With a bit of luck City could win the Champions League.

Need to avoid Barcelona (if they qualify obviously) or Real in the semi finals.

Imo could take Bayern over two legs.

Barca are the only ones to definitely avoid IMO, even Madrid haven't been that convincing in the knock-out stages. The aggregate score v Roma would have been a lot closer if Salah and Dzeko had finished easy chances in the away leg while it was still 0-0, and then obviously the away game at Wolfsburg.

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12 Apr 2016 21:15:26

Blanc must be under a fair bit of pressure now after that, just not good enough.

#324909 The Italian Football Thread

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11 Apr 2016 23:49:03

Milan sacking Mihajlovic. They've been poor lately but they're better than last year, although that's not saying much. They're putting Brocchi in charge which I assume is only until the end of the season, if not then it'd be pretty mental. Still though it's a shame to see such a great club in dire straits.

Roma 1-1 Bologna tonight, pretty much confirms how the top 3 will end up. Also confirmed that Totti is still a genius (and should be playing more).

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10 Apr 2016 15:44:10

How can you compare Pardew to Sanchez Flores and Howe?

Palace finished 10th in the Premier League last season - Watford and Bournemouth were playing a division below. Different expectations as a result of this and so QSF and Howe have performed much better than Pardew this season. Simple as that.

Anyway, delighted for Leicester

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09 Apr 2016 16:20:42

By Shola | On 09 April 2016 - 15:51 PM BST

Keegan>Hughton>Pardew>Roeder>Kinnear>Shearer>Souness>Carver>Allardyce>McClaren>Benitez

Don't know where to start with that one.....

Big win for Palace which sees them safe, Norwich v Sunderland next week is huge in terms of the final relegation spot (can't see any hope for Newcastle).

Won't get noted by many but Guidolin is doing a really good job at Swansea.

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07 Apr 2016 21:11:22

1-1 FT, good result for Liverpool. Nicely poised for next week.

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06 Apr 2016 22:49:15

By Suffolk Seasider | On 06 April 2016 - 22:00 PM BST

Neither of these teams will win it. (The Champions League. I mean)

Would agree with that yep.

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06 Apr 2016 20:50:51

2-2 FT. Good result for City, PSG had enough chances to win it though - the penalty, Zlatan's one on one, Cavani at 2-1 after they'd hit the bar.

50/50 probably going into the second leg.

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05 Apr 2016 23:33:37

The sending off wasn't harsh nope, pretty stupid from Torres. 2-1 wasn't too bad for Atletico in the end although 11 v 11 they'd have had a good chance of a positive result.

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04 Apr 2016 12:10:15

Conte confirmed as Chelsea manager.

#323680 La Liga 2015/16

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02 Apr 2016 23:07:47

By Sam | On 02 April 2016 - 21:11 PM BST

Absolutely nothing wrong with Bale's goal, fucking horrendous refereeing.

Horrendous indeed. It was a great header and he just jumped higher than Alba.

Really good second half of El Clasico, first half not so much.

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02 Apr 2016 23:05:59

Great strike that from Martin Olsson to win it.

Not sure how Sunderland didn't win their game, did everything right but time's running out...especially with Norwich's upturn in form. Pulis though, harping on about getting to 40 points in his interview. You're 11th and 13 points clear of the bottom 3! Which is decent for West Brom but show a bit of ambition, talk about trying to finish the top 10 even if it is nosebleed territory for you.

That was never a red for Kouyate either, didn't have his studs up or anything. Unreal free kick from Payet, so accurate.

As for tomorrow - come on Leicester!

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31 Mar 2016 20:31:17

Sterling's got ability but he needs to pull his finger out, he's not done much this season.

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31 Mar 2016 00:15:58

I'd have thought Ter Stegen would have wanted to go somewhere where he'd be guaranteed number 1, after complaining he wasn't happy rotating with Bravo at Barca.

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By bmg033 | On 29 March 2016 - 22:10 PM BST

Garde has left Villa. Still can't believe he actually took that job in the first place.

Same, strange decision to accept it.

He'll be hoping that everyone will just know Villa are a shambles from top to bottom and so his reputation won't be tarnished too much.

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29 Mar 2016 11:55:35

Gonna predict 2-1 for England, Holland are in pretty dire straits these days. Which is a shame to see as they've always consistently produced world class players (up until the last few years).

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26 Mar 2016 22:02:44

Definitely didn't see that coming! The result doesn't necessarily matter in friendlies but the performance does, and it was an excellent performance. Not too impressed with Germany though it has to be said.

One or two tweaks for Tuesday, definitely start Vardy (terrific goal!) and maybe one or two others and then go again.

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25 Mar 2016 14:00:47

By bmg033 | On 25 March 2016 - 11:04 AM GMT

Quote from BBC: "It can now be reported police found extreme pornography involving animals on Johnson's laptop."

What the fuck.

Aye, that's proper weird. Odd chap he must be.

#321913 Johan Cruyff passes away aged 68

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24 Mar 2016 14:20:14

RIP to one of the best and most influential players and managers ever.

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20 Mar 2016 18:44:35

Knew City were poor but didn't realise they were that bad.

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19 Mar 2016 20:09:24

By Shedender | On 19 March 2016 - 18:44 PM GMT

Could care less about entertaining the neutrals, we just need to end our retched form against that lot.

Yeah, 6 straight defeats and 1 goal scored (I think) in that time is pretty horrendous.

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19 Mar 2016 18:23:32

Get in Leicester, one step closer.

Massive win for Norwich that. Can't wait for the Newcastle-Sunderland game tomorrow, always look forward to those two playing each other but should be even better tomorrow given the importance.

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18 Mar 2016 14:19:22

Had to happen didn't it, Liverpool-Dortmund! Should be a good couple of games though.

Also just seen that only Liverpool have been charged for chants

Which is a joke; it was loud and clear from United throughout both legs.

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18 Mar 2016 11:34:07

Madrid, Barca and Bayern make up 3 of the semi finalists again then

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17 Mar 2016 22:04:18

Comfortable as you like for Liverpool that.

Superb goal from Coutinho.

#320859 The Night Thread Mk. IX

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17 Mar 2016 13:38:38

By Mr Willy | On 14 March 2016 - 00:15 AM GMT

Compulsory 'fuck me, no-one uses these forums anymore' post. But seriously, I remember this place being buzzing. Now it's quieter than a funeral.

Sports Discussion is still doing well and also the FM side of things (which I haven't actually visited for a long time, despite still playing FM regularly).

But yeah Off Topic is pretty quiet, the glory days were never gonna last forever though!

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13 Mar 2016 21:31:02

Unreal free kick from Payet that, against a keeper as good as De Gea too.

You'd have to fancy West Ham for the replay.

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12 Mar 2016 19:40:05

Brilliant first goal by Lukaku.

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02 Mar 2016 22:37:15

Was gutted Leicester didn't win last night (god knows how their fans must be coping with it all, if even I was gutted!) but turns out they've gained a point on everyone