Europa League Quarter-finals Thread

Tottenham-Basel

Chelsea-Rubin Kazan

Newcastle-Benfica

Fenerbahce-Lazio

Ugh!!!!

Kimbo wrote:Ugh!!!!

Not sure if you're being sarcastic....but you can beat Benfica.

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Ugh!!!!

Not sure if you're being sarcastic....but you can beat Benfica.

Well I was just saying last night they are the team I wanted least.

I would prefer Chelsea or Spurs, we've beaten them both already this season. But quarter-finals aren't supposed to be easy.

Kimbo, what the sweet fuck is your avatar. It's creeping me out

Got the draw I wanted but Basel will still be difficult.

Also means that Chelsea be travelling back from Kazan before playing us in the league

debaser wrote:Kimbo, what the sweet fuck is your avatar. It's creeping me out

I'm not sure.

Deluded F*ck wrote:Got the draw I wanted but Basel will still be difficult.

Also means that Chelsea be travelling back from Kazan before playing us in the league

I also got the draw I wanted for Lazio. I also wanted them to play away first.

Forza Italia!Forza Milan! wrote:

Deluded F*ck wrote:Got the draw I wanted but Basel will still be difficult.

Also means that Chelsea be travelling back from Kazan before playing us in the league

I also got the draw I wanted for Lazio. I also wanted them to play away first.

So another "well done" to uefa here


Hope Tottenham, Newcastle, Rubin and don't care make it to the next round.

No big games there, some intriguing ties though. But as always happens with Europa League, my interest in the trophy almost disappears once my team is out.

Tottenham 80-20 Basel
Chelsea 60-40 Rubin Kazan
Newcastle 45-55 Benfica
Fenerbahce 45-55 Lazio

Is the route to final also been decided?

I'm pretty confident we can progress this round. I believe AVB will have learnt a lot from that mauling at Inter. What I like about AVB is he appears to learn from mistakes and focus on fortifying weaknesses.

FC Bale vs FC Basel

BOO YA!

Not sure Newcastle can hope for 2 0-0s from this game so going to say they will go out in this round.

Luis wrote:Not sure Newcastle can hope for 2 0-0s from this game so going to say they will go out in this round.

Woop de do you scored in the last second when they were down to ten men, excellent. You're going to need more than 1 goal over the two legs to get through this one Kimmy. I think this could be a slaughtering

Luis wrote:Woop de do you scored in the last second when they were down to ten men, excellent. You're going to need more than 1 goal over the two legs to get through this one Kimmy. I think this could be a slaughtering

I'm just happy we're still in the competition, some teams will be sitting at home with nothing to play for. Gotta be in it to win it.

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Woop de do you scored in the last second when they were down to ten men, excellent. You're going to need more than 1 goal over the two legs to get through this one Kimmy. I think this could be a slaughtering

I'm just happy we're still in the competition, some teams will be sitting at home with nothing to play for. Gotta be in it to win it.

Nothing to play for but getting back in the competition you're still happy to be in...can you say you're likely to be in it next season?

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Woop de do you scored in the last second when they were down to ten men, excellent. You're going to need more than 1 goal over the two legs to get through this one Kimmy. I think this could be a slaughtering

I'm just happy we're still in the competition, some teams will be sitting at home with nothing to play for. Gotta be in it to win it.

Nothing to play for but getting back in the competition you're still happy to be in...can you say you're likely to be in it next season?

I'm not really thinking about next season Lewis, still too much going on this season for that.

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Woop de do you scored in the last second when they were down to ten men, excellent. You're going to need more than 1 goal over the two legs to get through this one Kimmy. I think this could be a slaughtering

I'm just happy we're still in the competition, some teams will be sitting at home with nothing to play for. Gotta be in it to win it.

Nothing to play for but getting back in the competition you're still happy to be in...can you say you're likely to be in it next season?

I'm not really thinking about next season Lewis, still too much going on this season for that.

Yeah true you need to avoid relegation for a start and then work out which club to sell Sissoko and Papiss to.

Luis wrote:
Yeah true you need to avoid relegation for a start and then work out which club to sell Sissoko and Papiss to.

I don't deny we're in a relegation battle, though 2 more wins should do it for us. Papiss can go, and i'm not sure FIFA would allow us to sell Sissoko. I can tell you which players are likely to leave if you're interested?

Talking of players being sold, you must be worried about Suarez going?

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:
Yeah true you need to avoid relegation for a start and then work out which club to sell Sissoko and Papiss to.

I don't deny we're in a relegation battle, though 2 more wins should do it for us. Papiss can go, and i'm not sure FIFA would allow us to sell Sissoko. I can tell you which players are likely to leave if you're interested?

Talking of players being sold, you must be worried about Suarez going?

Not particularly, it would be a loss but if players want to be elsewhere that's their perrogative. I think he'll stay for another season anyway.

Luis wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Luis wrote:Woop de do you scored in the last second when they were down to ten men, excellent. You're going to need more than 1 goal over the two legs to get through this one Kimmy. I think this could be a slaughtering

I'm just happy we're still in the competition, some teams will be sitting at home with nothing to play for. Gotta be in it to win it.

Nothing to play for but getting back in the competition you're still happy to be in...can you say you're likely to be in it next season?

NEXT YEAR IS YOUR YEAR

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2303550/Chelsea-Tottenham-Newcastle-prepare-Europa-League-quarter-finals.html

British Journalism at it's finest

So Gosling = Taylor and Williamson = Santon

James Gutierrez

One meeting to go to this afternoon,then off to the game.
Haven't a clue what the team will be, until now we have fielded 5/6 reserve players in this competition. But this being the 1/4 finals, maybe a stronger team will be needed.

Knoblauch wrote: One meeting to go to this afternoon,then off to the game.
Haven't a clue what the team will be, until now we have fielded 5/6 reserve players in this competition. But this being the 1/4 finals, maybe a stronger team will be needed.

We're going to get destroyed.

Our new players gave us a short boost, but now we're back to Pardew's usual shite. I said in December that new players weren't enough, I was right again!!!

christmasborocooper wrote:James Gutierrez

awww

hard to know which game to watch.

Tottenham will probably MON it up with Everton at the weekend. If Bale doesn't start then what's the point?

Newcastle missing pretty much their entire first team through injury/ineligibility.

Chelsea are really stale and their home support = c**ts. I'm not racist but they usually lose when Ryan Bertrand starts.