rate the last 16 in the cl

the chance of winning this year the cl

1. chelsea (most hungry)
2. barca (most talent)
3. real (most c**ts)
4. manu (great experience)
5. bayern (most improvements )
6. bordeaux (they have nothing to lose)
7. inter (most bunch of overrated jerks they never deliver)
8. arsenal (to lightweight, injury prone key players, but great experience)
9. ac milan (they really not to fear anymore)
10. porto (they have a winning mentality for the cl)
11. sevilla (tehy wont handle the pressure)
12. florenz (nice city)
13. lyon (yeah ok)
14. stuttgart (hmm they suck, on there day they can do well)
15. moscow (to cold)
16. piräus (to hot)

1. Chelsea - strong team, desperate desire to win.

2. Barça - quality team still playing well...but will the squad hold together until May?

3. Man. Utd. - not as good as last year but have a real winner's mentality.

4. Real Madrid - big squad, great individuals that can win any match single-handedly, and motivated by a home final.

5. Arsenal - well, what else do they have to do? May as well concentrate on this.

6. Inter - still don't seem to have got over their European block, but with a good draw you never know how far they might reach.

7. Milan - have the experience and quality if everyone is fit and on form.

8. Bayern - improving but still many flaws.

9. Porto - very experienced in the CL

10. Lyon - one day they'll get there...maybe.

11. Bordeaux - good side with good coaching, but inexperienced in the CL.

12. Sevilla - can they pull off a Villarreal? Have a decent defense, but perhaps lack that final bit of quality.

13. Fiorentina - not good enough defensively.

14. CSKA Moscow - is there a large enough supply of drugs left?

15/16. Stuttgart/Olympiakos - yeah, not happening.

Özil wrote:
14. stuttgart (hmm they suck, on there day they can do well)
15. moscow (to cold)

Vagner Love is with Palmeiras until 31 July 2010

But still, only a German would put Stuttgart above CSKA

1. Chelsea (they have the best bench and an amazing team)
2. Barcelona (great team)
3. Manchester United (play really great as a team)
4. Madrid (they have CR7)
5. Arsenal (EPL and C.L games are on different level.
6. Inter (great squad)
7. Milan (were not too convincing in the group stages but are capable of something good)
8. Sevilla
9. Bayern, Lyon, Fiorentina, Bordeaux, Porto
14. CSKA
15. Stuttgart
16. Olympiacos (I bet all the teams want to face them)

Possible match ups:

Barcelona- Bayern
Chelsea - Inter
Manchester -Lyon

Barcelona(if pep starts to play Xaviesta in midfield again)
Chelsea (great squad if a bit old)
Real (great individual talent)
Manchester U(experience)
Inter(shit in europe, but that have a good team)
Arsenal
Sevilla(no stars, but play well as a team)
Milan(dinho&pato, but a poor defense and midfield)
Bayern(if they get it right they will be higher robben&ribery come on)
Lyon
Porto
Bordeaux
Fiorentina
CSKA
Stuttgart
Olympiacos

Santi Claus wrote:

kas wrote:
2. Barça - quality team still playing well...but will the squad hold together until May?

As if Kas tries to insert it in every thing he writes about Barcelona.

Super Higuain wrote:

Santi Claus wrote:

kas wrote:
2. Barça - quality team still playing well...but will the squad hold together until May?

As if Kas tries to insert it in every thing he writes about Barcelona.

He does have a point though. Barcelona was very fortunate last season that only Iniesta was injured for any significant amount of time (and it happened in the beginning of the season). They certainly wouldn't have won the trebble playing the likes of Gudjohnssen, Hleb, and Bojan. Their squad is not much better this season so they could have some big problems if they get injuries to key players (more than a lot of other teams at least).

The teams who I think can win it are:

1. Chelsea - Something like 4 semi finals and 1 final in the last 6 years, they must win it at some point. Maybe Ballack's silver/bronze aura is rubbing off on the team a bit too much, but they should be able to shake that off. And now they have a coach who knows more than enough about winning the CL.

2. Barcelona/Real Madrid - At the moment Barcelona is a bigger favorite over Real Madrid, but as the season progresses and the new Madrid signings continue to gel, things are bound to even up more IMO. However, Real Madrid have major problems in concentration after scoring a goal, and if this isn't corrected the team will get badly punished and go out against the first top team they face.

4. ManU - Have a significantly worse midfield than the other favorites, but their defense and Rooney will make them a force to be reckoned with. Another Madrid/ManU QF classic is bound to happen again

I would then put Arsenal, Inter, and Milan as outsiders. I would be quite shocked if any of the other 9 teams win it.

1. Chelsea

2. Barça

3. Milan

4. Real Madrid

5. Manchester United

6. Bayern

7. Arsenal

8. Porto

9. Bordeaux

10. Sevilla

11. Lyon

12. Inter

13. CSKA

14. Fiorentina

15 Olympiakos

16. Stuttgart

1. Chelsea
2. Barca
3. Real Madrid
4. Man Utd
5. Milan
6. Fiorentina and Arsenal
8. Inter
9. Bayern
10. Sevilla and Bordeaux
12. Porto
13. Lyon
14. CSKA
15. Olympiakos
16. Stuttgart

I'll stick with what i said in august or whenever it was. Unlike everybody else i gave Liverpool and Juventus no chance.

1. Man Utd
2. Real Madrid
3. Barcelona
4. Chelsea
5. Arsenal
6. Inter
7. Bayern
8. Milan

Only think the first 5 can win it anyway.