Forza Bayern!

This whole thing drags on way too long

Glory Glory, etc and so on.

Beckham returns to Old Trafford

And they've got like a whole box of his stuff they're hoping he'll take with him.

MugzyBrown: This whole thing drags on way too long

Agreed. The Champions' Cup format was better. Only league champions and last year's winner allowed and every round was a two legged knockout. Unfortunately, there's too much money in this new format for UEFA and the big clubs for there to be any change.

I will start caring about soccer when its not on 100% of the time throughout the year.

Now as for the world cup this summer, should be damned interesting!

We are Massive. Concacaf champions league today. Go Crew!

Arsenal should go through even without Fabregas.They score so easily that a 2-1 deficit should not stop them.

Bayern-Fiorentina should be alot closer.

Man U seems like pretty much a lock to go through.

Real Madrid are lucky to still be in it at all. They could easily have conceded 2 or 3 in the first leg.

It's what keeps me from really enjoying club soccer. Too much crap going on at the same time.

You have the standard leagues and their tables, then domestic cups and tourneys and then international tourneys.

I'd find it so much more enjoyable if it was all consolidated somehow.

What about Fake Madrid?

Rooney is fit.

Wes Brown is out for 4-6 weeks.

TonnageVT: 689908: Wes Brown is out for 4-6 weeks.

Do you feel both Wes Brown and Gary Neville have underperformed since coming back from injury? I feel as though they haven't strengthened our defense at all.

I just think they are both past their peak. Wes has always been injury-prone, and two years ago when he got a consistent run in the team, he looked good at right-back. Neville hasn't been the same since he missed a year, but I don't think he's been too bad in recent weeks.

Rafael should be ahead of Neville in the pecking order at this point in time. He is going to be a real star.

SigmaAlgebra: Rafael should be ahead of Neville in the pecking order at this point in time. He is going to be a real star.

Agreed.

Now if his twin could just stay fit...

I'm crossing my fingers that Lyon have what it takes to shut Madrid down today.

That would be awesome.

TonnageVT: SigmaAlgebra: Rafael should be ahead of Neville in the pecking order at this point in time. He is going to be a real star.

I completely agree, I think he just needs to mature into his position a little more. He's too active, running up the by-line and acting as ALMOST a 5th midfielder. It leaves us exposed in the back on the counter-attack too often, but that's a part of his understanding of the game. It will only get better.

Imo it's alot easier to learn a young player to stay back a bit more than to teach him to go forward more.

By the way, what do we think about Nani? He hasn't matured quite as well as I thought (although he's still young obviously)

mikaloyd:
You people are ruining FARK sports.



What do you mean YOU people?

/Allons y Lyon

Yeah, maybe the European Champions. Wake me when they invite the best from other continents.

/Where have I heard this argument before?

HaywoodJablonski: Yeah, maybe the European Champions. Wake me when they invite the best from other continents.

/Where have I heard this argument before?

Umm..they actually do this.

Fun was had by all.

Manchester United won.

/Big in Japan

He's a hot and cold player, and his inconsistencies has lead me to believe he's not really a good match for United in the long run. It's been 3 years, and it's still the same inconsistencies. I just don't see him staying at United past this summer unless his form drastically changes.

Nani is still trying to play his natural 'look at me i'm awesome game' instead of doing what he is dispatched to do. Coaches call it passing.

Terrible against Wolves. Utd will stick with him as he has great potential.

ScouserDuck: HaywoodJablonski: Yeah, maybe the European Champions. Wake me when they invite the best from other continents.

/Where have I heard this argument before?

Umm..they actually do this.

Fun was had by all.

Manchester United Barcelona won.

/Big in Japan Abu Dhabi

FTFY

SigmaAlgebra: ScouserDuck: HaywoodJablonski: Yeah, maybe the European Champions. Wake me when they invite the best from other continents.

/Where have I heard this argument before?

Umm..they actually do this.

Fun was had by all.

Manchester United Barcelona won.

/Big in Japan Abu Dhabi

FTFY

Thank you. You're absolutely right. I forgot there was a 2009 between 2008 and 2010.

I'm just waiting for Inter to knock out Chelsea. Then all my my evil plans will come to fruition.

At least the GameCast will be an ever-welcome distraction from the duties I should be performing at work this afternoon.

It's good to be king in government.

I can't help but cheer for Lyon tomorrow. I also hope Barca goes out, but that is less likely to happen (and for more selfish reasons). I will probably be cheering for the Arse today, but I just hope its a good game.

Hrm, the only ones broadcast for me on TV are Arsenal/Porto today and Fiorentina/Bayern Munich tommorow. I can DVR those and watch'em later tonight, but the others would be fun to watch.

Darn work rules against P2P streams.

Mr_H If you check here: BBC Site (new window) you may be able to find a radio stream. Not sure if that helps or anything, but its always worth a shot. Does your work block Windows Media streams as well as flash streams?

AmazinTim: Arsenal have the depth of a kiddie pool and the leadership of the line leader in a kindergarden class. Wenger is a complete and total sissy who would be better served coaching women's curling in Latvia.

He's world class.

/_{at keeping his job}

Oh I should also note that both Arsenal/Porto and Fiorentina/Bayern Munich are on today. Tomorrow is Man Utd/Milan and Real Madrid/Lyon.

ManUtd - we looked weak in defense at the weekend and unforch have to deal with a growing injury-list among the back four. I'm quite relieved VdS is back, but he and his 10-foot wingspan alone can't stave off continental attacking for 90/180 minutes.

What used to be an auto back four (Gaz, Rio, Vidic, Ev) is now a who's who of "Suit up, you'll do." We can perhaps get away with that domestically, but not at this level at every stage of the tournament. I'll settle for a nil-nil tomozz.

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Just so we don't have to keep ALT-tabbing:

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Arsenal v FC Porto, (agg 1-2), R1, L2, 19:45
Fiorentina v Bayern Munich, (agg 1-2), R1, L2, 19:45

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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Man Utd v AC Milan, (agg 3-2), R1, L2, 19:45
Real Madrid v Lyon, (agg 0-1), R1, L2, 19:45

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Chelsea v Inter Milan, (agg 1-2), R1, L2, 19:45
Sevilla v CSKA Moscow, (agg 1-1), R1, L2, 19:45

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Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Barcelona v VfB Stuttgart, (agg 1-1), R1, L2, 19:45
Bordeaux v Olympiakos, (agg 1-0), R1, L2, 19:45

Stimied in a Rut: Mr_H If you check here: BBC Site (new window) you may be able to find a radio stream. Not sure if that helps or anything, but its always worth a shot. Does your work block Windows Media streams as well as flash streams?

Thanks for the link, I'll see if it works for me this time (in the past I think it's told me that I was in the wrong country)

Work blocks only P2P streams. I've used Flash and Windows Media before on non P2P sites at work (I use the p2p all the time at home). I work at a university and we don't want students killing the bandwidth.

Bendtner scores within 10 mins, so much for the detractors!

Bendtner scores? And here I was starting to think his first name was actually "Shocking miss by"

Stimied in a Rut: Bendtner scores TWICE within 30 mins, so much for the detractors!

FTFE

/did i type it fast enough.......

Almunia will never stop giving me heart attacks.