Hammer-ed
7:53 Mon Apr 25
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Pundits keep saying "...but they beaten Barcelona ... but they beaten Barcelona...but they beaten Barcelona".
The fact is this "Barcelona" side are not the same side of old. Barcelona were terrible in the group stage of the CL. The worst performance of a 3rd place team in the group stage in the Champions League for 12 YEARS - scoring only TWO GOALS - terrible!
Last night the lost to Rayo Vallecano - the first time Rayo did a League double on them. On top of that they also lost at home to Cadiz - who are in the bottom 4!.
All in all we shouldn't be scared at all with Frankfurt since they beaten a very poor Barcelona side.
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Manuel
9:01 Tue Apr 26
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Slightly off topic, but does anyone think Rangers have a decent chance against Leipzig? They beat Dortmund so suppose they must have?
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RM10
9:10 Tue Apr 26
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I prefer us being wary of Frankfurt.
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simon.s
9:21 Tue Apr 26
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Everyone seems to be writing Rangers off, but I reckon it’ll be us and then in the final!
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Nagel
9:39 Tue Apr 26
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Hammer-ed 7:53 Mon Apr 25
Barcelona have changed a lot since their abysmal start to the season. They were 8th place in December and are now 2nd. They thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 at the Bernabeu last month and before losing to Frankfurt had gone 15 games undefeated.
Their recent home defeats to Rayo Vallecano and Cadiz are probably at least partially down to their fans being extremely pissed off with what happened in the Europa League game with Frankfurt taking over the stadium, which in itself probably helped them lose that game.
We don't need to be scared of them, but underestimating them based on a false idea of what Barcelona are currently like isn't a good idea either.
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Manuel
9:50 Tue Apr 26
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RM10 - Turn it in you soppy cunt, it's just chewing the fat.
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Grumpster
9:53 Tue Apr 26
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Don't think haaland played in the rangers games which was a boost, but still fair play.
Be surprised if they beat leipzig, as think they may struggle to contain nkunku who is absolutely mustard, but they haven't made the semis for no reason, so good on them.
Think we're clearly a better team than frankfurt, but the centre halves issue is a massive kick in the teeth. Hoping zouma is back for the return leg.
Decent all round team frankfurt similar to us with goals coming from everywhere, can't fucking wait and completely in our own hands.
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Russ of the BML
10:22 Tue Apr 26
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From what I've seen of them and what I've read from pundits and other forums they seem to be pretty strong at the back and have good attackers that play on the break. So very much like us. It could make for a classic or we could cancel each other out. I just hope Zouma's absence doesn't affect us too much.
All we need to do Thursday as a bare minimum is set up the second leg and be in the tie. It will be a huge blow to go to their place almost out of it.
We need to keep it tight. Don't be too open. Don't make mistakes and give ourselves something to grab at their place.
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Takashi Miike
10:34 Tue Apr 26
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manuel, I think if rangers can stay within a goal going in to the second leg - they'll have a great chance
mark my words, the frankfurt LCB n'dicka is a liability that we'll expose
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Takashi Miike
10:44 Tue Apr 26
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*in the second leg that is, I think he's out of the first game. japanese veteran hasebe (38) is tipped to replace n'dicka*
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Manuel
10:49 Tue Apr 26
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Blimey, a 38 year old Jap! Can never be too confident, but I really fancy us to get through.
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Hammer-ed
7:55 Tue Apr 26
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Nagel 9:39 Tue Apr 26
Its not the case that we should underestimate them but we shouldn't think that they beaten a Barcelona that had the "Holy Trinity" - i.e. Messi, Neymar and Suárez. The past reputation of Barcelona was always clouding peoples judgement when it come competing in any European competition. In the end of the day both Frankfurt and Barcelona play with 11 men and we shouldn't be overly perturbed on their past exploits but how we can analyses and exploit their strength and their weakness.
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