Tonight's football thread

[IainR]

Any comments on todays Draw Danbert.. how lucky were City..

[Stagger]

Any comments on todays Draw Danbert.. how lucky were City..

United could not have picked an easier group.

[DazTheSlug]

Any comments on todays Draw Danbert.. how lucky were City..

I knew we were doomed when George Weah stepped up to draw Pot 2 :w00t:

[TheHeathens]

Typical. United drawn in the group of death whilst City get an easy passage again

[Alf]

Should be some great games there involving UK teams. I don't think I will be watching any of the Man United ones though

[Danbert Nocurry]

Any comments on todays Draw Danbert.. how lucky were City..

Seems to me that the Rags will be able to rest players for more important league games when they are playing Europe's equivalent of The Dog and Duck as their group looks even easier than the one they somehow failed to qualify from last year.

As for us, we'll have to go all out in every game to try to qualify from that group of death and it will no doubt impact on our league form.

[TheHeathens]

Seems to me that the Rags will be able to rest players for more important league games when they are playing Europe's equivalent of The Dog and Duck as their group looks even easier than the one they somehow failed to qualify from last year.

As for us, we'll have to go all out in every game to try to qualify from that group of death and it will no doubt impact on our league form.

Don't necessarily agree with that. Sometimes with a hard group you get a few good results, confidence rises and you get in the habit of winning. Only have to look at us in '99 for the best example of that

[IainR]

Don't necessarily agree with that. Sometimes with a hard group you get a few good results, confidence rises and you get in the habit of winning. Only have to look at us in '99 for the best example of that

Erm.. apart from we drew 4 of 6 games.. only beating Brondby?

Tough group for City, but Dortmund have lost a few players and Ajax aren't top draw. They should go through but no easy games.

[The General]

Tough group for City, but Dortmund have lost a few players and Ajax aren't top draw. They should go through but no easy games.

It is a tough group for the Berties, but that was my initial reaction. Real Madrid, Dortmund and Ajax. I was initially pleased we've got a weak group, but on reflection I'd actually have loved to see United get a group like that. City don't deserve to be in that company. It's still a bit sickening seeing them, Malaga and PSG involved at all.:closed:

[TheHeathens]

Erm.. apart from we drew 4 of 6 games.. only beating Brondby?

Since when has a good result meant a win? In 1999 our group was the group of death, arguably as hard as City's, and we went through without losing which must have been a confidence booster. After that, we only lost one more game until the end of the season and didn't lose any from the start of '99 until the end of the season.

We were pushed hard in all competitions after the group stages, notably by Arsenal, with some memorable results against Arsenal, Inter and Juve. We just got in the habit of winning and won many games we shouldn't have, notably the final itself. Contrast that to the following seasons where we walked the league but were crap in Europe; I attribute that to a lack of domestic competition.

Look at our FA Cup run in 99 - no gimme's there:

Middlesbrough
Liverpool
Fulham
Chelsea
Chelsea replay
Arsenal
Arsenal replay
Newcastle

Tough games can bring the best out of teams, United are usually one of them. It's time for City to crap or get off the toilet.