Would turn off the Arsenal match, was nauseating listening to that commentary team in the first half, and Robbie Savage has just said Raya has made the best save he’s ever seen. Fuck sake.
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Yeah I plumped for the Madrid match in the end.
Wow … amazing double save from Raya
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How TF did Raya get to that second effort!! Retegui didn’t even head it that firmly, probably thinking there’s no way the keeper makes this.
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Atalanta have got a pair of solid full/wing backs.
I was convinced Cuadrado was from another football era.
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Not spoken about enough how poor both Jesus and Martinelli have been for Arsenal for a long time now. January and February respectively since they last scored.
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Raum looks like a right prick.
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Ederson’s been pretty solid tonight too…
Lovely cross by Greizmann for a Ath Madrid winner it seems.
Top 8 after round 1 
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The goalie shite
Zakaria the Monaco player excellent against the 10 men of Barca
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Yeah need to beat Bologna next before we slide down the table over the following three matches and power back into the 8 after that.
I’m not sure I’m going write us off against Red Bull Leipzig to be honest.
Plus we are at home for the two hardest ties.
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Yeah not writing us off in any of those games; just not confident of 9 points. I think the reality is we will likely drop places over these games given the size of the table but I expect we’ll finish strongly.
This is where individual results may come in to play for supporters.
Looking at those 3 middle games, I think a number of people would say, get 3 draws and your looking reasonably good for the final stretch.
Lose 2 and win 1 would give us the same number of points, but I wager a lot of fans would not be so optermistic.
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Yeah draws really are penalised with the table and different fixtures for each club in a way they weren’t previously.
Some guestimates on what’s needed to qualify for the next round;
This weeks fixtures include some tasty ties;
Tuesday 1st October 2024
8pm Arsenal v Paris St Germain
8pm Barcelona v Young Boys
8pm Bayer 04 Leverkusen v AC Milan
8pm Borussia Dortmund v Celtic
8pm Inter Milan v Crvena Zvezda
8pm PSV Eindhoven v Sporting Lisbon
8pm Slovan Bratislava v Manchester City
5.45pm SV Red Bull Salzburg v Brest
5.45pm VfB Stuttgart v Sparta Prague
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
8pm Aston Villa v Bayern Munich
8pm Benfica v Atlético Madrid
8pm Dinamo Zagreb v Monaco
5.45pm Girona v Feyenoord
8pm Lille v Real Madrid
8pm Liverpool v Bologna
8pm RB Leipzig v Juventus
5.45pm Shakhtar Donetsk v Atalanta
8pm Sturm Graz v Club Brugge