2012/13 UEFA Champions League thread

[EddieG]

Monterrey are laughable.

Just to put things into prospective, how well do you think they would fair in the MLS?

Didn't Monterrey win the North American equivalent of the Champions League? AKA Beating out MLS teams?

[stokeriño]

Monterrey only actually played against one MLS team in their winning CONACAF CL run; they were in the same group as the Seattle Sounders and lost 1-0 at home before winning 2-1 away. They finished top of the group on 12 points, ahead of Seattle's 10.

All the other MLS teams were knocked out by other teams, several by other...presumably worse...Mexican teams.

[Rafael]

Besides some DPs and even a couple of exceptions, most players in the MLS suck.

[Hobo]

If I watch a football game from Irish teams it's semi-pros with about League One/Two level of talent or less, therefore I feel can't adopt a superior attitude to Mexican, MLS or any other football because of this.

[Khain]

Monterrey were useless without Suazo, the bald goal-scoring machine. He scored 100 goals in five years, Messi has nothing on him

[Colly]

Not sure Messi would be particularly impressed by 100 goals in 5 years.

[Rafael]

Heskey scored more Premier League goals than Suazo. He's ten times better than him.

[Adam]

Yeah, but in all seriousness - 100 goals in 5 years is an average of 20 a year. Messi has 86 for this year so far :/

[Khain]

He is the top goalscorer of Monterrey, Messi isn't :/

[stokeriño]

More standard Chelsea line-up today. Luiz back in defence, Lampard is captain.

Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Hazard, Mata, Moses, Torres.

[Rafael]

Chelsea needs to win. If they don't, who's going to be the joke of brazilian football?

[brenchill]

What happened to Flamengo and Vasco De Gama? They were my favourite Brazilian teams as a kid.

[Rafael]

What happened to Flamengo and Vasco De Gama? They were my favourite Brazilian teams as a kid.

Both are deep into shit. Flamengo this year fought against relegation, and their only good player is Vágner Love. Vasco are in deep financial trouble, lost ALL of their key players(specially Juninho), and now are into rebuilding process, but the problem is they have no money.

Edited December 16, 2012 by RafaelFms

[stokeriño]

Oof. Would have liked to have a goal line tech incident there. >_>

Ramires is not having the best of days so far.

Not sure Frank is either, to be fair.

[Rafael]

stupid Emerson, stupid Emerson.

[stokeriño]

WTF Luiz :/

[Rafael]

You know, his boyhood club was Corinthians.

As my FM assistant manager would say, Chelsea is getting skinned all too often.

Edited December 16, 2012 by RafaelFms

[stokeriño]

My FM assistant manager is telling me that we can't win games if we don't even get shots on goal...

[stokeriño]

Okay, now we've had a couple. Good chance from Moses!

lol...even catching the ball isn't a yellow.

[Rafael]

It's pretty normal stuff like that happening here. Player goes down, and grabs the ball thinking the ref will give him the foul, but then he gives handball.