Knobhead..
Champions League Round of 16 (12th Feb - 13th Mar)
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Knobhead..
So your bio is actually serious. You do support both Barca and United?
Yes. And it's more likely than not that that will happen.
He isn't a particularly nice personality. Very self-absorbed.His own clubs fans hate him, possibly hate him even more than most of our fans do
Come to think of it, I’m struggling to think of any sets of fans that like him - even my 2 Geordie supporting mates hate him.
You know your stuff.
We are so getting Juventus....cue all the interviewers asking Ole his opinions of Ronaldo and his memories of the Juventus game in 99
Oblivious to the world because it only revolves around him. For sure.
Could you imagine if Spurs went and won it.
I so want a Barça-Juve next round.
Fantastic achievement by the Premier League.
A lot of talk by the pundits of a potential era of 'English dominance' etc.
They can hype up the PL as much as they want but they have not yet figured out how to stop the Messi/Ronaldo conundrum.
8 of the past 11 CL winners have been won by Messi/Ronaldo led sides. Just remember that English pundits.
A lot of talk by the pundits of a potential era of 'English dominance' etc.
They can hype up the PL as much as they want but they have not yet figured out how to stop the Messi/Ronaldo conundrum.
8 of the past 11 CL winners have been won by Messi/Ronaldo led sides. Just remember that English pundits.
There's more chance of Chelsea winning it.
Bayern are fecking shite, probably their worst side in 10 years.
Congratulations Liverpool: an impressive away win.
I know I should be able to at least imagine something, but I genuinely can't even picture it
Better them than Pool or City.
Why does that make me a knobhead?
We slaughtered Porto last year, and we've had the better of Spurs in recent years. What's wrong with wanting an easier fixture?The statistics are misleading as they don't account for the quality of the teams. Barcelona v Lyon tonight is the perfect example of this. They didn't go through in any part due to their 0-0 away but rather because they're a much better side and were always expected to win the tie anyway.
As for the bold part - away goals were 100% a factor in the tie though. The tie is totally different had Bayern actually scored at Anfield.
It's crazy to decline the opportunity to score a goal which is essentially counts as double and instead opt to take a team back to your place knowing that if they get a goal you're in trouble.
Not even on acid
Indeed, with 4 English clubs in the hat it would be truly remarkable if at least two of them weren't drawn against each other.
Liverpool v Spurs & Man United v Man City in the next round, winners to play each other in the semis. They're already heating the balls.
Liverpool have some ridiculous results in Europe. How many teams beat Bayern at their stadium in a knockout round in Europe? I can only recall Barcelona and Real Madrid in the last decade or so.
Why does that make me a knobhead?
We beat you 4-1 and drew 2-2 last season, and you only won this season because the ref was blind, I think the season before we drew both fixtures? Hardly 'getting the better' of us, is it?
You'd be favourites against us, but we wouldn't be an 'easy' fixture for you, and it's downright arrogant to suggest we would. Especially since we'd have it all to play for whereas you still have a league to focus on.
Aren't Liverpool just quite a lot better than them right now? It seemed like the impression in Germany was that the 0-0 at Anfield was a bit of a turning point for them, a positive result and one that meant that a home win would put them through. If they had been more attacking at Anfield it's more likely that they would have lost than won given the level the two teams have been at this season.
2012 final!
Someone needs to smuggle a thermal camera into the draw room
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Why does that make me a knobhead?
Simpyou’re a Liverpool supporter
Why does that make me a knobhead?
Tommy the knobhead Liverpool fan
Damn you and your accurate stats
I just seem to never worry when you lot come to Anfield (got stats for Klopp/Poch overall?) - Obviously you're a tougher draw than Porto, but I'd rather face you than Juve/Barca/United/City, and pretty even with Ajax.Fair play.
Yes, and the draw is for both the quarter and semi-final.
How many teams beat Juve and PSG on their own patch?
Also, christ the premier league has done a number on the Bundesliga this season, hasn't it?
City beat Hoffenheim home/away in the groups and Schalke, Dortmund and Bayern were all knocked out by English clubs.
City beat Hoffenheim home/away in the groups and Schalke, Dortmund and Bayern were all knocked out by English clubs.
I think what is crazy is looking at it as "counting double". It's a tie-breaker, for that you need a tie in the first place. Had Bayern drawn 1-1 or even won 2-0 away and they would still be kicked out with today's result. They lost because they were much weaker than Liverpool today, not because they played for a 0-0 in the first leg.
I do understand the "feeling" that it's bad to have away goals against you, I feel it all the time, but it's irrational. For example, at some point, the tie between Lyon and Porto was tied, with 2-1 on both legs. I was extremely uncomfortable, probably less than if we were playing away in that scenario, because you keep thinking "if they score we're fecked" but the reality is that, in a balanced game, you as the home team are much more likely to score. So despite my nervousness, Porto was much more likely to make it 3-1 at home and proceed than to make it 2-2 and proceed if we were away.
Anyway it's a non-debate when facts tell you that on a 0-0 the away team will progress more often than not, so that can only be seen as a good result. There's no arguing against it, it's what the numbers say.
But I think that’s what it was given for. The incident was reviewed - the panel looked at the replays and determined that the referee was correct. The VAR panel will only ask the referee to review it himself if they cannot decide between them whether he is right or wrong (which is nonsense and needs to be removed - it must put doubt in the ref’s mind. The VAR panel should be making the call).
A terrible version of Bayern.
Damn you and your accurate stats
That's fine, I'd rather you than those teams either .. aside from United.
But us being easier on paper than those teams doesn't mean we'd be easy, we have the firepower to cause anybody problems over two legs, and this competition is all we have to play for. I doubt we will be easy for anybody.
Great result. Not sure how it’ll impact our remaining league games but we’ll see.
I really don’t want another English side but it’s obviously going to be United isn’t it.
I really don’t want another English side but it’s obviously going to be United isn’t it.
But there's not much hype about them this year. That's the feeling I get anyway. Who's the favourite?
They would have a completely different approach to the game though.