europa league

[blue wine]

great win last night...still buzzing

some very strong teams left in the cup..

Benfica vs PSG
Dynamo Kyiv vs MCFC
Twente vs Zenit
CSKA vs Porto
PSV vs Rangers
Bayer Leverkusen vs Villarreal
Ajax vs Spartak Moskva
Liverpool vs Sporting Braga

[13021J]

Yes it's not looking like the cakewalk every seemed to predict now does it?

Don't know much about Kiev but 8-1 can't be bad. We will struggle big time in Ukraine.

[Duckman]

Id like Liverpool after we dismantle Kyiv

[Ted Hughes]

I'd rather play any 2 of them than Villa & Everton tbh.

[lets all have a disco]

It's finally hotting up.

End of February and its getting hot and heavy,it's been a while coming.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Hardly had to break sweat so far but it all starts now.

[Goaters 103]

Agreed. Decent win last night, particularly as we largely played with 10 with Balotelli's effort level pathetic, but Kiev will be a couple of notches above anything we've faced so far. No more Mickey Mouse teams left in by the looks of it.

[blues2win]

I'm very worried about the cumulative impact of all these games right on top of each other. On paper Fulham and Wigan at home look relatively easy but if our attitude isn't spot on we'll drop points. Villa in the Cup will be no easy match either. Frankly if anything has to give I hope it's the Europa Cup. It's easy to say none of them are as good as Everton and Villa but how many of us have seen much of them? It's a lot of travel to Kiev as well.

And by the way when will Nigel be fit FFS? And Milner too. We really need them with all these matches.

[Goaters 103]

For anyone interested you can watch Kiev's goals from last night with the link below. Didnt know Sheyvchenko was playing for them so we will at least know about him. Looks bloody cold there - hope it warms up a bit in the next 2 weeks.

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/ma ... id=1600502

[lets all have a disco]

For anyone interested you can watch Kiev's goals from last night with the link below. Didnt know Sheyvchenko was playing for them so we will at leats know about him. Looks bloody cold there - hope it warms up a bit in the next 2 weeks.

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/ma ... id=1600502

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/165


Heres hoping.

[failsworthblue]

I think we will go out against Kiev.

They will be dynamite at home in hostile conditions, can see us getting a bit of a hidding over there without our strongest team.

[lets all have a disco]

Go on then,how the fook is EVERYONE gonna finish work and get to the ground for kick off?


Kiev, who thrashed Besiktas in the last round, travel to Manchester a week later on March 17 for a 19:00 kick off (CET) that is 6pm here.

CRAZY.

[john68]

[quote="lets all have a disco"]Go on then,how the fook is EVERYONE gonna finish work and get to the ground for kick off?quote]

Quite simple for you in that burgundy time traveller of yours....a couple of shovelfuls of coal on the fire and WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!

[lets all have a disco]

Go on then,how the fook is EVERYONE gonna finish work and get to the ground for kick off?quote]

Quite simple for you in that burgundy time traveller of yours....a couple of shovelfuls of coal on the fire and WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!

It's faster than yer cab dont lie to yourself.

Bloody good motor is Berol.

[john68]

Go on then,how the fook is EVERYONE gonna finish work and get to the ground for kick off?quote]

Quite simple for you in that burgundy time traveller of yours....a couple of shovelfuls of coal on the fire and WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!

It's faster than yer cab dont lie to yourself.

Bloody good motor is Berol.

Yeah but how many miles do get from one bag of coal?
Have considered the addition of a go faster stripe or two...Plug them into the soooper cigar lighter and they'd work a treat.
You could use some of that DOG GREASE that Andie uses to lube her knees and stop 'em creaking to loud.

[Blue Since 76]

Go on then,how the fook is EVERYONE gonna finish work and get to the ground for kick off?


Kiev, who thrashed Besiktas in the last round, travel to Manchester a week later on March 17 for a 19:00 kick off (CET) that is 6pm here.

CRAZY.

Kick off time is a joke. It's alright for the dippers, they didn't have jobs to get from. They could just get up, have breakfast and go straight to the game. Can't believe I'm going to have to take time off for a home game!

[Blue in the face]

17th March....its St.Patricks day. The only problem is staying sober until 6.00.

[dazby]

I fancy Braga to beat the red scouse.

Kiev should be a great tie. Looking forward to it.

[DoomMerchant]

this looks practically as hard as the CL last 16 will be in terms of quality. i can't imagine that this group of teams vs the CL teams would really showcase that much variance in capabilities, but you never know. this will be tough, and i for one am glad that we have the realist Mancini as our coach. he will be the difference between success and failure imho.

Good luck Roberto!

cheers

[Dameerto]

This sh*t just got real!