Football 2015/16

[eFestivals]

Just now, TheGayTent said:

 Did you actually watch the game last night? Barca dicked around so much that Cech didn't even have a save to make until the 2nd half. 

Arsenal were a better side and more exciting to watch in 03-04 than they are now. All fur and no knickers. 

Yeah, Barca couldn't get near the goal cos Barca are crap, and nothing to do with how Arsenal set themselves up to try and stop them.

Arsenal might have been a better team a decade ago, but the match I'm talking about was last night.

[TheGayTent]

4 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Yeah, Barca couldn't get near the goal cos Barca are crap, and nothing to do with how Arsenal set themselves up to try and stop them.

Arsenal might have been a better team a decade ago, but the match I'm talking about was last night.

Who said anything about Barcelona being crap? 

[eFestivals]

7 minutes ago, TheGayTent said:

Who said anything about Barcelona being crap? 

you said they 'dicked around', like Barca's failure to get near the goal was Barca's own fault and not Arsenal stopping them.

[TheGayTent]

12 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

you said they 'dicked around', like Barca's failure to get near the goal was Barca's own fault and not Arsenal stopping them.

You made it up. Glad we've resolved that. 

[ThomThomDrum]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

From one angle, yep, tho from another they should have won. They had their chances.

 

Yep, they did, but I dont think Arsenal can feel too unlucky with that outcome in the end. There was a sort of inevitability to it from what I saw,  but had it gone the other way Barca defo could have felt unlucky to lose it. 

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1 hour ago, TheGayTent said:

The Juve Bayern game? Yes it was much better. That Dybala is going to be some player. 

Yes, on paper it was always going to be the better game.  While you can admire Barcelona there games arent always the most interesting.  Either destroying mid table Spanish teams or passing around against the stronger teams. I thought Dybala was overpriced, but he looks a cracking signing.

[Guest]

I take it the whole forum will be getting behind City tonight and cheering us on in our quest to reach the 1/4 finals for the 1st time?

[DomDom1984]

Nah.

[TheGayTent]

I've got to decide whether I want a ticket to the 6th round game before I actually know which of 4 dates the game is on. 

Fucking ridiculous 

[thetime]

4 hours ago, TheGayTent said:

I've got to decide whether I want a ticket to the 6th round game before I actually know which of 4 dates the game is on. 

Fucking ridiculous 

Count yourself lucky, United season ticket holders don't have a choice.

Money gone from there accounts today already.

[TheGayTent]

46 minutes ago, thetime said:

Count yourself lucky, United season ticket holders don't have a choice.

Money gone from there accounts today already.

That's only true of home games. 

[mrtourette]

12 hours ago, TheGayTent said:

That's only true of home games. 

Yeah but he's talking about a home game.

[TheGayTent]

11 minutes ago, mrtourette said:

Yeah but he's talking about a home game.

Yes, but I wasn't. 

[DomDom1984]

We gave Hibs a bit of a beasting last night. Only the second time we've beaten a team above 8th place in the league this season.

[Chris Lfc]

I think this week pretty much sums up Liverpools whole season, no top 4 so we have to try and win the Europa to get into the champions league and to win atleast a trophy. 

[Bobs]

38 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

We gave Hibs a bit of a beasting last night. Only the second time we've beaten a team above 8th place in the league this season.

Well done...

 

Don't think anyone saw that coming! They should have mind, Stubbs is an appauling excuse for a 'coach'

[Bobs]

In my spare time, I follow Málaga (spare time being that I have a season ticket ), so it was no surprise to see City absolutely turn Kyiv over last night. That performance in Europe, is what Pellegrini is famous for, I mean, he seriously knows how to play in Europe (almost Benitez-esque). 

Made me feel quite nostalgic watching it, knowing it had been Málaga in the past. But looking at City before Pellegrini, they never got out the group stage, now this is their third straight time out the group, after winning a very difficult group. He may not have done what was required at City, but if they can hope for a few bits of luck (i.e. Bayern/Real/Barca drawing each other), I can see them going far, hell if he can take Málaga within a minute, and a terrible decision away from the Semi's, I wonder what he can do with City, now they've won the group.

[DomDom1984]

29 minutes ago, Bobs said:

Well done...

 

Don't think anyone saw that coming! They should have mind, Stubbs is an appauling excuse for a 'coach'

Stubbs has done reasonably well at Hibs. They're hitting a blip right now, but absolutely nobody at Hibs will be disappointed at how he's done, and nor should they be.

[mrtourette]

6 hours ago, TheGayTent said:

Yes, but I wasn't. 

But you arenlt talking about Man Utd.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Bobs said:

In my spare time, I follow Málaga (spare time being that I have a season ticket ), so it was no surprise to see City absolutely turn Kyiv over last night. That performance in Europe, is what Pellegrini is famous for, I mean, he seriously knows how to play in Europe (almost Benitez-esque). 

Made me feel quite nostalgic watching it, knowing it had been Málaga in the past. But looking at City before Pellegrini, they never got out the group stage, now this is their third straight time out the group, after winning a very difficult group. He may not have done what was required at City, but if they can hope for a few bits of luck (i.e. Bayern/Real/Barca drawing each other), I can see them going far, hell if he can take Málaga within a minute, and a terrible decision away from the Semi's, I wonder what he can do with City, now they've won the group.

He is a nice man but a terrible manager. The reason we have got out of the groups is the fact we have had easier groups over the last few years.

[TheGayTent]

2 hours ago, Bobs said:

In my spare time, I follow Málaga (spare time being that I have a season ticket ), so it was no surprise to see City absolutely turn Kyiv over last night. That performance in Europe, is what Pellegrini is famous for, I mean, he seriously knows how to play in Europe (almost Benitez-esque). 

Made me feel quite nostalgic watching it, knowing it had been Málaga in the past. But looking at City before Pellegrini, they never got out the group stage, now this is their third straight time out the group, after winning a very difficult group. He may not have done what was required at City, but if they can hope for a few bits of luck (i.e. Bayern/Real/Barca drawing each other), I can see them going far, hell if he can take Málaga within a minute, and a terrible decision away from the Semi's, I wonder what he can do with City, now they've won the group.

Pelegrini's results at Malaga were more to do with Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani and his wallet than they were Pelegrini? 

[Bobs]

3 hours ago, TheGayTent said:

Pelegrini's results at Malaga were more to do with Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani and his wallet than they were Pelegrini? 

 

 I like your style, but i disagree. 

The chairman, makes Vincent Tan look like a saint. He put money in for 2 years then took it all away. Thankfully they have an excellent manager in Javi Gracia.

[Bobs]

3 hours ago, eastynh said:

He is a nice man but a terrible manager. The reason we have got out of the groups is the fact we have had easier groups over the last few years.

I don't think he's suited to the Premier League, more Primera, but Europe is definitely his strong point. City could go far this year.

[TheGayTent]

40 minutes ago, Bobs said:

 

 I like your style, but i disagree. 

The chairman, makes Vincent Tan look like a saint. He put money in for 2 years then took it all away. Thankfully they have an excellent manager in Javi Gracia.

Yeah you'll be telling me next that Blackburn's Premier League trophy was more about Dalglish than Walker 

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4 hours ago, eastynh said:

He is a nice man but a terrible manager. The reason we have got out of the groups is the fact we have had easier groups over the last few years.

I think football fans too often look at everything as great or terrible. As most he is somewhere in the middle. He wouldn't have achieved as much if he was a terrible manager.