On the Ball (new Football Focus)

[????]

Let's be honest they struggle at Bolton and Stoke so up at your place..........

[Atila Reincarnate]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> if celtic beat dynamo moscow they might play lyon

> or arsenal in the "play off" for the champions

> league group stages. Celtic will no doubt be

> favourites as we have that little star on our

> shirts that reflects previous winners. Bring on

> the wenger boys they wont have seen an atmosphere

> like paradise before.

Yes bring on the big fish from a small pond, because we will roll you over and send you on your way. Favourites to get knocked out I assume is what you mean.Let's face Celtic are a waste of space in the champs league, as I said before you won it around the last time Spuds won the title. Nobody takes the SPL teams seriously.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I'm an Arsenal fan but with attitudes like that I think I'll be rooting for Celtic

In the Castle

[Atila Reincarnate]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> I'm an Arsenal fan but with attitudes like that I

> think I'll be rooting for Celtic

>

> In the Castle

You're not an Arsenal fan, you're somebody who says they are but doesn't want to stand up and be counted when comedians like Mac give it large. You be better off supporting Man Ure with all the other plastics.

[Ted Max]

My name is Jock Lodge, I come from Airdrie, play the pipes, have sore feet from marching all through July, have a picture of Barry Ferguson pissing on the Pope as my PC wallpaper, and I hope Celtic destroy the Arsenal.

[Mick Mac]

The attachment is based upon Robert de Niro's Circle of Truth in Meet the Family:

[Atila Reincarnate]

Ted Max Wrote:

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> My name is Jock Lodge, I come from Airdrie, play

> the pipes, have sore feet from marching all

> through July, have a picture of Barry Ferguson

> pissing on the Pope as my PC wallpaper, and I hope

> Celtic destroy the Arsenal.

Keep wishing Jock boy, cos that's all it will ever be , a wish. Scots fans are good for a laugh, a bit like the SPL.

[????]

er, MM you scot you...lol

[Mick Mac]

For Atila

The attachment is based upon Robert de Niro's Circle of Truth in Meet the Family:

[Atila Reincarnate]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> The attachment is based upon Robert de Niro's

> Circle of Truth in Meet the Family:

Like I said before you've obvioulsy missed your vocation as a comedian but you obvioulsy have a sense of humour as you support Celtic and everbody knows they're good for a laugh.

[Mick Mac]

Funnily enough Atila, I used to be an Arsenal fan, I guess I just got bored in the end. It was the George Graham era.

[????]

My old man said be an Arsenal fan I said etc

Literally happened to me, even though he took me to the 1971 Cup Final

[Atila Reincarnate]

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> My old man said be an Arsenal fan I said etc

>

> Literally happened to me, even though he took me

> to the 1971 Cup Final

Never mind, none of us are perfect eh?

[Sandperson]

I'm really looking forward to this game now. I hope celtic win. ;-)

[????]

Yeah and in 1980 he wasn't.....

[Mick Mac]

SP, I have created this fictional tie for a bit of fun with Atila - Its a possibility though, if Celtic beat Dinamo Moscow and then draw Arsenal.

[Sandperson]

I meant against Moscow so that it was a possibilty MM. Don't worry, I fully aware of the facts. Remember the Lisbon Lions! ;-)

[Atila Reincarnate]

Sandperson Wrote:

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> I meant against Moscow so that it was a possibilty

> MM. Don't worry, I fully aware of the facts.

> Remember the Lisbon Lions! ;-)

Do you also remember the last time Spuds won the league?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Jock Lodge, yer foolin' noone! I've seen that Partick Thistle sticker in the back of yer car.

[Sandperson]

No, I was not born. I wasn't born when the Lisbon Lions covered themselves in glory either but I know about them.

I'm an Aberdeen fan if we're talking Scottish football but give me Celtic over Rangers in the Old Firm any day.

[Keef]

Prediction. If Arsenal do not make the champs league proper, they will win the Prem.

[Sandperson]

Blimey Keef, where did that come from. I've got a prediction too. City are going to make some of us look silly this season...if they buy a defender or two.

[matthew123]

Last time Celtic played in the Champions League qualifier with a new manager was 4 years ago... and they got battered 5-0 by the Slovakian champions. The regular competition in the SPL makes it doubtful they'll even be in the hat to draw Arsenal.

Personally I'd rather Celtic and Arsenal didn't qualify for the Champions League group stages as it's lost a lot of the gloss in recent years being overloaded with British teams, especially in the quarters and semi finals.

[matthew123]

Keef Wrote:

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> Prediction. If Arsenal do not make the champs

> league proper, they will win the Prem.

With the makeup of the Arsenal squad I'd say it's more likely to implode with recriminations - and if anything I'd say they'd sink rather than swim.

Sandperson Wrote:

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> City are going to make some of us look silly this season

I fully expect City to be knocking on at least the top 4 this season. They've done a lot of business so far (Barry, Santa Cruz, Tevez, Adebayor) and I expect they'll ramp it up further during August with strong additions to rest of team. If they sign John Terry then they will be a real threat not so much because of his football but because he is a winner and that will rub off on their team ethics.

[Sandperson]

Those sort of signings, en mass unlike the token Robinho signing last year, have got to give you confidence as a team. It's debatable whether Hughes can handle them I suppose as we see most seasons from the Chlesea experiment it's not always about the players on the pitch but the strength of the manager too. The owner doesn't seem to want to meddle as much as Roman does though so who knows.