24 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

btw the chance that you draw lille twice is very very low 😂

0.0625 %

a toss of a coin is 50%

I give @axman2526 a few more weeks until he starts saying 'Thats it, its nailed on now, watch us lose to Lille'

12 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I give @axman2526 a few more weeks until he starts saying 'Thats it, its nailed on now, watch us lose to Lille'

Well while they lost their star striker to Napoli they did replace him with Johnathan David, who will be auditioning for a Chelsea transfer. 

Watch out for him, good player.

Won't be a simple path to the quarter finals. Got to respect them, and have yo remember of all the sides we played in the knockouts Last time the one we were favorites to beat, Porto, gave us the tightest game.

Edited December 13, 20214 yr by axman2526

On another note Juve got a really good draw finishing top. They will be happy with Villareal.

‘We can’t finish second - we’ll get Bayern or Real Madrid and we’ll be out! Wah wah wah! I want my mommy!’

Well we didn't get them did we you silly, miserable feckers! Now you can all stop crying like little wee babies and get back to yer sad, pathetic little lives!*
 

*Please read in your best Roy Keane voice.

 

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Oh well, alright then. Better than nothing, I suppose. 

I come from the position of wanting to get Bayern. But now when it's Lille, there is no point of turning back, this train has no stop till the trophy is lifted

46 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

‘We can’t finish second - we’ll get Bayern or Real Madrid and we’ll be out! Wah wah wah! I want my mommy!’

Well we didn't get them did we you silly, miserable feckers! Now you can all stop crying like little wee babies and get back to yer sad, pathetic little lives!*
 

*Please read in your best Roy Keane voice.

 

 

 

And...

Honestly Lille is probably the easiest draw we could have hoped for.  Domestically they are only mid-table in Ligue 1.  

However in the current form we're in, seems like any decent team could beat us.  

Joe Cole, who spent a season with Lille, has his say in the tie:

https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/13/joe-cole-fires-warning-to-chelsea-over-champions-league-draw-against-lille-15763149/?fbclid=IwAR0RZlaNn3F8-YVg_ukiAX18MHIAHt5ExM7hoplEy3_TuPbMA7bGKwgp49w

1 hour ago, coco said:

0.0625 %

a toss of a coin is 50%

roman getting what he wants 100%

Real Madrid furious with the re draw, calling it a "scandal" and want their tie against Benfica, called before any errors, to be reinstated.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/real-madrid-champions-league-scandal-25685412

What that means for the rest of us, we will see.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Real Madrid furious with the re draw, calling it a "scandal" and want their tie against Benfica, called before any errors, to be reinstated.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/real-madrid-champions-league-scandal-25685412

What that means for the rest of us, we will see.

Hahaha. What a bunch of sooks. What does that say to your team? We don't think you can win and we're desperate for revenue because we've run a horrifically unsustainable club built on mountains of debt for two decades. Madrid are an embarrassment. They'll probably use this as an excuse to have another crack at their Super League nonsense. 

For us, hilarious that we drew Lille twice. We normally emerge from our winter malaise  around the start of the knock-out stages of the CL. If we play well we should make it to the next round and from there who knows 🤷‍♂️. 

16 minutes ago, Spiller86 said:

Hahaha. What a bunch of sooks. What does that say to your team? We don't think you can win and we're desperate for revenue because we've run a horrifically unsustainable club built on mountains of debt for two decades. Madrid are an embarrassment. They'll probably use this as an excuse to have another crack at their Super League nonsense. 

For us, hilarious that we drew Lille twice. We normally emerge from our winter malaise  around the start of the knock-out stages of the CL. If we play well we should make it to the next round and from there who knows 🤷‍♂️. 

Sounds even more a description of Barca than Real but I agree. Either way happy to see them or PSG out.

We should beat Lille, as long as we respect them and put in as much effort as we would have had we draw Real.

It is different with away goals gone though. Previously it was a double edge sword to have your home fans for game 2. Now without away goals it certainly is better to be at home second imo.

@BordeauxBlue what's with Lille champions this year? they're sitting at the 11th at the moment, what happened?

Just now, mojo said:

@BordeauxBlue what's with Lille champions this year? they're sitting at the 11th at the moment, what happened?

Am sure he knows better but they lost Victor Osimhen to Napoli and he was a huge part of their success.

35 minutes ago, Spiller86 said:

Hahaha. What a bunch of sooks. What does that say to your team? We don't think you can win and we're desperate for revenue because we've run a horrifically unsustainable club built on mountains of debt for two decades. Madrid are an embarrassment. They'll probably use this as an excuse to have another crack at their Super League nonsense. 

They will absolutely cite this the next time they push the Super League. They'll be looking for any excuse now

3 minutes ago, TheChelseaBlues said:

They will absolutely cite this the next time they push the Super League. They'll be looking for any excuse now

Honestly I think the only reason they did not let the one draw that had no errors, Benfica vs Real, to stand, is the possibility it pissed off Real. Why else not let it stand? Lol

29 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Am sure he knows better but they lost Victor Osimhen to Napoli and he was a huge part of their success.

Actually they lost Osimhen 2 seasons ago. They won the league without him last year . They did lose Soumare to Leicester this season and I think Ac Milan bought their goalkeeper

My set of keys. Was bound to happen 🙂 Will probably go to the match in Lille as some of my best friends live there, Lille is like my second home.

12 minutes ago, The Don Antonio said:

Actually they lost Osimhen 2 seasons ago. They won the league without him last year . They did lose Soumare to Leicester this season and I think Ac Milan bought their goalkeeper

Ah right you are. Yes Milan did replace their keeper with theirs.

37 minutes ago, The Don Antonio said:

Actually they lost Osimhen 2 seasons ago. They won the league without him last year . They did lose Soumare to Leicester this season and I think Ac Milan bought their goalkeeper

and they lost their manager 

Hmm given we are fairly sure Mbappe is going to Real will they try and sign him again in Jan, will PSG resist that sale harder and will Mbappe try if he plays against them?

I guess you could say Chelsea got a Lille lucky today....... 🤣

10 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

and they lost their manager 

Yeah he resigned as he felt his time was up there, or rather could not sustain that level of success.

2 minutes ago, The Don Antonio said:

I guess you could say Chelsea got a Lille lucky today....... 🤣

Though let's not be too happy about it or David and Co will make us look like fools.