Tackles, balls and Seaman - The footie thread

[Shoco]

Full Draw
Group A: Barcelona, Chelsea, Werder Bremen, Levski Sofia
Group B: Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Sporting Lisbon, Spartak Moscow
Group C: Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Bordeaux, Galatasaray
Group D: Valencia, Roma, Olympiakos, Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E: Real Madrid, Olympique Lyon, Steaua Bucharest, Dynamo Kiev
Group F: United, Celtic, Benfica, FC Copenhagen
Group G: Arsenal, FC Porto, CSKA Moscow, Hamburg
Group H: AC Milan, Lille, AEK Athens, Anderlecht
Group Stage Schedule
Matchday 1: 12/13 Sept 2006
Matchday 2: 26/27 Sept 2006
Matchday 3: 17/18 Oct 2006
Matchday 4: 31 Oct/1 Nov 2006
Matchday 5: 21/22 Nov 2006
Matchday 6: 05/06 Dec 2006

First knockout round, 1st leg: 20/21 Feb 2007
First knockout round, 2nd leg: 06/07 March 2007

Quarter-finals, 1st leg: 03/04 April 2007
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg: 10/11 April 2007

Semi-finals, 1st leg: 24/25 April 2007
Semi-finals, 2nd leg: 01/02 May 2007

Final (Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece) 23 May 2007

[Gnrfan]

Full Draw
Group A: Barcelona, Chelsea, Werder Bremen
Group B: Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Sporting Lisbon
Group C: Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Bordeaux
Group D: Valencia, Roma, Olympiakos
Group E: Real Madrid, Olympique Lyon, Steaua Bucharest
Group F: United, Celtic, Benfica, FC Copenhagen
Group G: Arsenal, FC Porto, CSKA Moscow
Group H: AC Milan, Lille, AEK Athens

I think that utd have a decent group but not as easy as Liverpool or Arsenal. Benfica are a good team and Celtic are unpredictable. I'm condfident especially the way we are playing at present

[Shoco]

nah i think united have the handiest after ac milans

i wouldnt fancy traveling to galatasaray or psv, or even moscow

[Judge Dredd]

I can't believe Chelsea screwed up last night.

Had us rolling in the aisles at the Emirates after we had polished off Zagreb.

[Gnrfan]

I can't believe Chelsea screwed up last night.

Had us rolling in the aisles at the Emirates after we had polished off Zagreb.

Chelsea dropping points is one of my favourite things in the world. Lets hope its the first of many

[Shoco]

another win for united, and points droped by the gooners 

[Judge Dredd]

another win for united, and points droped by the gooners 

Well, we didn't so much drop them as hand them on a silver platter to City.

Absolute codswallop.

[Izzy]

Yey, Liverpool won a game in the first month of a season - horrah

[2NaFish]

blegh, hearts won 4-1 today and i hardly care.

i hate being spoilt by winning trophies and expecting to compete for the league. the struggle was the good part.



that dirk kuyt's an ugly bastard.

[Shoco]

blegh, hearts won 4-1 today and i hardly care.

i hate being spoilt by winning trophies and expecting to compete for the league. the struggle was the good part.



that dirk kuyt's an ugly bastard.

er winning trophies?? what yo won the cup last year and you think youe dominating??

[Danny Top Hat]

Why isn't Arsene buying anyone?  Real Madrid want Reyes and they don't care if they lose Baptiste - so why not kill two birds with one stone??

I have never seen Henry play as badly as he did yesterday.  He looked like an off-form Ronaldo at times, although obviously less chubby.  I think he needs more rest, because he's only gonna get more tired as the season progresses.  If Henry's form takes a big dive this season then Arsenal have no chance.

I don't think Arsenal are entirely out of the championship race but we've gotta get our act together fast.  I cannot understand Arsene Wenger's policy of going for the bare minimum amount of players - our squad is wafer thin and we're still relying on shit players like Adebayor and Cygan.  We never buy anyone!  What happened to that ?40mill spending money we had this season?  Has David Dein just pocketed it??

[Judge Dredd]

Arsene refuses to pay over the odds for players. We were quoted ?10 million for Curtis Davies, and that is what Chelsea initially offered us for Cashley Cole 11 weeks ago.

Adebayor is not shit. As Wenger has said numerous times, it takes the foreigners a year to settle into England. Which is why we won't see the best of Rosicky until next season. Adebayor was a shining light at the end of last season. He can only get better. And Cygan isn't shit either, he is merely out of depth.

We have been unsettled over the sagas of Cole and Reyes, plus we haven't got the money from their impending transfers to strengthen a very inexperienced squad.

Having seen Henry so far this season, I think we should have sold him to Barcelona and replaced him with someone young and hungry, like Obafemi Martins. At ?10 million he is going to be a bargain.

Anyways, Wenger has a young striker lined up. Kilmarnock's 19 year old Stephen Naismith will be training at London Colney with a view to a ?1 million deal. Naismith won the Scottish Young Player of the Year award last season.

[2NaFish]

blegh, hearts won 4-1 today and i hardly care.

i hate being spoilt by winning trophies and expecting to compete for the league. the struggle was the good part.



that dirk kuyt's an ugly bastard.

er winning trophies?? what yo won the cup last year and you think youe dominating??

in the last ten years the old firm have won every single trophy in scotland with the exception of three occasions. twice we've won the scottish and livingston won the league cup.

comparitively we're dominating.

[2NaFish]

naismith is too lightweight for the premiership and will be for atleast a couple of years; he's a cracking player but if you do take him then he'll be out on loan straight away.

[Danny Top Hat]

We don't need more 19 year olds, we need established quality. ?I agree Martins would've been an excellent buy, I also think we should've signed Andy Johnson when we had the chance - and Dirk Kuyt. ?It's good that we held onto Henry but we can't expect him to do it all by himself anymore, he's gonna need a lot of help this season. ?I really like VP but i'm not sure he's reliable enough to be our regular goalscorer.

As for Adebayor, he may not be shit but he's certainly not the answer to our problems. ?He's a good player, which is again not what we need. ?We need excellent players who can make an impact and turn games in our favour. ?I don't remember him being a shining light at all last season, the only time i've seen him play especially well was at the World Cup, which is an entirely different situation.

Put it this way - while Man U, Liverpool and Chelsea strengthened their squads in the summer Arsenal lost Pires, Bergkamp and Campbell, buying only Tomas Rosicky, who apparently needs a year break before he's gonna do anything good for us. ?I just don't understand it. ?I thought last year was meant to be our transitional year, but now he's hinting that this year will be another one!

Oddly enough I seem to remember having the exact same problem last season and we were lucky to scrape 4th that year. ?I hope i'm wrong, it's very early days and definately not too late for the team to get their act together but it's gonna take a massive effort with a squad this size.

[2NaFish]

did y'all not say this when petit, overmars, etc all buggered off 5 or 6 years ago?

[Danny Top Hat]

We replaced Petit and Overmars with Gilberto and Pires.

[2NaFish]

and you'll replace them with van persie, cesc, etc.

the circle of life is complete. Elton John should be a football manager.

[Danny Top Hat]

Who's replaced Sol Campbell?


I see your point though, i'm just sulking cause we've had a bad start to the season.  After we ended last season I really thought we'd give Chelsea a run for their money this year but that doesn't look likely right now.  Maybe Man U will be the team to beat this year anyway...

[Judge Dredd]

Arsenal won't win the Premiership again until they replace the aggression and drive they had in the middle of the park with Paddy.