all things soccer 2009/10

[Insidious Von]

Hey IV, tell us how you really feel
By the way, can Juve challenge Inter this year? Or is it a one team race?

Also, will Milan finish in the top 4 or more importantly, will Italy's coeffient result in losing one of their 4 CL spots? Enquiring minds need to know this stuff, help us out.

Fuck em all, American closet inhabiting types.

No

If Gattuso and Ambrosini start ahead of Abate and Flammini, Milan will be lucky to finish in the top 10. Serie A is now the 5th best League in Europe, behind the Bundesliga and the Championat expect that loss to happen.

 

[the_big_E]

Milan haven't gotten any younger, but I like the Huntelaar acquisition. They'll still be sniffing around the top 5, lets face it. I think its Inter's to lose. And somebody noted it last year but they mentioned the Zarate Kid would struggle. But he didn't, sky blue stud!

 

[Big Michael]

UCL Group Stage

Draw today, some tough teams in Pot 3 and Pot 4 has Wolfsburg. I guess the group that draws Wolfsburg becomes the group of death!

Pot one: Barcelona CHELSEA LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER UNITED AC Milan ARSENAL Sevilla Bayern Munich

Pot Two: Lyon Inter Milan Real Madrid CSKA Moscow Porto AZ Alkmaar Juventus RANGERS

Pot Three: Olympiakos Marseille Dinamo Kiev Stuttgart Fiorentina Atletico Madrid Bordeaux Besiktas

Pot Four: Wolfsburg Standard Liege Maccabi Haifa FC Zurich Rubin Kazan Unirea Urziceni

 

[scouser1]

there you have it guys and gals

Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
Group B: MANCHESTER UNITED, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg
Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, FC Zurich
Group D: CHELSEA, FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, APOEL
Group E: LIVERPOOL, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen
Group F: FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dinamo Kiev, FC Rubin Kazan
Group G: Sevilla, RANGERS, Stuttgart, Unirea
Group H: ARSENAL, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard Liege

someone needs to explain to me who Arsene Wenger bribed or slept with to get that group who they will just walk through it seems

 

[Big Michael]

there you have it guys and gals


someone needs to explain to me who Arsene Wenger bribed or slept with to get that group who they will just walk through it seems

Love the draw, Talk about bribes, who did Sevilla give the suitcase to? The Scousers and ManU have a bit of work to do.

Picks in Bold

Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
Group B: MANCHESTER UNITED, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg
Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, FC Zurich
Group D: CHELSEA, FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, APOEL
Group E: LIVERPOOL, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen
Group F: FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dinamo Kiev, FC Rubin Kazan
Group G: Sevilla, RANGERS, Stuttgart, Unirea
Group H: ARSENAL, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard Liege

 

[the_big_E]

Arsenal made out like bandits with that draw.

 

[David Beckham 23]

Besides the travel I like Man U's draw. I'm just not sure how good they are yet without Ronaldo. I would have picked them to go to the finals if they had the same Roster as last year. But now, are they the team the tied Chelsea, lost to Burnley, or destroyed Wigan?

I guess we'll find out this weekend against the Gunners.

Barca v Inter should be sweet and we'll also see how "real" Madrid (Pun intended) is against AC Milan & Marseille. I still don't believe in their defence.

 

[scouser1]

Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
Group B: MANCHESTER UNITED, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg
Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, FC Zurich
Group D: CHELSEA, FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, APOEL
Group E: LIVERPOOL, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen
Group F: FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dinamo Kiev, FC Rubin Kazan
Group G: Sevilla, RANGERS, Stuttgart, Unirea
Group H: ARSENAL, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard Liege

my pics in bold, I gotta say that as a Liverpool supporter Fiorentina makes me very nervous and here is to hoping that Rangers get whooped

 

[David Beckham 23]

As a Liverpool supporter, how does it feel to have another EPL title lost?

 

[scouser1]

As a Liverpool supporter, how does it feel to have another EPL title lost?

As a supporter I do like to believe that titles arent lost or won in August but its gonna be a tough one. The problem with the Reds is the lack of depth, once you get past Gerrard and Torres there is really no one that strikes fear in the hearts of opponents. I believe this might be Chelsea's year unfortunately.

On a brighter note the Europa League draw has just come out, another handful of intriguing matchups, apparently no one in UEFA has ever read a history book and decided to put Galatasary and Panathinaikos in the same group, that is just asking for a stadium to be set on fire.

Group A

Ajax
Anderlecht
DinamoZagreb
Timisoara

Group B

Valencia
Lille
Slavia Prague
Genoa

Group C

Hamburg
Celtic
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Rapid Vienna

Group D

Sporting Lisbon
Heerenveen
Hertha Berlin
Ventspils

Group E

Roma
Basel
Fulham
CSKA Sofia

Group F

Panathinaikos
Galatasaray
Dinamo Bucharest
Sturm Graz

Group G

Villarreal
Lazio
Levski Sofia
Salzburg

Group H

Steaua Bucharest
Fenerbahce
FC Twente
Sheriff

Group I

Benfica
Everton
AEK Athens
BATE

Group J

ShakhtarDonetsk
Bruges
Partizan Belgrade
Toulouse

Group K

PSV Eindhoven
FC Copenhagen
Sparta Prague
CFR Cluj

Group L

Werder Bremen
Austria Vienna
Athletic Bilbao
Nacional

 

[Insidious Von]

Inter 4 Milan 0
Roma 1 Juventus 3

The Rossoneri desperately miss Kaka, Pirlo looks lost without him, but the NeroAzzurri have forgotten The Colossus of Sweden. They are even better this year; Eto'o gives them pace, Sneidjer gives them a trequartista and Lucio gives them a solid center-back. Had it not been for Storari in goal the final tally could have been 8 - 0.

Roma didn't deserve the loss they took. They gave it their all but they are undermanned against a stacked Juve. DDR has just turned 26, it's time for him to consider his options. Like Torres he will not sign for another Italian club, he seriously should move at the January transfer window.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LRJ...MkY0TFJKWmYzbGRB&feature=player_embedded#t=46

 

[David Beckham 23]

Saw the last 20 min of the Juv v Roma match. Looked like Juv was dieing and lost their legs. The score is definitely misleading.

 

[Big Michael]

Inter 4 Milan 0
Roma 1 Juventus 3

The Rossoneri desperately miss Kaka, Pirlo looks lost without him, but the NeroAzzurri have forgotten The Colossus of Sweden. They are even better this year; Eto'o gives them pace, Sneidjer gives them a trequartista and Lucio gives them a solid center-back. Had it not been for Storari in goal the final tally could have been 8 - 0.

I am finally over the frustration of Arsenal's loss to Man Ure.

Don't get me wrong we fully deserve to lose, weak links in your team, Almunia and Diaby, will always come back to bite. Wenger really screwed up by not replacing these two as well as not paying the going rate for Melo. Also surprised that ManU didn't spend more on CRon's money. Then again Arsenal and ManU have a lot of debt.

Anyways, Inter looks really good. Sneidjer and Eto'o are two fantastic pick ups and they are both motivated with something to prove to the teams that let them go. I am thinking there might be three Barca-Inter CL games this year with final one taking place at the Bernabeu.

 

[ROGER O. THORNHILL]

I am thinking there might be three Barca-Inter CL games this year with final one taking place at the Bernabeu.

That is exactly the aim, my friend. Exactly it!!

 

[Big Michael]

That is exactly the aim, my friend. Exactly it!!

With Arsenal switching to Barca's 4-3-3 with high pressure up the pitch, I would oh so love for them to clash in the knockout stage. Not saying we would win, but oh what fun.

 

[Insidious Von]

Never underestimate the tactical genius of Carlo Ancelotti...especially if DDR moves to Stamford Bridge in January.

Lovely cross by Balotelli on Stankovic's goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zY7s-GDS4&feature=related

 

[Big Michael]

Never underestimate the tactical genius of Carlo Ancelotti...especially if DDR moves to Stamford Bridge in January.

Lovely cross by Balotelli on Stankovic's goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zY7s-GDS4&feature=related

Good point, I think Chelsea is the only other team that can crash the Barca-Inter party. Chelsea will easily win the Premier League this year. I love DDR, but how many world class midfielders does Chelsea need. Assuming Chelsea continues to play with Anelka and Drogba up front, How do you fit Lampard, Essien, Ballacks, Deco, Malouda, J Cole, Zhirkov, Mikel and DDR into four spots?

 

[David Beckham 23]

Chelsea is the only team that didn't make or lose any big names this year. The EPL is theirs to lose.

Back to Arsenal, what did UEFA do buy banning Eduardo for 2 games. I hate diving as much as the next guy but are UEFA prepared to go after a big name?

 

[the_big_E]

I keep replaying the Diaby own goal in my head. That game has gutted me, they played so fantastically and got nothing out of that game. ManU were quite frankly rubbish. I think I am one of the few Diaby fans, I think he will come good...I hate to keep throwing the potential tag out there but I think he will have a very good year still. Also disappointed however no other names came in the door. Guess we're stuck with the Swiss cover of Senderos/Djhorou.

I only saw bits of the Inter game but Milan got smashed...and how about those fantastic goals by Diego? The first goal vs Roma was stellar.

 

[scouser1]

watching the WC qualifying match between Denmark and Portugal I figure the hair gel industry in Spain must be loving Ronaldo's move to Real