They must really hate Barcelona then by giving them the worst possible fixtures two years on the bounce. Our draw could have been even worse, theirs couldn't.kippaxblue76 said:Its quite clear that they do not want us to progress, the chances of us getting a group of death every single year then getting Barca twice in succession after we manage to get through is highly unlikely. Add all this to the FFP bollocks only points to one thing. IT FUCKING STINKS.
chris85mcfc said:kenzie115 said:I was thinking that, an extra day's rest will help.LoveCity said:Just thinking, Liverpool could have a Europa game right before we play them at Anfield depending on their scheduling. We are home to Barca before that game.
Even if their not playing in Europe, you would imagine that game would be on the Sunday anyway for TV
Matt the Giant said:RandomJ said:Not a single city fan was surprised by this such a fucking fix. I admire people's optimism saying we'll win and we are certainly capable but my worry is Messi is getting back to his record setting best and he is exactly the sort of player Demi and Mangala struggle against. Think Joe and Sergio will need to play out of their skins for this one.
Barca's non existing defense will surely have nightmares about coming up against Aguero though.
Prestwich_Blue said:That's the most likely explanation which means that they can easily see which is which. And if they can see that then it must be easy to fix.coleridge said:Prestwich_Blue said:You've got to laugh. Our kid asked me to text him the draw so I said to make it quick it'll be 'A' for Real Madrid & 'B' for Barecelona.
The thing I can't quite work out is that they obviously know in advance which teams we (or anyone else can play).So they set up all those pots, with one for each club, that have all the potential opponents in. So our pot has six balls in and the other seven pots have the teams that the other second place teams can play. But when one of those possible opponents comes out then that eliminates that team from all the other. For example, once Chelsea were drawn, no one else could draw them. So how do they manage that? The only way they can do it is by knowing which teams are in which balls surely?
Didn't they just remove the Chelsea balls from the other pots?