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You can't, we've already painted it red and no blue paint will be sold on match day due to an ancient bylaw that I just made up ! On to serious matters as JoelMatip said a few posts back and I had forgotten to mention don't start doing John Cleese impersonations and giving the Hitler salute when you've had a few, thinking it will just be a good laugh. It will get you arrested. These days the Germans have no objection to talking about the war and Munich is full of interesting historical sites for anyone interested in that period BUT it is strictly forbidden to display nazi insignia or start sieg heiling all over the place. As I'm sure you will be welcomed as guests in Munich it is also in bad taste and bang out of order. Obviously the vast majority of your fans won't need telling this but it's worth pointing out nevertheless.

Interesting to see Basti praising Lampard in the mail today. They swapped shirts at the 2010 World cup and Schweinsteiger was spotted later that summer wearing the shirt while having a kickabout with his mates in Munich's Englischer garten.

That is an absolute load of crap. Schickeria are indeed a load of cretious, juvenile arseholes but believe me they are neither neo-nazi nor skinheads, I should know I've stood near them at enough games. If anything they are left wing not right, either way they are always at loggerheads with the club and are a pain in the arse. They are part of the ultra movement and think that the atmosphere revolves around some idiot shouting through a megaphone while some beardy dope conducts the crowd while they wave bengal flares. http://www.schickeria-muenchen.org According to their website they will be meeting up on Karlsplatz/stachus at midday on Saturday half way between the station and Marienplatz. Typical f##king sun article, even the photo at the top shows members of the far right NPD and has nothing to do with Bayern fans. The huge amount of fans in the city over the weekend means that of course there will be a few idiots from both sides but the vast majority of Bayern fans are friendly and as long as Chelsea fans are the same they need have absolutely no worries about coming to Munich.

Well the sun/star/mirror are low brow crap, the times is too dry, the guardian is for beardy lentil eating cardigan wearers and the express is a division 2 version of the mail so it doesn't leave me much choice !

The atmosphere is already getting going in the city from what I've seen on tv and from tonight the fans will start pouring into town. The stadium atmosphere ranges from so-so to incredible depending on the occasion. You can safely assume it will be the latter on Saturday !

He has had an anti-German agenda for years though which has, football wise at least, always put me off him. Tbh I quite like the Daily Mail though ......

Not sure mate but the CL festival started at the Olympiastadion yesterday and looking at the tv reports on Sky there sems to be plenty going on. I doubt that many of them have seen Dad's army tbh . I would imagine that everywhere will be showing the match. As one of the teams playing is actually from the city the interest is huge, it is all anyone is talking about down there !

The nordkürve is the Chelsea end. Indeed, it's all cobblers either way. Whoever wins will need more than that ! I am, but I did live in and around Munich for 11 years before moving up to Hildesheim, via Bonn.

Just about every Bierkeller in the city will be showing it and almost every bar. As for the Biergadens they will mostly be showing it too. Here is a list of Munich Biergärten : http://www.biergarten.com Just click on "Alphabetische liste". It's only in German but if you click on an individual biergarten it shows where it is on a map, gives the seating capacity and the directions by U-Bahn.

We all go through phases ! Thank God for the internet ....

I despise the likes of Ryanair, they were even debating charging a quid to go to the bog at one point as I remember, or was that sleazyjet ?

As if this game isn't enough the Blades are in the play off final a week later, we've been in three such finals up to now and haven't even bloody well scored yet let alone won.

I agree. I always thought they would play and reckon that Jupp Heynckes will have thought so too. In these situations any trainer always assumes that the opposition will have their strongest team (barring suspensions or known serious injuries), available. If they don't it's a bonus but you don't expect it.

The Llama has never played the game, doesn't know what he's on about. Paul the Octopus was different, he'd played at youth level and used to earn 20 (s)quid a game.

As I've said before I would advise against starting on the pop too early on the day of the match. There is a lot of drinking time until kick off and Bavarian beer is stronger than the beer back in the UK. Arriving at the ground obviously steaming drunk is a bad idea and will almost certainly result in you not getting in. Drink and have a good time in the city before the game but pace yourselves. I'm not trying to sound like your dad here but it would be a hell of a lot of money to spend to end up not seeing the match.

Weather forecast for Saturday currently 23 degrees, sunny partly cloudy.

Don't worry mate many of us feel the same. There is so much for both sides on this game that it is 90 minutes of nerves and stress for most of the fans. Like the Real Madrid game I'll need to be on the pop 2 or 3 hours before it to even watch. Well I can't agree with all the sentiments but well done ! There is an American racehorse called Zippy Chippy btw, never won a bloody race as far as I know ! http://en.wikipedia....ki/Zippy_Chippy

Sorry been busy ! Difficult to say really, he'd been out injured for a while but we need him to get near top form on Saturday. Even if he was on 80% his influence is important, just having him there. Like Lampard or Terry for you. Apart from your "hopefully" I agree totally with your last sentence. Neither of us deserves it without working for it.

Anyway lads there are still four days to go. I'm off to bed, good night.

And then of course there is Banchester United.

Of course Man Utd won legally, as did Bayern in 2001 over Schalke. That's football. A thin dividing line between joy and despair. Edit: I well remember both those days. In 1999 I was actually getting ready to go out celebrating, it still hurts to this day ! In 2001 I was in despair when HSV scored and went into the bedroom and heard Anderson score, the elation was indescribable !

If you ever have the misfortune of a 1999 experience, well we'll leave it at that.... There were six second half substitutions = 3 minutes injury time, schalke protested for over 120 seconds after the back pass was picked up by the keeper ie 5 minutes and no complaints . Patrik Anderssons goal was valid, I understand S04 fans sadness but the extra time was fully in order. Your grudge is based in bias and not in reality.

Don't worry mate if all you want is arse lickers and bum kissers I'll happily go. I thought you were above that. If I'm here I'll speak my mind, if you don't like that just let me know. Pathetic being as I've been giving your fans advice for two weeks, (most of whom have made me welcome I hasten to add).

If life was fair we would have won in 1999. What the hell have you been through that we haven't ? Don't make me laugh. This is our year, we've suffered more than enough.

This is who we hope and believe will win it for us. I said before Gomez but this is the guy who we need to have the game of his life and he will ! Franck is our talisman, our demi God, our hero. Saturday is his night, we need him to give the game of his life. If he plays as we know he can then it doesn't matter who the opposition has in defence. This night is made for us and made for Ribery, destiny awaits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuC4TvYi9zo Link doesn't work for some reason but who cares.