Who do you want in the next round?

Tweedle wrote:

il piccolo Coccodrillo wrote:What I would like to see:

AS Roma Vs Schalke 04

Barcelona Vs Man Utd

Inter Milan Vs Fenerbahce

Arsenal Vs Chelsea

Why? Why the hell would you want Chelsea?

I'd like to see:

Barca - Chelsea
Arsenal - Roma
Schalke - Liverpool
Man Utd - Fenerbache.

If Inter get through I want to draw them.

Because I don't think we'll lose every game Tweeds. Tbh I don't care as long as Roma and Arsenal avoid each other.

Yeh, but it kinda defeats the point of a Euro competition.

I hope we don't meet an EPL team at all.

Roma - Arsenal would be my dream tie

Tweedle wrote:Yeh, but it kinda defeats the point of a Euro competition.

I hope we don't meet an EPL team at all.

Roma - Arsenal would be my dream tie

Don't bother me none if they is English. Just don't want to see Roma Vs Arsenal.

So what you want and what you think you will get realistically?
Probably want Schalke would probably get Barcelona or Chelsea.

Dark Savante wrote:So what you want and what you think you will get realistically?
Probably want Schalke would probably get Barcelona or Chelsea.

Liverpool and Man United has got to happen one day. Why not the next round.

Of course I'd be happy with Shalke or Fenerbache though.

Got a feeling Roma would be alot harder to beat this year.

Just want to avoid Chelsea and Barca.

EMPortuguese wrote:

A Tribe Called TS wrote:Hope Fenerbache and Schalke draw each other

Chelsea vs Arsenal

Liverpool vs Man Utd

Barcelona vs Roma

Same here, I want to see the 4 English sides draw each other so that we can avoid them

i would rather draw Man Utd/Arsenal, than roma with their all out attacking philosophy and us not sure which one of our defense will show up and a given day i would rather no risk it.

Fenerbahce or Schalke

The one I most want to avoid is Liverpool.

Messiah wrote:i would rather draw Man Utd/Arsenal, than roma with their all out attacking philosophy and us not sure which one of our defense will show up and a given day i would rather no risk it.

Its not as though Utd or Arsenal are particularly defensive.

Also you've been knocked out by Chelsea and Liverpool in recent years, neither of whom are particularly attacking.

Tweedle wrote:

Messiah wrote:i would rather draw Man Utd/Arsenal, than roma with their all out attacking philosophy and us not sure which one of our defense will show up and a given day i would rather no risk it.

Its not as though Utd or Arsenal are particularly defensive.

Also you've been knocked out by Chelsea and Liverpool in recent years, neither of whom are particularly attacking.

Its not a matter of being defensive or offensive is more about a style for play.

Arsenal Game is based all most entirely on possession football, and i believe that we are better at keeping the ball the arsenal so if they don't have the ball they will have to resort to counter attacks something their team isn't built for anymore.

Mar Utd are principally and counter-attacking team, we are a possession team so the more we have the ball the less man utd and use of pace of Ronaldo and the likes to hurt us .

add to that both their teams have a lightweight central midfield, Cess and Flamini, Carrick and scholes. so i don't think they will be able to harass our midfield the way chelsea will be able to and liverpool are just to good or too lucky in these home and away games for us to take a chance without messi.

It won't be Carrick and Scholes.

We've played a 3 man midfield in both the CL knock out games.

Scholes, Hargreaves & Anderson away.
Carrick, Fletcher & Anderson at home.

We did similar last season against Roma & Milan, with Giggs or Scholes playing behind Rooney.

When does the draw actually take place?

March 14.

"a lightweight central midfield, Cesc and Flamini"

– ooh, this is VERY naive

Allez les rouges wrote:"a lightweight central midfield, Cesc and Flamini"

– ooh, this is VERY naive

are you telling me that Cesc and Flamini will be able to pressure a midfield of

------Yaya

--Xavi-------Deco/Iniesta

enough to affect our game in a digestive manner?,

kas wrote:March 14.

cheers

Messiah wrote:

Allez les rouges wrote:"a lightweight central midfield, Cesc and Flamini"

– ooh, this is VERY naive

are you telling me that Cesc and Flamini will be able to pressure a midfield of

------Yaya

--Xavi-------Deco/Iniesta

enough to affect our game in a digestive manner?,

Yes, I am saying that (although I'm not quite sure what you mean by "digestive" ). Obviously I didn't watch your game on Tuesday any more than you watched ours, but Flamini has been on superlative form all season and Cesc's defensive as well as distributive qualities are repeatedly much undervalued. For me it is a central midfield to compare with the most effective pairings in the world at the moment, Ballack-Frings, Gattuso-Pirlo and the like. Now I myself prefer a 4-4-2 but when you consider that 4-5-1 is likelier in Europe, esp. if there's no RVP, you have to factor in Hleb in a more forward central position and wide midfielders who will hardly be hugging the touchline. The shape is fluid and things may end up being more crowded than you think.

Don't get me wrong, your midfield trio is a monstrous one, but because you play with such an imposing central three doesn't mean we'll be overrun – I think we have the resources to compete. After all, we certainly had the better of Gattuso, Pirlo and Ambrosini this week, and although it would be naive to deny that Milan massively disappointed in that department, and that Seedorf was a big miss for them, I think when our players turn up it isn't so easy to settle the midfield battle as you might think.

(I tend to agree with you on Scholes/Carrick, by the way, although it has worked very well, particularly against "lesser" teams; Scholes no longer has the physical presence to play in a central midfield two at this level, and if he does it will be in a three, with up to three permed from Scholes, Carrick, Hargreaves, Anderson and Fletcher – so you can't make the assumptions about their midfield that you could even last season...)

Hopefully Fenerbache, Schalke and Roma have their second legs at home this time if they all avoid each other. It was a pleasant surprise to see second tier clubs perform well on the road for once in a second leg, but I doubt they have the quality to do so again against better opposition.

Wasnt the midfield of Carrick Fletcher and Anderson that waltz past Cesc Flamini.

If Barcelona think Yaya Toure is imposing they havent seen the energy levels of Fletcher or Hargreaves or Anderson.

Mathieu didn't come on till very late in that game Bilal, Gilberto played in midfield dammit and the whole team played like they didn't want to be there. That's a midfield of Cesc and Gilberto (who might as well be playing for the opposition when he plays there these days) against a central three for you guys. Not a contest.

Do behave

Allez les rouges wrote:Mathieu didn't come on till very late in that game Bilal, Gilberto played in midfield dammit and the whole team played like they didn't want to be there. That's a midfield of Cesc and Gilberto (who might as well be playing for the opposition when he plays there these days) against a central three for you guys. Not a contest.

Do behave

It wasnt a 442 for you guys you never play 442 these days even at home never mind away ,okay Gilberto but did you improve when Flamini was there no.
Dont give me not interested excuse , Gallas was pretty interested in giving interviews about us though.
If Barcelona found Momo tough to handle they have no idea what Fletch can do at the same high energy game(hoping I am not jinxing him) and add Hargy and Anderson there.

hope there's some different match-ups, such like we haven't had for a while e.g. Man Utd-Barcelona, Chelsea-Roma (when was the last time Chelsea faced an Italian side?)

Chelsea-Barca and ManU-Roma have just happened too often the last few years and all prem games ain't much fun, although utd-pool would be entertaining on here.

debaser wrote:hope there's some different match-ups, such like we haven't had for a while e.g. Man Utd-Barcelona, Chelsea-Roma (when was the last time Chelsea faced an Italian side?).

Our last victory against Italians was actually in Rome (4-0 v Lazio in Abramovich's first season).

If we get through I want Fernebache or Schalke, just want to avoid an English team to be honest but I have a feeling we would get Arsenal.

Why do people want Fenerbahce away 1st ?

If you play them at home (they haven't won away in CL for 3 yrs) you can end the tie or get a good lead to counter attack with.

If you away 1st you could easily lose 1 or 2-0 with their mental fans behind them and they'd have something to defend for the 2nd leg.

I hope:

Barca v Man U

Liverpool v Schalke

Fenerbahce v Arsenal

Chelsea v Roma

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Why do people want Fenerbahce away 1st ?

If you play them at home (they haven't won away in CL for 3 yrs) you can end the tie or get a good lead to counter attack with.

If you away 1st you could easily lose 1 or 2-0 with their mental fans behind them and they'd have something to defend for the 2nd leg.

I hope:

Barca v Man U

Liverpool v Schalke

Fenerbahce v Arsenal

Chelsea v Roma

we'll walk it

Hlebtastic wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Why do people want Fenerbahce away 1st ?

If you play them at home (they haven't won away in CL for 3 yrs) you can end the tie or get a good lead to counter attack with.

If you away 1st you could easily lose 1 or 2-0 with their mental fans behind them and they'd have something to defend for the 2nd leg.

I hope:

Barca v Man U

Liverpool v Schalke

Fenerbahce v Arsenal

Chelsea v Roma

we'll walk it

Lugano would get one of yours sent off and Alex would open your defence up time and again.

We are not a naive team Pierre. Our players are all hard working but none of them is card happy.

Alex will open up our defence time and again u say? he needs top have the ball in the 1st place to be able to do that.

An inferior team that tries to play football doesn´t scare me, we are masters at keeping the ball and making them chase it for the entire 90 mins plus we´ve got players that can always make a difference.

Hlebtastic wrote:We are not a naive team Pierre. Our players are all hard working but none of them is card happy.

Alex will open up our defence time and again u say? he needs top have the ball in the 1st place to be able to do that.

An inferior team that tries to play football doesn´t scare me, we are masters at keeping the ball and making them chase it for the entire 90 mins plus we´ve got players that can always make a difference.

I bet you thought that v PSV last year

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Hlebtastic wrote:We are not a naive team Pierre. Our players are all hard working but none of them is card happy.

Alex will open up our defence time and again u say? he needs top have the ball in the 1st place to be able to do that.

An inferior team that tries to play football doesn´t scare me, we are masters at keeping the ball and making them chase it for the entire 90 mins plus we´ve got players that can always make a difference.

I bet you thought that v PSV last year

We are a completely different team this season