1 hour ago, dansubrosa said:

February is a long way away, maybe we’ll figure it out by then.

Exactly, by then our  boys will have figured out how to break into a parked bus and drive off with it 

To be honest, if we can't win these kinds of games we can't win the CL anyway. I think we can beat Atletico, what pisses me off is how unlucky we get with the last 16 draw. Can't catch a break at all, I can't remember the last time we got an easy team in the last 16. PSG, Bayern, Barca and now Atletico? You can't make it up...

17 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Exactly, by then our  boys will have figured out how to break into a parked bus and drive off with it 

We’re going to sign some scousers in January?

20 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

We’re going to sign some scousers in January?

Just get Barkley back for a day.

29 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

We’re going to sign some scousers in January?

We've got one on our backroom staff!

Unlucky again, just as in the last couple of years.

But if we want to do something in Europe these are the kind of opposition we have to face sooner or later.

It is 50/50 for me. Just maybe our slight advantage could be the fact that we're playing away in the first leg. Anyway this could be decided by one moment of inspiration and we certainly have players who are capable of doing that.

Fun fact - we haven't progressed past this round since 2014, the same year we lost to Atletico in the semis. Time to get a revenge...

It's the Champions League, it isn't supposed to be easy

In theory those who said winning the group or finishing second makes no difference are right as the last team you want a home second leg against is Atletico, as Liverpool showed last season.

Dortmund would have been a much better opponent. 

However had we finished second you just know we would have gotten Bayern.

Personally I hate the draw, not primarily because it is the most difficult, but because Atletico are so boring it will be two awful games to watch. It will make the Everton game seem like 5 star football.

And speaking of Everton, be ready for every single one of their players to do what Richarlison was doing in that game, only far more convincingly for the ref.

Honestly may just watch the highlights of these two games. Will avoid most of the play acting and be over in 4 minutes unless it goes to pens lol.

The Champions League is a Mickey Mouse competition anyway!

I agree Atletico is a tough draw and with Costa still there it could get interesting just glad Morata is at Juve as you could guaranty one of them would have something to prove when we play them.

I think we will get past them though not sure what tactics or formation will do it.

19 minutes ago, chiefBlueCFC said:

It's the Champions League, it isn't supposed to be easy

Yet you look at City's draws for the past few years and look at how easy they get it compared to us.

As he was as a player their manager is clever, sly and dirty bu**er as a manager. Calling it now he targets Reece James in an effort to make him lose his head and get sent off.

15 minutes ago, driller97 said:

Yet you look at City's draws for the past few years and look at how easy they get it compared to us.

It is what it is

33 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

In theory those who said winning the group or finishing second makes no difference are right as the last team you want a home second leg against is Atletico, as Liverpool showed last season.

Liverpool absolutely battered Atletico, them going through was a combination of superhuman Oblak and blind luck not some defensive masterclass.

4 hours ago, jack_super_class said:

Id like to avoid Ath Madrid, the rest i dont care about.

We got jinxed! /jk

F*ckin' hell. Out of all the teams, we drew the toughest of the lot. 

23 minutes ago, driller97 said:

Yet you look at City's draws for the past few years and look at how easy they get it compared to us.

City in the RO16 in recent years have been drawn against Real, Monaco (when they won the league and had Mbappe) and Barcelona twice. Before that it took them a few attempts to even make that stage because they kept being drawn in groups of death.

Let's leave the conspiracy theories to Arsenal fans.

Edited December 14, 20205 yr by Argo

6 minutes ago, Argo said:

City in the RO16 in recent years have been drawn against Real, Monaco (when they won the league and had Mbappe) and Barcelona twice. Before that it took them a few attempts to even make that stage because they kept being drawn in groups of death.

Let's leave the conspiracy theories to Arsenal fans.

Interesting.  Well Liverpool always getting an easy draw every year!  Jammy Scouser's.

Unless we figure out how to break down arguably the best park bus in European football it's going to be a tough two games. Scoring first is a must, and so is scoring away. 

 

And then there is the dark arts......play acting.

Chins up everyone, we'll be ok ktbffh

1 hour ago, PloKoon13 said:

The Champions League is a Mickey Mouse competition anyway!

It is when we get knocked out! 

This is the toughest opponent for sure.

I find it very curious that every single year for the past few years in a row, Man City has been getting such easy draws in the first round and the same can be said about Real Madrid as well, simply too good to be a coincidence IMO.

1 hour ago, PloKoon13 said:

The Champions League is a Mickey Mouse competition anyway!

We’re already out of The League Cup so we might as well have a go at this one. 

1 hour ago, Argo said:

City in the RO16 in recent years have been drawn against Real, Monaco (when they won the league and had Mbappe) and Barcelona twice. Before that it took them a few attempts to even make that stage because they kept being drawn in groups of death.

Let's leave the conspiracy theories to Arsenal fans.

Just recent year against Real Madrid when everyone knew that they won't do well after winning it 3 times in a row.

But they were heavy favorites against Monaco and Pep blew it, other than Real Madrid they got only weak opponents in the most recent times IMO.

On our day we can beat anyone, on their day Atletico can do a job on anyone. So tie is well balanced.

Only thing we can be sure of is their sh*thousery tactics and them boring us to death.

We get Atleti, last year Bayern

City get Borussia Monchengladbach, last season round of 16 they got Atalanta, season before Lyon, before that Shaktar  !!

We get a 1 window transfer ban from FIFA, City get a fine from UEFA for the same offences

Pep not leaving until he wins this comp with City, we all know how corrupt the Middle Eastern states that ally with Saudi Arabia are, they own City, UEFA is bent as a nine bob note, its fixed !