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#776
#776
Godfatha said:
Hoping for revenge against Inter. At least their form is off. By that time, should have a full squad barring any more injuries.
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Should be a pretty intense game since both teams don't have much to play for in their domestic leagues.
 
#779
#779
Godfatha said:
Hoping for revenge against Inter. At least their form is off. By that time, should have a full squad barring any more injuries.
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Love the Avatar. Bayern ended before the winter break good by beating up on Stuttgart who is 17th. Gonna be hard in the next CL round vs Milan.
 
#781
#781
hohenfelsvol said:
Love the Avatar. Bayern ended before the winter break good by beating up on Stuttgart who is 17th. Gonna be hard in the next CL round vs Milan.
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Agreed. Watched the match live yesterday on the Xbox (ESPN3 is about the only place I've been able to watch consistent matches).

They're starting to look like the Bayern of last year, even though their defense is still suspect. There are rumors that they are going to address GK and maybe one of the backs. Tymo belongs in midfield. They could certainly improve on Contento and Bruno and van Buyten has been playing horribly.

Wasn't a bad weekend. Dortmund lost. Not that Bayern can catch them, but we can hope.
 
#782
#782
Godfatha said:
Agreed. Watched the match live yesterday on the Xbox (ESPN3 is about the only place I've been able to watch consistent matches).

They're starting to look like the Bayern of last year, even though their defense is still suspect. There are rumors that they are going to address GK and maybe one of the backs. Tymo belongs in midfield. They could certainly improve on Contento and Bruno and van Buyten has been playing horribly.

Wasn't a bad weekend. Dortmund lost. Not that Bayern can catch them, but we can hope.
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I watch Bundesliga games on Dishnetwork German Sports channel. Not great pic quality but get to watch with German annoucers to boot.
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#783
#783
volball625 said:
Champions League draw for the round of 16. lol at Arsenal.

Roma Shakhtar Donetsk
AC Milan Spurs
Valencia Schalke 04
Inter Bayern Munich lol milan
Lyon Real Madrid
Arsenal Barcelona
Marseille Manchester United
Copenhagen Chelsea
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Bring it on BARCA!!!

We are going to get drilled, but I am hoping for a miracle.
 
#784
#784
TylerD said:
Bring it on BARCA!!!

We are going to get drilled, but I am hoping for a miracle.
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I will be shocked if Arsenal eliminate Barca. Makes me giddy thinking about our front line going at Squillacci, Koscielny, and Clichy. Well depending when Vermaelen gets healthy.
 
#785
#785
volball625 said:
I will be shocked if Arsenal eliminate Barca. Makes me giddy thinking about our front line going at Squillacci, Koscielny, and Clichy. Well depending when Vermaelen gets healthy.
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Vermaelen is supposed to be back by Jan so he should be good, and hopefully Wenger dips into the transfer window and gets someone good.

Vertonghen would be a good choice to go along with him, but at this point I would even be cool with Gary Cahill. At least he would be out there snapping legs. lol

Clichy will be the problem spot, IMO. Nani gave him a load of trouble and last I check Nani isn't Messi.


edit: I forgot Vertonghen can't play in the CL if he transfers so hopefully we get both.
 
#786
#786
Unless it's a free transfer, Wenger won't throw out any cash. And he will again be trophy-less for another season. They should just rest everyone against Barca and put their efforts into their domestic competitions.
 
#787
#787
Fun match to watch Bayern's win over Stuttgart. It's fun seeing Muller playing well again, out there making plays. I don't hold out much hope for the Bundesliga, but if they can get past Milan, they can have some success in the Champion's League.
 
#788
#788
Godfatha said:
Fun match to watch Bayern's win over Stuttgart. It's fun seeing Muller playing well again, out there making plays. I don't hold out much hope for the Bundesliga, but if they can get past Milan, they can have some success in the Champion's League.
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For some reason, I have never bought into the Bayern hype. Maybe it's because I dont watch alot of Bundesliga. But they struck gold last year with the Robben volley in a game where they were totally outplayed and then got a down Lyon team in the semifinals.
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#789
#789
volball625 said:
For some reason, I have never bought into the Bayern hype. Maybe it's because I dont watch alot of Bundesliga. But they struck gold last year with the Robben volley in a game where they were totally outplayed and then got a down Lyon team in the semifinals.
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They're hyped because of players like Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Muller, Robben, etc. They've had a tough first half of the season this year, but they've also had a lot of injuries. And it happens all the time that teams get outplayed and still win. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes against.

When Bayern is clicking on all cylinders, they are Barca quality.
 
#790
#790
Godfatha said:
They're hyped because of players like Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Muller, Robben, etc. They've had a tough first half of the season this year, but they've also had a lot of injuries. And it happens all the time that teams get outplayed and still win. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes against.

When Bayern is clicking on all cylinders, they are Barca quality.
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I would say people would say the same about Real Madrid and we saw the product of those two getting together.

I would say Bayern is Madrid/Chelsea quality. (maybe)
 
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#791
#791
Godfatha said:
They're hyped because of players like Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Muller, Robben, etc. They've had a tough first half of the season this year, but they've also had a lot of injuries. And it happens all the time that teams get outplayed and still win. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes against.

When Bayern is clicking on all cylinders, they are Barca quality.
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While thinking I'm as objective as possible, Barcelona are just on a completely different level than anyone else right now. Have been for about three years now.
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#792
#792
I am so glad that Arsenal won 3-1 and then Man U went on to draw. Exactly what we needed.


Edit: and then we draw with Wigan.....
 
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#795
#795
Godfatha said:
Think we can all agree that a Chelsea loss is good. :)
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Anytime they lose it makes me happy... My buddy was riding me all year about being an Arsenal fan saying, "you should have been a Chelsea fan! At least they don't disappoint their fans like Arsenal!"


HA!
 
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