UEFA Cup and Champions League thread.

[Duke]

that guy Arabaat i think is his name. He played up front on his own against Liverpool for PSV. He looks a great prospect.

Nordin Amrabat, yeah he's class.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^thats the guy. he was really impressive against Liverpool.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

So does Macellis. Right Duke?

 

[Duke]

Marcellis is a fantastic talent. I'll eat my cock if he doesn't become big.

Alright, my predictions for the Dutch sides competing tonight:

Heerenveen 0 - 2 Milan

Dinamo Zagreb 2 - 0 NEC

Twente 2 - 1 Racing Santander

Nancy 0 - 0 Feyenoord

Aston Villa 1 - 2 Ajax

 

[Duke]

Twente are 1-0 up (after 6 mins). Santander is looking at 2 yellow cards already. My lads are in absolutele control the first 20 minutes. It's amazing. I'm sitting here with a major fucking raging hard on.

How long can they keep this up, I wonder?

 

[Flipmo]

Dinamo won't win shit. Like they won't win the Croatian league. Hajduk and Belupo are hot on their loser northern trail. They're doing horrible as of late, because of their lack of fan support, and they don't have Eduardo Da Silva, Corluka or Modric anymore.

If anything, it will end in a draw.

Edit: lol @ Tottenham, O'Hara red.

Kewell just scored his first for Galatasaray.

Udinese 2 - 0 Tottenham. Stick a nail in their coffin.

 

[Duke]

Twente at half time now. Santander getting more grip on the match. Should be an interesting second half.

Veen - Milan just kicked off.

 

[Flipmo]

Stupid Mandzukic scored for Dinamo. That asshole. lol

Edit: 1 - 1 now. LMAO. They scored in their own net.

 

[2Pax]

Can Tottenham get any worse?

 

[Flipmo]

They played better with 10 men again. Bent is awful, he should have nailed in 2 headers.

The one where Modric gave him a perfect cross, but the lugnut can't place himself correctly under a ball.

The one Handanovic saved was nice, but cmon, he technically headed it right at him.

 

[2Pax]

They completely lack leadership on the pitch.

 

[2Pax]

Villa are 1-0 up whilst Portsmouth are getting beat 1-0, early days though yet.

 

[Duke]

Ajax just drew level. Tryna get the match on my PC but the connection is le crap.

 

[Duke]

Yeah baby. Twente won. Important points right there!

Feyenoord 2-0 down, ouch.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Deportibo got battered. Damn.

 

[Bobby Sands]

They completely lack leadership on the pitch.

I said this at the start of the season after Keane and Berbatov left. Ledley King is the only real leader i see in that team and lets face it, he is fucked from injuries. the team is full of windbags like Jenas and Bentley. I really fear for them because if they are bottom come christmas, it is gonna be very difficult to avoid relegation. It doesnt matter how good the players are. Confidence goes way down and everything starts to go against you. When you are losing so much, it is difficult to start winning again. What you need is someone to drive on and pull them out of it but i dont see who that could be. Perhaps they may sign someone in January. But knowing Spurs, they will fork out big money for an over-rated striker or midfielder. what they need is defenders. Not many players will fancy a relegation battle so they are limited as tho what they can buy.


Sampdoria beat Partizan Belgrade 2-1

 

[Bobby Sands]

Just saw the highlights of Aston Villa v Ajax. The Ajax keeper should have been sent off for that nasty tackle on Agbonlathor.

 

[Duke]

What I don't understand about Spurs is why Ramos plays them 4-1-4-1 with one man upfront, virtually on an island. I mean, Spurs LACK organization, discipline, concentration right now. And that's what you need to pull off a conservative tactic. I'd say send your masses forward. Even if you go tits up, losing 4-3 feels better than 1-0 again. That and you can force things here and there.

In desperate times, gutsy calls are needed. Ramos fails.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

great performance from villa and i think ajax played well too. glad to get three points in the bag. disappointed to see gabby get injured, hopefully its not as serious as it seems.

p.s. im looking forward to the comeback of bouma, hopefully he comes back stronger and more determined and we can start to get clean sheets and better defensive performances in.

now everytime we concede a goal i think of when either duke or bobby sands (cant remember which one of you said it) said that we cant even keep a clean sheet anymore.

come to think of it, i have seen friedel make a few mistakes here and there.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^i said it but they did keep a clean sheet last weekend though. Villa could do well in the UEFA Cup i reckon.