*** Barcelona v City - Official Match Thread ***

[Dubciteh]

Liam Brady on rte in Ireland just tipped us to do it!

[mr_nool]

Nervous as fuck and dead calm at the same time ... can't really explain it.


COME ON CITY!

[Dameerto]

Minutes away, just minutes.

[Dubciteh]

Liam Brady on rte in Ireland just tipped us to do it!

Fuck me hamann has backed us too now! Dunphy for the hat trick has let us down he's on the fence!

[Sideshow Bob]

our lineup is fucking perfect. we should be able to hold onto the ball FAR better this time around.

[Dameerto]

I'm praying to all the former Blues no longer with us to give us an early goal.

[guv111]

I said in an earlier thread that we need to avoid the usual, of late, shilly-shallying and dilly-dallying. I now add that we can't be namby pamby or play like a team of Milly-Molly-Mandys.

Thank you.

Deep man. Deep.

We need to grab the game by the horns and beat about the bush with it, mate.

[MilnersJaw]

i'm impressed with the 5 man midfield also including yours truly.

come on citeh.

[Esky]

our lineup is fucking perfect. we should be able to hold onto the ball FAR better this time around.

Agree. Short of some Keegan style antics starting every striker, it's the best team for the occasion. Barca are fantastic though.

Love hearing the Champion's League theme, novelty still hasn't worn away.

Biggest European night since Hamburg.

[sheblue]

Just get stuck in right from the off

[guv111]

Glad Milner is playing. Why he's not been in the team lately I really do not know.

[The Original Special One]

I hope I'm wrong but although James Milner brings more to the table than Javi Garcia, he's not as defensively inclined, so if picking a five man midfield implicitly means giving Yaya more licence to attack, I'd rather we did it with at least one dedicated defensive midfielder in our lineup

[guv111]

Can we keep that up for 90 minutes, please?

[kennyboy]

Anyone have a decent river? PM me please.

[Green & Blue]

Spanish Dave hates to take a shot

[guv111]

Lescott in Bayern Munich mode.

[MilnersJaw]

I thought Kidd was the assistant? Taylor banging on about the group stages still....

[guv111]

If Barca were to grab one early it wouldn't really change that much. It might even galvanise us.

[mr_nool]

Kolarov is not good enough with the ball for this level opponent. Even Zabba looks a little bit out if depth.

[dave watson's perm]

RTE coverage has been like a breath of fresh air compared to the cunts at ITV