Rab B Nesbit Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 10 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: You been up all night quoting, Rab? What a time it took Mel didn't even know you could do so many ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 What a time it took Mel didn't even know you could do so many ! [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 At least we know the Lolverpool doesn't bother Rab in the slightest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Prince Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 See Rab didn’t quote TGIG’s quote when he said Liverpool were ‘absolutely brilliant’. Poor show Mr Nesbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 44 minutes ago, 8MileBU said: Ahh good old Melanie just when we thought Thursday mornings couldn't get much better ... 6 minutes ago, The Ginger Prince said: See Rab didn’t quote TGIG’s quote when he said Liverpool were ‘absolutely brilliant’. Poor show Mr Nesbit. Don't worry GP ... Greenie got a wee greenie for that fair play to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 4 hours ago, Rab B Nesbit said: Morning lads ... *inhales sharply through teeth* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Highest scoring group stage ever. No first seeded team won their groups. Looking forward to see what the draw throws up on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 42 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Thinking one good performance negates a catalogue of hilarity is Sevco type delusion. Just the 1 aye ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Mind how cringeworthy it was on here when Liverpool won the Champions League? "Us"s and "we"s thrown about like naebody's business. Cringeworthy in the extreme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 8 minutes ago, Gaz said: Mind how cringeworthy it was on here when Liverpool won the Champions League? "Us"s and "we"s thrown about like naebody's business. Cringeworthy in the extreme Before my time unfortunately Gaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 here's what is in the offing for Monday's draw: So there aren’t many possibilities for Chelsea in the draw then? Correct. They know they will face Paris St-Germain, Barcelona or Besiktas – and it is fair to assume they hope to land the Turkish club, who finished top of a group that also included Porto, RB Leipzig and Monaco. Chelsea have the greatest probability (44%) of facing Barcelona, though, because Barcelona cannot be drawn against Juventus, who were in their group, Real Madrid or Sevilla. The group winners will have it easier then? Not necessarily. Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid finished as runners-up so they lie in wait, although Tottenham came out of Madrid’s group and so cannot play them in the last 16. The other non-English clubs that went through in second place are Basel, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto. So who can Manchester United get? One of Bayern, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar, Porto or Real Madrid. How about Liverpool? They will face Basel, Bayern, Juventus, Shakhtar, Porto or Real Madrid. And Manchester City? One of Basel, Bayern, Juventus, Sevilla, Porto or Real Madrid. And finally Tottenham? They can meet Basel, Bayern, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar or Porto. Hafta say, I find the whole "keeping teams from one country apart" approach a massive crock of shit - it should basically be two pots of eight (winners and runners-up) and just pick the fucking names out, one from each for each game, job done; I think it's unfair that the other English clubs are denied the opportunity to roll over Spurs when they go belly-up against whoever it happens to be - most unfair (even though it'd only be Chelsea who might benefit with the "two pots" scenario) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 8 minutes ago, Herman Hessian said: here's what is in the offing for Monday's draw: So there aren’t many possibilities for Chelsea in the draw then? Correct. They know they will face Paris St-Germain, Barcelona or Besiktas – and it is fair to assume they hope to land the Turkish club, who finished top of a group that also included Porto, RB Leipzig and Monaco. Chelsea have the greatest probability (44%) of facing Barcelona, though, because Barcelona cannot be drawn against Juventus, who were in their group, Real Madrid or Sevilla. The group winners will have it easier then? Not necessarily. Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid finished as runners-up so they lie in wait, although Tottenham came out of Madrid’s group and so cannot play them in the last 16. The other non-English clubs that went through in second place are Basel, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto. So who can Manchester United get? One of Bayern, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar, Porto or Real Madrid. How about Liverpool? They will face Basel, Bayern, Juventus, Shakhtar, Porto or Real Madrid. And Manchester City? One of Basel, Bayern, Juventus, Sevilla, Porto or Real Madrid. And finally Tottenham? They can meet Basel, Bayern, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar or Porto. Hafta say, I find the whole "keeping teams from one country apart" approach a massive crock of shit - it should basically be two pots of eight (winners and runners-up) and just pick the fucking names out, one from each for each game, job done; I think it's unfair that the other English clubs are denied the opportunity to roll over Spurs when they go belly-up against whoever it happens to be - most unfair (even though it'd only be Chelsea who might benefit with the "two pots" scenario) ! I assume the thinking is that the longer sides from the same nations are in the competition then it increases the changes of a derby in the final e.g. Dortmund vs. Bayern, or the Real vs. Atleti finals, which are presumably more lucrative. I mean a CL final is going to rake it in either way but an established rivalry in the final/semi-final is pretty much printing money, I'd have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: I assume the thinking is that the longer sides from the same nations are in the competition then it increases the changes of a derby in the final e.g. Dortmund vs. Bayern, or the Real vs. Atleti finals, which are presumably more lucrative. I mean a CL final is going to rake it in either way but an established rivalry in the final/semi-final is pretty much printing money, I'd have thought. oh aye - it's bound to be down to cash, but this sort of contrivance kinda goes against the whole "luck of the draw" ethos next step, wait for the EPL fixtures to be determined by the previous season's league positions, with the top six all playing each other over the last four weeks of the current season to ensure that every game is likely to be as "unmissable" as possible, with Stoke v Liverpool , West Brom v Chelsea and the like having been got out of the way back in November; additional pay-per-view system in place, over and above the normal subscription, for these last few games, by any stretch of the imagination ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I assume the thinking is that the longer sides from the same nations are in the competition then it increases the changes of a derby in the final e.g. Dortmund vs. Bayern, or the Real vs. Atleti finals, which are presumably more lucrative. I mean a CL final is going to rake it in either way but an established rivalry in the final/semi-final is pretty much printing money, I'd have thought. Surely a derby final would get fewer viewers (with the exception of maybe Real v Barcelona) as while the people in that particular county may be more inclined to watch, it's only one country for which it's a "must see" rather than two? Anyway, agree with the general point. Make it an open draw or at the very least open by nation and group draw for the knock out stages. If they want to continue with seeding in the next round they should do it by their group performance so that teams have an incentive to win every game rather than chucking in the kids once they've qualified meaning teams in the group stages have an advantage when playing an already qualified team last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 6 hours ago, jagfox99 said: No first seeded team won their groups. Oh dear. Another revamp will be coming soon then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMc99 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 anyone know if the draw starts at 11 or do they talk pish for an hour then start the draw at 12 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_dog Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Draw starts at 11 but they've got to through the rules and bumph first, balls should be picking any moment..... The Europa League draw is at 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 20 minutes ago, DanMc99 said: anyone know if the draw starts at 11 or do they talk pish for an hour then start the draw at 12 or something? Surely Lolverpool didn't get through to it did they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Juventus v Spurs ... ooft Sevilla v Manchester United Porto v Liverpool FC Basel v Man City Real Madrid v PSG ... ooft Bayern Munich v Besiktas Chelsea v Barcelona ... ooft Shakhtar Donetsk v Roma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Man City clear favourites on Betfair. Still think they’ll fall short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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