I'm calling a Semi Final with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Liverpool and Manchester United, as previously stated in my big post
The champions league is such a crapshoot that any of these teams have an equal chance of winning it: Barcelona, Real, Sevilla, Valencia, Chelsea, ManU, Liverpool, AC Milan, Inter, Lyon.
Oops, for some reason I thought it was a "Who do I want to win." I naturally chose Lyon, but realistically, I am voting Valencia. They are good across the board and deserve it after so many fine performances.
It's funny to see Chelsea and Barca as the two most popular picks. Out of the 1 seeds I think they got the two toughest groups. I'm not even sure if Chelsea is 100% with Schalke and Valencia in the group. Barca has Lyon, Stuttgart and Rangers. I think out of the big clubs Real, Man Utd and Inter got slightly easier groups. Especially Real, so that is definitely an advantage.
The exact same reasons I didn't call them for a top pick last year, except this year it _should_ happen. Your team is too old! Ronaldo has glass for ankles and Kaka can only do so much. Trust me, I won't mind being pleasantly suprised if ACM do make it to the semi's and beyond again, but I just don't think it will happen this time. imo.
real madrid will be lucky if they make it out of the group stage. winner of the champions league will be either as roma or barcelona.
Schalke will win it all. Or they will have a goal lead going into the last minute and blow it to Seville.
Thats what everyone said last year too, there too old, especially against Man U and look what happened, they took em to school. Hope they prove yeveryone wrong again
I don't think Barca's overloaded attack is going to work well this year - Chelsea are still trying to establish their own European tradition without ever really having one, its not a logical argument but in most cases it helps to have previous success to win one of these things...even if its success that was 50 years prior - Inter are hopeless as always - Real Madrid will struggle to make it out of the group stage imo. My favorites are ManU, Liverpool, Milan, Roma, Sevilla, and my darkhorse is CSKA Moscow!
Real will not win the CL...but they will perform well.....thanks to Sneijder. Their offense is far from bad.....however, their defense will be the key. Yes, I also tend to say that Barcelona will win this year. Barca or Liverpool. ROMA????????? That was a good one! Rather would Shakhtar Donezk win the CL, than Roma.
I do not know how you cannot include Arsenal, they reached the final two years ago, have a excellent current first team and are now better without Henry, they have more quality in their squad than any of the three German teams.
They've been saying that Milan have been too old for years, but yet they've been the most successful team in the CL over the last five years without doubt. Its unwise to discount a team of their calibre. Plus, with the likes of Nesta, Gattuso, Pirlo, and Kaka, they have at least four world class players who are all in their prime. I pick them to repeat as champions, difficult as that may be.
Yeah, I have to agree. Can Roma at least get close to winning the Serie A before we start picking them to win CL?
im rooting for schalke and christian PANDER!!!!! but id bet on milan at this point. a fit ronaldo come make them really tough. actually another milan v liverpool final isnt hard to imagine. torres and babel really make their attack stronger.
What are you talking about? I forgot about Arsenal. SORRY ARSENAL FANS! I don't know why people are voting for Milan and Liverpool. It's VERY unlikely that either club will make the final, let alone win it-it's called the law of averages. Does anyone believe that one club can make three Cl finals in four years in the toughest competition in the world? I wouldn't be surprised if both clubs failed to make another final for five years. They've both had their quota and now it's time for someone else. I voted for Inter just because they're quality and I have a sneaky feeling that it could finally be their year. Hopefully someone like Sevilla will win it.
Sorry but Inter are old, slow, overpaid, foreign, alcoholics they shall win nothing except maybe a domestic cup in the next three years.