1-0 win, with a hand

[Dougal]

If we manage to get Gallas in before Wednesday and as long as we can teach Pav the old 'Henry juggle' then I think we'll be fine.

What do you say Dougal?

I say 'no'. That's the short and polite version anyway.

But thats quite often not the case too.

Indeed. Which is why my point is I'd much rather it didn't get to that stage. The was no ambiguity in my feelings on beating Arsenal 5-1 and a good win against Young Boys trumps all else.

 

[Spurger King]

That provokes another good question...

If someone on our side was going to 'cheat' who would it be (bearing in mind we haven't signed Gallas yet so he doesn't count!)

Judging by recent events, surely it would be Crouch.

 

[talkshowhost86]

I think we need a good win to get our confidence going before going into the group stages but if we edge it with a lucky, nervy 1-0 win then that will be better than not getting in at all.

As Dougal says though if we're struggling to get through against Young Boys and have to rely on luck/being French then we've got to be concerned for when we come up against the Barcas and Inter Milans of this world.

 

[Dougal]

I can't rep you again, but I like the way you're thinking!

I was gonna say 'cheers' but I noticed the sig again :snooty:

 

[EastLondonYid]

Would you take a 1-0 win next week in the following dubious circumstances?

• A lucky deflection
• An offside goal
• From a corner that should have been a goal kick
• After a Young Boys player gets incorrectly sent off
• If one of our players scores with his hand/ after handing the ball

What do you think, would you be happy on Thursday in any of the scenarios above?

NOOOOOOOOOOO..
i would rather we played out an entertaining 4-4 draw.

mate ..are you fucking serious?

 

[Sanj]

"The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It's nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It's about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom." - Danny Blanchflower, 1972.

As much as i agree with this, i'd take a hadballed 1-0.
i'd feel dirty for a while but it would be quickly forgotten when keano slots home the pen at the nou camp........

 

[Dougal]

As much as i agree with this, i'd take a hadballed 1-0.
i'd feel dirty for a while but it would be quickly forgotten when keano slots home the pen at the nou camp........

It was never a pen :snooty:

 

[Ron Burgundy]

As much as i agree with this, i'd take a hadballed 1-0.
i'd feel dirty for a while but it would be quickly forgotten when keano slots home the pen at the nou camp........

My sentiments exactly

 

[Michey]

Would you take a 1-0 win next week in the following dubious circumstances?

• A lucky deflection
• An offside goal
• From a corner that should have been a goal kick
• After a Young Boys player gets incorrectly sent off
• If one of our players scores with his hand/ after handing the ball

What do you think, would you be happy on Thursday in any of the scenarios above?

I'd prefer the one in red


Seriously.....i wouldn't give a shit as long as we WIN

 

[Kinger]

NOOOOOOOOOOO..
i would rather we played out an entertaining 4-4 draw.

mate ..are you fucking serious?

FAIL.

Re-read the question.

"What do you think, would you be happy on Thursday in any of the scenarios above?"

Now answer it... I'm guessing your answer would be yes, I'm saying for me I couldn't be happy if we cheated our way to victory.

 

[Stavrogin]

Why?

Sorry, but I just don't believe you. You wouldn't be happy if we won 2-0 and qualified for the CL proper?

Well, it's not set in stone - but what i'm saying is that we could/should crush them AND do it in an entertaining way.

We don't get that many opportunities for a glorious european rout, it's a chance to see something beautiful - so if we scrape through it should feel a bit of a let down - if winning is expected then winning is often not enough.

Not to mention the press/public reaction if we make a meal of it.

Of course I may revise those expectations during the match. There's no telling what will happen. But as of now we should expect a feast. Sure a hobnob bisquit will provide enough sustenence but...

 

[EastLondonYid]

FAIL.

Re-read the question.

"What do you think, would you be happy on Thursday in any of the scenarios above?"

Now answer it... I'm guessing your answer would be yes, I'm saying for me I couldn't be happy if we cheated our way to victory.

re-read.....

id take any scenario...

no time for fair play

 

[chinaman]

It's our turn to score 3 or more. We'll steamroller over them.

 

[Dougal]

It's our turn to score 3 or more. We'll steamroller over them.

If next week's result is a walkover then I'm a... Well, I'm you

 

[Gassin's finest]

I'd rather we didn't cheat with a handball, but any of those other scenarios would just be dodgy decisions by the ref, and lord knows we've had enough of them given against us.

 

[Alfieconnman]

I'd hate if we lost that way but would accept it if we won that way. I guess I'm a hypocrite.

 

[BorisTM]

Exactly my point, I feel like we're in the champions league because we deserve it, to me if it was a handball or dive it would feel hollow, it would be worse than 'buying' the top 4 place.

Yes, if we can't get pass the qualification round without a handball, what's the point of even being in the CL. I don't see nothing glorious about getting in at this stage with cheating or some fluke. Now scoring a fluke goal on the final is another story.

I'm confident we will beat them. I saw the lads on the YB field well before the brake was over, eager to start the game, something I had never seen our team ever do before.

 

[Son_Of]

I'd rather we didn't cheat with a handball, but any of those other scenarios would just be dodgy decisions by the ref, and lord knows we've had enough of them given against us.

yeah the handball one is different to the other 3 situations. i would have serious misgivings in the handball case

 

[tippspur59]

Win at all costs,who cares how it happens.

 

[KitKat]

I could not give a fuck how we win, for all i care pav could pick it up and throw it in the goal as long as it counts I don't give two shiny shits.