2017/18 UEFA Champions League

irishman86

irishguitarlad wrote: »

I just looked, he's only scored 8 goals in La Liga this season and two of those were against relegation favourites Deportivo La Coru/QUOTE]

But he has scored for fun since the turn of the year, your logic is flawed

irishguitarlad

irishman86 wrote: »

irishguitarlad wrote: »

I just looked, he's only scored 8 goals in La Liga this season and two of those were against relegation favourites Deportivo La Coru/QUOTE]

But he has scored for fun since the turn of the year, your logic is flawed

A season is longer than just the months after Christmas. Whilst he wasn't scoring for fun before Christmas and in general Madrid were lethargic, Barca romped to the title all before the new year.

irishman86

irishguitarlad wrote: »

irishman86 wrote: »

A season is longer than just the months after Christmas. Whilst he wasn't scoring for fun before Christmas and in general Madrid were lethargic, Barca romped to the title all before the new year.

But a season is also longer than before christmas
Real were lethargic, hardly all that blame can be laid on Ronaldos door. Benzema has been horrible this season
As for Barca romping to the title, im not sure Atletico agree
Ronaldos talk of demise has for years been talked about and yet he continues to win the best player in the world award
Its like some posters are going to say it every year till he retires just so they can say i told you so

NIMAN

There was a Ron stat about a month ago that of the last 94 shots he had, he had scored 4 goals

Bad but probably marginally higher than his free kick success rate.

EDIT: I must add, I am a Ronnie fan but I know when a player is on the wane. And he is.

irishman86

NIMAN wrote: »

There was a Ron stat about a month ago that of the last 94 shots he had, he had scored 4 goals

Bad but probably marginally higher than his free kick success rate.

EDIT: I must add, I am a Ronnie fan but I know when a player is on the wane. And he is.

I feel hes changing as a player but will continue to be effective
But i agree on his free kicks, he shouldnt be let near them

beya2009

There was a time when there was lots of comparisons between Rooney and Ronaldo. Rooney is 32 and Ronaldo is 33 and the former has been in decline last couple of seasons at Man U never mind his Everton career.

Kiith

Should be a cracking game tonight. Barca are always good, but i think Chelsea will keep it pretty close.

1-1 i'd say.

Billy86

I never knew that scoring against poor opposition was the second biggest sign a player is in decline, only behind scoring against high end opposition.

They were right, every day really is a school day!

Rekop dog

Pity they put Bayern and Barca on the same night, tomorrow is a bit thin on quality, they should have split them over the two nights.

beya2009

Kiith wrote: »

Should be a cracking game tonight. Barca are always good, but i think Chelsea will keep it pretty close.

1-1 i'd say.

Yeah I agree. Key will be return leg at the nou camp. The roma hammering should be a reminder of how solid they will need to be.

GavRedKing

I dont see anything other than Barca romping home, might not happen tonight but over two legs, I expect them to win by 2 or more goals.

Messi will break his Chelsea duck too.

It wont be the end of the world really, if we do lose, hopefully Barca can stop real winning a 3rd on the trot.

Rekop dog

Have a side ever gone through a domestic campaign and champions league without losing a game? Would be some feat if Barca pull it off.

Mocha Joe

Rekop dog wrote: »

Pity they put Bayern and Barca on the same night, tomorrow is a bit thin on quality, they should have split them over the two nights.

Subtle

Rekop dog

Mocha Joe wrote: »

Subtle

There's no strong contender on tomorrow night, I don't think that's exactly controversial. And Roma play the least entertaining football of the bigger Italian sides, ditto United in England so neither game are delivering on top quality or entertainment like others have over the last 16.

Skylinehead

Rekop dog wrote: »

Have a side ever gone through a domestic campaign and champions league without losing a game? Would be some feat if Barca pull it off.

Don't think so. Bayern lost 1 league game and 2 CL games when they won the treble 5 years ago.

Rekop dog

Skylinehead wrote: »

Don't think so. Bayern lost 1 league game and 2 CL games when they won the treble 5 years ago.

Yeah they're 1 game away from setting the la liga record for longest unbeaten, no team has ever done a full season without losing there.

GavRedKing

Rekop dog wrote: »

Have a side ever gone through a domestic campaign and champions league without losing a game? Would be some feat if Barca pull it off.

I would have guessed Milan but Barca won it at Wembley that year.

So I dont think anyone has TBH.

Agent Coulson

Eden to put on a one man show and beat Barca by himself.

irishman86

GavRedKing wrote: »

I dont see anything other than Barca romping home, might not happen tonight but over two legs, I expect them to win by 2 or more goals.

Messi will break his Chelsea duck too.

It wont be the end of the world really, if we do lose, hopefully Barca can stop real winning a 3rd on the trot.

Chelsea will do them tonight. Barca havent killed a team in the last month. They looked lethargic recently
Although maybe that was cause they had there mind on killing Chelsea :pac:

Fromvert

Hope Chelsea can pull off the upset over the two legs.

GavRedKing

irishman86 wrote: »

Chelsea will do them tonight. Barca havent killed a team in the last month. They looked lethargic recently
Although maybe that was cause they had there mind on killing Chelsea :pac:

Theyve had a day less rest and a tough game at the weekend while we largely rested the main payers for the FA cup.

It mightnt have a bearing on the game but in the last 20 mins, it might give us a small advantage, assuming we're not 2 or 3 down by that stage.

I'm dreading tonight, working for the entire first half and likely to miss the 2nd half too so its the internet updates for me, easier on the heart at laeast.

Rekop dog

I hope Chelsea turn up and make a game of it, that much is in doubt based on this season's shaky form.

2-1 Barca for me on the balance of things, think Paulinhos late runs will cause them trouble with defensive focus mainly on Messi and Suarez.

niallo27

Fromvert wrote: »

Hope Chelsea can pull off the upset over the two legs.

Really I hope Barca batter the bollox out of them.

Mr.Nice Guy

Looking forward to this. Should be a cracker. Fascinated to see the contest between Umtiti and Hazard.

Shanotheslayer

niallo27 wrote: »

Really I hope Barca batter the bollox out of them.

Wouldn't it suit Liverpool better if Chelsea qualified so they have more fixtures in the challenge for top 4?

Fromvert

niallo27 wrote: »

Really I hope Barca batter the bollox out of them.

Only see it as a win if Chelsea can get through as a Liverpool fan. More games for them and one of the favourites knocked out, they would obviously get a nice confidence boost but I'd prefer them having big midweek games potentially taking their eyes off a league game.

Barr

Definitely the toughest draw out of the PL clubs , fancy a Chelsea win tonight if Giroud or Morata were playing.

niallo27

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Wouldn't it suit Liverpool better if Chelsea qualified so they have more fixtures in the challenge for top 4?

Possibly possibly I think Chelsea will struggle in the league more games or not.

Agent Coulson

Hazard is up for this.

BorneTobyWilde

Does Fabergas think his hair looks cool like that?

Mr.Nice Guy

Lovely play from Messi.

BorneTobyWilde

Hope Barca win. Would be a good victory in next round if we draw them .

ERG89

Besiktas down to 10 men after 15 minutes in Munich. This could be rough.

Mr.Nice Guy

Besiktas down to ten men. Yikes.

And then Wagner Love misses a great chance to put the ten men in front. They might not get a better chance than that to score.

ERG89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

And then Wagner Love misses a great chance to put the ten men in front. They might not get a better chance than that to score.

Some amount of castaways there. Pepe, Vida, Medel, Babel, Negredo, Talisca, Love, Lens, Quaresma & Adriano.
They are missing the Turkish aces like a Hakan Sukur, Hasan Sas or Nihat type.

davycc

niallo27 wrote: »

Really I hope Barca batter the bollox out of them.

Agree with that Barcelona win 6_0 over both legs would go down well in neutral land

SlickRic

Barcelona are excellent at faking contact, and this ref is more than happy to buy it.

BorneTobyWilde

Messi far to deep, all neat and tidy but won't punish Chelsea playing tiki-taka in the centre circle .

Will I Am Not

Great effort from Willian.

Arghus

Chris Sutton sounds like a man trying to talk while taking a difficult crap.

murpho999

Arghus wrote: »

Chris Sutton sounds like a man trying to talk while taking a difficult crap.

Can't say I talk a lot to men whist they''re taking a crap, difficult or not.

murpho999

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Messi far to deep, all neat and tidy but won't punish Chelsea playing tiki-taka in the centre circle .

Don't find Messi is playing that way at all. He's looked sharp and dangerous tonight.

irishman86

ERG89 wrote: »

Some amount of castaways there. Pepe, Vida, Medel, Babel, Negredo, Talisca, Love, Lens, Quaresma & Adriano.
They are missing the Turkish aces like a Hakan Sukur, Hasan Sas or Nihat type.

The turkish ace moved to Everton right

murpho999

Why do people call for cards for every minor foul nowadays?

ollie1

So unlucky by Willian he deserves a goal

Will I Am Not

3rd time lucky?
Or is it the bar next?

ERG89

1-0 Bayern. Scruffy & unconvincing. Rather like their performance.

niallo27

SlickRic wrote: »

Barcelona are excellent at faking contact, and this ref is more than happy to buy it.

Chelsea have Hazard though so it's quiet equal. Chelsea better team in the final third so far.

Mr.Nice Guy

That's a hefty blow for Besiktas just before half-time.

sligeach

Big whoop! He's hit the outside of both posts. They're not shots on target and would have been undeserved.