UEFA CUP FOURTH ROUND DRAW (with potential ties for Quarters and Semis)

[Cactus Sid]

Fourth round draw

1 CELTIC v Barcelona
2 Genclerbirligi v Valencia
3 Bordeaux v Club Bruges
4 NEWCASTLE v Real Mallorca
5 Auxerre v PSV Eindhoven
6 Inter Milan v Benfica
7 LIVERPOOL v Marseille
8 Villarreal v Roma

Quarter-final ties

1 Bordeaux/Club Bruges v Genclerbirligi/Valencia
2 Liverpool/Marseille v Inter Milan/Benfica
3 Celtic/Barcelona v Villarreal/Roma
4 Auxerre/PSV v Newcastle/Mallorca

Semi Final Ties

Auxerre/PSV/Newcastle/Mallorca vs Liverpool/Marseille/Inter Milan/Benfica
Celtic/Barcelona/Villarreal/Roma vs Bordeaux/Club Bruges/Genclerbirligi/Valencia

Tough tie for Celtic, I think Newcastle should go through, Liverpool's game is tough to call but I'd expect them to be Marseille

For me it'll probably be

Quarters

Bordeaux vs Valencia
Liverpool vs Inter Milan
Celtic vs Roma
PSV vs Newcastle

Semis

PSV vs Inter Milan
Valencia vs Roma

[Danny Electric]

As much as it pains me to say, I can see an all Italian final Inter v Roma. There are some hot teams in the UEFA cup this season. I'd love to see a Newcastle v Liverpool semi final though. :)

[Wengerland]

Quite a lot of good games there.I think Newcastle should get through to the semi's because none of the sides in their quarter of the draw look that threatening.I can see Liverpool getting to semi's to if they sort out their defense,Marseille could be tougher than expected but i could see them beating Inter.

Celtic/Barcelona is tough to call as both are in form right now,i'll go for Barca as unless they suffer a drastic loss of form then they'll win it imo.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

At this point I'd say Valencia or Roma for the whole thing

[Dazz]

I agree with MMM, when I get some money, I'm putting a tenner on Valencia, they have a piss easy run.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Right now Valencia are actually favourites at 9/2

Roma 11/2 :wtf:

Can't understand that...I know Valencia are very strong but I would've said Roma would be a better bet...

[Wengerland]

Roma did only beat Gaziantaspor(sp?) 2-1 on aggregate though.Which isn't inspiring.

[Dazz]

Celtic/Barcelona/Villarreal/Roma vs Bordeaux/Club Bruges/Genclerbirligi/Valencia

Roma have to get past Barcelona, Valencia have to get past either Bordeyx or CLub Brugges

[Wengerland]

Barcelona have recently won away in Valencia and Deportivo,so thats why i think they'll win it.Valencia could struggle against Genclerbirligi,seeing as they beat Parma 4-0 over the 2 games.

[Razor Rybek]

I quite fancy Celtic to win the damn thing this year, call me crazy, but I just think with it being Larson's last year at the club, and maybe O'Neills aswell, They might just push that extra bit harder and do the business.

Granted they got a really tough tie against Barca, but if you've seen Barcalona play this season, you'll think they are beatable too. Ronaldinho has been exceptional for them and they are very very strong when going forward, but very dodgy at the back also. This season they have a case of the "United" when it comes to defending.

If they get past Barca, which I think they will, then they will probably face Roma, who have not been really impressive this year. Yes they have a super squad, capable of running through most teams on their day, but sodo Celtic really, when you wheigh it up.So it could be a very even match, won by the single away goal.

By that stage, the rest of the British teams will have crashed and burned and it'll be plain sailing for the boys from Glasgow

[Rob]

I think Celtic will get a result against Barcelona but I'm taking the underdog and going with PSV to win the lot. The Italian teams aren't as strong as they used to be and I think any team left in it is capable of beating them.

[packt up]

Quietly confident we can progress through to the next round - it's hard to imagine us playing any worse than in the last round and hopefully Bobby will give them a kick in the arse.

After that who knows on our day we could beat any of the teams I reckon but having our day is a pretty rare occurance at the moment - a Semi Final appearance wouldn't be so bad.

I have a soft spot for Inter but I fancy Valencia to go all the way.

[Sin Harvest]

As much as I want a British team to win the UEFA Cup, I'd be pleased if the Magpies went out.

[packt up]

As much as I want a British team to win the UEFA Cup, I'd be pleased if the Magpies went out.

:mad: :(

[Sin Harvest]

Sorry bro. No hard feelings.

[Danny Electric]

Thought I'd bump this thread up because of the matches tonight.

[Cactus Sid]

I seriously forgot :|

[Danny Electric]

I seriously forgot :|
Lol, really. Channel 5 tonight mate. I'm not goign to do my coursework because I'm going to watch it.
Lets see if they can prove us wrong.

[Wengerland]

They always seem so boring at home for some reason.:$

Liverpool that is.

[Danny Electric]

They always seem so boring at home for some reason.:$

Liverpool that is.

What a crap match. Even though I'm a Liverpool fan the Celtic and Newcastle matches looked more exciting.
I still see us going through, we do better away from home.

[Cactus Sid]

What a sack of sh</>ite we are

[packt up]

4-1

That'll do.

[packt up]

Oh and congrats to Celtic. :)

(and Liverpool eh Cactus ;) )

[Wengerland]

Barca:(

[Sin Harvest]

4-1

That'll do.

How quickly did Newcastle score those four goals? I was in Varsity (a pub/bar in Sunderland), and they were losing 1-0. we must have been there 20 minutes or something and it was 4-1 to Newcaslte when I left! I could've been in there longer though, was quite pissed :)

[packt up]

Yeah it was well quick. 3 in 7 minutes I think. It must have been about 30 mins for all of them.

So your memory's not too bad when your pissed :y: :).

[Mr. Monday Morning]

That must be the first time Bramble's done something right :lol:

[Danny Electric]

Nice goal by Bramble.
Barca finishing with 9 men. :)
We had Marseille and then we just sat back, we played our best when Heskey came on in teh last few minutes. It's the only time we looked like we really wanted it.

[Wengerland]

Jonathan Pearce obviously hadn't done his homework,after the goal he was like "that's Baros' first goal since returning from injury" and then a few mintues later he says something like he got a scrappy goal at Leeds(:wtf:) but then i swear i head him say either at the end or while it was 1-0 that Liverpool lead from Baros' first goal since injury.

[packt up]

That must be the first time Bramble's done something right :lol:

Pretty much yeah.

He's still shit.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Whoops Biscan

Also WTF at Roma and Valencia trailing :|

[Rob]

UP THE FU</>CKING JOCKS!!! :D

Well done Celtic. Barca are a bunch of crybaby cheating bastards and they got what they deserved. Villareal? Don't even bother showing up lads.

[Rob]

What was the Liverpool score? :rofl:

[The Mackem]

How quickly did Newcastle score those four goals? I was in Varsity (a pub/bar in Sunderland), and they were losing 1-0. we must have been there 20 minutes or something and it was 4-1 to Newcaslte when I left! I could've been in there longer though, was quite pissed :)

:cool: at Varsity mention.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

What was the Liverpool score? :rofl:

Just in case you actually wanted to know they lost 2-1, 3-2 on aggregate

[The Mackem]

I wonder how far Sunderland will get in the Uefa Cup next year.

[Rob]

Just in case you actually wanted to know they lost 2-1, 3-2 on aggregate

So the losers lost eh. Hahahahahaha ... losers.

Newcastle are next out.

[Rob]

I wonder how far Sunderland will get in the Uefa Cup next year.

Not as far as Millwall.

[Cactus Sid]

Disgraceful

Only Gerrard and Hamann deserved to wear the shirts tonight, Houllier made sh</>ite decision after sh</>ite decision, Biscan, don't get me started.

Its just too depressing to talk about, I don't have a clue how the board can justify having Houllier as manager anymore.

That said, congrats to Celtic, I was chuffed when they won, and they deserve to go all the way after the final last year.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Assuming Valencia make it through I can't see them being stopped now

-edit-

It's down to

Bordeaux vs Valencia
PSV vs Newcastle
Villarreal vs Celtic
Inter vs Marseille

[The Mackem]

I'll go with Marseille.

[packt up]

LOL at our score.

Didn't see the match as I'm currently in LA visiting relatives but apparently we got slaughtered and won 3-0 ahahahaha. 7-1 AHAHHAHA

Yeah I fancy our chances now.

AND LOL at Liverpool - not so much at any of you guys (Cactus Danny) but at my friend at uni - though he does hate biscan like you guys :wavesad:

[Wengerland]

Newcastle and Celtic have decent chances now,none of the so called giants of the competition have impressed and Roma and Barcelona(:() are out.

Biscan is a complete idiot but Heskey was Liverpools best striker,which would hopefully stop a few jibes at him.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

The whole thing with Heskey though is he'll have a game where's he's great (see away to Chelsea earlier this season) and then not play good again for months. He has no kind of consistency whatsoever and doesn't produce enough.

[Wengerland]

I'll admit that i'm biased with Heskey,with him doing well at Leicester but he's not doing a whole lot different at Liverpool to what he did to earn an £11 million price tag.He just misses more chances because more are made for him,he's been shown up for not being worth that much but thats another example of Houllier wasting money.

He may not be better than Baros but with him in Liverpool look better as a side(like they would with anyone in except Biscan).I think if Cisse goes then him and Owen would work well though.

[Sephiroth]

Well i am saying PSV :shifty:

[Wengerland]

*bump*

1-1 between Newcastle and PSV at half time,Eindhoven have had better start to second half.

Celtic were losing 1-0 at home to Villareal,Marseille 0-0 Inter and Valencia won 2-1 in Bordeaux.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Results

PSV 1 - 1 Newcastle

Celtic 1 - 1 Villareal

Marseille 1 - 0 Inter

Bordeaux 1 - 2 Valencia

[Cactus Sid]

Good work Newcastle, well deserved :y:

Villareal are a bunch of cheats, and the ref was sh</>ite, that said Celtic didn't play well at all.

Newcastle vs Marseille eh? Whoulda thunk it?

[Y2Ant]

YES

GET IN

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Wengerland]

Thats what Celtic get for beating my Barca:mad:

[yianni]

Newcastle. Shearer. :cool:

[Sin Harvest]

I said Newcastle had no chance of winning this thing...I just don't know anymore though.

So are the semi-finals Newcastle -vs- Marseille and Villareal -vs- Valencia?

I'm guessing Valencia won here, I dunno what their final score was.

[Wengerland]

Yeah those are right,Valencia ended up winning 4-2 on aggregate.

I think Newcastle will win it now.

[Sin Harvest]

Anybodies game now. This has been the year of "giant-killing" as far as European football competitions go.

[Y2Ant]

I reckon we can beat Marseille, but Valencia I dunno :$

I really really hope we win this competition though :'(

[Wengerland]

Valencia-Newcastle final would be quality.Valencia haven't looked great in the competition for me so far,but they're top in Spain so maybe they could pull it out when needed.

[Y2Ant]

:wavesad:

[packt up]

WE CAN SO WIN THIS NOW.

We should beat Marseille...then 50/50 with Valencia.

And can I just congratulate the Newcastle defence for doing so well (apart from that whole penalty incident :$). Yes even Bramble.

[Y2Ant]

:love: :love: :love:

[Wengerland]

COME ON NEWCASTLE

*i.e bump for tomorrow:$*

[Cactus Sid]

What was the score again :o

[packt up]

What score :P???

FIRST LEG TOMORROW COME ON NEWCASTLE.

[Cactus Sid]

Oh yeah, they haven't played the first leg yet......

So that was Newcastle/PSV I watch then :o

[Wengerland]

sssssss,it's on ITV1.:love:

Newcastle most likely sans Bellamy and Jenas.:(

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Jenas is out for the season.

So is Bellamy I imagine.

[packt up]

Yeah what MMM said :(

[packt up]

HHHHHHHMmmmmmmm

Not bad but definitely not good. Squad looks mad thin - Michael Bridges coming on?!?! A Leeds reject. And Darren Ambrose doesn't cut it in the Premiership and looks even worse in Europe. Shola should have scored. Still hopefully nick it on away goals or something :$

[Wengerland]

Wasn't teh best of games.Ameobi shoulda scored but having someone back for centre midfield (even Bowyer after his performance there at Villa) would seem better than Viana.

[Cactus Sid]

Ambrose played really well I thought

[Wengerland]

Yeah,i missed bits of the game but Ambrose did fairly well,just his deliveries at times and gave the ball away near his own box once,but otherwise he did fine.

If he is criticised then Robert should be aswell.:o

[Sin Harvest]

0-0, very tight I must say.

[packt up]

The difference between Robert and Ambrose is that Robert can create something even if he can't defend for shit whereas Ambrose couldn't create a shit out of his own arse.

[Dazz]

Yeah but that was one hell of a shot in the first half today, I didn't think he played badly at all.

[packt up]

Yeah yesterday Ambrose played well I have to say :y: even Aaron ****ing Hughes played alright so you know its a good day then!

[Wengerland]

*bump for toniiiiiiight*

[Wengerland]

1-0 to Marseille at half time.:(

They've deserved it too.

[packt up]

:( I thought the Ref was appalling but overall we weren't good enough either. The injuries crippled us and thats not an excuse obviously but should be a sign to the board that money needs to be spent.

Overall I thought the defence did OK (apart from the horrendous second goal) and the strikers did about as well as they could (particularly Ameobi) but the midfield was dire. Robert was at his wasteful and lazy best, Viana couldnt put a challenge in or a pass right. Speed did nothing really of note (the best of the lot :s) and anyone who tells me Ambrose did well in that game are either blind or watching a different game.

[packt up]

Oh yeah and can I just say I feel sorry for Shearer who now probably won't win a thing with us :(.

[Y2Ant]

:'(

[Y2Ant]

We should sign Didier Drogba. :shifty:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

lol I hope Carl Cort f</>ucks you up real good Sunday :yes:

[Wengerland]

Pretty clear Lua Lua will be moving now.

[Skeletor2]

lol I hope Carl Cort f</>ucks you up real good Sunday :yes:

So does Bobby, if I remember his insane rant to the media after he sold Cort.

[packt up]

lol I hope Carl Cort f</>ucks you up real good Sunday :yes:

I wouldn't hold your breath :P

[Mr. Monday Morning]

4 in 5, no Woodgate or O'Brien for youuuuu.....

[packt up]

SHUSH :mad:

Maybe he will but Shearer will **** you up more :p

[Wengerland]

Andy O'Bion :shifty:

[Wengerland]

FINAL TONIGHT

Valencia to win i reckon

[packt up]

Who wants the UEFA cup anyway :shifty:

[Wengerland]

Barthez just conceded a penalty and was sent off.Vicente scored it.

1-0 Valencia at half time.

[Team Sheep]

2-0 Valencia, 12 minutes to go.

[Wengerland]

Yeah Valencia have won it.

Finished 2-0 :y:

[packt up]

Saw Barthez getting sent off pretty ****ing stupid of him.

Good second goal.

Otherwise so boring I stopped watching.

[Wengerland]

I flicked between that and the Bristol City game.:-\

[Cactus Sid]

HAHAHAHAHA BARTHEZ :lol: :rofl:

[Team Sheep]

lol barthez, what a dumbass. :rofl:

[Dazz]

Barthez is a clown, as football365.com pointed out years back. Thats about the only thing Fergie got right, replacing Barthez with Tim 'fu</>ck wanker shit bollocks' Howard