They'll be sacrificing sheep in the streets of Karagandy tonight - Champions League 2013/14

Man Utd won't win the CL. They are one of the 2 worst teams left in the last 8.

Also LFC will finish top 3.

I'd like to see
RM - Chelsea
BM - Atleti
PSG - Barca
Man Utd - Dortmund

Think these are the best match ups although Dortmund are the only team left I can see Utd having a chance against.

I'm not getting carried away by last night's result. We were still basically shit and there was little or no evidence that Moyes had any tactical plan other than "get it up them" but I can see us beating Dortmund and mayyybe sneaking past PSG or Chelsea in a semi-final. I mean it's not totally inconceivable. Any of the other four should annihilate us though

Man Utd won't win the CL. They are one of the 2 worst teams left in the last 8.

― pandemic, Thursday, 20 March 2014 11:25 (3 hours ago)

that's like saying parboiled dog entrails are one of the two worst things on a menu along with chateaubriand, game pie and roast guinea fowl

blame the chef

Guinea fowl is not as delicious as one might hope iirc

...so, Atletico Madrid or something

Chelsea will never come back from being down 3-1 against Napoli after the first leg, they'll have to come out and attack and that will play right into Mazzarri's hands.

No way Di Matteo's Chelsea will beat Guardiola's Barcelona over two legs, they will be demolished.

Chelsea have no chance of surviving at the Camp Nou down to ten men with Terry sent off in the 37th minute, it'll be a bloodbath.

Bayern will destroy Chelsea in a final played in Munich, Chelsea has no chance.

guinea fowl is very delicious iirc(wid)

chelsea were a team of hardened cl veterans playing a sort of hardcore defensive football and even then they were very lucky not to concede a couple of penalties vs barca and benefitted from some substandard play by them and bayern, if you think man utd are comparably likely to win the cl you don't understand football

bayern

madrid barcelona

psg

atleti dortmund

Guinea fowl is like quail, it basically tastes like chicken except it's smaller and bonier and more of a pain in the arse to eat. Probably better than parboiled dog entrails admittedly.

Guinea fowl is not as delicious as one might hope iirc

depends whether you melt Snickers over it iirc

its depth of flavour is far superior to chicken, and I like chicken.

grouse

teal woodcock

woodpidgeon

guineafowl pheasant

chicken

every thread eventually gets to food

says the man with the Blumenthalian dn

Intrigued by where Chelsea fit into nakh's metric, and what their equivalent game is

Chelsea are something stodgily effective that no one really likes, so turkey.

Err obviously turkey isn't game, but chicken is in this schema so whatever.

chelsea's victory was comparable to inter's or (although much more elegant) milan's in 2007, a team of canny veterans with a very clear identity who reverted to type in the cl, this united side has no identity at all, they have been extensively redrilled by moyes in a way that has purged ferguson's own imprint

they have beaten plenty of crappy sides this season but their record vs good ones is consistently terrible, their only win was a narrow 1-0 at home with an arsenal squad suffering from a virus outbreak

don't think they have better than a 25%, 30% chance of progressing vs any of the remainding sides

less likely to win it than liverpool 2005

chelsea should have gone next to dortmund and atleti (whose chances are being slightly overplayed)

xps

Of course I'm not saying United are likely to win the CL, I'd bet on them to be eliminated in the next round by whoever they play

Just like I would have bet on Chelsea to be eliminated by Napoli after that first leg, on Barca to beat them over two legs and on Bayern to beat them in the final. Nevertheless, sometimes shit happens.

http://media.nutratech.co.uk/media/productimages/148/13/587513.png

xxxps

also just providing fatalistic lfc dudes out there with a snapshot of spurs supporter thought process circa 2012

then it's a falsification of history to pretend any of those chelsea results were particularly unlikely, whatever the GET INVOLVED crowd were texting in at the time

they caught barcelona on a downslope (and who had a poor record vs chelsea) and bayern who were still slightly callow, i'd have given them probably a 25% chance vs barcelona and at least 30% of winning a single game vs bayern

this current united side have maybe a 10% chance of progressing vs bayern

I like turkey

Barca vs Atleti

R Madrid vs Dortmund

PSG vs Chelsea

lol Utd

Man Utd vs Bayern

All a bit meh tbh. Barca/Atleti will be a tedious foulfest. Madrid will wreck Dortmund unfortunately.
Bayern will wreck Man Utd.
PSG vs Chelsea might be interesting.

ilx in faster than other internet champions league draw updates shocker

yeah psg v chelsea is the pick of the bunch there

pretty excited to play Chelsea. their attack should not be too much of a problem for Paris. but it will take hard work to get through their defence.

not the greatest draw, a domestic tie, a repeat of last year, a mismatch and the other one contains chelsea

Robin van Persie ruled out by Manchester United for four to six weeks …

Mata in at #10, Rooney CF. Although not in CL I guess. Kagawa time!!

'I came into this competition as a really inexperienced manager in the Champions League but we have done well and now we have the ultimate test in Bayern Munich,' he said.

'I am really looking forward to coming up against Pep, it is the first time I have done but I have no doubt I will be doing it many times in the future.

Utd 6/1 to win a home game tonight

'I am really looking forward to coming up against Pep, it is the first time I have done but I have no doubt I will be doing it many times in the future.

Got his eye on the Hoffenheim job I assume.

13 Courtois
20 Juanfran
03 Filipe Luis
14 Gabi
23 Miranda
02 Godín
06 Koke
05 Tiago
19 Diego Costa
09 Villa
10 Turan

seems to be a 442 away to barcelona

Shakira is on the bench for Bayern tonight according to Brian Kerr

legit goal by welbeck there

These hopeful/hopeless punts look more Rangers in Europe 2008 than Manchester United at home in CL.

Moyes has instilled in his players a firm belief that they are inferior to top teams and can only hang on and hope for a break.

They don't even break away like a United team. Such fear of committing forward.

neymar's touch and balance is awful, it looks like he's half cut

I persuaded a guy at work to put a pound on a Utd/Athletico double. I'm starting to think the 45/1 he got was a bit stingy.

Genuine lol at the sight of Fellaini suddenly finding himself the most advanced player on the pitch and just blinking like a rabbit in headlights.

The roars of Old Trafford excitement every time the ball crosses the half way line are getting embarrassing.

Wellbeck ffs hit the ball son

That's so poor

(got both teams to score and a Bayern win)

got my broker liquidizing 10 grand of stock