Champions League Week Two Thread.

mike65

Tuesday, 27 September 2005
Ajax v Arsenal, 19:45
Barcelona v Udinese, 19:45
Bayern Munich v Club Brugge, 19:45
FC Thun v Sparta Prague, 19:45
Juventus v Rapid Vienna, 19:45
Lille v Villarreal, 19:45
Man Utd v Benfica, 19:45
Panathinaikos v Werder Bremen, 19:45

Wednesday, 28 September 2005
Anderlecht v Real Betis, 19:45
FC Porto v Artmedia Bratislava, 19:45
Fenerbahce v PSV, 19:45
Inter Milan v Rangers, 19:45
Liverpool v Chelsea, 19:45
Real Madrid v Olympiacos, 19:45
Rosenborg v Lyon, 19:45
Schalke 04 v AC Milan, 19:45

Liverpool to draw/beat Chelsea
Man Utd to draw with Benfica
Arsenal to loose to Ajax.

Its just as well I won't be laying any money on those results!

Mike.

Necronomicon

Chelsea to win at Liverpool, United to beat Benfica and Arsenal to draw at Ajax.

Anyone know when the transfer window is open again in the fantasy football? I have to find a long-term replacement for Heinze.

Spider_Baby!

every week, isnt there a free transfer, 1 per week like in premier league one?

evad_lhorg

there is no transfer window. you get one free transfer every week. every other transfer will cost you 4 points off your score.

KdjaCL

mike65 wrote:

Tuesday, 27 September 2005
Ajax v Arsenal, 19:45 Draw
Barcelona v Udinese, 19:45 Away!!!!
Bayern Munich v Club Brugge, 19:45 Home
FC Thun v Sparta Prague, 19:45 Away
Juventus v Rapid Vienna, 19:45 Home
Lille v Villarreal, 19:45 Away
Man Utd v Benfica, 19:45 Home
Panathinaikos v Werder Bremen, 19:45 Away



Wednesday, 28 September 2005
Anderlecht v Real Betis, 19:45 Away
FC Porto v Artmedia Bratislava, 19:45 Home
Fenerbahce v PSV, 19:45 Draw
Inter Milan v Rangers, 19:45 Draw!!!!!!
Liverpool v Chelsea, 19:45 Draw...Red button wont be going near that slowmotion train wreck of a football match
Real Madrid v Olympiacos, 19:45 Home
Rosenborg v Lyon, 19:45 Away
Schalke 04 v AC Milan, 19:45 Draw

Must get to bookies ....


kdjac

beer enigma

I reckon Arsenal could sneak it at Ajax tonight....they have the element of suprise in that Ajax wont know any of the Gunners players on the pitch :rolleyes:

Should be a good game - ITV2 7.30

arbeitsscheuer

Ajax v Arsenal, Home
Barcelona v Udinese, Home
Bayern Munich v Club Brugge, Home
FC Thun v Sparta Prague, Away
Juventus v Rapid Vienna, Home
Lille v Villarreal, Draw
Man Utd v Benfica, Draw
Panathinaikos v Werder Bremen, Away

Anderlecht v Real Betis, Away
FC Porto v Artmedia Bratislava, Draw
Fenerbahce v PSV, Home
Inter Milan v Rangers, Draw
Liverpool v Chelsea, Away
Real Madrid v Olympiacos, Home
Rosenborg v Lyon, Draw
Schalke 04 v AC Milan, Away

As an Arsenal fan, I'd start with Lupoli tonight. This is about as weak and injury-devastated as we're gonna get, and I wanna see the young reserves' goal machine in the first team soon.

Big Nelly

This is f**ked up....have 2 player injured but when I try to transfer one it takes 2 points off me....I have made one transfer so far and that was after the first week but none since......do they onnly allow one per round???? thats what it seems like!!

Wats up with Bergkamp? same cr*p where he wont travel? I brought him in because everyone was saying with Henry out they would send him over to Holland for this game.....damn you Wenger! :mad:

Looks like I will be off the top after this round!

Pacifico

Are Sky showing all the matches tonight? Particularly the Arsenal game??

eirebhoy

Big Nelly wrote:

This is f**ked up....have 2 player injured but when I try to transfer one it takes 2 points off me....I have made one transfer so far and that was after the first week but none since......

You made one after the first week. This is still after the 1st week. I don't get you.

evilhomer

Pacifico wrote:

Are Sky showing all the matches tonight? Particularly the Arsenal game??

They are indeed on skysports extra usually, just press the red button and pick your prefered match

Ajax v Arsenal : Draw
Barcelona v Udinese: Barca
Bayern Munich v Club Brugge: Bayern
FC Thun v Sparta Prague, Prague
Juventus v Rapid Vienna, Juve
Lille v Villarreal, Villereal
Man Utd v Benfica, Man Utd (by the skin of their teeth)
Panathinaikos v Werder Bremen, Draw (greece is a hard place to go with the fanatical fans)

I will probably watch the United match if I get bored I will turn on the Juve match

Big Nelly

eirebhoy wrote:

You made one after the first week. This is still after the 1st week. I don't get you.

nah was getting confused with the Premier league one where most weeks free transfer....will just have to hold out and hope

Roddy23

gonna go with Arsenal to win here, as mentioned earlier, the element of surprise, this is as long as Freddie is not up front.
I'd love to see Lupoli or Quincy start up with Reyes, just cant see it.

And benfica to win, because Utd's players are injured.

Pacifico

Roddy23 wrote:

gonna go with Arsenal to win here, as mentioned earlier, the element of surprise, this is as long as Freddie is not up front.
I'd love to see Lupoli or Quincy start up with Reyes, just cant see it.

And benfica to win, because Utd's players are injured.

Gotta love the optimism

Hopefully Quincy starts. I'd say we would be lucky to get a draw here considering all the injuries we have.

Mossy Monk

evilhomer wrote:

They are indeed on skysports extra usually, just press the red button and pick your prefered match

wrong, that is true with wednesday night games

Manchester United are on ITV1 and TV3
Arsenal are on ITV2 sadly

beer enigma

Mossy Monk wrote:

wrong, that is true with wednesday night games

Arsenal are on ITV2 sadly

Unless you have a UK sat card

Pacifico

Are you serious??? :mad:

beer enigma

Yeah sadly enough, Arsenal games on Irish telly seem to be very thin on the ground this year..............

Pepe LeFrits

Ljungberg is going to start in attack with Reyes. Quincy will only start if Pires fails his fitness test. I'd like to see Quincy or Lupoli start, but on the other hand they can be very effective subs against tired legs. If Wenger starts with the experienced players and they keep it tight for 70 mins, Quincy or Lupoli could come off the bench to grab a winner like Lupoli did against them a few months ago.

Anyway, I don't think Arsenal will lose tonight. Ajax are no great shakes, the current side is probably their weakest team of the last 15+ years. They are also likely to be missing Sneijder, Trabelsi, Rosales, Mitea, Maxwell, Stekelenburg, and possibly Maduro and De Jong. There will be a lot of inexperienced players out there for both sides tonight.

Mossy Monk

Andip wrote:

Unless you have a UK sat card

even with a UK sat card its only on ITV2

Kingp35

Ajax v Arsenal, Draw
Barcelona v Udinese, Home
Bayern Munich v Club Brugge, Home
FC Thun v Sparta Prague, Away
Juventus v Rapid Vienna, Home
Lille v Villarreal, Draw
Man Utd v Benfica, Home
Panathinaikos v Werder Bremen, Home

These are my predictions for the night. Have a bet on a Juventus, Bayern and Man Utd treble also as a long shot I have a double with Panathinaikos to win and Lille and Villareal to draw.

Lets hope I make a bit of cash tonight. Im not sure what game to watch tonigh. Probably the Barcelona game. For those of you who want to watch the Arsenal game its being streamed on either ATV or DragonTV on PPLive tonight

Roddy23

and there was me writing off Freddie upfront.
Go on the Gunners

KdjaCL

Barca 1- Undin 0
Against run of play but what a goal, free on edge of the box Ronadinho..keeper didnt even move.


kdjac

eirebhoy

Jesus, I can't believe Messi is only 18. After seeing him play 12 minutes he looks to have more potential than any other player in the world atm.

Roddy23

have the crowd kicked off with chants of "Messi" "Messi"
ye you are right, he is going to be some player, no wonder all the Italian teams were trying to nab him...

eirebhoy

1-1 with Barca. They're defending is poor. Messi is only 7m in the fantasy football btw.

KdjaCL

2-1 ronnie again.

Cracking game so far Udin not out of it by any means.


kdjac

Kingp35

Kingp35 wrote:

Have a bet on a Juventus, Bayern and Man Utd treble also as a long shot I have a double with Panathinaikos to win and Lille and Villareal to draw.

Looking good for me so far

Juventus 1-0 Rapid Vienna
Bayern 1-0 Brugges
Man Utd 1-0 Benfica

Panathinaikos 2-1 Werder Bremen
Lille 0-0 Villareal

Spider_Baby!

3-1, cracker from deco. A smartly taken free-kick, ronaldinho lined up, stepped back and Deco hit it.

Spider_Baby!

Btw, how stupid could you be to drop Iaquinta?! Especially after ive added him to my fantasy footy team! :rolleyes:

Guy:Incognito

Man Utd 1-1 Benfica. Simao.

Mossy Monk

lovely free kick

Pacifico

Whoooooooo

2-0 Arsenal. Pires (pen)

Roddy23

go on the Gunners.
2-0 Pires from the penalty spot.
Sweet

Pacifico

2-1 Damn

Roddy23

what is it with Arsenal, just when ye think theyre home and dry, they go and concede a goal.
Ahhhh

Roddy23

Ajax just hit the post.
Dont bottle it now...

Pacifico

I'm just waiting......

Roddy23

Think were gonna be hanging on like a wet towel tonight.

Roddy23

wtf, into the 95th min. this becasue of toure

Pepe LeFrits

Job done, 6 points out of 6.

Pacifico

FT.

Great result

Kingp35

Great night for me. Both my bets came off and im delighted the panathinaikos and Lille bet came off nice little earner that one was. I love the champions league

Roddy23

Thats more like it, and i belive Almunia didnt play too badly either, so thats quality news.

jonny68

KdjaC wrote:

Must get to bookies ....


kdjac

Result for me tonite,just as well as i was broke
Fiver on.....

Bayern Munich
Juventus
FC Thun
Barcelona
Panathinaikos
Man United

eirebhoy

My fantasy football team did well. Only 4 players played tonight. Zambrotta got an assist and a clean sheet so 9 points. Pires scored. Deco scored. and my captain Makaay bloody well scored but it was ruled out incorrectly for offside. Still 27 points from 4 players isn't bad.

I also put €50 in my PP account today. Put €40 on Barca, Bayern and Juve and got just over €80 back. I'll slowly build that up into the hundreds.

Kingp35

Tonights (Wednesdays) action sees:

Anderlecht vs Real Betis Away
FC Porto vs Artmedia Bratislava Home
Inter Milan vs Rangers Home
Liverpool vs Chelsea Draw
Real Madrid vs Olympiacos Home
Rosenborg vs Lyon Away
Schalke 04 vs AC Milan Draw

Some tough games to call there. As a bit of a banker im going to for a Real Madrid Inter Milan double I will have to think about my second bet. My predictions are above.

eirebhoy

Bankers:

Real
Inter
Porto

Anything could happen in the other games. I'll go for the 3 above to win and the rest of the games to end in draws.

I put my €80 in my PP account on Porto as I felt they were the most likely to win.

evilhomer

Anderlecht vs Real Betis Away
FC Porto vs Artmedia Bratislava Home
Inter Milan vs Rangers Home
Liverpool vs Chelsea Away (by 1 goal, might put a bet on Crespo to score )
Real Madrid vs Olympiacos Home
Rosenborg vs Lyon Away
Schalke 04 vs AC Milan Away

My bankers are
Lyon,
Inter,
Real Madrid.

Raskolnikov

Anderlecht vs Real Betis DRAW
FC Porto vs Artmedia Bratislava HOME WIN
Inter Milan vs Rangers HOME WIN
Liverpool vs Chelsea AWAY WIN
Real Madrid vs Olympiacos HOME WIN
Rosenborg vs Lyon AWAY WIN
Schalke 04 vs AC Milan AWAY WIN
Fenerbahce vs PSV HOME WIN

I have €30 on Porto, Inter, Real and Lyon to win, return €92.55.

MrJoeSoap

Anyone see the fuss over Ronaldinho's jersey last night?

He agreed before the game to give it to the Udinese coach, and at the end one of the players asked to swap and he had to refuse, but kinda signalled "call me" to him.

The coach got the jersey in the end. Very funny stuff. Imagine being Ronaldinho, so much skill, the best player in the world, and all your opponents wanting your jersey... So much so, in fact, that your opposing manager asks for your jersey before a game!

I'm amazed his head hasn't exploded.