Beren

Shamelessly stolen from some website: Redknapp's signings: Crouch £9m Niko Kranjčar £2.5m Defoe £15m Palacios £14m Keane £12m Bassong £8m Walker & Naughton £6m Younes Kaboul £5m Gomes £8m Dawson £3m (Arnesen) Woodgate £7m Bale £9m Hutton £9m Corluka £7m Assou-Ekotto £3.5m Modric £16m Huddlestone £2m Lennon £1m Bentley £15m Jenas £9m Danny Rose £1m Dos Santos £5m Pavlyuchenko £13m.

Yes, and mere tens of millions pounds later they are in the CL. Will the wonders ever cease

His inclusion in a team really does encourage dogshite football.

Thought AC were out of it after watching the first leg, but Spurs look shite again and Milan look much improved. Spurs could easily get a red, too. Go on Milan!

Pretty poor quality on show so far, IMO.

Newcastle 5 - 4 Arsenal Barcelona 4 - 3 Arsenal Barcelona 5 - 0 Real Sociedad (so far)

Barcelona vs Man Utd Real Madrid vs Arsenal Valencia vs Man City Villareal vs Chelsea Atheltic Bilbao vs Tottenham Espanyol vs Liverpool Sevilla vs Bolton Atletico Madrid vs Sunderland Real Sociedad vs Newcastle Mallorca vs Everton Getafe vs Fulham Levante vs Stoke Deportivo vs Aston Villa Racing vs Blackburn Osasuna vs Blackpool Sporting Gijon vs West Brom Real Zaragoza vs West Ham Hercules vs Birmingham Almeria vs Wolves Malaga vs Wigan Bold your winners (2 leg ties, everyone fit/on form).

A team from either league doesn't seem like a fair basis for comparison of the two leagues, tbf - which is what I gather Turnbull's post was intimating at... ...so the sincere question is, beyond Barcelona/England's top side (which is arguable), who has the stronger league?

They're not so good they don't need to cheat.

Arsenal are infuriating. It's a Wenger cliche that they have mental strength... they really don't. Taking no credit away from Barcelona's pressing only Wilshere, Diaby and Nasri had any confidence on the ball - the rest of them just looked petrified. Absolutely petrified. Really let themselves down.

Disgraceful if true. Arsene was bound to have a breakdown eventually. He's had to hold his petulant tongue a lot lately. Two soft penalties against us, sunderland game, now this...

? Who's laughing now? f***ing poor tackle by Koscielny shouldve been off. He rolled six times. I would've rolled more to be honest in PAIN, awful tackle. I... have... no comment, to that.

? Who's laughing now? Fucking poor tackle by Koscielny shouldve been off. He rolled six times.

Villa what a slimy shit

Arsenal's backing off Iniesta deserves a facepalm.

Busquets.

Our forum is brilliant: Barcelona vs Arsenal... ...and we find time to compliment Stelling and the adverts!

Van Persie: hey, we get injured easy okay!

Think Arsenal are just conserving energy for the second half when their superior fitness levels will tell. Dangerous game though!

Bit much - keeper not been worked in any serious way.

Busquets in defence [/fully prepared to choke on his laughs later, if need be]

Lampard is my captain this week

Drogba being a tough guy again.

The picosecond I hit 'post', I knew he'd do something mildly impressive. -.-