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By Caroline Cheese
Football League Danny: "Bradford have taken the lead at Spotland thanks to Matthew Clarke, and they lead leaders Rochdale 1-0. Dale have actually lost three times at home in League Two this season - but they’ve also won 11 times and have a goal difference of +36, so they’ll be hopeful of a comeback."1957: Generous defending by Barca there as Cristian Molinaro trots down the left and then finds Cacau in all sorts of space in the box. The Brazilian flicks the ball up and turns, but can’t connect with the shot properly, and the visitors can clear.From weecrickey on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/weecrickey)"United’s tinkered team aside… the biggest shock is that Scott Parker is missing for West Ham, he’s been instrumental lately."Football League Danny: "‘Come on lads - let’s keep it tight’ - that’s probably what Lincoln boss Chris Sutton said as the Imps got ready to take on Port Vale. Twenty seconds in - Ian Pearce own goal, 1-0 down. Two minutes more, Robert Taylor scores. Port Vale 2-0 Lincoln. Ooops."1950: Fairly open start at Stuttgart, where the home side have been very quick into their tackles. We have no pictures from Olympiakos unfortunately. We’ll work on that…1945: Off they go at the Mercedes-Benz Arena (other fancy cars are available), and the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (other Greek military heroes are available).Football League Danny: "Doncaster v Leicester and Scunthorpe v Ipswich is your Championship fare this evening. In League One leaders Norwich host Southend, Leeds host Oldham and Charlton are at home to Brighton. In League Two, unstoppable football machine Rochdale take on Bradford, with Bury and Bournemouth at home to Morecambe and Barnet respectively. Oh, and if you’ve not heard, tonight’s games at Colchester, Exeter, Accrington and Darlington are off because of awful, horrid weather."1943: Olympiakos are playing their 200th match in Europe. In their 199 previous matches, they have conceded 299 goals. Well, I thought it was interesting anyway. Girondins Bordeaux are making their Champions-League-knock-out-stage debut tonight. Felicitations!1940: And here’s Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola (although I reckon the bit where he says ‘Arsenal are almost out’ must have been mis-translated’): "We’re playing a German team with German qualities. Given the way I know my players, I don’t need to worry about them taking Stuttgart too lightly. It’s a round of 16 match: Arsenal are almost out, Real are having problems with Lyon and Manchester [United] and Bayern are not in for an easy ride either."1937: Anyway, Fergie’s cheeky team selection means I haven’t dedicated nearly enough words to the Champions League. Stuttgart’s on-loan Barca winger Alex Hleb reckons the German side have a 10% chance of winning. Manager Christian Gross is a little more upbeat: "We have absolutely nothing to lose. We’ll have to be very brave but very clever as well. That is the big difficulty here: the key will be a passionate but also a calm performance; everyone will be asked to put in a performance like he’s never put in before."From Mark in Fleetwood, via text: "Am I the only United fan who is OK with this selection Foster is obviously showing something in training, and with a core of Vidic, Scholes and Rooney, we’ll be fine."From Andy in the Stretford End, via text: "I wonder what Mick McCarthy makes of the United team tonight"1928: From reading the texts,Twitter](http://twitter.com/carolinecheese)and606](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A63754464)missives, I conclude there are some panicking Man United fans out there. In my vast experience of doing these text commentary thingies, a wacky Fergie team selection usually leads to a United win. That’s not a prediction, by the way. It’s merely an observation.1925: TEAMS Man Utd v West Ham
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, perhaps with Sunday’s Carling Cup final in mind, rings the changes as the title chasers look to bounce back from Saturday’s defeat to Everton. Ben Foster, Nemanja Vidic, Darron Gibson, Paul Scholes and Anderson all come in. Edwin van der Sar does not even make the bench, while Rio Ferdinand is also overlooked despite being available again after suspension. West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola makes just the one change to the side that beat Hull at the weekend as he looks to lead the Londoners to a first away win since the opening day of the season, midfielder Mark Noble replacing Scott Parker, who is one booking away from a suspension.From mickybobmanutd on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A63754464)"It appears that Ferguson has picked his team out of a hat tonight. Now I’m worried."From George via text: "Very risky selection from Ferguson especially with West Ham’s return to form but as a Chelsea fan I’m definitely not complaining!"From Kalika, Rickmansworth, via text: "Why is Foster in goal Nooooo we are going to lose again!"1918: So obviously, Sir Alex has made me look a fool with that team selection. Anyone else predict that line-up Gibson Anderson Foster! 1917: TEAMS Man Utd v West Ham
Man Utd: Foster, Neville, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Gibson, Scholes, Anderson, Berbatov, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Owen, Park, Rafael, Evans, Fletcher, Diouf.
West Ham: Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Upson, Spector, Behrami, Noble, Kovac, Diamanti, Franco, Cole. Subs: Stech, Dyer, Ilan, Mido, Da Costa, Collison, Daprela.1915: TEAM NEWS Olympiakos v Bordeaux
Olympiakos, who have won their last five European home matches, have more than a faint whiff of the Premier League about them. Ex-Aston Villa defender Olof Mellberg, one-time Leeds United left-back Raul Bravo and ex-Newcastle striker Lomana LuaLua all start, while former Blackburn striker Matt Derbyshire is on the bench. Bordeaux, whose 16 points in the group phase was the best record of all the last 16 qualifiers, are without influential captain Alou Diarra but midfielder Jaroslav Plasil has shaken off a knock to start. Yoann Gourcuff and Arsenal target Marouane Chamakh add a sprinkling of stardust.1913: TEAM NEWS Stuttgart v Barcelona
Stuttgart striker Cacau keeps his place, so Ciprian Marica stays on the bench. Sami Khedira is fit to start, Jens Lehmann plays in goal and former Barca midfielder Alex Hleb takes his place in the Germans’ XI. **Barcelona **drop Thierry Henry to the bench and defender Daniel Alves has not recovered in time, but Xavi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are fit to start.From Jamie, North London, via text: "Did you know that Carlton Cole has never scored more than once in a single top flight game. Until tonight that is! Come on you Irons!"1912: Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson could pair Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand in central defence for the first time since October and, actually, a match Man United fans would probably rather forget (it was a 2-0 defeat by Liverpool and Vidic was sent off). Still, at least they’re not Wes Brown, who has played in seven of United’s nine defeats this season. Eight, if you include the first leg Carling Cup semi-final loss at Eastlands.1908: TEAMS Olympiakos v Bordeaux
Olympiakos: Nikopolidis, Torosidis, Avraam Papadopoulos, Mellberg, Raul Bravo, Maresca, Ledesma, Stoltidis, LuaLua, Mitroglou, Datolo. Subs: Urko, Galitsios, Oscar, Derbyshire, Zairi, Zewlakow, Leonardo.
Bordeaux: Carrasso, Chalme, Planus, Ciani, Tremoulinas, Menegazzo, Sane, Plasil, Gourcuff, Wendell, Chamakh. Subs: Rame, Henrique, Gouffran, Cavenaghi, Jussie, Bellion, Sertic. 1906: TEAMS Stuttgart v Barcelona
Stuttgart: Lehmann, Celozzi, Tasci, Delpierre, Molinaro, Gebhart, Trasch, Khedira, Hleb, Cacau, Pogrebniak. Subs: Ulreich, Osorio, Niedermaier, Marica, Rudy, Hilbert, Kuzmanovic.
Barcelona: Valdes, Puyol, Marquez, Pique, Maxwell, Busquets, Toure Yaya, Xavi, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta. Subs: Pinto, Bojan, Henry, Pedro, Milito, Bartra, Jonathan.1904: Hang on, there’s a whole load of Football League action too. The Prempionsball League
The Footchampier League
STOP ME NOW! Thank goodness that’s over. So basically it looks like this: we’ll see if Bordeaux (at Olympiakos) and Barcelona (at Stuttgart) deserve to be strong favourites to come through their Champions League last-16 ties. And we’ll also see if Manchester United can put defeat to Everton behind them as they go up against suddenly-quite-good-again West Ham.1900: Hello there. I’m sure you, like me, are itching with anticipation about tomorrow’s goalless draw between Inter Milan and Chelsea at the San Siro. Before that though, a Premier League-Champions League extravaganza. I’m calling it the Prempions League. Or the Champier League. Still working on the title, to be honest.