The Football.....

[Stephenite]

Madchester blue v. barselona. Halfway through and difficult to predict the outcome. It's a little bit like David Haye v. Vladimir Klitzhko - the mouthy upstart v. clinical professional. Except that one was a bit easier to pick.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That game looks a little different now. Demichaelis red carded for a penalty on Messi. A man and a goal down.

 

[Stephenite]

The upstart is playing with a broken toe. Heroically continuing and occasionally hurting the seasoned gladiator but, only to be bludgeoned again and again.

 

[Stephenite]

Spartacus against Crixus. Crixus could still slip on the cloth.

 

[Stephenite]

I must stop likening sity to heroes of antiquity cos i'm a utd fan and city are shi t/pleasurers of slaves.
Anyway - a very entertaining game. Proper footie. Roll on the second and final round.

Next week the odyssey continues - Man Kind (with the mortal Moyes at the helm) v. The Olympians

 

[AndyRM]

Picking Demichelis was a mistake. I didn't see the whole of the first half, but he looked like a lost wee laddie every time he got anywhere near the ball. I never really bother with the Champions League until the later stages, but the hour or so I saw was an entertaining game.

I suspect Barca will rip City apart in the Camp Nou.

I see that Cabaye got a goal for Qatar FC. That's bound to leave a bittersweet taste in the mouths of the Geordie faithful.

 

[dellzeqq]

Barcelona are a pox on football. Every player gets his personal exclusion zone and a license to bore the audience to tears. Let's hope Eriksson follows Ovrebo in to well-deserved retirement.

 

[AndyRM]

Barcelona are a pox on football. Every player gets his personal exclusion zone and a license to bore the audience to tears.

+1. Watching Barcelona retain possession is about as entertaining as a punch in the baws.

 

[MarkF]

I could watch Barca all day, and night, I couldn't care less if there were any goals or not, it's wonderful.

They won 6-0 v Rayo Vallecano and the papers slaughtered the coach because they only had 48% possession! Man City found out what possession means last night and it's shame the UK won't and will forever remain football dunces.

 

[Bollo]

Picking Demichelis was a mistake. I didn't see the whole of the first half, but he looked like a lost wee laddie every time he got anywhere near the ball. I never really bother with the Champions League until the later stages, but the hour or so I saw was an entertaining game.

I suspect Barca will rip City apart in the Camp Nou.

I see that Cabaye got a goal for Qatar FC. That's bound to leave a bittersweet taste in the mouths of the Geordie faithful.

Demichelis has been an accident in waiting for a while and, sure enough........

Just been doing the post-match post-mortem with Pa Bollo (who has sky-blue bone-marrow) and I was reminiscing about similar defensive frailties watching City play Colchester at Layer Rd 15 or so years ago (lucky 1-0 for us!). I'm disappointed, but I've suffered enough over the years to retain a little perspective.

 

[ianrauk]

From the Mash

THE referee of Manchester City’s match against Barcelona has said he favoured the Catalan team because they are much better.

Swede Jonas Eriksson said: “Giving Barca a penalty and a City player a red card helped the match to the right result.

“Barcelona are not only a team with a long and proud history, a unique relationship with their fans and attractive shirts, they also play like angels.

“City, in contrast, are an oil money vanity project with no connection to their heritage whose presence in Europe will be as baffling to future generations as that time Blackburn won the Premier League.

“I’m thinking of sending off the entire City team in the second leg, then we can all enjoy the passing magnificence of Barca unsullied by opposition.”

 

[Beebo]

From the Mash

THE referee of Manchester City’s match against Barcelona has said he favoured the Catalan team because they are much better.

In all seriousness, the Arsenal v Barcelona game a few years ago did have a wiff of UEFA and the Ref knobbling Arsenal to ensure their team get through. The sending off of Van Persie was very suspect.

 

[User482]

From the Mash


“City, in contrast, are an oil money vanity project with no connection to their heritage whose presence in Europe will be as baffling to future generations as that time Blackburn won the Premier League.

Now, which other PL team does that remind me of?

 

[ianrauk]

Now, which other PL team does that remind me of?

I have no idea guv

 

[dellzeqq]

In all seriousness, the Arsenal v Barcelona game a few years ago did have a wiff of UEFA and the Ref knobbling Arsenal to ensure their team get through. The sending off of Van Persie was very suspect.

absolutely - but it was the Chelsea game that did it for me...
http://howgoodisthat.wordpress.com/...atantly-corrupt-football-match-ive-ever-seen/