JoshyBoy wrote:Well Arsenal scraped through... horrible game to watch, we were poor.
I love how you fail to participate in any football debate each time you post and make it only a 1 line comment about arsenal. when there is no exchange, who cares to discuss your team..
HardAttack wrote:keep your signature mate;
it was a hell of fun betting in between you and i.
we did it, i knew we were capable to do it.
real madrid is powerfull team, swept every points almost % 100.
Then it turned into who will be runner up, i think galatasaray did quite of a job there, i m proud with my team here.
Last 16 teams now...I dont know who i do like to have as opponent. But i know whom i like to have in quarter finals in case we can make into q.finals, it is perfectly real madrid. Cos we have some unfinished job to get done with em
Sorry for marseille, but really betiko, they did not have much chance to do it any better in such a group. IMO, their seeding was unlucky. They drew in such a group in where there were not any weak team to call the name, yes this will be the 4th...I did not expect marseille to finish the group with 0 points though, i did they will be 4th but say at least with one win after 6 completed games.
Anyways, lets watch and see.

I am saying you, and once again,
galatasaray is one of the finest underdogs over the world at last 20-30 years.
Everyone should know it v.clear

we were definitely the weakest, but that still was insane... 0 points, come on! I think after 4 games scoring 0 points was already an all time record for a french club. 0 after 6.... they gave up after the third game though. we were facing 3 excellent teams, all leading or close in their championship, and the last champion's league finalist...
By the way I wonder how Napoli fans feel after that; marseille was holding a 1-1 until the 87th leaving dortmund out. Then they could ve still qualified (napoli) scoring a third one, and in that case arsenal would've been left out.
Regarding galatasaray: how crazy was it in istambul that day? people stopped working to watch the "mini match" in the afternoon? I heard they were really dominated and that goal at the end was very lucky. did it snow only on tuesday night?
so no sig and no avatar change? i have to honour my bet HA, let me know

Oh, and I'd love to see a PSG galatasaray in last 16.
trevor33 wrote: 50/50 pens is better than having to score to say alive. We outplayed France in that game (sucked in Dublin) so pens would have been a fair way to end what was an even tie over two games. But you're right, France made themselves look silly at the WC.
well there you go. if you are at a momentum of the game where you are dominating, and if you score you leave no chance to your opponent to overcome the gap; why be a pussy and wait for penalties? blame your team for not even trying. Not like it's the first time that dominating a match doesn't bring you anywhere if you don't seize your opportinities. And as you mention you guys sucked in dublin; we sucked in france. i know qualifying to a world cup is like winning it for you guys, but 2009 is a bit old.
trevor33 wrote:The seeding was wrong but the ranking ok? Erm, you know that the ranking were used as the seeding, right? Italy Finalist at Euro 2012, third at the confederation cup on 2013 and won their group to get into the world cup... not in the top 7 fifa ranking. And you tell me it's based on performance? YEAH.
this isn't about your perception of the italian team over the last few years; it's about a ranking. what they've done this year is what counts for 50% of their ranking. As you can see, they tie way too many times.
06/02/2013 Amsterdam Netherlands 1:1 (1:0) Italy
21/03/2013 Geneva Italy 2:2 (0:2) Brazil
26/03/2013 Ta'Qali Malta 0:2 (0:2) Italy
31/05/2013 Bologna Italy 4:0 (2:0) San Marino
07/06/2013 Prague Czech Republic 0:0 Italy
11/06/2013 Rio De Janeiro Italy 2:2 (1:0) Haiti
16/06/2013 Rio De Janeiro Mexico 1:2 (1:1) Italy
19/06/2013 Recife Italy 4:3 (1:2) Japan
22/06/2013 Salvador Italy 2:4 (0:1) Brazil
27/06/2013 Fortaleza Spain 0:0 a.e.t. 7:6 PSO Italy
30/06/2013 Salvador Uruguay 2:2 a.e.t. (2:2, 0:1) 2:3 PSO Italy
14/08/2013 Rome Italy 1:2 (0:1) Argentina
06/09/2013 Palermo Italy 1:0 (1:0) Bulgaria
10/09/2013 Turin Italy 2:1 (0:1) Czech Republic
11/10/2013 Copenhagen Denmark 2:2 (1:1) Italy
15/10/2013 Naples Italy 2:2 (1:1) Armenia
15/11/2013 Milan Italy 1:1 (1:1) Germany
18/11/2013 London Italy 2:2 (1:2) Nigeria