Of course, even those who hold out no hope tonight expect a heroic failure.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It could easily end far, far more painfully :-(

'It is almost four years since Monaco conceded three goals at home, and that was when they were in France’s second tier. They are a very different side now. They did not concede a single goal at the Stade Louis II (and only one away) in this season’s Champions League group stages and have let in just two in their past 13 matches anywhere in Ligue 1. In their last outing, Friday’s 3-0 home victory over Bastia, their opponents did not manage a shot on target and ended the game with nine men, so frustrated did they become at their lack of possession.'

[Classic Jorge]

Srippewee Srope

[Ashberto]

A sort-of Euro-Dignitas, as it were.

[redgunamo]

reeling in Chelsea for the League title.

[Berni]

[PSRB]

at home.

I still think away goals should only count for a side if they score in both legs

[Ashberto]

Anyway, surely Guardian Sport doesn't count when it comes to that sort of thing.

[PSRB]

[Ashberto]

[Ashberto]

Doesn't sound too great to me.

[Monty91]

[redgunamo]

[Monty91]

everyone will understand.

[PSRB]

[redgunamo]

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

[PSRB]

unlike responding to a comment in the right place :-)

[Berni]

until he stops looking wry and knowing.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I also expect a degree of perceived refereeing incompetence which will allow us to deflect from the genuinely embarrassing (in football terms) events of two weeks ago.

[Monty91]

is not the same as having Arsenal 2-0 up against you with 20 to go and being one goal from elimination in your European Cup final.

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

that they can defend rather well.

[Berni]

[Monty91]

I'm sure he came better prepared this time. You know how it is, you always double check everything when you travel abroad.

[Classic Jorge]

https://twitter.com/MsJackMonroe/status/577506946246381568

[redgunamo]

I just hope they try and play us off the park tonight; then we'll smash them.

[Berni]

the telly he has installed according to my telly mounting man.

I have Jack down as a good working class tory.

[Luis Anaconda]

http://static.goal.com/460100/460160_heroa.jpg

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

[Monty91]

[Ashberto]

They're not f**king Bradford, you know.

Although losing to them the other week reminded me of losing to Bradford, for some reason. It must have been the sense of Oh No Not Again.

[Berni]

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

[Hillary]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Ashberto]

It's not the size of your telly, car, or the number of flights you take that matters, but your attitude to such things in polite company.

I'm not joking. Some 'how green are you?' questionnaire that came round at work from a very upper-middle-class 'sustainability' type contained loads of stuff about how you felt about such things but not a single question relating to one's actual energy consumption.

[Classic Jorge]

[Ashberto]

[redgunamo]

Apart from Mesut, of course.

[Berni]

Which is going to put a crimp in her sex life, I'd have thought.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01553/p_slow-cooking_1553679c.jpg

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

That doesn't mean I have to like her, does it?

[Classic Jorge]

http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02124/podolski_a_2124591a.jpg

[Ashberto]

[Berni]

[redgunamo]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Back in 5.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

As opposed to primary school playground analysis along the lines that we have great players like Ozil and Sanchez so we will automatically cause them all sorts of problems.

Perhaps they may simply be very well organised and disciplined?

[Classic Jorge]

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

We got 78 pc for 'environment' and 100 pc for 'social'.

I have not one clue what any of this means.

I lied a lot.

[Ashberto]

Even when you are chosing a dull-but-sensible car?

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

A lady so f**king ugly she would be lucky to find a man willing to get up on her more than once a year.

That one being today what with the day itself and the quantity of alcohol consumed.

[redgunamo]

return the Emirates to the shop.

[Berni]

Polish, you see? I suspect Koscielny, on the other hand, I suspect of being an out-and-out communist.

[Monty91]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

Like most people, I only give a **** about such things in so far as they cost me money.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Oops. Back in 5.

[Monty91]

I know it’s kinda corny
But it makes me rather horny
When it comes to not much more than 20p

[Berni]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

These are the game for which you buy your mega money players.

I tend to think the other 38 games you play domestically to be more important.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It's all hybrid stuff, you see. Yes. Hybrids.

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

There's ones who've had bad times with men.
There's lesbians by necessity.
And there's the sexaully adventurous lesbo-tourists - these are usually the attractive ones and they usually go back to cock sooner or later.

[Ashberto]

[Berni]

[redgunamo]

Gary Neville on the telly back in them days.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Puck ugly and based on her general appearance and attire a female of little self respect.

Pretty sure I could have turned her but I refer you to my comment on her looks.

Quite sure she ticked 2 of your criteria boxes.

[Berni]