympiakos 1-0 Anderlecht, Saviola!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Youngy. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Olympiakos 1-1 Anderlecht, Kljestan. :unsure:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dzeko booked. Shocker really.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hart saves from Goetze, brilliant from Ribery. Ah ok offside, though Hart wasn't to know that tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ashley Young. :haha:

Embarrassing.

Milner booked.

[Rors]

Young :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Muller hesitated, allowed Demichelis to get across.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Hopefully Keane pulls no punches.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica 0-1 PSG, Cavani.

Bayern Munich 2-1 Man City, HT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica 1-1 PSG, Lima pelanty.

[Globalgunner]

Dimichelis playing well against his old club. Lescottis pants, as usual
2_1 HT

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Huge delay in the Gala - Juve game due to the snow.

[Globalgunner]

Huge delay in the Gala - Juve game due to the snow.

Just seen the pictures. BLOODY HELL!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's like the NFL on Sunday. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And in fact the Gala match has been abandoned. Only fair that Copenhagen - Real Madrid is abandoned now too. :whistle:

[Munchies]

And in fact the Gala match has been abandoned. Only fair that Copenhagen - Real Madrid is abandoned now too. :whistle:

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zabaleta is so solid.

Costa. :haha: I think.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save from Neuer to stop Dzeko.

Real Sociedad 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen, Toprak. Awlsome but chauvinistic name.

Copenhagen 0-2 Real Madrid, Ronaldo. :o

[Munchies]

Turn on the united game again, and Young fucks up as usual :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Goetze hauled off, Javi Martinez on.

[Munchies]

RECORD: Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player to ever score 9 goals in any Champions League season group stage.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pyatov saves from Kagawa.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Youngy nearly scored from a fucked up cross. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's not 2007 anymore Wazza.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Citeh. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich 2-2 Man City, Kolarov. Wow.

[Niall_Quinn]

The refereeing standard really is lower than it has ever been. What a dive by Milner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Olympiakos 2-1 Andelecht, Saviola with his second.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Niall Quinn needs to stfu.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kroos. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica 2-1 PSG, Gaitan!

Youngy hauled off, RVP on.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Put your fucking phones away you twats.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bernard on for Shakhtar. :popcorn:

Bayern Munich 2-3 Man City, Milner! :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Milner - cheats do prosper.

[Globalgunner]

The refereeing standard really is lower than it has ever been. What a dive by Milner.

He was barged over by Dante, who is a bit of an oaf.
2-3 Miller. ?. WTF

[Ollie the Optimist]

barged over? it was a clear dive

[Rors]

:wacko:

[Niall_Quinn]

He was barged over by Dante, who is a bit of an oaf.
2-3 Miller. ?. WTF

No he wasn't - he did the classic leg-in routine to con the ref. Fucking hateful player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 1-0 Shakhtar, Jones.

[Globalgunner]

To each his own. It was a pen. IMO

[Master Splinter]

Bayern :haha:.

They should kill themselves if they lose.

City are on the verge of being better than Arsenal.