City would be a disaster. It would be the perfect draw for Liverpool. I don't think Barca are particularly good and it would be nice to give them some payback.

Conceicao accused Arteta of insulting him, which is why he didn’t shake his hand at full time.
By pure coincidence Conceicao also accused Pep of insulting him when City knocked Porto out in 2020…..and accused Tuchel of insulting him when Chelsea knocked them out in 2021….just a coincidence though so hardly relevant

Loved how their manager and their players were a bit petulant at the end. Their manager refused to shake Arteta’s hand at the end.

Part of me admires Porto’s wily, experienced play but a much bigger part of me will say a big F off to them. You kicked, snarled, play acted, time wasted, played the ref t he ligh every minute and then their manager threw their toys out of his pram at the end.

When you beat teams like this it makes it sweeter

I think Raya got the MOTM officially which no doubt he deserves as the match winner….but for me the player who really stood up to be counted tonight was Ødegaard. He was top class, driving the team on, I’d be amazed if he didn’t cover the most ground of any player - then wins both flops of the coin to get the shootout at our end and to go first - then sticks the first pen away. A true captains performance

Only team I wouldn’t want us to get would be athletico if they beat inter. Would be a similar game full of shithousery.

Barca, dortmund or PSG would probably be best.

Hi All - long time no post! Trust you are all well.
We may have played better this season, but that was a statement win, eh?

Hi All - long time no post! Trust you are all well.
We may have played better this season, but that was a statement win, eh?

Greetings Old Man.....hope Bernard and Mee could find a feed wherever they are !

Hi All - long time no post! Trust you are all well.
We may have played better this season, but that was a statement win, eh?

Greetings Old Man.....hope Bernard and Mee could find a feed wherever they are !

G'Day Old Man

Released for good behaviour?

Long time in deed. The search party never came back.

Hi DHD - I have been keeping a low profile because if I show too much interest in the fortunes of our great club, it is a given the rot will set in. Forget Arteta, his coaching team, the quality of our players or the opposition, for in the end it has nothing to do with them, but all with me. If I hide behind the sofa (actual and virtual), and pretend not to be looking, perhaps good things will happen. It seems to be working so far, though worryingly not for The Darts, who are relegation bound.

Hello Andy,

Arsenal have a friendly against Liverpool in Philly on July 31st. I cousin in Norristown (you familiar?) I converted to a Gooner, many years back, went to the Brentford game. Had a wonderful time. Bought the ticket off some site and said he thought it was going to be 50/50 if it was legit. lol

Hi DHD - I have been keeping a low profile because if I show too much interest in the fortunes of our great club, it is a given the rot will set in. Forget Arteta, his coaching team, the quality of our players or the opposition, for in the end it has nothing to do with them, but all with me. If I hide behind the sofa (actual and virtual), and pretend not to be looking, perhaps good things will happen. It seems to be working so far, though worryingly not for The Darts, who are relegation bound.

Conceicao accused Arteta of insulting him, which is why he didn’t shake his hand at full time.
By pure coincidence Conceicao also accused Pep of insulting him when City knocked Porto out in 2020…..and accused Tuchel of insulting him when Chelsea knocked them out in 2021….just a coincidence though so hardly relevant

Greetings Old Man.....hope Bernard and Mee could find a feed wherever they are !

Barca - would like this, some star names and a mix of youth and experience. I think they are beatable and definitely don’t know how to sit in, defend and frustrate
Bayern - better than Barca but an up and down season. Like Barca we owe them one. Kane coming to the emirates.
Man City - we’ll likely have to beat them to win the CL but they’d be decent favourites in a knock out format. Would rather avoid them and City draw Real Madrid
Real Madrid - a glamour tie, they have top class players everywhere, would prefer not to get them just yet!
PSG - feel we could beat them, look what Newcastle did to them in the group stage. As with most of the teams at this stage they’ll have the CL knock out experience over us
Athletico/Inter - tie in the balance. Athletico would be another Porto. Fast paced prem football has recently suited playing against Italian teams but Inter are very very good, they would be tough.
Dortmund/PSV - tie in the balance and if we drew the winners it would be the one tie we’d be made very clear favourites for

According to David Ornstein, Benny Blanco or as he is mainly known by, Ben White, has signed a new, improved, long term contract. Previous deal was till 2026. Announcement expected later this week.

Ball was in play for less than 50% of the time played in the Porto game, yet only 1 minute of added time in the first half and 3 minutes in the second were added. None in extra time.

Weirdly we had a first leg ref where everything was a foul and a second leg ref who let so much go but both still managed to help create a stop start game that Porto craved

Really? Wow!

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