Re: Festive Football Chat : Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:43 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Torres will be here next season, as will Gerrard, we'll be fine, I hope.

Delap and Arteta for a combined £50m, Moyes could take them to the top.

I dunno. If you did happen to finish outside the top 4 I couldn't see how Torres or Gerrard could hold their heads up as players who go on about winning trophies, Torres in particular would find it hard playing 12 months out of the limelight. Mind I can see you still finishing 3rd, it's the same old story. You'll go on a massive unbeaten run to the end of the season and finish on a high, qualifying for the CL. You'll then spend the off season proclaiming the PL is Liverpool's before being 12 points behind at Christmas again.

And can anyone honestly see UEFA accepting a CL without Liverpool? They've failed to qualify legally before only for them to change the rules. I bet if Liverpool came fifth, some poor Belarussian or Estonian side would be evicted on some dubious technicality and Liverpool would be in the qualifiers as wild cards to balance the draw.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:50 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

And can anyone honestly see UEFA accepting a CL without Liverpool? They've failed to qualify legally before only for them to change the rules.

Don't be silly.

While I think UEFA were wrong to allow Liverpool into the comp when they didn't qualify, they were also wrong for not having the winners qualifying automatically anyway.

If Liverpool don't qualify for the CL this time, they aint getting in.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:10 am  

Saddened! wrote:

And can anyone honestly see UEFA accepting a CL without Liverpool? They've failed to qualify legally before only for them to change the rules. I bet if Liverpool came fifth, some poor Belarussian or Estonian side would be evicted on some dubious technicality and Liverpool would be in the qualifiers as wild cards to balance the draw.

TBH I cannot see any other scenario than a non qualifying Liverpool not getting into the comp. Why on earth would they be shoehorned in? English clubs will have our full quota and Liverpool will have to make do with the Europa League for the second season in a row. I cannot see why UEFA would change the rules?

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:32 am  

ash4hullfc wrote:

tehTrunk's latest video on YouTube is brilliant.

Dont beat portsmouth

[Matt_Horton]

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:37 am  

Funniest thing about last night was the player from BATE called Shitov.

Amused me no end.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:25 am  

Champions League Draw

VfB Stuttgart v FC Barcelona
Olympiacos CFP v FC Girondins de Bordeaux
FC Internazionale Milano v Chelsea FC
FC Bayern München v ACF Fiorentina
CSKA Moskva v Sevilla FC
Olympiqiue Lyonnais v CF Real Madrid
FC Porto v Arsenal FC
AC Milan v Manchester United FC

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:37 am  

Theres only one David Beckham

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:41 am  

Beckham V United
Jose V Chelsea

that the journo's stories sorted until the matches

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:25 pm  

Barça cut to 3/1 favourites.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: Festive Football Chat : Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:37 pm  

Europa League Round of 32

FC Rubin Kazan v Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
Athletic Club v RSC Anderlecht
FC København v Olympique de Marseille
Panathanaikos AO v AS Roma
Atlético Madrid v Galatasaray SK
AFC Ajax v Juventus FC
Club Brugge KV v Valencia CF
Fulham FC v FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Liverpool FC v FC Unirea Urziceni
Hamburger SV v PSV Eindhoven
Villareal CF v Wolfsburg
Standard Leige v FC Red Bull Salzburg
FC Twente v Werder Bremen
Everton FC v Sporting Clube de Portugal
LOSC Lille Métropole v Fenerbahçe SK
Hertha BSC v SL Benfica