James Olley

Ooh, I don't know.

I think I'm going to finish third.

You mentioned the advantage then of the top two having second legs at home all the way through, but is that really an advantage?

Because the reason I ask that is last season Arsenal vs Real Madrid, Arsenal really capitalised on being at home first, basically got an unassailable lead before they went to the Burnaby and I think there's an argument that unless you're Liverpool who obviously have the Anfield factor, as we can attest to, being at home first gives you the chance to get a lead which means you can just go away and defend.

So, I don't know, do you think it's an advantage to be at home second?

Especially Arsenal and City with going deep in both competitions domestically.

I mean, I'm not sure what...

I can't think of a comparable game, but last year City played Real Madrid in the playoffs, didn't they?

And that was the one that, you know, City were knocked out and that was a real jeopardy game.

The teams that are in there now, I mean, Juventus, Napoli, I just don't see any of those teams being a real kind of fear factor, certainly for the Premier League teams.

The Premier League seems to have dominated this season's competition.

Tottenham are terrible in the Premier League, but they're fourth, fifth right now.

seven changes I mean Inter have been the outlier haven't they but in recent years in terms of getting to a couple of finals but I think we both expect that come to certainly the knockout stage the last 16-8 it'll be Bayern Munich PSG Real Madrid Barcelona and four Premier League sides that seems to be the way it's trended What I've been interested in I mentioned this one on our desk last week that you talk about the strength of

Frankfurt, the Bundesliga, Frankfurt are really struggling.

They've been terrible this year, Frankfurt, in the Champions League.

I've no sympathy with that argument because we all know that Pep's got incredible resources.

He's got a huge squad.

And if you're really that obsessed with winning the Champions League, as he has been and he has done it,

Just use your kids in the Carabao Cup.

Use them in the FA Cup and then take your chance.