Sparta Praha (H) - Wed 23rd Oct, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

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Oystercatcher28 said:
Looking forward to the famous colours of Sparta face our sky blues (hopefully no more Oasis kit at home). Should be a good game.

Sparta have only used 15 players all season. They should be easy go work out within the opening minutes. A chance to score a few may happen. But, City are City. And we shouldn't be arrogant.

0-1 defeat, written nowhere near it. I wouldn't bet against it. Confidence-wise, I'd say this is a game to find our shooting boots, but could also be a scraped win, draw or narrow defeat. If we up our tempo, we'll bury them.
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Any team that plays in the same colours as the Famous Heart of Midlothian FC are worth watching!!

Busy couple of days .. overnight in Manchester then straight to Tynecastle tomorrow.
Incidentally Jovetic is playing for our Cypriot opposition
 
I know that plenty here criticize the current league table format but under the old group system there were several teams that were very likely to finish bottom or next to bottom of their group. In consequence there were many dead rubber games especially the final one as the top 2 had moved to the knock out stage already. At least this system needs focus on all the qualifying games as any below par performance in the later games could mean that a seeded top 8 outfit could easily be caught and passed by one of the next level. The same applies to positions 9 to 16 in the table (seeded for 2 leg play-off)
 
richards30 said:
Didnt realise we can have the longest unbeaten run in champions league history tonight?
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I heard that on some radio show this morning and the sports news presenter couldn't get in quick enough that we lost to Madrid on penalties.
When it was pointed out to him that this is normally classed as a draw he said" they lost, didn't they"
 
Xhavenjoe said:
I heard that on some radio show this morning and the sports news presenter couldn't get in quick enough that we lost to Madrid on penalties.
When it was pointed out to him that this is normally classed as a draw he said" they lost, didn't they"
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lol! they are hurting so bad! Pep just gotta make sure we dont lose tonight and then its another record for the club!
 
Gremlin said:
We say this type of thing about a lot of games and that is usually the cue for it to be 0-0 (or even 0-1) at 75 mins and everyone starting to sweat...
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Really? I dont. Maybe some think its a scenario for Fulham or Wolves away then - yes, they may be for a surprise.

This game should be relatively easy, bar special disasters like red card. Sure, at the day anything can happen, we all know it and thats a power of football. But Sparta Praga is simply at the level of Slovan Bratislava and we won very smoothly at their ground.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
This is always my first option but Pep seems to pick a starting eleven that he thinks will win, whilst the opposition pick their strongest eleven and we take all fuckin' day, or night, to get a first shot on goal! What odds are on offer for us conceding first?
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Sure, anything can happen in football, but we are playing at home Sparta Praga.

For almost everybody we are the best team in the world, top2 at least. So, in short, you are using some very far-fetched hyperbole:) We quite often have a first goal or shot on goal in the game.
 
IronsideKozuch said:
Really? I dont. Maybe some think its a scenario for Fulham or Wolves away then - yes, they may be for a surprise.

This game should be relatively easy, bar special disasters like red card. Sure, at the day anything can happen, we all know it and thats a power of football. But Sparta Praga is simply at the level of Slovan Bratislava and we won very smoothly at their ground.
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On paper - yes, of course. But as Brian Clough once famously said "on paper we were the better team, but unfortunately the game was played on grass". Play this game 10 times and we win 9 of them comfortably, but the 'typical City' worrier in me still can't shake the concern over the other 1 time. But, after all, that is sport - if there was no jeopardy then we wouldn't bother watching.
 
IronsideKozuch said:
On the paper its basically Slovan Bratyslava type of the opponent in the power rankings. Its been pretty easy back then.

No red cards, no injuries and we should be fine.

Regardless I do not think starting eleven will be entirely different. Pep wants a bit of continuity, still to build fitness and chemistry among starters.

But I hope for Nunes to start. He has done proper job against Wolves when things been hot for him.

Blow them away and around 55/60 min introduce McAtee, O'Reilly etc.
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They’re better than Bratislava. They were decent enough against Stuttgart.
 
IronsideKozuch said:
On the paper its basically Slovan Bratyslava type of the opponent in the power rankings. Its been pretty easy back then.

No red cards, no injuries and we should be fine.

Regardless I do not think starting eleven will be entirely different. Pep wants a bit of continuity, still to build fitness and chemistry among starters.

But I hope for Nunes to start. He has done proper job against Wolves when things been hot for him.

Blow them away and around 55/60 min introduce McAtee, O'Reilly etc.
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Bratislava are currently ranked 142nd in the world. Sparta Praha are ranked 31st, ahead of teams like Napoli, Newcastle and Brighton.

Praha will be a much better side than Bratislava who are by far the worst team we’ve ever played in the CL. They played well in the first half of the game I watched them earlier in the competition away at Stutgartt. They were quick on the counter attack and had a lad who scored a screamer of a free kick who was putting good crosses in for their striker.

I’m looking forward to this one, should be a good game and we’ll have to be on it and the idea that anyone has of the likes of O’Reilly playing is far fetched.
 
M23 Citizen said:
Bratislava are currently ranked 142nd in the world. Sparta Praha are ranked 31st, ahead of teams like Napoli, Newcastle and Brighton.

Praha will be a much better side than Bratislava who are by far the worst team we’ve ever played in the CL. They played well in the first half of the game I watched them earlier in the competition away at Stutgartt. They were quick on the counter attack and had a lad who scored a screamer of a free kick who was putting good crosses in for their striker.

I’m looking forward to this one, should be a good game and we’ll have to be on it and the idea that anyone has of the likes of O’Reilly playing is far fetched.
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Mate, what are you talking about? You mistaken Sparta and Slavia Praga:)

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Slovan is:

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Sparta is:
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IronsideKozuch said:
Mate, what are you talking about? You mistaken Sparta and Slavia Praga:)

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Slovan is:

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Sparta is:
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Those are UEFA coefficient rankings based a lot on previous European performances.

These are team rankings updated with each match played:
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Bayern München from Germany is the best football / soccer team of the world today. Paris Saint-Germain (France) comes in second place while Arsenal (England) is third. Real Madrid from Spain and Chelsea FC from England complete the Top 5. Check out our complete club world rankings.
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M23 Citizen said:
Those are UEFA coefficient rankings based a lot on previous European performances.

These are team rankings updated with each match played:
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World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking - FootballDatabase

Bayern München from Germany is the best football / soccer team of the world today. Paris Saint-Germain (France) comes in second place while Arsenal (England) is third. Real Madrid from Spain and Chelsea FC from England complete the Top 5. Check out our complete club world rankings.
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Aaa another ranking, ok, now I am afraid:)

I mean, at the end point is, we should win over Sparta at the Etihad and to predict we are going to win and win with high score, which allows us to give playing time for youngsters is not rubbish opinion I believe;)
 
IronsideKozuch said:
Aaa another ranking, ok, now I am afraid:)

I mean, at the end point is, we should win over Sparta at the Etihad and to predict we are going to win and win with high score, which allows us to give playing time for youngsters is not rubbish opinion I believe;)
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At the end of the day you called a guy out for being wrong and then he proved he was telling you the truth.

The above post is a very weird apology.
 
Not for one minute dismissing Sparta but if they had Nunes and McAtee they would be close to being the best players in their squad.
As we have class players everywhere and more on the bench there's no need to be over cautious tonight.
 
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