Soccer 2013-2014

Springbok

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Fuck me, Arsenal set to pull a Man City and not even make it out of the group stage....

Arsenal
Marseille
Dortmund
Napoli

Damn.....
 
Neki

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Full draw

Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad

Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, Copenhagen

Group C: Benfica, Paris St-Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht

Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen

Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basel, Steaua Bucharest

Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli

Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna

Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic



Analysis:

Arsenal's got a toughest group out of all the English teams. Napoli and Dortmund are strong and Marseille are no pushovers. Man Utd and Chelsea I expect to make it through their respective groups without too much difficulty. Man City should have enough to finish 2nd in the group behind Munich. Madrid should finish 1st with Juventus behind them in their group and Lol to Celtic.
 
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Stay classy, Liverpool.

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yes because fans on Twitter are representative of a clubs fanbase and because no other club has lunatic fans. CRETIN
 
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Spurs just confirmed two more signings today. Chiriches (8.5M) and Lamela (25.7M)

Talks are also ongoing into signing Christian Eriksen too.

Levy certainly going for it and is splashing the cash this summer. Spending has eclipsed even Man City.

Meanwhile Bale has agreed personal terms with Madrid so should be on his way soon.

Pretty weird time being a Spurs fan at the moment. Tons of new exciting signings but losing Bale is a big blow

/confused emotions
 
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Neki_sl said:
/confused emotions
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What's there to be confused about, you've sold 1 player and re-invested every single penny to get (I've lost count of the actual number) sheer quality. Lamela will be worth double what you paid for him in a few years. Never mind finishing fourth, you could easily get 2nd or 3rd.
 
Springbok

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Neki_sl said:
Hey Springbok, how do you see the North London derby this weekend?
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Should be interesting. Reading that Lamela is ready for Sunday, and I think Spurs will need him to kick on immediately. I'm going for a 2-2 draw, but I (maybe crazily) think Arsenals starting 11 will be as strong or stronger than Spurs' - especially in defense. The problem though, is if one player goes down... we've got nothin' on the bench. Arsenal need Cazorla to play really well, and Ramsey to continue his fantastic form... both expected to happen, but if they don't it could end in tears (or for me, lots and lots of drinking).

Chelski/Bayern is actually a really good match right now. Thought Bayern would roll them, but Chelsea playing well.

EDIT*** Until Ramires gets himself sent off. What a tit.
 
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Lamela a 70m Euro player in 2-3 years? He doesn't even start let alone get off the bench for Argentina. I think overall Spurs are better than last year but again until I see them rolling all the smaller teams and not counting on penalties for any type of chance creation I don't agree with those that think Spurs are doing anything other than challenging for 4th again.
 
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The signing of Eriksen was a good move, they've been crying out for some creativity.
 
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We'll see, he didn't exactly light the Eredivision on fire and saying he excelled against ManU in a CL game isn't saying much as basically every Continental midfield looks good against Carrick, Cleverly or that Fat Ass Anderson.
 
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They've made so many signings that it's going to take a while to integrate them. Chances are, a couple will flop, a couple will shine and most will be solid. It's certainly promising for them this season, but it's better as a base to build from for next season and the season beyond, when they'll only need 1 or 2 signings to improve.

Of course, I'm still secretly hoping they'll pull a Leeds
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Springbok_sl said:
Should be interesting. Reading that Lamela is ready for Sunday, and I think Spurs will need him to kick on immediately. I'm going for a 2-2 draw, but I (maybe crazily) think Arsenals starting 11 will be as strong or stronger than Spurs' - especially in defense. The problem though, is if one player goes down... we've got nothin' on the bench. Arsenal need Cazorla to play really well, and Ramsey to continue his fantastic form... both expected to happen, but if they don't it could end in tears (or for me, lots and lots of drinking)
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I also think that it might be a draw but there's no fun in that, let's up the ante..

Forum avatar bet for 1 month.

I bet that Spurs win (pretty generous considering that Spurs won only once in the last god knows how many years at Arsenal's home ground). The injuries to Arteta, Chamberlain and Poldolski swings the odds in favour of Spurs imo. If ends in a draw then the bet is void.

What say you?!
 
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