EPTChampions League/Europa League Thread 2012-13 - Page 5
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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mevshero
911 Posts
i just told my expectations about dortmund this cl season and that's it. you will see it after the group stage. thats all. | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
On August 31 2012 04:49 Pandemona wrote: 2 tickets to Norderslland vs Chelsea, flights from England to Denmark and hotel for night £250 all in, anyone wanna come with ? xD 0_0 That's a lot of money! | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Thought was rather Cheap myself xD £250 for ticket,hotel,flight not bad! I'm game but my mates cant go, and my old man can't get time off work >.< | ||
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Kotreb
Croatia1392 Posts
On August 31 2012 04:57 mevshero wrote: to be honest, although this is a forum, i didn't come to discuss. i just told my expectations about dortmund this cl season and that's it. you will see it after the group stage. thats all. :/ why not? discussion is great thing, unless it turns into "because i said so" arguments. @pande: wow, you're really dedicated. that's refreshing to see. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Might have to wait until Knock out stages now as the old man said he be game for one next year! Will have to see my have hope yet. | ||
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ProxyTerran
44 Posts
On August 31 2012 03:41 mevshero wrote: it's no clairvoyance since dortmund doesn't have much experience in international football since they got knocked out last cl season brutally out of a kinda easy group. i know, maybe they have learned from that, but they don't have ANY (ANY!) chance against real madrid and manchester city. trust me. and to be honest, i guess they're happy about their group. so they don't have to concentrate on cl that much and can fully prepare for the bundesliga. said by the butthurt bayernfan, who isn't over losing the last 5 games against dortmund. User was warned for this post | ||
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Mango
Belgium522 Posts
On August 31 2012 04:22 DragoonTT wrote: TBH, doesn't look like a very interesting group phase. Only Groups D and G seem relatively even, most other groups have one or two clear favourites to advance. Predictions below Group A - Porto , Dynamo Kyiv , PSG , Dinamo Zagreb - group looks weak unless PSG gets their team working very quickly Group B - Arsenal , Schalke ,Olympiacos, Montepelier - another group where only a single team has reasonable chances to advance beyond ro8 (Arsenal), and only if they do really well Group C - Milan , Zenit , Anderlecht , Malaga - two favourites to advance in here, though Zenit hasn't looked too sharp lately Group D - Real Madrid , Man City, Ajax, Dortmund - stacked group, sure, but still two clear favourites - Ajax and BVB sadly aren't on the level (both in player quality and finances) to challenge Real and City. Still, probably the group most likely to have an upset. Group E - Chelsea , Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus,Nordsjælland - Juventus and Chelsea enter this group as clear favourites, but Donetsk could easily pull an upset against either of those Group F - Bayern , Valencia, OSC Lille, Bate - Bayern will probably ace this group, should be a really easy draw for them. If Valencia plays their best, they should easily advance, too. Group G - Barcelona , Benfica , Spartak Moscow , Celtic - Really can't predict the second team to advance beside Barca, maybe the closest group of them all. Group H - Manchester United, Braga, Galatasaray, CFR Cluj - United got a good draw again, but look where it got them last year. The second team to advance will probably be eliminated in the Ro16. Same picks here. But for Group G I think Benfica is a clear favourite to advance after Barcelona. I rate them a class higher than the other 2 teams. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18626 Posts
Their Europe campaign has been as weak as Dortmund's. | ||
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Flyingdutchman
Netherlands858 Posts
On August 31 2012 06:05 sharkie wrote: I actually consider Ajax more a threat than Man City. Their Europe campaign has been as weak as Dortmund's. yeah but City will get the benefit of the refs, our collective asshole still has to heal from last years raping | ||
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DaMuffinman
Germany1705 Posts
At the moment, Dortmund has to sort out their defensive problems, they didn't look as good defensively this last few weeks as they did last season. They have to work Reus more into their system and Götze needs to be at 100%, so it's good & lucky for them, that they play Ajax first (in Dortmund). I just hope that Dortmund gives Real and ManCity a good run for their money, esp. at home. Overall picks: A Porto & PSG, but I really hope it's gonna be Porto & Kiev. B Can't decide, but I think it's gonna be Arsenal and Schalke. C Zenit & Milan D Real & Dortmund (yeah, one can hope, even though it's most likely gonna be Real&MC) E Chelsea & Juventus hands down F Bayern & Valencia G Barca & Benfica H ManU & Galatasary (There is a German player on Braga? Didn't know that :D ) | ||
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o3.power91
Bahrain5288 Posts
That group of death is pretty scary though... I predict RM #1 then MC or BVB depending on form of each. Assuming both play well though, Man City will take it. All 3 of them are my favorite clubs in their respective league so I'm pretty disappointed one of them has to leave early  | ||
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M2
Bulgaria4149 Posts
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Flyingdutchman
Netherlands858 Posts
On August 31 2012 06:32 M2 wrote: I have a question, while watching the draw the last two teams left were Cluj and Dortmund and they said Cluj can only go to United/Braga group while Dortmund can go only to group D, can someone explain that (there were no german or romanian clubs in both groups so ?) United made a nice donation to Platini | ||
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seenster
Germany385 Posts
On August 31 2012 06:32 M2 wrote: I have a question, while watching the draw the last two teams left were Cluj and Dortmund and they said Cluj can only go to United/Braga group while Dortmund can go only to group D, can someone explain that (there were no german or romanian clubs in both groups so ?) Both Bayern and Schalke 04 were in a blue group so Dortmund has to go in a red one i think. | ||
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
On August 31 2012 05:25 Pandemona wrote: Of course, been craving a Champions League away trip since forever, and i finally got a bloke who will happily sell me them for the points on his membership. Might have to wait until Knock out stages now as the old man said he be game for one next year! Will have to see my have hope yet. away trips are the best went to moscow for the final and it was fucking amazing heartbreaking but amazing don't think chelsea will have too much trouble with the group, not sure about juventus, haven't heard much from them since the match fixing stuff | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On August 31 2012 03:33 NuclearJudas wrote: On August 31 2012 02:50 Telcontar wrote: Have no clue about Olympiakos. We played last year and 2 years before that. How can you not remember, lol. Anyway, Olympiacos is ridiculously strong in the offense surprisingly, but our defense sucks. Like barca one could say. I'd say we can place anywhere between 1-3 spots. + Show Spoiler + (some shady shenanigans happened last year btw, in the last group game we needed to beat arsenal in our home and marseille to not win in germany, we won 3-1, dortmund was up 2-1 and in the last 7mins conceided twice, word has it, it happened for political reasons, dortmund's coach smiling like a newborn when the final whistle blew strengthened that view) | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On August 31 2012 06:37 Denzil wrote: not sure about juventus, haven't heard much from them since the match fixing stuff Juventus just had an undefeated season, lol, gl with them, xP. | ||
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o3.power91
Bahrain5288 Posts
On August 31 2012 06:37 Denzil wrote: away trips are the best went to moscow for the final and it was fucking amazing heartbreaking but amazing don't think chelsea will have too much trouble with the group, not sure about juventus, haven't heard much from them since the match fixing stuff Juve are pretty beast right now in Italy. As a Milan and Serie A fan, I hope they do not disappoint in Europe. I don't expect them to with the signings they've made. Not to mention they have several players that were in the Italy squad that reached the finals in Euro 2012. Buffon, Barzagli Chiellini, Marchisio, and Pirlo all played major roles in Euro 2012. They also just signed Giovinco (who did very well in Serie A last season) from Parma and Pogba from Man United. Their main problem last season was their inability to turn many opportunities into goals which resulted in a lot of draws (despite winning the league undefeated). Right now their attack will consist of mainly Vucinic, Matri, Giovinco, and if the move is completed, Bendtner. So yeah, I think they will be a threat to many big clubs in UCL but not a favorite to win the whole thing. | ||
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Flyingdutchman
Netherlands858 Posts
On August 31 2012 06:45 Steveling wrote: We played last year and 2 years before that. How can you not remember, lol. Anyway, Olympiacos is ridiculously strong in the offense surprisingly, but our defense sucks. Like barca one could say. I'd say we can place anywhere between 1-3 spots. + Show Spoiler + (some shady shenanigans happened last year btw, in the last group game we needed to beat arsenal in our home and marseille to not win in germany, we won 3-1, dortmund was up 2-1 and in the last 7mins conceided twice, word has it, it happened for political reasons, dortmund's coach smiling like a newborn when the final whistle blew strengthened that view) from what I hear, the only shenanigans going on happens in Greek footballclub boardrooms ;P | ||
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