[EU] Champions League 2008/2009 (16 Viewers)

[GordoDeCentral]

not the same type of players with gerrard out you need someone to distribute the ball up top, the likes of mascherano and alonso can cover gerrard's defensive void but i dont see anyone else providing his offensive one.

 

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[Gill_juve]

in our case it's the opposite in my opinion, if the group looks good enough for us to make it through then we d probably feel more comfortable investing as our risk has diminished

yeh makes sense but knowing our board, how useful will they be?

 

[only-juve]

Let's hope they will sell arshavin this summer .....

 

[Grande le zebre]

bad news for us is we still won't buy
secco tommorow:'our squad is good enough to win the champions league and the league, the window is closed"

Were in a toughest group of them all. So we need to invest, in at least one quality defender & midfielder

 

[cyril]

I already asked about that chick but people here tend to foucs only on soccer ;-)

Silly us

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Were in a toughest group of them all. So we need to invest, in at least one quality defender & midfielder

no the pool group is the toughest; but yes we do need a solid defender; midfielder can wait till winter.

 

[Enron]

I don't know if you guys noticed, but the Russian teams hardly ever pass the group stages in CL.
The reason is simple. The Russian championship ends in September and while the others are in full force the Russians don't play competetive matches.

We'll play the first match against Zenit in early September while the return match will be in late November/early December.
We'll catch the Russian snow

Zenit did alright last year under similar circumstances.

 

[Alex-444]

The Russian championship ends in September

The championship comes to an end in November

 

[Dominic]

Pfft, we could've drawn more favourable.

 

[Luca]

no the pool group is the toughest; but yes we do need a solid defender; midfielder can wait till winter.

I agree, If I was sporting director for juve I would have been going flat out for a quality defender for the C.L, other positions are fine

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Because Rafa is insistent on upgrading the left side. And Arshavin's 30 million euro price tag probably has something to do with it. Then again we are the team that threw down 21 mil for Robbie Keane. At this point I'm like get Downing or Milner for 10. That way you don't have adjustment issues.

zenit is dreaming if they think they will get more than 15, adjustments aside getting downing will be useless if gerrard is not in the middle

 

[Enron]

not the same type of players with gerrard out you need someone to distribute the ball up top, the likes of mascherano and alonso can cover gerrard's defensive void but i dont see anyone else providing his offensive one.

Indeed. Hopefully El Zhar can morph into a world class winger. Give the kid some juice!

 

[Luca]

Pfft, we could've drawn more favourable.

it's zenit that makes it the group of death, whoever we was going to draw from pot 1 was going to be hard anyway

 

[Dominic]

Luckily for us, Advocaat has knack of screwing up.

 

[Thunderball]

I think this is the third toughest group, after D and G. While F would be easier for us than it is for fiorentina, that is a very competitive group too.

I'd also be on the phone constantly from now till Aug 31 vigrorously pursuing a top defender... if Juve fall out of the group Stage, that's two less games minimum and less TV money.

 

[David01]

Zenit did alright last year under similar circumstances.

this will be another level

 

[Enron]

zenit is dreaming if they think they will get more than 15, adjustments aside getting downing will be useless if gerrard is not in the middle

True. I really want to see what Lucas can do though. He's a bit more offensive and can go forward more than Xabi and Masch.

 

[Alex-444]

Now all stupid Russian analysts will be
To speak that Zenith the champion of a galaxy
I hate all of them

 

[GordoDeCentral]

now the important question: which CL encounters will chiellini miss?

 

[blondu]

UCL draws : REAL MADRID,JUVENTUS,ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG, BATE BORISOV

go get zalayeta