Topic: 2017-18 Champions League / European Cup last 16

[FCukBarca Haw-Haw]

I see what is happening at United happen at Barca after Messi retires.

Depends on the board.  One of many differences with United is that typically Barcelona play with a certain style and that is reflected throughout the academy - it's one of many reasons why players aspire to play for Barcelona.

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

Sickening videos of the Spanish police beating the Chelsea fans like they're Catalan protesters for Independence.

[redgriffin73]

Closest they'll get to being in Europe, then.

[Bobinhood]

How bad was Poortois though? He should have worn a yellow ribbon.

[Caligula?]

We probably wouldn't even get yellows for that, we'd probably get someone sent off.

[sms1986]

The Super Cup is being held in Tallinn this summer, the first European final to be played in Estonia. Good omen, hopefully!

[Lush is the best medicine...]

Sickening videos of the Spanish police beating the Chelsea fans like they're Catalan protesters for Independence.

but did they let them on the train?

[Yiannis]

See people say they are a bag of nerves already for the quarter final stage. Read the omen with the Eurovision contest and calm down. 

[xRedmanLFCx]

We'll start keeping hold of players when we start winning things, not when we stop attaching blame to the wrong people.

Or maybe we'll start winning things when we start keeping hold of people?

[elsewhere]

Can we open a last 8 thread already or is it early?

[rushyman]

Barcelona vs. Real Madrid
Man City vs. Bayern
Juventus vs. Sevilla
Liverpool vs. Roma

Jesus Christ I'll have that

Maybe switch Sevilla and Roma

[harleydanger]

I don't mind playing City again because, as football fans more than Liverpool fans, i think we're going to look back on Pep vs Jurgen as one of the great managerial battles of all time. From Germany to England it's beautiful watching two managers with such pure ideological beliefs in the way they want to play, and i want to see that battle in Europe as well.

Watching Pep when we spanked them telling City to keep playing out from the back was really heartening, because it demonstrated that he thinks if his tam can play through Jurgens press they can play through anything and watching Jurgen's belief that the way he sets up is the only way to play football, especially if you're playing the best passing sides in the world, it's really what this level of football is about.

[gazzalfc]

Everyone get their credits in order

UEFA have released the ticket allocation for the final in Kiev

Out of the max capacity of 63k seats, each finalist team will receive only 17k tickets

22,300 will go to 'local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme'

The remaining 6,700 will be available to the public

Prices will range from 70-450 euros in a similar banding to the final last season in Cardiff

[Branno]

Free accommodation for me in the final the apparently...me old must be cheating on his missus again. Rang him after us going through. I said "winner winner chicken dinner"....he said even better son "I've got a chick in Kiev"....nice one

[bird_lfc]

Redcafe already praying for us to get Barca or Real, doesn’t matter fuckers, we are there to win it all, we will overcome any opponent and you lot can go fck yourselves.

Of course they do, and if we were in their position we would want them to get the hardest draw possible too

Klopp will give the boys belief that they can beat anyone

[EstonianRed]

Everyone get their credits in order

UEFA have released the ticket allocation for the final in Kiev

Out of the max capacity of 63k seats, each finalist team will receive only 17k tickets

22,300 will go to 'local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme'

The remaining 6,700 will be available to the public

Prices will range from 70-450 euros in a similar banding to the final last season in Cardiff

Has the ballot been held already?

[Samie]

[harleydanger]

We will rip them apart, then we've got to beat two of Barca, Real and Bayern.

That's a proper Euro journey. Excited!

[rushyman]

That's a fix

I don't give a fuck what it sounds like

That draw is absolute nailed on billion pound investment strategic fix.

One of us are in the semis anyway now redcafe so go and take that quote and post it on your pages you Bellends

[Phil M]

That's a fix

I don't give a fuck what it sounds like

That draw is absolute nailed on billion pound investment strategic fix.

One of us are in the semis anyway now redcafe so go and take that quote and post it on your pages you Bellends

Last season it was Bayern v Real and Juve v Barca in the quarters.

[rushyman]

Last season it was Bayern v Real and Juve v Barca in the quarters.

That draw stinks Phil sorry

Look who all the other big boys have got. Say what you want, that stinks to high heaven for me

[Phil M]

That draw stinks Phil sorry

Look who all the other big boys have got. Say what you want, that stinks to high heaven for me

They can't all make the final.
Not arsed mate, looking forward to it immensely.

[sms1986]

That draw stinks Phil sorry

Look who all the other big boys have got. Say what you want, that stinks to high heaven for me

None of the teams left are easy games anyway, it's the quarter finals of the Champions League.

[Elzar]

That draw stinks Phil sorry

Look who all the other big boys have got. Say what you want, that stinks to high heaven for me

Sorry, did you want an easy team in the last 8 teams of the champions league?

[Dim Glas]

That draw stinks Phil sorry

Look who all the other big boys have got. Say what you want, that stinks to high heaven for me

it doesn't. It is what it is.  It's a shit draw yes, cos who wants to play a team from the same league in the CL quarter finals. 

I'm sure Juve and Real Madrid are wishing there was a fix! 2 teams had to get Sevilla and Roma. And likely Juve and Real Madrid wish they'd have got Liverpool in this draw rather than each other.

But there is no fix.

[FCukBarca Haw-Haw]

Tough draw but gotta wonder how no Primera teams face one another with 3/8 from La Liga

[mc_red22]

Tough draw but gotta wonder how no Primera teams face one another with 3/8 from La Liga

Both Italian teams were kept separate too.

[sms1986]

Tough draw but gotta wonder how no Primera teams face one another with 3/8 from La Liga

Not really, they just weren’t drawn against each other.

[pinky]

Tough draw but gotta wonder how no Primera teams face one another with 3/8 from La Liga

Out of all combinations, I think there is about 60% chance of Primera teams not facing each other, it's not that rare.

[Xabi Gerrard]

Sorry, did you want an easy team in the last 8 teams of the champions league?

You say it as if wanting Liverpool to have a better chance of progressing is a bad thing?

Glamour ties against big teams are great, but the most important thing is LFC getting through to the next round. An easier game (Roma or Sevilla) would have been much more preferable imo.

Still fancy our chances against City though.

[harleydanger]

Depends on the board.  One of many differences with United is that typically Barcelona play with a certain style and that is reflected throughout the academy - it's one of many reasons why players aspire to play for Barcelona.

United had a style too, from Busby to Ferguson, fast wing play, went out the window.

[kavah]

This is how we role