Oh No! Not Lille!

Kinda late with the reactions to the draw here, but better late than never.

The Champions League draw was made and we ended up facing Lille, who gave a horrid time in last season's very forgettable campaign. As noted here before, my personal preference was to face either Real Madrid or Barcelona. Given our recent history with so-called minnows, we've always struggled to find our A-game.

Our failure to beat Monaco (98), Leverkusen (02), Porto (04) and last season's disaster all come to mind when we face the so-called unfancied teams. At least facing the teams with 'pedgree', we often play our best, and although we might not be victorious, it's good entertainment value. The other advantage is that losing frees up our fixture to push for the domestic league. On the other hand, beating good teams gives us the confidence to make a real run at it.

Let's hope judging from our domestic performance, we show the same kind of intensity facing Lille, who many considered to the weakest team left in the tournament. The other thing is hopefully Ferguson has learnt that the 4-5-1 formation has been our achille's heel in European games. I personally don't care what he thinks, but the results have shown through the years that we've constantly failed to perform on the big stage because of our fear to go forward in the away legs, and our failure to score enough in home matches.

Anyway let's hope the lads put on a good performance.