Europa League Discussion Thread
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Proud of how we did in the EL. The teams in the group where technically too good to all be together.
Nobody really gave us a chance and in the end we could have qualified only for some freak mistakes (Cha's OG, Cha's assist to Di Natale) and some questionable decisions (Udinese's peno at CP + could have had a peno tonight for handball)
Overall a decent campaign that has made our players more confident and allowed them to test themselves at a high level.
Nobody really gave us a chance and in the end we could have qualified only for some freak mistakes (Cha's OG, Cha's assist to Di Natale) and some questionable decisions (Udinese's peno at CP + could have had a peno tonight for handball)
Overall a decent campaign that has made our players more confident and allowed them to test themselves at a high level.
You acquitted yourselves quite well. In this last game you should've had a penalty because there was quite a clear handball in their box, and the game itself was evenly matched. Forster was quite good, Samaras' first half was really, really good, and even though Udinese are (or should be) a class above you, for most of the game the difference was hardly noticeable.
//Edit - Forster's performance made me think - why exactly isn't he in the England squad, at least as third choice? I mean, surely he should be ahead of Stockdale...
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Zamora has to go, not interested at all. Jol needs more time, h'es trying to play something different and more ambitious, and that takes time
I expected it. Nothing to do with Celtic being ****, just that they were in a tough group with some very good clubs (part of the reason why i gave them little chance) but they played better than i expected and can be pround of their performance
Bit strange how every English team in Europe essentially got the toughest draw possible today, strange method of drawing the balls as well in the Europa League how he kept his hand on the same ball when moving it around and drew that ball making the moving of other balls around it redundant.
But that would be the words of a conspiracy theorist, I think it was just pure chance personally. Definitely one of the stranger draws I've ever witnessed though, every English team got the toughest opponent possible. At least the calibre of opponents should prompt English teams to take the Europa League possible, if they all go out of the Europa the co-efficient will take a serious knock.
On the bright side that whole 'could Barcelona or the Spanish cope in a cold midweek game at Stoke' cliche will finally be put to the test...
But that would be the words of a conspiracy theorist, I think it was just pure chance personally. Definitely one of the stranger draws I've ever witnessed though, every English team got the toughest opponent possible. At least the calibre of opponents should prompt English teams to take the Europa League possible, if they all go out of the Europa the co-efficient will take a serious knock.
On the bright side that whole 'could Barcelona or the Spanish cope in a cold midweek game at Stoke' cliche will finally be put to the test...
Thought I'd start this discussion thread back up about the Europa League..
So here's the matches, so which teams do you think will have the advantage for the second leg?
Round of 32
Tuesday 14th February
- Rubin Kazan v Olympiakos 11am
- Braga v Besiktas 17.30pm
Thursday 16th February
- Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao 17.00pm
- Ajax v Man Utd 18.00pm
- AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht 18.00pm
- Lazio v Atletico Madrid 18.00pm
- Legia Warsaw v Sporting 18.00pm
- Plzen v Schalke 04 18.00pm
- SV Salzburg v FC Metalist Kharkiv 18.00pm
- FC Porto v Man City 20.05pm
- Hannover 96 v Club Brugge 20.05pm
- Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente 20.05pm
- Stoke v Valencia 20.05pm
- Trabzonspor v PSV Eindhoven 20.05pm
- Udinese v PAOK Salonika 20.05pm
- Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege 20.05pm
So here's the matches, so which teams do you think will have the advantage for the second leg?
Round of 32
Tuesday 14th February
- Rubin Kazan v Olympiakos 11am
- Braga v Besiktas 17.30pm
Thursday 16th February
- Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao 17.00pm
- Ajax v Man Utd 18.00pm
- AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht 18.00pm
- Lazio v Atletico Madrid 18.00pm
- Legia Warsaw v Sporting 18.00pm
- Plzen v Schalke 04 18.00pm
- SV Salzburg v FC Metalist Kharkiv 18.00pm
- FC Porto v Man City 20.05pm
- Hannover 96 v Club Brugge 20.05pm
- Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente 20.05pm
- Stoke v Valencia 20.05pm
- Trabzonspor v PSV Eindhoven 20.05pm
- Udinese v PAOK Salonika 20.05pm
- Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege 20.05pm
FC.Porto vs City started now !!! Come on Porto <3
Everybody who is seeing this games post your Predictins
Mine is FCP 2-1 MNC
Hulk is brilliant. Good game.
I'm an Porto fan but i have to agree with that...
Porto is playing amazingly, much better than City and for the City players Richards and Leescott realy impressed me...
Alvaro Pereira own goal was a bit of dissapointing because it isn't his fault but (IMO) Helton's fault because he should have screamed that he would hold the ball ...
Richards is certainly a very good player-wouldn't like to have him bearing down on me. Problem with Lescott sometimes is he can have a really good run of a few games....then go missing in the next few.
Hulk barely beat him in one vs one and lescott is covering Richards very well but the result is unfair IMO