Barcelona H CL Pre match thread {merged}

[Wio Gumflapdinand]

Seen a stat that 19 out of Barca's last 27 goals have been conceded from set plays. Hopefully something we look to exploit with our height advantage.

I can feel it in my waters Javi's going to add to his great performance Saturday with a big goal tonight...what's his odds like for first goal scorer

 

[Chris in London]

Line-up for me is

Guinness
Guinness Guinness Guinness Guinness
Guinness Guinnesss
Milner Guinness Guinness
Guinness
Subs:
Guinness
Coors
Coors
Wife's vodka
2 year Old bottle of Cointreau
Curry

The shape's all wrong.

Need some solidity in the middle - id go with a midfield of Pizza and Doner Kebab to soak up some of the pressure. You will see the real benefit when Cointreau comes in to the mix late on.

 

[mac]

Line-up for me is

Guinness
Guinness Guinness Guinness Guinness
Guinness Guinnesss
Milner Guinness Guinness
Guinness
Subs:
Guinness
Coors
Coors
Wife's vodka
2 year Old bottle of Cointreau
Curry

The shape's all wrong.

Need some solidity in the middle - id go with a midfield of Pizza and Doner Kebab to soak up some of the pressure. You will see the real benefit when Cointreau comes in to the mix late on.

For the thousandth time Milner isnt playing.otherwise not bad.

 

[WickyWain]

Line-up for me is

Guinness
Guinness Guinness Guinness Guinness
Guinness Guinnesss
Milner Guinness Guinness
Guinness
Subs:
Guinness
Coors
Coors
Wife's vodka
2 year Old bottle of Cointreau
Curry

The shape's all wrong.

Need some solidity in the middle - id go with a midfield of Pizza and Doner Kebab to soak up some of the pressure. You will see the real benefit when Cointreau comes in to the mix late on.

Good line up but I've heard Milners suspended

 

[Wio Gumflapdinand]

Line-up for me is

Guinness
Guinness Guinness Guinness Guinness
Guinness Guinnesss
Milner Guinness Guinness
Guinness
Subs:
Guinness
Coors
Coors
Wife's vodka
2 year Old bottle of Cointreau
Curry

The shape's all wrong.

Need some solidity in the middle - id go with a midfield of Pizza and Doner Kebab to soak up some of the pressure. You will see the real benefit when Cointreau comes in to the mix late on.

Last time I played this formation I got plenty of runs down both flanks,

 

[Chris in London]

Line-up for me is

Guinness
Guinness Guinness Guinness Guinness
Guinness Guinnesss
Milner Guinness Guinness
Guinness
Subs:
Guinness
Coors
Coors
Wife's vodka
2 year Old bottle of Cointreau
Curry

The shape's all wrong.

Need some solidity in the middle - id go with a midfield of Pizza and Doner Kebab to soak up some of the pressure. You will see the real benefit when Cointreau comes in to the mix late on.

Good line up but I've heard Milners suspended

He means Miller but he's a bit lite for this game

 

[Rammyblues]

Lovebitesandeveryfing wrote:
Can't understand how people don't have Navas as an automatic nailed-on starter for this. As a Spaniard on the edge of the national team which is going to Brazil, he knows that this is a stage like no other, a match broadcast in every single bar in Spain and Catalonia tonight — he will play out of his skin. My midfield would be packed: Garcia (in the absence of Ferny), the Yaya who played against Chelsea ( you get my meaning), Silva, Navas to start, maybe Nasri to replace him at about sixty minutes if Navas is not giving the performance I've just predicted. If that unit takes care of business, I believe the rest will look after itself. Oh, Beast up front. Orders to all the midfielders to not necessarily seek him out all the time, but let him do decoy runs. They shoot when they see the whites of Valdés's eyes. They all know how to score.
This'd be a lovely match to win over the two legs, but it's honestly no disaster for me if we don't do it. I just don't want us to be overrun the way we were against Bayern in the first match.

I reckon all the Spanish players will be included tonight

Garcia
Silva
Negredo
Navas

 

[WickyWain]

The shape's all wrong.

Need some solidity in the middle - id go with a midfield of Pizza and Doner Kebab to soak up some of the pressure. You will see the real benefit when Cointreau comes in to the mix late on.

Good line up but I've heard Milners suspended

He means Miller but he's a bit lite for this game

Coor blimey.

 

[Young Blue]

CITY XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (c), Demichelis, Clichy, Navas, Toure, Fernandinho, Kolarov, Silva, Negredo

 

[Wio Gumflapdinand]

Good line up but I've heard Milners suspended

He means Miller but he's a bit lite for this game

Coor blimey.

With all our Stella signings recently we could Harp on all night about who should play where