*Official* English Football Season 2008-2009

[Craig]

Looks like the whole Portsmouth team (or it's best players anyway) will be sold off in January if Lauren is to believed. Apparently the man himself reckons he is off to either Turkey or Greece to ply his trade. Not sure what somebody like Matt would make of this, but sort of not unexpected IMO.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Chelsea - Juventus
Villarreal - Panathinaikos
Sporting - Bayern
Atletico Madrid - FC Porto
Lyon - Barcelona
Real Madrid - Liverpool
Arsenal - Roma
Inter - Manchester United

Champions League draw. Some absolute crackers in there, personally looking forward to Real/p00l and Manc's taking on Inter.

 

[Uppercut]

Villareal finish second in the group and get Panathinaikos, Manyoo finish first and get Inter. Irony.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Looks like the whole Portsmouth team (or it's best players anyway) will be sold off in January if Lauren is to believed. Apparently the man himself reckons he is off to either Turkey or Greece to ply his trade. Not sure what somebody like Matt would make of this, but sort of not unexpected IMO.

I think Lauren himself will be off, but this outburst struck me as petulant, a sort of revenge act against the club for not giving him many games. I wouldn't read much into it.

If Lauren wants to play more often, he should try not being **** every time he does play, that might help.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Round of 32

Paris St Germain v Wolfsburg
FC Copenhagen v Manchester City
NEC Nijmegen v Hamburg
Sampdoria v Metalist Kharkiv
Braga v Standard Liege
Aston Villa v CSKA Moscow
Lech Poznan v Udinese
Olympiakos v St Etienne
Fiorentina v Ajax
Aalborg v Deportivo La Coruna
Werder Bremen v AC Milan
Bordeaux v FC Galatasaray
Dynamo Kiev v Valencia
Zenit St Petersburg v VfB Stuttgart
Marseille v FC Twente
Shakhtar Donetsk v Tottenham

Round of 16

Werder Bremen or AC Milan v Olympiakos or St Etienne
Aston Villa or CSKA Moscow v Shakhtar Donetsk or Tottenham
Lech Poznan or Udinese v Zenit St Petersburg or VfB Stuttgart
Paris St Germain or Wolfsburg v Braga or Standard Liege
Dynamo Kiev or Valencia v Sampdoria or Metalist Kharkiv
FC Copenhagen or Manchester City v Aalborg or Deportivo La Coruna
Marseille or FC Twente v Fiorentina or Ajax
NEC or Hamburg v Bordeaux or FC Galatasaray

Wafer Cup looking interesting as well. Milan vs. Werder the obvious match of the round, though Ajax vs. Viola should be a top notch contest as well. Very happy to get Copenhagen, could have been much much worse (though we'll lose anyway, no doubt).

 

[aussie]

Champions League draw. Some absolute crackers in there, personally looking forward to Real/p00l and Manc's taking on Inter.

Yea best i think i've seen in years i think. The European clash of this year would have been United vs Madrid though, too bad Madrid are injury ragged, below par & are likely to loose to Liverpool.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Maureen, ffs, make us marginal favourites but the draw could have been better from our point of view. Agree though, there are some cracking ties.

 

[superkingdave]

Best draw ive seen for years, in terms of the neutral spectator of course, pretty tough draw for English teams but if they all get through could be embarrassing for European power brokers. Platini would be satisfied if a couple fall

 

[Craig]

It doesn't matter, Man U will beat Inter anyway

 

[superkingdave]

Anyway, my return to Oldham nearly got postponed but decided that Oldham-Leyton Orient was more important than going to visit my newborn nephew

 

[Craig]

Anyway, my return to Oldham nearly got postponed but decided that Oldham-Leyton Orient was more important than going to visit my newborn nephew

WAG (going to the football, Corrin would hate me if I said anything pro-Oldham )

 

[grecian]

Looking forward to the Devon-Cornwall derby next year......

 

[superkingdave]

should have gone to see my nephew, we were shocking. Orient did a good job though, very organised

 

[GIMH]

WAG (going to the football, Corrin would hate me if I said anything pro-Oldham )

Very true Craig. Tony 'you can't see me' Kay ensured that we aren't far behind Oldham going into the Xmas period, whites FTW

 

[grecian]

Very true Craig. Tony 'you can't see me' Kay ensured that we aren't far behind Oldham going into the Xmas period, whites FTW

Which "whites" we know now that leeds are your second team.....

 

[Craig]

Which "whites" we know now that leeds are your second team.....

 

[Craig]

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

That's a nice shirt-seller you've got there, Craigos.

 

[TT Boy]

Benni!

 

[TT Boy]

Well at least Beckham brings a bit of youth into the AC side.