PREDICTIONS FOR LAST 16 DRAW.......

There is one week remaining before the UCL Round of 16 Knockout Draw.
In the week ahead..I like you all to predict the 8 pairings of the Round of 16.

Here is mine.....

Real Madrid v Liverpool
Inter Milan v Barcelona
Lyon v Panathinaikos
Arsenal v Juventus
Chelsea v Porto
Villarreal v Bayern
Atletico Madrid v Manchester United (my feeling is telling me that)
Sporting Lisbon v Roma

I'd love to get these matchups, I'd just LOVE IT!

Mancs-Real Madrid/Inter
Bayern-Arsenal/Chelsea
Barça-Chelsea/Arsenal
Panathinaikos-Atlético
Liverpool-Inter/Real Madrid
Porto-Villarreal
Juventus-Sporting
Roma-Lyon

We may just get them especially the Mancs-Real Madrid, Bayern-Chelsea, Barça-Arsenal, and Liverpool-Inter. Come on UEFA corupt fuckos warm them fucking balls up FFS!

Man Utd-Lyon
Bayern-Inter
Porto-Villareal
Roma-Arsenal
Juventus-Chelsea
Liverpool-Roma
Barca- Sporting
Panathinaikos- Madrid

There will be some great games for sure.

Anyone but Lyon or Roma would be ok i guess for United. I am tired of Roma and Lyon as we've played them 4 times each in the last 3 years.

Well it's pointless trying to predict what will actually come out of the draw (since I don't know which balls will be warmed up), but here's what I'd like to see:

Barça-Lyon
Probably the most beatable of the 4 we can face (Inter, Chelsea, Arsenal being the other 3). I don't buy all this bollocks about "I want a hard team, you have to beat the hard teams anyway to win the CL" blah blah. Sorry, that's idealistic garbage.
Give me the easiest possible draw at each round any day, so that the team can balance league and CL commitments. At the end of the day no one remembers whether you beat Anorthosis or Liverpool in the QFs, just that you were the one lifting the trophy in Rome.
Just look at last season, Barça got to the semifinals because we got the easiest available team in the Round of 16 and QFs - first Rangers, then Schalke. That means more money, more coefficient points (helping with seeding later on), and more prestige. Otherwise our team last year was nowhere good enough to go that far.

Bayern-Real Madrid:
Because Bayern always knock them out

Man. Utd.-Atletico
This would be a great match IMO. Atletico's defending isn't great, but the prospect of Aguero testing himself against Ferdinand and Vidic is mouth-watering.

Liverpool-Villarreal:
I think it would be an interesting clash of styles. Villarreal don't have as much quality at the back, but they play very well as a team, and I think they can make a good match of it in central midfield, Liverpool's strongest area.

Panathanaikos-Sporting:
So that at least one underdog is in the QFs.

Porto-Inter:
Would be a test for Mourinho against his former club...probably not the most open or exciting of matches though. Also chosen because I got to this point and the only other group winners left are Juve and Roma, neither of whom can face Inter

Juve-Chelsea:
I don't think we've seen this matchup before, at least not recently. Again, would be an interesting matchup in terms of styles of play.

Roma-Arsenal:
Both play attacking football, and although Arsenal have a bit more quality and different ways to win, the 2nd leg being in Rome will equalise things a bit.

My guesses:

Arsenal - Bayern
Chelsea - Barcelona
Atletico - Roma
Real - ManU
Villarreal - Juventus
Lyon - Liverpool
Inter - Porto
Sporting - Pana

What I want to see:
Inter-ManU - its been a long long time, its the final I want to see... but the way we are playing, we'll not make the final, so better have it now...
Real-Roma - always an intriguing game
Lyon-Barca - for the goals

What I think will happen, using the UEFA coincidences theory:
Inter-Liverpool - last seasons revenge, plus the Mou-Rafa story
Real-ManU - always the case, an UEFA special
Chelsea-Juve - special one for Ranieri

I have a feeling that Inter will draw Liverpool again.

Inter have a few scores to settle from last year's 1/8 final. This time hopefully there will not be any helping hand from referees. In CL Mourinho has some personal scores to settle against Rafa.

I think it will be two great games.

My other predictions

Bayern Munich - Chelsea
Panathinaikos - Sporting (UEFA always schemes to have two non-favourite teams face off at this stage)
Juventus - Villarreal
Manchester United - Atletico Madrid
Porto - Real Madrid
Barcelona - Lyon
Roma - Arsenal

Arsenal Vs Roma, definitely!

Real Madrid Vs Panathinaikos

That will be all

kas wrote:Well it's pointless trying to predict what will actually come out of the draw (since I don't know which balls will be warmed up), but here's what I'd like to see:

Barça-Lyon
Probably the most beatable of the 4 we can face (Inter, Chelsea, Arsenal being the other 3). I don't buy all this bollocks about "I want a hard team, you have to beat the hard teams anyway to win the CL" blah blah. Sorry, that's idealistic garbage.
Give me the easiest possible draw at each round any day, so that the team can balance league and CL commitments. At the end of the day no one remembers whether you beat Anorthosis or Liverpool in the QFs, just that you were the one lifting the trophy in Rome.
Just look at last season, Barça got to the semifinals because we got the easiest available team in the Round of 16 and QFs - first Rangers, then Schalke. That means more money, more coefficient points (helping with seeding later on), and more prestige. Otherwise our team last year was nowhere good enough to go that far.

Bayern-Real Madrid:
Because Bayern always knock them out

Man. Utd.-Atletico
This would be a great match IMO. Atletico's defending isn't great, but the prospect of Aguero testing himself against Ferdinand and Vidic is mouth-watering.

Liverpool-Villarreal:
I think it would be an interesting clash of styles. Villarreal don't have as much quality at the back, but they play very well as a team, and I think they can make a good match of it in central midfield, Liverpool's strongest area.

Panathanaikos-Sporting:
So that at least one underdog is in the QFs.

Porto-Inter:
Would be a test for Mourinho against his former club...probably not the most open or exciting of matches though. Also chosen because I got to this point and the only other group winners left are Juve and Roma, neither of whom can face Inter

Juve-Chelsea:
I don't think we've seen this matchup before, at least not recently. Again, would be an interesting matchup in terms of styles of play.

Roma-Arsenal:
Both play attacking football, and although Arsenal have a bit more quality and different ways to win, the 2nd leg being in Rome will equalise things a bit.

I would really want to see that game, especially after villarreal sort out their defense in January.

Roma v Lyon
Bayern v Inter
Porto v Villareal
Roma v Arsenal
Juventus v Chelsea
Liverpool v Brazil
Barca v Sporting
Barnet v Man Utd
Panathinaikos v Madrid

Inter v Man Utd

Just so i can laugh at Rio.

Roma v Sporting
Panathinaikos v Villarreal
Barcelona v Internazionale
Liverpool v Lyon
Man United v Atletico
Bayern v Chelsea
Porto v Real Madrid
Juventus v Arsenal

kas wrote:
Barça-Lyon
Probably the most beatable of the 4 we can face (Inter, Chelsea, Arsenal being the other 3). I don't buy all this bollocks about "I want a hard team, you have to beat the hard teams anyway to win the CL" blah blah. Sorry, that's idealistic garbage.
Give me the easiest possible draw at each round any day, so that the team can balance league and CL commitments. At the end of the day no one remembers whether you beat Anorthosis or Liverpool in the QFs, just that you were the one lifting the trophy in Rome.
Just look at last season, Barça got to the semifinals because we got the easiest available team in the Round of 16 and QFs - first Rangers, then Schalke. That means more money, more coefficient points (helping with seeding later on), and more prestige. Otherwise our team last year was nowhere good enough to go that far.

Bayern-Real Madrid:
Because Bayern always knock them out

Exactly my point about this cup. Barca almost got straightway to the final without even doing anything. there is nothing memorable about that. you might see it differently but that is because you just want the Cl trophy. it should be done with style but that is just how i see it i gues.

Also regading Bayern:
99/00 we knock them out
00/01 they knock us out
01/02 we knock them out
03/04 we knock them out
06/07 they knock us ouy
So that is 3-2 in our favour as far back as i can remember. if you call that always knocking us out then my any means lets meet them.

03/04 it was kahns fault

Super Madrid wrote:

kas wrote:
Barça-Lyon
Probably the most beatable of the 4 we can face (Inter, Chelsea, Arsenal being the other 3). I don't buy all this bollocks about "I want a hard team, you have to beat the hard teams anyway to win the CL" blah blah. Sorry, that's idealistic garbage.
Give me the easiest possible draw at each round any day, so that the team can balance league and CL commitments. At the end of the day no one remembers whether you beat Anorthosis or Liverpool in the QFs, just that you were the one lifting the trophy in Rome.
Just look at last season, Barça got to the semifinals because we got the easiest available team in the Round of 16 and QFs - first Rangers, then Schalke. That means more money, more coefficient points (helping with seeding later on), and more prestige. Otherwise our team last year was nowhere good enough to go that far.

Bayern-Real Madrid:
Because Bayern always knock them out

Exactly my point about this cup. Barca almost got straightway to the final without even doing anything. there is nothing memorable about that. you might see it differently but that is because you just want the Cl trophy. it should be done with style but that is just how i see it i gues.

Also regading Bayern:
99/00 we knock them out
00/01 they knock us out
01/02 we knock them out
03/04 we knock them out
06/07 they knock us ouy
So that is 3-2 in our favour as far back as i can remember. if you call that always knocking us out then my any means lets meet them.

So you're admitting that your 5 CLs back in the 50s were worth nothing, because at the time it was a bit of a mickey mouse trophy with hardly any teams in (and not everyone took it 100% seriously) ?

Everyone claims Madrid is the biggest in the world because they have 9 CL titles. Nobody cares how they won them, illegally transferred players (Di Stefano) and all. That's my point.


Edit: to clarify, my point is that nobody remembers the details, just the facts. I'm not saying that Madrid is the biggest club in the world. Just making sure

Super Madrid wrote:

kas wrote:
Barça-Lyon
Probably the most beatable of the 4 we can face (Inter, Chelsea, Arsenal being the other 3). I don't buy all this bollocks about "I want a hard team, you have to beat the hard teams anyway to win the CL" blah blah. Sorry, that's idealistic garbage.
Give me the easiest possible draw at each round any day, so that the team can balance league and CL commitments. At the end of the day no one remembers whether you beat Anorthosis or Liverpool in the QFs, just that you were the one lifting the trophy in Rome.
Just look at last season, Barça got to the semifinals because we got the easiest available team in the Round of 16 and QFs - first Rangers, then Schalke. That means more money, more coefficient points (helping with seeding later on), and more prestige. Otherwise our team last year was nowhere good enough to go that far.

Bayern-Real Madrid:
Because Bayern always knock them out

Exactly my point about this cup. Barca almost got straightway to the final without even doing anything. there is nothing memorable about that. you might see it differently but that is because you just want the Cl trophy. it should be done with style but that is just how i see it i gues.

Also regading Bayern:
99/00 we knock them out
00/01 they knock us out
01/02 we knock them out
03/04 we knock them out
06/07 they knock us ouy
So that is 3-2 in our favour as far back as i can remember. if you call that always knocking us out then my any means lets meet them.

We didn't face them at all in the 90s I don't think but they beat the Quinta del Buitre a couple times in the 80s, 86-87 & 87-88 I think. But we do have a very bad record in Germany so if we can avoid Bayern it's good by me.

kas wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

kas wrote:
Barça-Lyon
Probably the most beatable of the 4 we can face (Inter, Chelsea, Arsenal being the other 3). I don't buy all this bollocks about "I want a hard team, you have to beat the hard teams anyway to win the CL" blah blah. Sorry, that's idealistic garbage.
Give me the easiest possible draw at each round any day, so that the team can balance league and CL commitments. At the end of the day no one remembers whether you beat Anorthosis or Liverpool in the QFs, just that you were the one lifting the trophy in Rome.
Just look at last season, Barça got to the semifinals because we got the easiest available team in the Round of 16 and QFs - first Rangers, then Schalke. That means more money, more coefficient points (helping with seeding later on), and more prestige. Otherwise our team last year was nowhere good enough to go that far.

Bayern-Real Madrid:
Because Bayern always knock them out

Exactly my point about this cup. Barca almost got straightway to the final without even doing anything. there is nothing memorable about that. you might see it differently but that is because you just want the Cl trophy. it should be done with style but that is just how i see it i gues.

Also regading Bayern:
99/00 we knock them out
00/01 they knock us out
01/02 we knock them out
03/04 we knock them out
06/07 they knock us ouy
So that is 3-2 in our favour as far back as i can remember. if you call that always knocking us out then my any means lets meet them.

So you're admitting that your 5 CLs back in the 50s were worth nothing, because at the time it was a bit of a mickey mouse trophy with hardly any teams in (and not everyone took it 100% seriously) ?

Everyone claims Madrid is the biggest in the world because they have 9 CL titles. Nobody cares how they won them, illegally transferred players (Di Stefano) and all. That's my point.


Edit: to clarify, my point is that nobody remembers the details, just the facts. I'm not saying that Madrid is the biggest club in the world. Just making sure

Why were the worth nothing?Only somebody who knew the situation of football back then can tell what teams were great. just because it was a time where teams from more countries played doesn't make it worse. also remember talent was more spread around. from what i understood it was taken seriously. i mean one final was witnessed by around 120.000 spectators.
either way like i said we shouldn't talk about that but about today because today you have the option of meeting the best and beating them. if you don't what is the point of calling your team the best. anyway understandably Barca fans will do anything to win it because that is something that will always be annoying with Real having more.

kas wrote:
So you're admitting that your 5 CLs back in the 50s were worth nothing, because at the time it was a bit of a mickey mouse trophy with hardly any teams in (and not everyone took it 100% seriously) ?

This is such a poor argument even from a cule. I was planning a long rebuttal but all I will say is these are among the teams that participated in the first 5 European Cups:

AC Milan
PSV
Manchester United
Borussia Dortmund
Red Star Belgrade
Ajax
Steaua Bucharest
Barcelona
Juventus
Benfica
Fiorentina

Mickey Mouse indeed.

Jaime wrote:

kas wrote:
So you're admitting that your 5 CLs back in the 50s were worth nothing, because at the time it was a bit of a mickey mouse trophy with hardly any teams in (and not everyone took it 100% seriously) ?

This is such a poor argument even from a cule. I was planning a long rebuttal but all I will say is these are among the teams that participated in the first 5 European Cups:

AC Milan
PSV
Manchester United
Borussia Dortmund
Red Star Belgrade
Ajax
Steaua Bucharest
Barcelona
Juventus
Benfica
Fiorentina

Mickey Mouse indeed.

Even then you are not including teams that might have been great at that time but just fell off. like i said none of us are old enough to remember the good teams back then and the talent was more spread about back then aswell.

Super Madrid wrote:

Jaime wrote:

kas wrote:
So you're admitting that your 5 CLs back in the 50s were worth nothing, because at the time it was a bit of a mickey mouse trophy with hardly any teams in (and not everyone took it 100% seriously) ?

This is such a poor argument even from a cule. I was planning a long rebuttal but all I will say is these are among the teams that participated in the first 5 European Cups:

AC Milan
PSV
Manchester United
Borussia Dortmund
Red Star Belgrade
Ajax
Steaua Bucharest
Barcelona
Juventus
Benfica
Fiorentina

Mickey Mouse indeed.

Even then you are not including teams that might have been great at that time but just fell off. like i said none of us are old enough to remember the good teams back then and the talent was more spread about back then aswell.

You're exactly right - teams like Reims, Honved, even Athletic Bilbao had some great teams back then even though nowadays they aren't considered "big" teams.

Anyhow, it's just the cule inferiority complex rearing it's head once again...probably no coincidence that it's just ahead of the clasico.

Would love Madrid.

L.r.d wrote:Would love Madrid.

So why don't you?

L.r.d wrote:Would love to suck on a C0ck right now

we know lrd

Super Madrid wrote:

L.r.d wrote:Would love Madrid.

So why don't you?

Gabriel horseface

@ Bobo why is your humour stuck at the 10-12 yr old level still?

L.r.d wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

L.r.d wrote:Would love Madrid.

So why don't you?

Gabriel horseface

@ Bobo why is your humour stuck at the 10-12 yr old level still?

Great reason, i would add Salgado,Diarra,Saviola aswell.
anyway i wouldn't mind knocking out Man Yoo again. it has been a while really.

Super Madrid wrote:

L.r.d wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

L.r.d wrote:Would love Madrid.

So why don't you?

Gabriel horseface

@ Bobo why is your humour stuck at the 10-12 yr old level still?

Great reason, i would add Salgado,Diarra,Saviola aswell.
anyway i wouldn't mind knocking out Man Yoo again. it has been a while really.

It has been far to long, and revenge on the cards with numerous ex players and the Ronaldo saga and all that was said during the summer would make it extra special. Wouldn't be super confident as if certain Madrid players turn up they could beat anyone, but we'd be favourites for sure.

L.r.d wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

L.r.d wrote:Would love Madrid.

So why don't you?

Gabriel horseface

@ Bobo why is your humour stuck at the 10-12 yr old level still?

@ lrd why are you so gay?

Think we'll get Villareal, Inter in the quarters if we both make it, Chelsea in the semi and Barca in the final.