The question is, will a series of bad results in the BL help us in the CL against us? Or should we hope that they win there to take the pressure off of the match with us? From reading their forums, they seem excited to unleash "Robbery" on our defense.
They will definitely feel it if they mess up against Dortmund. Through constant self praise and jabs at Dortmund, they have bloated themselves to the size of a hot air balloon. They have set a stage in which they are not allowed to lose, and "will not lose" according to themselves. I don't think Bayern were very convincing during the weekend, but we'll see. The match against Dortmund is seen as "the League final".
Most of the times when we come up against a team that's ailing and we're flying high we end up tallying up a mark in the "loss" column.
It's pretty much the opposite now where we're a bit hurting and they feel like they can't be touched. A lot will depend on the midweek matches in terms of psychology. If Bayern lose in Dortmund, it would hurt their pride quite a bit, especially since guys like Großkreutz are going to make them pay in the press.
How many matches since Robben last got injured? Surely he's due one any moment now? Just a small injury. Something like a broken eyebrow, keeping him out for three or four weeks.
When your fighting for a title coming towards the end of the season, you need luck. Don't matter who against, you just need it man. Wednesday will show just how much character some of these kids really have. Massive game.
Fulham's Frei looking like a promising player for the future, some nice technical abilities shown from him out there tonight. Chelsea unable to take advantage from Tottenham's massive choke up.
He is a nice player, looks like a good find. They also have a young Portuguese player, Sa (?) who has also looked good in flashes.
The weds game against Dortmund will be the decider of the title for this season.. I believe it could have an effect on the CL match against Madrid. If we win it the confidence will he through the roof, if we lose it could spiral downwards...
thought frei was their best player. the way he moved on the ball around ivanovic ..jeez. they deserved teh draw..
^ They are actually third now, ahead of the sorry ass team we played last night. Anyone catch Ben Arfa's goal against Bolton? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG2kbVglrpI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG2kbVglrpI[/ame] Another headcase with fantastic talent, he can turn it on when he wants this guy.
Wow. That was ridiculous! It's a shame that his talent isnt on show at a bigger club. I seem to remember him and Benzema are from the same class at Lyon, both were really promising at a young age. Their futures turned out differently though
All premier league referees were called in to the FA today about new rule changes. They were informed that anyone caught passing the ball to Andy Carroll should be booked for time wasting.
Was wondering this myself. They better get out of their box a bit because they're inviting waves after waves of Barca attacks and this won't last long before Getafe gets mauled.