Tonight's football thread

[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.