CL Group C Thread - R.Madrid - W.Bremen - Lazio - Olympiacos

drenthe or marcelo at LB could be a disaster

Mexicanbecks wrote:drenthe or marcelo at LB could be a disaster

Against a team with no strikers ?

I think it will work out very well

chrissi - as it stands today, this game has come at the best time for you imho, not an easy match with a fully fit squad, so you may as well write it off, hope to get players back for the more winnable ties later in the competition.

chrissicross wrote:

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:big game lmfao, bremen are in turmoil with all their injuries, i predict a much easier match than almeria which was only won by blatant cheating of the match officials, saw bremen v dortmund and with thir current injury list and the non replacement of klose their are really struggling

Yeah, I don´t think we have the slightest chance tonight to be honest. So I hope Real will do it like Barca, score two fast goals and leave us in peace for the rest of the time.

However, I´m still looking forward to the game. It´s a great game for Werder Bremen, a pity though we have so many injuries.

i think it will be though because unlike the dortmund game we will try to attack you and werder can be more direct at times. i would have prefered meeting you with best team but i gues we will see in germany.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:chrissi - as it stands today, this game has come at the best time for you imho, not an easy match with a fully fit squad, so you may as well write it off, hope to get players back for the more winnable ties later in the competition.

Yep, you´re right, I already had the same thought. And even with a fully fit squad we probably would have lost anyway. However, it would have been nice to see how our first eleven would have done against Real Madrid in their great stadium.

supermadrid wrote:

chrissicross wrote:

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:big game lmfao, bremen are in turmoil with all their injuries, i predict a much easier match than almeria which was only won by blatant cheating of the match officials, saw bremen v dortmund and with thir current injury list and the non replacement of klose their are really struggling

Yeah, I don´t think we have the slightest chance tonight to be honest. So I hope Real will do it like Barca, score two fast goals and leave us in peace for the rest of the time.

However, I´m still looking forward to the game. It´s a great game for Werder Bremen, a pity though we have so many injuries.

i think it will be though because unlike the dortmund game we will try to attack you and werder can be more direct at times. i would have prefered meeting you with best team but i gues we will see in germany.

Like Schuster said, basically all you need to do is to take care of Diego. He is the only dangerous player left atm, the rest are more or less only good workers.

Defensively our fullbacks are probably our biggest weak point...

if your full backs are your weakest point, robben should wreak havoc when he comes in

It is deeply frustrating; will be watching later though and let's hope it's not a humilia tion at least.

"German teams are always tough nuts to crack because they defend very well"

Julio has been watching plenty of Bremen lately hasn't he

Mexicanbecks wrote:if your full backs are your weakest point, robben should wreak havoc when he comes in

Yeah, that´s why I hope Schuster will still rest him tonight.

Allez les rouges wrote:
"German teams are always tough nuts to crack because they defend very well"

Julio has been watching plenty of Bremen lately hasn't he

Yeah. He has no clue about Bremen, all he knows are cliches from the past...

no matter how depressed you are with current situation i still think werder will raise their game and give a tough battle. im sure it wont be a humiliation and i hope it doesnt either because it would be fake also i like werder so 2-1 would be fine.

i will be in class but hope to find a stream so that i dont have to pay too much attention in sociology

Still waiting for Robinho to have a big game, hes been rather subdued so far to start the league. Maybe tonight will be the night.

don't let n18 see that comment he'll have a field day

supermadrid wrote:no matter how depressed you are with current situation i still think werder will raise their game and give a tough battle. im sure it wont be a humiliation and i hope it doesnt either because it would be fake also i like werder so 2-1 would be fine.

I hope you´re right. I don´t want us to become the laughing stock of Europe again like after the "Lyon incident"...

According to Radio Marca, the team for tonight:

------------------------Casillas

S. Ramos-----Cannavaro-----Metzelder-----Marcelo

----------------------F. Gago

Higuain---------------------------------Sneijder

--------------------------Guti

-----------van Nistelrooy--------Raul

Subs: Dudek, Salgado, Drenthe, Baptista, Soldado, Robinho, and Robben.

Jaime wrote:According to Radio Marca, the team for tonight:

------------------------Casillas

S. Ramos-----Cannavaro-----Metzelder-----Marcelo

----------------------F. Gago

-----------Sneijder--------------Guti

---------------------Higuain

--------------van Nistelrooy----Raul

Subs: Dudek, Salgado, Drenthe, Baptista, Soldado, and Robben.

so robinho gets dropped for higuain and isnt even on the bench?

No Robinho ...

Sorry....Robinho is on the bench! And Higuain on the right side...

i see the all knowing frank was right again and schuster agrees metz>>>pepe so far

Pepe is injured...but still true all-wise, all- knowing sir.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:i see the all knowing frank was right again and schuster agrees metz>>>pepe so far

even though pepe is injured and metz was apparently having a bad game vs almeria

pepe injured, ffs you've bought another crock

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:pepe injured, ffs you've bought another crock

And we've paid more for him than Woodgate.

and you've got robben at the mo, his recent chelsea history wasn't exactly great either, surprised you didn't go for vdv instead of sneijder

Surprised we didn't try and convince Minambres to stay.

Jaime wrote:Surprised we didn't try and convince Minambres to stay.

there's a time limit minambres and woodgate and the physios were bored with their convresations so needed some new fodder, metz and robben have recent history and pepe seems like the new kid on the block.

I'm actually hoping Dudek will pick up a serious injury.

on a more serious point, i've been v disappointed by both gago and higuain since their arrival especially considering the big fanfare when they arrived, i'd have thought given the full pre-season they'd have been pressing for regular slots not standing in here and there

Well, I think Higuain would have been in contention for a place in the first eleven (and now has pushed Robinho to the bench) were it not for the injury he picked up in pre-season. I thought he played very well in his first half-season with us even if his finish wasn't as good as it should be.

Personally, I'd play Gago. I think he needs continuity. He offers less of a physical presence than Diarra but he has so much more ability. Hopefully he does well tonight and shows Schuster that he can do the job.