Who do we want in the last 8 of the Champions League?

[George94]

Are you sure, that doesn’t sound like any Liverpool fan I know?

I doubt that, they had already ripped City apart once before that.

It was Redmen TV - when the draw was made they weren't confident at all ... which surprised me too

 

[yankspurs]

You don’t understand.

Glory Glory nights in Europe were never about beating another English side - especially a corrupt money-laundering vehicle like City - they have always been about playing great sides from around Europe, being able to look back and talk about that great night when we beat Inter at the Lane, that magic night when Harry scores three against Ajax etc - fuck City.

If you don’t understand that then you never will.

So would you be saying the same thing had we drawn Porto or Ajax? I doubt it even though they are hardly prestigious top European sides

 

[TheVoiceofReason]

You don’t understand.

Glory Glory nights in Europe were never about beating another English side - especially a corrupt money-laundering vehicle like City - they have always been about playing great sides from around Europe, being able to look back and talk about that great night when we beat Inter at the Lane, that magic night when Harry scores three against Ajax etc - fuck City.

If you don’t understand that then you never will.

Agree.
City mean nothing.
City winning cups makes me feel nothing.
Even if they win both those CL games against us I will feel nothing, just a vague taste of petrol at the back of the throat.

 

[cjbyid]

 

[shelfboy68]

Better that than the first CL game at NWHL being a dead rubber after a heavy first leg defeat.

The team have done well to get this far considering they looked fucked getting out the group at one stage, I'm not expecting much but will enjoy the games hopefully go to the new stadium.

 

[yankspurs]

He can fuck right off.

 

[mightyspur]

I think we have a better chance of beating city over 2 legs than in a one off match in say the final. To be Champions, you have to beat the best.

I also take solace in the fact when we are expected to lose, we generally do quite well as the underdog. It's why I see us actually beating City in the CL but losing to Huddlesfield in the league game sandwiched in between!

 

[basespur]

What's wrong with people, seriously. Playing in our own stadium is massive, it should be really loud and intimidating and if we can get a good result in the first leg anything's possible. The semi final is a favourable draw, so we'd have a real chance at making the final. We were always likely to have to play at least one English side to win it.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

I would love it, love it, If.....

 

[TheVoiceofReason]

If Poch has any sense, we will target him as the weak link.

 

[guiltyparty]

So would you be saying the same thing had we drawn Porto or Ajax? I doubt it even though they are hardly prestigious top European sides

Porto have won the champions league and the European cup. Ajax are one of the most legendary European teams who invented total football and have won the European cup 4 times. Not prestigious?! Come on now

City have had some money thrown at them for years yet the only European success was a cup winners cup an aeon ago, yawn. We’ve had more European success than them

 

[nedley]

If you don't laugh, you'll fucking cry.


COYS

 

[Bobbins]

So would you be saying the same thing had we drawn Porto or Ajax? I doubt it even though they are hardly prestigious top European sides

This is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you don’t get it - of course Ajax and Porto are prestigious European sides FFS - football didn’t start in 2006. Those two are two of the great names in European football.

I am only saying this because it’s City.

Fuck me.

 

[easley91]

Not expected to go through, that may help us. No pressure whatsoever. Being at our new home in first leg could prove the difference. We saw at Dortmund that we can defend very well when needed in big games.

Having had an hour or so to digest, could have been better, but with little to no pressure as underdogs it might suit us.

 

[yankspurs]

Porto have won the champions league twice. Ajax are one of the most legendary European teams who invented total football. Not prestigious?! Come on now

City have had some money thrown at them, yawn

Porto and Ajax were draws everyone wanted because they are easier draws. Not because of what they did under Mourinho or decades ago. Poch has repeatedly said that lack of experience and lack of playing the dark arts is our boogyman in these competitions. Especially against those top prestigious sides. Well, here’s a draw against a side whose boogyman is Champions League. So if we cant get through them then we have issues wayyyy beyond experience or playing the dark arts.

 

[guiltyparty]

Porto and Ajax were draws everyone wanted because they are easier draws. Not because of what they did under Mourinho or decades ago. Poch jas repeatedly said that lack of experience and lack of playing the dark arts is our boogyman in these competitions. Well, here’s a draw against a side whose boogyman is European competition.

Sorry you’re talking nonsense. It’s a boring game with hardly any prestige that we’ll highly likely lose. You’d rather that than a glamour tie against a giant of the game that we could win? Fair fucks to you

 

[shelfboy68]

Porto have won the champions league and the European cup. Ajax are one of the most legendary European teams who invented total football and have won the European cup 4 times. Not prestigious?! Come on now

City have had some money thrown at them for years yet the only European success was a cup winners cup an aeon ago, yawn. We’ve had more European success than them

True but they will catch us up and eventually go past us like Chelsea did.

 

[guiltyparty]

True but they will catch us up and eventually go past us like Chelsea did.

Of course they will. Point remains they have no European history

 

[PeeEyeEmPee]

It’s not about our chances of winning - it’s about having a prestigious, huge European Cup quarter final ruined by having to play not just another English team, but a club which is just a bankrolled oil baron plaything with no substance to them.

This was an opportunity for a huge, massive night of football at the new stadium against either a European Great or at least a massive English club with rich history.

As it is we’re basically going to be playing a bunch of banker ****s with no history.

Disaster.

yeah we should've drawn Real Madrid, the team who used the influence of a fascist right-wing dictator to become the most successful team in the history of the original competition, then were bankrolled by their local government buying their training ground to the tune of £200m on their way to becoming the most successful team in the history of the competition in its current format. or maybe Juve, the team that bribed referees and fixed matches in order to keep winning their league over and over again.

football is ALL bent, pretty much. all these clubs with "rich history" also have a shady history. let's not start painting others as good or bad, depending on what we choose to be offended by.

 

[Caco]

What's wrong with people, seriously. Playing in our own stadium is massive, it should be really loud and intimidating and if we can get a good result in the first leg anything's possible. The semi final is a favourable draw, so we'd have a real chance at making the final. We were always likely to have to play at least one English side to win it.

Exactly, City were favorites against the bin dippers last season but got blitzed in the first half of the first leg to effectively end the tie.