Real Madrid vs Liverpool [Match Thread] CL Round 2, Leg 1 Wednesday 25 Feb 19.45

spockety

Ah crap, Ronnie Whelan is on the panel, he's only uttered 10 sentences and already my head is about to explode.

Daemonic

2 minutes into the RTE coverage and I already wanted slam Ronnie Whelan's head repeatedly into the desk

redout

Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Pepe, Heinze, Robben, Lass, Gago, Marcelo, Raúl, Higuaín.

Marcelo over Sneijder is a surprise.

~Rebel~

Why do they always trundle out this "if your fit for the bench, your fit to start" line, when its clearly not true.

If you haven't been able to train fully for 3 weeks then you're probably not fit to put everything in for 90, or even 60minutes, but could probably give 30minutes at the highest level before waning. So it obviously makes sense to have these 30mins at the end of the game...

spockety

I predict Ronnie is about to reel off a list of Rafa's bad transfers.

EDIT: WAHEY, I was right.

~Rebel~

spockety wrote: »

I predict Ronnie is about to reel off a list of Rafa's bad transfers.

EDIT: WAHEY, I was right.

lol, If Ronnie came on here, he'd be banned as being a troll for his misinformation within a week!

el rabitos

"he's bought a player every 25 days"

lol

Headshot

rafa the next houllier

guess who said that

you see this is why i watch rte panel
lol

LuckyLloyd

"Houllier = Benitez, Benitez = Houllier." - Dunphy.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

taidghbaby

spockety wrote: »

I predict Ronnie is about to reel off a list of Rafa's bad transfers.

EDIT: WAHEY, I was right.

ronnie should give up punditry and go down the road of loreal ad's!

he has shiny soft hair!

kingshankly

whelan is a two faced so and so slagging of liverpool and rafa and then he is as nice of pie when on lfctv.

SlickRic

ronnie you noob.

spockety

So Ronnie reckons Rafa has 'lost the fans'?

What are the odds some Rafa chants from the away support tonight then, Ronnie? And will you take back what you said when you hear them bellowing it out, like they do week, after week, after week?

RasTa

lol i'm loving the Pool fans reaction to Dunphy and the boyos.



I'm hoping for a good game tonight anyway, 2-0 to Real.

~Rebel~

love how they pick 2 goals against Liverpool first for showing off drogba...anyone sense a theme?

Unearthly

~Rebel~ wrote: »

love how they pick 2 goals against Liverpool first for showing off drogba...anyone sense a theme?

Yeah I'm sensing they are trying to wind up fans all around the country and succeeding.

evil_seed

any links? i'm trying my usuals but no luck so far. ta very much

ctrl-alt-delete

Looking forward to this one. It's a pity Gerrard didn't make it back for it.

I read somewhere Torres has never performed as he is capable off against Real when he was at Athletico,

But i have a feeling he will have a big game tonight, if his team mates can feed him.

Am a Blackburn fan myself, but will be cheering on Liverpool tonight,

Good Luck

Harpy

evil_seed wrote: »

any links? i'm trying my usuals but no luck so far. ta very much

if you're in ireland the rte website is prob streamin it.. if not have you tried tvu player?

LuckyLloyd

Dunphy is predicting Liverpool being able to frustrate Madrid because of their mediocre players; Ronnie thinks Liverpool are certs to progress over two legs; and Giles reckons it will be dull with few chances...

:(:(:(:(

Madrid 5 - 0 so, we're screwed.

PHB

Should be a fun game.

I think in this tie, based on the teams, Madrid will win this leg.

coco06

very fast start... madrid goin for the throat.. we need to get the ball a bit more and slow it down..

LuckyLloyd

Diarra winning the early squabbles in the middle of the park

coco06

good to see the ref seems strong and not falling for the likes of Heize's calls..

PHB

wtf, that was a nuts tackle, coulda be a red even, and it wasn't given anything. No wonder Robben was pissed.

darkskol

Riera losing a lot of possession early on, needs to settle himself down.

Guy:Incognito

Is the ref using the randometer for decisions? free against Kuyt there?

LuckyLloyd

Arbeloa has started poorly

LuckyLloyd

Torres forces a really good stop from Cassilas

coco06

great pass to torress there...

close there for nando. might just get the rub of the green.;)

darkskol

Close by Torres, good save.

ntlbell

htf was torres not off side?

this ref obviously didn't have his weetabix

pvt.joker

Come on Madrid !

shotamoose

Some save by Casillas there

darkskol

Torres injury? uh-oh

LuckyLloyd

Torres crocked, coming over to the sideline and taking off his socks...

EDIT: back on after some treatment

whatawaster

i'd forgotten how much i hate Robben

ctrl-alt-delete

ntlbell wrote: »

htf was torres not off side?

this ref obviously didn't have his weetabix

Nobody touched the ball that time, so he was onside when the kick up the field took place

whatawaster

whatawaster wrote: »

i'd forgotten how much i hate Robben

lol, yeah hes got one of those hatefull faces

ntlbell

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Nobody touched the ball that time, so he was onside when the kick up the field took place

he was off when it left the keepers boot

so if no one touched it he's still off..

Harpy

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Torres crocked, coming over to the sideline and taking off his socks...

EDIT: back on after some treatment

maybe he just forgot to change his socks today and just remembered;)
on a more serious note if he's injured huge blow for liverpool, he's back on and looks ok but time will tell

LuckyLloyd

Aureillo has started well on Robben

ntlbell

rarnes1 wrote: »

lol, yeah hes got one of those hatefull faces

like van persy?

coco06

babel warming up.. torres may be comin off.
hope not.

this game would be made for gerrard, real look a bit dodge at the back.

Raskolnikov

Torres doesn't look happy here.

whatawaster

ntlbell wrote: »

like van persy?

worse.

Van Persie is just moody, i quite like him though

flanzer

Pity 'bout Riera up ahead of him...he's doin' my tits in

Guy:Incognito

Torres is going off. :mad:

LuckyLloyd

OT: If there is one thing the Premiership does wrong, it's Captain's armbands. Raul's is class - big, black with a visible replica of the club crest. In Italy, they have the Unicef bands. Those tiny strips with the premiership logo on them are rubbish...

coco06

lucky...:(