CL Draw : Round of 16

[Douglas Higginbottom]

And the under 19's play Athletico Madrid.It's a single game at their place and not a home and away tie.

[Lee_R]

We will need to get it right tactically for Barcelona but we can beat them.And maybe winning away might be easier than at home.

Interesting, why do you think that Doug?

Based a bit on the Bayern games.Bayern ripped us apart at home where we went into the game full of confidence.They passed us to death and Barca are capable of the same.I have no doubt we will approach the home game the same way.Away from home with only 1 up top if we can hold their attack we can break on them and score a la Bayern beating them last season.They are not what they were.

Aye good logic. Personally I think we will have learnt to be cautious after the home Bayern game. I just hope we dont do another Arsenal and try the outscoring tactic.

[Breks]

Aye good logic. Personally I think we will have learnt to be cautious after the home Bayern game. I just hope we dont do another Arsenal and try the outscoring tactic.

Outscoring is the plan for every team. Otherwise you lose or draw at best.

[Lee_R]

Aye good logic. Personally I think we will have learnt to be cautious after the home Bayern game. I just hope we dont do another Arsenal and try the outscoring tactic.

Outscoring is the plan for every team. Otherwise you lose or draw at best.

Lol you know what I mean.

[Dubaimancityfan]

Just watched the highlights of the match in 2009 on the OS. We had the likes of Tal Ben Haim and Kelvin Etuhu in our squad. How far have we come from those days !! Beautifully taken goal by Petrov and then it was all Barca !

[Ted Hughes]

I don't think we are capable of defending v Barca. We can graft as a whole team & press them, as we did at times v Bayern, but if we try to sit back & take pressure like Bob tried to do in Madrid, they will just flick their way through us, as Arsenal did or score from a free kick due to diving around the box.

I recon their defence is actually much much worse than ours & if we have the bottle to play past their initial pressing, we can cause them a whole world of trouble. Plus we have something they don't; a centre forward.

The strikers have to run like midfielders in this game or we have to play one up front. Workrate is absolutely essential.

[gmercer1]

I don't think we are capable of defending v Barca. We can graft as a whole team & press them, as we did at times v Bayern, but if we try to sit back & take pressure like Bob tried to do in Madrid, they will just flick their way through us, as Arsenal did or score from a free kick due to diving around the box.

I recon their defence is actually much much worse than ours & if we have the bottle to play past their initial pressing, we can cause them a whole world of trouble. Plus we have something they don't; a centre forward.

The strikers have to run like midfielders in this game or we have to play one up front. Workrate is absolutely essential.

I agree Ted. If just 1 player doesn't give 110% effort we'll be fucked. One thing Barca do is graft, if we can match that and get at their shaky defence we are in with a shout.

[Tesl]

I really think we have the potential to beat them convincingly at home, same as everybody else that has come to the Etihad so far this season. And one thing I like about Pelligrini is I can feel totally sure that he will set us out to play the same way as he has been doing so far, he isn't going to be scared or want us to sit back, hes going to want us to really go at them.

And if we do that then anything can happen.

I can dream at least :)

[Blue Since 76]

Week of 18/19 Feb would be great as it's half term - can take the kids rather than having some student sat in their seat

[City64]

Dreams are made of this , bring it on .

Proper away day , happy days ! Oh and it should be pretty special at the Etihad too ;-)

[Nigels Tackle]

no taking any chances so have just booked my ticket (and hotel) through thomas cook match breaks
yes, i know the seats are shit and over priced but who cares?!

[Breks]

No doubt i'm going to have to suffer yet more fucking daytrippers for this one. Against Plzen half of holland and China where sat in 136.

[City64]

no taking any chances so have just booked my ticket (and hotel) through thomas cook match breaks
yes, i know the seats are shit and over priced but who cares?!

There,s about 8 million hotels in Barca mate lol

[Twobob]

no taking any chances so have just booked my ticket (and hotel) through thomas cook match breaks yes, i know the seats are shit and over priced but who cares?!

Will check this out! Is it grounds for divorce if I don't tell the missus and fire off over there?

[Blue Since 76]

PS Confirmed on OS as 18th Feb and 12th March

[Lee_Kinda]

FUCK OFF RYANAIR!!

It was £50 return to barcelona at lunch time, flying out 11th, fly back 13th!

ITS NOW £270!!!!!!

[Beefymcfc]

This maybe the plum draw but I do wish it wasn't and we got somebody slightly easier. I have no doubt we can give them a game but as we've seen with Arsenal and Chelsea in the past, if it looks like there's a chance Barca ain't going through then there will be safeguards in place to ensure they get calls.

That Van Pussy sending off and Drogba's rant on TV are etched in my memory whilst most others just brushed it under the carpet because their new boyhood team were the ones going through.

Txiki looked decidedly uncomfortable when the draw came out and I don't believe it was about the football, it was about the politics behind the scenes.

[bigblue]

Time to make a real statement. Beating Bayern away was a warning. We win this tie and every team in the world will be scared to face us (domestic & abroad).

It's not for another 2 months but I'm already getting excited like the game is tomorrow!

[Slim]

http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.ph ... s-Man-City

A lot of them think it's about a tough a draw as they could get. Very worried about our home form.

[Breks]

This maybe the plum draw but I do wish it wasn't and we got somebody slightly easier. I have no doubt we can give them a game but as we've seen with Arsenal and Chelsea in the past, if it looks like there's a chance Barca ain't going through then there will be safeguards in place to ensure they get calls.

That Van Pussy sending off and Drogba's rant on TV are etched in my memory whilst most others just brushed it under the carpet because their new boyhood team were the ones going through.

Txiki looked decidedly uncomfortable when the draw came out and I don't believe it was about the football, it was about the politics behind the scenes.

Who would you say is easier out of the other teams we could have got?