Smith unfazed by draw

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Im baffled as to why anyone would want us to get beat. Being in this comp doesnt mean we wont retain the SPL title at all. Playing CL in midweeks hasnt affected our season too badly this season! And throw in midweek league cup games. If there is any tournament you dont want to take part in its the league cup which has no reward anymore.

 

Not to mention if we got through a few games and had draws against Dortmund, Man City or Liverpool the cash injection would be big.

 

In the 80s and 90s the UEFA cup was massive, even the Cup Winners Cup was big, some people forget Rangers greatest night came in the latter tournament.....and just 2 and half years ago everyone was wetting themselves as we reached the UEFA final - first time in some Bears lifes we had been in a Euro final, yet now some want us knocked out.

 

Whats the point in playng football if your thinking ahead to the next season purely for financial reasons? Id personally rather be picking up trophies and going after another UEFA cup final. Doesnt anyone think we have a realistic chance of winning this? Wouldnt anyone be delighted to see us pick up a Euro trophy or get to another final?

 

Sorry but bring on the Man Citys, Liverpools, PSV, PSG, Sevilla....and even Zenit to get one back at them.

 

One of the better posts i've read in a long time.

 

Good to be talking purely about football and it reminds us what the game is all about.

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So the list for the last 32 now looks like this -

 

Rangers FC

FC Twente

SL Benfica

FC Rubin Kazan

FC Basel 1893

FC Spartak Moskva

AFC Ajax

SC Braga

Manchester City

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Villarreal CF

PAOK FC

FC Dynamo Kyiv

FC BATE Borisov

PFC CSKA Moskva

AC Sparta Praha

FC Zenit St Petersburg

VfB Stuttgart

BSC Young Boys

PSV Eindhoven

FC Metalist Kharkiv

Paris Saint-Germain FC

Sevilla FC

Liverpool FC

SSC Napoli

FC Porto

Beşiktaş JK

 

The last 4 are decided tonight -

 

KKS Lech Poznań / Juventus

Aris Thessaloniki FC / Club Atl�©tico de Madrid

KAA Gent / LOSC Lille M�©tropole

AEK Athens FC / RSC Anderlecht

 

The ones in bold only need a draw tonight to progress...

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So the games of interest tonight are -

 

Salzburg v Lech

Juventus v Man City

Aris v Rosenborg

Leverkusen v Atl�©tico

Lille v Gent

Anderlecht v Hajduk Split

AEK v Zenit

 

(ones in bold only need a draw tonight)

[ian1964 10,457]

Not been following this,the Juventus v Man shitty looks like being a good game,on paper at least,do Juventus need to win?

[Gazza_8 233]

Juve are out as far as I'm aware. On SSN, both Man Citeh and Lech are both in yellow so I just automatically assumed they had already qualified.

[ian1964 10,457]

Juve are out as far as I'm aware. On SSN, both Man Citeh and Lech are both in yellow so I just automatically assumed they had already qualified.

 

I might tune into the Juve v Man shitty game then,unless there is a better one to watch

[Zappa 0]

Juventus can still go through, but they need a major dose of luck. They've got 5 points and Lech Poznań have 8 points, so Juventus need to win tonight and they need Salzburg to beat Lech.

[Zappa 0]

I might tune into the Juve v Man shitty game then,unless there is a better one to watch

 

The Leverkusen v Atl�©tico game could be good although Leverkusen have already won the group, so might put out a slightly weakened team. Atl�©tico need the win though or they could be punted out tonght as the current holders.

[ian1964 10,457]

The Leverkusen v Atl�©tico game could be good although Leverkusen have already won the group, so might put out a slightly weakened team. Atl�©tico need the win though or they could be punted out tonght as the current holders.

 

Decisions decisions.........................

[Gazza_8 233]

No feckin'tough decisions for me. I'm working at 6 tonight.