BigFatCoward Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) West Ham made a big difference to our deficit to the Bundesliga. From almost a full point deficit it is now down to 0.107. We have the current favourites for all 3 tournaments, we should be ok. Italy still way out in front 1 Italy 17.714 2 Germany 16.357 3 England 16.250 Edited March 15 by BigFatCoward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, polishgenius said: I don't think you realise how badly we lack depth. Having someone who's apparently a high-prem-level-at-least player in four positions at once would be a fucking lifesaver. We can't afford Kudus anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Going back to yesterday's discussion of worst transfers in history. I think Lukaku from Inter to Chelsea deserves a special mention there. How that one played out, it's right up there with the Mudryk, Sancho, and Anthony transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) Arsenal v Bayern - Harry will be up for it Athletico v Dortmund RM v Man City Barca v PSG Semi Final Arsenal have to go through City or RM. Edited March 15 by BigFatCoward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Atleti, Dortmund, Barca and PSG will all be very happy with their draws and route to the final. All the tournament heavyweights are on the other side of the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Atleti, Dortmund, Barca and PSG will all be very happy with their draws and route to the final. All the tournament heavyweights are on the other side of the draw. They were the 4 favourites before the draw, all being on the same side is unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 (edited) Part of me would find a Bayern - Barca final amusing, with one of the two lame duck coaches winning the CL on their way out. Edited March 15 by A Horse Named Stranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Or how about Mbappe delivering a CL to PSG on his way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 48 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: They were the 4 favourites before the draw, all being on the same side is unfortunate. Unfortunate indeed. And Arsenal has first leg in quarters and semis (if they make it that far). I’m happy with Bayern (we owe them for that 2017 drubbing), not so much City/RM. That’s CL for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Nah, the CL shall evade the Qataris forever more. Hell, I want OM to win the CL before PSG just because it would annoy them so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) Favourable draw for Liverpool. They will be very happy about how the EL and CL draws played out. Liverpool vs Atalanta Benfica vs Marseille Benfica/Marseille vs Liverpool/Atalanta semifinal Milan vs Roma Leverkusen vs West Ham Milan/Roma vs Leverkusen/West Ham semifinal Edited March 15 by Consigliere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 5 minutes ago, Consigliere said: Favourable draw for Liverpool. They will be very happy about how the EL and CL draws played out. Hadn't thought about that, definitely will take more out of their rivals than Atalanta should out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 A chance for Moyes to show his tactical genius and outsmart Alonso. AncalagonTheBlack and Spockydog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 37 minutes ago, Mexal said: Unfortunate indeed. And Arsenal has first leg in quarters and semis (if they make it that far). I’m happy with Bayern (we owe them for that 2017 drubbing), not so much City/RM. That’s CL for you. I think that’s a reasonable draw for Arsenal. Bayern’s not the easiest possible draw but it’s not too bad in their current state. City and Real play each other so they’ll only have to play one of them. Ideally I suppose you’d want to avoid them altogether but that doesn’t seem likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) The thing with Bayern is that it's not just a Tuchel problem. Quite a few of the Bayern stalwarts have been phoning it in domestically this season but they might just rouse themselves enough to actually put in the effort in a big CL knockout tie. So potentially a difficult tie for Arsenal since Bayern still have plenty of top class players. Edited March 15 by Consigliere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Not just phoned it in, they still have problems with the unbalanced squad Salihamidzic left behind. CL is the last remaining title Bayern could win on their own. For the league they would need a Leverkusen implosion. Their players also still want to play the Euros at home. Nagelsmann has announced his squad for the final games before the Euros. He called up six rookies + Leverkusen's Andrich and Stuttgart's Führich (who have one cap). Bayern omissions. Sane (who is suspended after getting sent off during their loss against Austria), Gnabry (just back after an injury lay off) and Goretzka. Goretzka was dropped purely because he has been playing poorly this season. So Nagelsmann has sorta put his old players on notice. He also cut Dortmund's number of players down to one call up (Füllkrug). Uncapped players he called up include Bayern's youngster Pavlovic (the DM Tuchel promoted), Heidenheim's Beste, Stuttgart's Mittelstädt, Anton and Undav (on loan from Brighton), and Hoffenheim's Beier. It looks like Nagelsmann sent a warning with this selection, that he has enlarged his scope and that he is prepared to drop out of form players (even if that means calling up players with limited to no experience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, ljkeane said: I think that’s a reasonable draw for Arsenal. Bayern’s not the easiest possible draw but it’s not too bad in their current state. City and Real play each other so they’ll only have to play one of them. Ideally I suppose you’d want to avoid them altogether but that doesn’t seem likely. I would have preferred almost any team on the other side of the bracket besides Athletico, but such is life. Reality is I don't care. This is what CL football is and I'm super happy to have some fun (and tense) games ahead. If we lose to Bayern, it sucks but man if we win and then get to take on RM/City to get to the finals, that would be something. Just makes it that much sweeter. Plus, the 90m we took in for getting this far will be super useful to get a striker in the summer. Edited March 15 by Mexal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I'm glad that I decided to tune in and watch the second half of Wolves v Coventry. What a great game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 8 minutes ago, Teng Ai Hui said: I'm glad that I decided to tune in and watch the second half of Wolves v Coventry. What a great game! Unbelievable! I turned it off when wolves scored their second! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) Father in law is a coventry fan, I only want to beat city now so we can hump them in the semi final. Banging his daughter should he enough but he's a tory and a brexiteer. Edited March 16 by BigFatCoward baxus and Corvinus85 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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