European Cups, Domestic Cups and Internationals Thread

DJKendo

Lukaku hat-trick. Barkley assist.

Lukaku has been excellent today. Really has put in a seriously big effort into everything.

Iused2likebusts

No surprise liverpool with a strong team I'm sure they will want to leave a few lads at home if possible ahead of the game against City next weekend.

KevIRL

Soldado goal

KevIRL

1-1 spurs

KevIRL

Balotelli pen. Confirms he is ahead of Sturridge on pens if Gerrard not on the pitch

scouttio

KevIRL wrote: »

Balotelli pen. Confirms he is ahead of Sturridge on pens if Gerrard not on the pitch

Not necessarily. Going by Sturridges reaction, it seems Balotelli took the ball off him

Lucas Hood

KevIRL wrote: »

Balotelli pen. Confirms he is ahead of Sturridge on pens if Gerrard not on the pitch

Liverpool have some penalty takers.
Gerrard Balotelli & Lambert

Dearg81

KevIRL wrote: »

Balotelli pen. Confirms he is ahead of Sturridge on pens if Gerrard not on the pitch

If he's not, he should be, Sturridge has missed penalties before.

Mr.Prodston

Apparently the Henderbus was meant to take it which worth noting as bizarre as it is.

Iused2likebusts

sturridge was poor tonight very selfish(although from an FF point of view thats good). Ibe looks very good the 3 times Ive seen him he could be my midfield cheapie.

iroced

... Guingamp, the village which plays Europa League .

They beat Dinamo Kiev 2-1 yesterday at home. Dinamo was down to 9 players at HT so it's not an ideal result. It's frustrating since had they been more clinical upfront they could have easily scored 4 or 5 goals. They may pay that in the return leg. The "good" news is they kept attacking, stayed calm despite time going against them (they scored the 2 goals in the last 15 min). Also Dinamo lost their best player (Iarmolenko) with the RC and 2 key players (Lens & Sydorchuk) through injury.

They still have a chance which is in itself a huge achievement. Again. En Avant Guingamp!

spock.

TEAM NEWS @MCFC: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Demichelis, Clichy, Fernando, Milner, Nasri, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero #MCFCB

SUBS NEWS @MCFC: Caballero, Sagna, Mangala, Fernandinho, Lampard, Navas, Bony #MCFCB

dahat

Where is Toure?

iroced

dahat wrote: »

Where is Toure?

Suspended I think...

dahat

iroced wrote: »

Suspended I think...

Ah, that explains it.

Lemlin

spock. wrote: »

TEAM NEWS @MCFC: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Demichelis, Clichy, Fernando, Milner, Nasri, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero #MCFCB

SUBS NEWS @MCFC: Caballero, Sagna, Mangala, Fernandinho, Lampard, Navas, Bony #MCFCB

Dreadful line up from City. 2 up front, no Fernandinho and Milner in midfield.

spock.

Suarez 0-1

spock.

Lemlin wrote:

Dreadful line up from City. 2 up front, no Fernandinho and Milner in midfield.

Milner is playing?

spock.

Suarez again. City in big trouble.

iroced

Lemlin wrote: »

Dreadful line up from City. 2 up front, no Fernandinho and Milner in midfield.

Their midfield was all over the shop. Busquets had all the space and time he wanted to launch Barça attacks.
City will never perform against the top european sides if they play like that. They need to press high up the pitch with a compact block to put the opposition under pressure. This evening the space they let between their lines is so huge that barça don't even need to run for the first and second passes :eek:. They let them a hell of a lot too much comfort to play their game.

About their line-up... Is Lampard available? And what about Navas? Also Nasri is useless, he's never making the efforts for the team. He walks and waits for being in a good position to get the ball. Dreadful player. I compared his activity with Silva's one in the first half. It's like chalk and cheese. They're also missing Yaya Touré so much tonight...

KevIRL

Kun goal Silva assist

iroced

KevIRL wrote: »

Kun goal Silva assist

Wonderfully delicate back heel pass from Merlin and a great finish from Kun.

KevIRL

Clichy red (2nd yellow)

spock.

Clichy 2nd yellow

KevIRL

Sagna on Silva off

iroced

Hart saves Messi pen and Messi misses the rebound with a header to the right.

FT. City-Barça: 1-2.

Dearg81

iroced wrote: »

Their midfield was all over the shop. Busquets had all the space and time he wanted to launch Barça attacks.
City will never perform against the top european sides if they play like that. They need to press high up the pitch with a compact block to put the opposition under pressure. This evening the space they let between their lines is so huge that barça don't even need to run for the first and second passes :eek:. They let them a hell of a lot too much comfort to play their game.

About their line-up... Is Lampard available? And what about Navas? Also Nasri is useless, he's never making the efforts for the team. He walks and waits for being in a good position to get the ball. Dreadful player. I compared his activity with Silva's one in the first half. It's like chalk and cheese. They're also missing Yaya Touré so much tonight...

It's amazing that Pellegrini keeps making the same mistake with the 4 in midfield every time they play a good team at home in the champions league. They still have a chance if they play Toure behind Aguero in the Nou Camp though.

Back to FPL - I'd be tempted to captain Sturridge after watching that match if I had him.

KevIRL

Walcott not starting

spock.

Bellerin starts for Arsenal against Monaco:

#Arsenal team to play @AS_Monaco: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Coquelin, Cazorla, Sanchez, Ozil, Welbeck, Giroud

#Arsenal subs: Szczesny, Gabriel, Monreal, Chambers, Rosicky, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott #AFCvMON

Iused2likebusts

KevIRL wrote: »

Walcott not starting

I sold him last week I can't see him being a guaranteed starter this season. Probably a decent chance he will start at the weekend now though.

Mr.Prodston

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I sold him last week I can't see him being a guaranteed starter this season. Probably a decent chance he will start at the weekend now though.

I'll keep him this week now but he's gotta go afterwards!

F1ngers

Arsenal cleanie gone.

Iused2likebusts

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I'll keep him this week now but he's gotta go afterwards!

It's a shame as after aguero he is my favourite ff player.

km79

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

It's a shame as after aguero he is my favourite ff player.

me too but he must not be fully right and prob won't be till next season at this stage .
we may see him soon this evening the way its going. be nice if he turned the game and made himself a certain starter for the weekend.....

Mr.Prodston

Never thought I'd get to say this again but:

The Berb is the word.

2-0

KevIRL

Berbagoal 0-2

spock.

Giroud misses an absolute sitter!

km79

giroud that's why he is so frustrating to own .
if he does not buck up Walcott or Sanchez cud start up top vs Everton .....

spock.

Walcott on Giroud off.

km79

wow its already happened giroud off
Walcott on
Sanchez up front!

Dr. Bre

hope giroud doesn't get dropped now ha

km79

Dr. Bre wrote: »

hope giroud doesn't get dropped now ha

very very very possible !
so nearly a Sanchez assist Theo goal
save them for the weekend boys!

dahat

Poor Arsenal relying on Wellbeck to save them....

spock.

Goal from the ox!

km79

as a bellerin owner who desperately needs him to play this weekend I'm very worried after tonight

iroced

Ferreira Carrasco sealed it. 3-1 for Monaco. FT. Great for French football . For once...

What a game though from almost a B team for Monaco :eek: !!!

El festino

Wenger said in press conference Giroud taken off for missing 'easy chances'. Kinda worried about him playing this weekend now..

Lemlin

El festino wrote: »

Wenger said in press conference Giroud taken off for missing 'easy chances'. Kinda worried about him playing this weekend now..

It's the last weekend I need him. He's out for Kane after this weekend.

El festino

Lemlin wrote: »

It's the last weekend I need him. He's out for Kane after this weekend.

Thinking same but really need him to play this weekend.

Ziegler1988

Tottenham lineup: Lloris; Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies; Bentaleb, Stambouli; Chadli, Eriksen, Lamela; Soldado.

#THFC subs: Vorm, Rose, Walker, Mason, Paulinho, Townsend, Kane

Liverpool lineup: Mignolet, Toure, Skrtel, Lovren, Allen, Can. Ibe, Moreno, Sterling, Balotelli, Sturridge #EUROPAonFOX