Novocastrian Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Portuguese police advice talks about the possibility of refusing stadium entry based on breathalyser tests. Not seen anything like that at any of Benfica's European games this season. The Spartak Mosow fans were swigging bottles of vodka just outside the ground, some of them were totally ball bagged and they still got in although I saw one particularly inebriated Russian get hoyed out the Benfica end for being too lairy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I didn't realise Benfica are unbeaten in the league and have scored in all their games this season bar the home/away fixtures against Barca. They've scored a lot, too. Unless we significantly up our game the return fixture will be pointless. I'd maybe even advocate a similar tactic to the Anzhi games - stifle them away and try and sneak it at home. Aformentioned scoring record makes this a big task, however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Tbh i wouldn't really take too much from the league record as Porto are unbeaten too I'd like to look at their European record and while impressive isn't as daunting as their league record and there is a few results from inferior teams to ourselves ( at least IMO) i would be happy with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Tbh i wouldn't really take too much from the league record as Porto are unbeaten too I'd like to look at their European record and while impressive isn't as daunting as their league record and there is a few results from inferior teams to ourselves ( at least IMO) i would be happy with. That's what I did take heart from. The European record isn't invincible. Saying that, it includes Barcelona Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Just stay in the tie, at least give us a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 These are a good team no doubt, but Celtic gave them a good game FFS. I'd probably say they're at a level akin to Arsenal, maybe Everton if they rest a few. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 These are a good team no doubt, but Celtic gave them a good game FFS. I'd probably say they're at a level akin to Arsenal, maybe Everton if they rest a few. I'd say Celtic could beat us, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 These are a good team no doubt, but Celtic gave them a good game FFS. I'd probably say they're at a level akin to Arsenal, maybe Everton if they rest a few. I'd say Celtic could beat us, tbh. Stalybridge Celtic could atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 These are a good team no doubt, but Celtic gave them a good game FFS. I'd probably say they're at a level akin to Arsenal, maybe Everton if they rest a few. I'd say Celtic could beat us, tbh. Only because of our manager though. We have a better team than them without a doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 These are a good team no doubt, but Celtic gave them a good game FFS. I'd probably say they're at a level akin to Arsenal, maybe Everton if they rest a few. I'd say Celtic could beat us, tbh. Only because of our manager though. We have a better team than them without a doubt. Oh aye, absolutely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Crazy thing is, if we leave scoreless or 1-1 away, beat Fulham, our home tie will be pretty electric and its anyone's bet. Such is the rollercoaster that is our club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I just hope it's a good game for those going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Crazy thing is, if we leave scoreless or 1-1 away, beat Fulham, our home tie will be pretty electric and its anyone's bet. Such is the rollercoaster that is our club Rollercoaster that never goes up much though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Naw Bimp! Think of the ultra anguish on here and then we signed 5 players in a week, beat Villa and then beat Chelsea at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Naw Bimp! Think of the ultra anguish on here and then we signed 5 players in a week, beat Villa and then beat Chelsea at home. Well yes that was an unexpected upward curve.....ploughing downward like a out of control 747 now like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 These are a good team no doubt, but Celtic gave them a good game FFS. I'd probably say they're at a level akin to Arsenal, maybe Everton if they rest a few. I'd say Celtic could beat us, tbh. Nah, i'm liking the lack of positivity across the board though it usually means good things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Tbh i wouldn't really take too much from the league record as Porto are unbeaten too I'd like to look at their European record and while impressive isn't as daunting as their league record and there is a few results from inferior teams to ourselves ( at least IMO) i would be happy with. That's what I did take heart from. The European record isn't invincible. Saying that, it includes Barcelona We lost to Spartak. They're the russian Sunderland (shit gets censored). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 How about now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Thanks, problem solved. Yea, as I was saying, our european campaign this year been ok so far, but we had the responsibility to progress in that group. We are doing good in the Europa League (specially against Bayer, quality side), but we had to do better in the Champions League. 1W 1L against Spartak (Celtic won both) 1W 1D against Celtic (nicely done) 1L 1D against Barcelona (Celtic did better) We needed to win at Camp Nou in order to progress and we lacked the composure to do it. Many missed chances. Last year we had a way better run in CL. 1st in our group (Manchester University 3rd), eliminated Zenit and then gave Chelsea a run for their money in the quarters, while playing with 10 most of the game in London. Once again, missed way too many chances during both legs. Benfica 0-1 Chelsea statistics http://www.abload.de/img/ae5feb.jpg Chelsea 2-1 Benfica statistics http://www.abload.de/img/bbbdvef4.jpg I believe we'll struggle to score against you, like we did against them. One of the best attacks against one of the best defenses. Should be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Scared of Benfica. Despite Bruno suggesting they are poor infront of goal, they seem to do a bloody good job of getting in front of it with the ball. We are the opposite of that. Still, will be cracking game to watch but expect us to struggle to win. A win would be a brilliant give the way our league season has gone. I would say we lacked some composure in crucial moments. Of course Barça and Chelsea aren't soft opposition but we threw away too many chances. And you defend with 10 men if needed so it won't be a walk in the park. Btw, who's back for this game? Krul? Haidara? Tiote? Santon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Scared of Benfica. Despite Bruno suggesting they are poor infront of goal, they seem to do a bloody good job of getting in front of it with the ball. We are the opposite of that. Still, will be cracking game to watch but expect us to struggle to win. A win would be a brilliant give the way our league season has gone. I would say we lacked some composure in crucial moments. Of course Barça and Chelsea aren't soft opposition but we threw away too many chances. And you defend with 10 men if needed so it won't be a walk in the park. Btw, who's back for this game? Krul? Haidara? Tiote? Santon? http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php They reckon Tiote and Santon back. Saying that, our medical team seem to just guess nowadays Without proper full-backs it'll be a struggle, your wide players are very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Pardew said Marveaux, Santon and Tiote will be ok and seemed to suggest Haidara and Krul has a chance too but you never know with him. He seems to lie through his teeth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest L0W Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 These are a good team no doubt, but Celtic gave them a good game FFS. I'd probably say they're at a level akin to Arsenal, maybe Everton if they rest a few. I wouldn't mind to repeat the same game result we did against Everton in 09 The attendence will not be good i'm afraid, probably 35k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 How many tickets have we sold?... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 4300 is what I've heard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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