On the Eve of the new Season...

[Frank Gallagher]

I'd go home and give the missus one but she's not talking to me...

[godsshoeshine]

more like lolerpool

[vansmack]

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND
 
 Tuesday, February 19
 
 2:00pm Olympiacos vs. Chelsea (Set - 2:45 KO)
 2:30pm Liverpool vs. Inter Milan (ESPN2)
 5:00pm Roma vs. Real Madrid (ESPN Classic)
 6:00pm Roma vs. Real Madrid (Set Del)
 
 Wednesday, February 20
 
 11:00am FC Schalke vs. FC Porto (Set - 1st Air)
 1:00pm Lyon vs. Manchester Utd (Set - KO 2:45pm)
 2:30pm Arsenal vs. AC Milan (ESPN2)
 5:00pm Celtic vs. Barcelona (ESPN Classic)
 6:00pm Fenerbache vs. Sevilla (Set Del)

[godsshoeshine]

if i had more than 2 sick days a year, i'd totally use one tomorrow

[Barcelona]

Forza Roma!!
 
 I hope we do well in Glasgow on Wednesday.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  if i had more than 2 sick days a year, i'd totally use one tomorrow

Being on the east coast, can't you just duck out for the afternoon?  
 
 I remember shceduling a lot of 3 O'clock meetings at the Lucky Bar on Champions league Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
 
 It's a little tougher for me now - that's why I bought a slingbox.

[godsshoeshine]

i'll end up just dvring a couple each day. tv is such a crap fest that i usually watch dudes yell about soccer on tuesday nights anyway

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  Forza Roma!!
 
 I hope we do well in Glasgow on Wednesday.

If you don't you should be ashamed of yourselves.....I used to play in the Scottish Premier League, or was it the Montgomery County over 30's leage?

[vansmack]

If, like me you're insane, Derek Rae just said on WorldSoccerDaily that on the ESPN channels, they will not be saying the other match scores out loud or showing them in popup boxes except at half time.  Setanta will be showing the other scores and discussing them.
 
 So I recommend watching the ESPN2 then Classic matches before the Setanta matches.

[godsshoeshine]

setanta is like crack. i hate it so much but i'm totally addicted. i mean that maureen puppet isnt even funny

[brennser]

god I hate Liverpool

[Barcelona]

I dislike the two teams in Milan and Chelsea more than Liverpool (not to mention the right-wingers in Madrid). Actually, I have lots of respect for Liverpool, not sure what it is, maybe the way they won 3 years ago against Milan or maybe the fact that they don't have any big star in the team, except for Gerrard. This is the player I would want in Barcelona, he is great, what about his goal tonight.

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by brennser:
  god I hate Liverpool

"
 
 more than any team in england except scumderland

[vansmack]

Liverpool were shit, lucky to win despite playing with a man advantage at home for nearly an hour.  I'm not one to defend an Eye-Talian, but Matarassi's sending off was dubious at best.  Of course, he's Italian so he probably deserved it for something else he's done in the past anyway.
 
 Gerrard's goal was a mistake that found the back of the net.  Nothing more.
 
 Chelsea looked like crap and I've seen better satellite feeds on a video game than what I saw on ESPN Classic.  Did anybody watch the Setanta feed - was it any better?
 
 Real had an opportunity to put Roma away early, but failed and really paid the price.  Credit to Roma for not quitting after giving up the first goal and nearly the second and third.
 
 All in all a bit of a disappointment for a day I was really looking forward to.

[godsshoeshine]

how bad were ibrahimovic and viera? viera's been hurt, but jeez
 
 i kind of thought that the first card was a bit of a dive on torres's part