The Return of Champions League Football - 19/09/23

GROUP E
Feyenoord vs Celtic
20:00

Lazio vs Atletico Madrid
20:00

GROUP F
AC Milan vs Newcastle
17:45

PSG vs B Dortmund
20:00

GROUP G
Young Boys vs RB Leipzig
17:45

Man City vs Red Star Belgrade
20:00


GROUP H
Barcelona vs Royal Antwerp
20:00

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Porto
20:00

What games will you be watching?

Will check out Newcastle vs Milan - hoping to see a Milan win. Might check out PSG vs Dortmund of the later games but not settled yet.

Is that round up show on with James Richardson? I quite like that TBF.

RB Leipzig giving Young Boys a seeing to. Currently winning 0-1.

Originally Posted by NedKelly

RB Leipzig giving Young Boys a seeing to. Currently winning 0-1.

At the splendidly named £#%&!dorf stadium

what the £#%&! is that %@#$&! rafael leao doing?

Originally Posted by NedKelly

AC Milan vs Newcastle
17:45

Man City vs Red Star Belgrade
20:00

Two games there that sum up the sickening state of modern football.

Hopefully Red Star and AC can summon inspiration from past glories, when the greatest club competition in the world was free from the toxic poison of Arabian interference.

Hoping Milan run in three in the second half here, cannot stand Newcastle...

Probably the Feyenoord game from the later ones, hoping Celtic get battered on and off the pitch.

Originally Posted by Neo

Two games there that sum up the sickening state of modern football.

Hopefully Red Star and AC can summon inspiration from past glories, when the greatest club competition in the world was free from the toxic poison of Arabian interference.

Can anyone fully name those lineups. (Without googling as will get armchair to mine cookies) Milan one thought I'd do better than did.

Maignan is properly injury prone.

what a piss poor game of football this has been

Originally Posted by dunk

Maignan is properly injury prone.

If rumours are correct, had his transfer fee not been so high, we would have signed him.

Lovely finish from Taremi, the Porto left winger has scored two and assisted that - looks mint - Galeno, no idea who he is tbh.

Nice to see city's fans have greeted their greatest ever side's first home game as european champions with their usual enthusiasm of leaving loads of empty seats behind their double massive advertising boards.

PSG game is an utter borefest btw..

Originally Posted by Finport Red

If rumours are correct, had his transfer fee not been so high, we would have signed him.

Very good keeper, would have been my first choice on ability tbh.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

PSG game is an utter borefest btw..

Opted for the Barca game in the end. Felix with a goal and an assist. I had a feeling he’d fit in well there.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

PSG game is an utter borefest btw..

Most games are now. Football is absolutely £#%&!ing joyless.

It's a disgusting, sterile game of stat £#%&!ery where 4 players have to get involved in goal kicks and it takes 40 passes to get 30 yards from your own goal.

Had no idea Joao Felix was at Barcelona.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Most games are now. Football is absolutely £#%&!ing joyless.

It's a disgusting, sterile game of stat £#%&!ery where 4 players have to get involved in goal kicks and it takes 40 passes to get 30 yards from your own goal.

I would hazard a guess that the vast amount of post-match analysis nowadays is monopolised by VAR discussions.

There is rarely much talk about individual pieces of brilliance, as players have been moulded into generic prototypes to fit rigidly tight 'systems'. Where are the mavericks?

Football is a sad state of affairs these days, where the majority of the supposed 'entertainment' comes from the controversy around referee decisions. Absolute shite 'product'.

Joe Hart