UEFA Cup 23.11.2006 discussion thread

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(kick off in GMT)

Auxerre v Rangers, 18:30
Basle v AS Nancy, 19:15
Bayer Leverkusen v Tottenham, 19:30
Club Brugge v Dinamo Bucuresti, 19:30
Espanyol v Zulte-Waregem, 20:30
Fenerbahce v Palermo, 18:00
Feyenoord v Blackburn, 19:45
Liberec v Grasshoppers, 17:15
Maccabi Haifa v Partizan Belgrade, 18:45
Newcastle v Celta Vigo, 19:45
Odense BK v Lens, 19:45
PSG v Hapoel Tel-Aviv, 19:45
Parma v Heerenveen, 19:45
Rapid Bucuresti v Mlada Boleslav, 18:15
Sevilla v Braga, 19:45
Sparta Prague v Ajax, 17:30

come on the Vigo.

I think we can beat them tonight. Newcastle have tons of injuries and we play our best football away from home.

We only have 3 fit defenders. This means we'll either see Huntington start in the middle or Alan O'Brien start at left back, or maybe Solano at right back. Kieron Dyer will probably be rested aswell as Parker.

I think we'll start with this team.

--------------Given------------

Solano--Taylor--Bramble--Ramage

Milner--Butt--Emre--N'Zogbia

------Sibierski--Martins------

A massacre it is.

When's your next league game Kimbo?

Samba De Baiano wrote:I think we can beat them tonight. Newcastle have tons of injuries and we play our best football away from home.

Sounds good to me

@ Samba De Baiano

You have someone that can get past superman?

@ Parky that got caught wanking by his parents

Sunday at home against Pompey.

Feyenoord's key De Guzman has recovered from injury, but since he isn't matchfit he'll start from the bench.

Ooijer and Neill are both not likely to start for Blackburn.

Could be anything this match. Both teams can be very physical, both can play footy. German ref, who loves his cards. Probably shite weather. Will start drinking asap to make sure I'm warm tonight.

Ahh, why I'd hate to play in the UEFA cup. You only get one day or two maximum to train for you're next league game.

Have you had many on Saturday, after playing on Thursday night?

Parks Lives wrote:Ahh, why I'd hate to play in the UEFA cup. You only get one day or two maximum to train for you're next league game.

Have you had many on Saturday, after playing on Thursday night?

Just once, but it was our(Freddys) choice. He opted for the sky money, it was the Sheffield United game.

Kimbo wrote:We only have 3 fit defenders. This means we'll either see Huntington start in the middle or Alan O'Brien start at left back, or maybe Solano at right back. Kieron Dyer will probably be rested aswell as Parker.

I think we'll start with this team.

--------------Given------------

Solano--Taylor--Bramble--Ramage

Milner--Butt--Emre--N'Zogbia

------Sibierski--Martins------

on your ref for tonight, dick van egmond, well his name says it all. average at best, but at least normally he doesn't kill the game (by whistling too much). his stats: 3 yellows a match & 1 red in every 10 matches (not affraid to sent players off).

We played all of our post UEFA games on Sundays because our chairman isnt a fat retard.

Yep, remember that on Prem Plus, Newcastle looked well lethargic.

Parks Lives wrote:Ahh, why I'd hate to play in the UEFA cup. You only get one day or two maximum to train for you're next league game.

Have you had many on Saturday, after playing on Thursday night?

Very valid point you make. Playing UEFA Cup reduces your chances in your home nation's league, the Champions League matches being earlier in the week, makes it easier for CL playing clubs to retain their status. We had to play PSV this season after 2 1/2 day rest, they had 5 days to recover. So unfair.

I remember a few times when Feyenoord just missed out on CL qualification, due to a good UEFA Cup run. In 2002 we would have won the Dutch league hadn't we won the UEFA Cup.

Its happened to alot of clubs recently.

Coop and Kimbo can tell you themselves. Boro had a great league campaign in 2004/2005 and got into the UEFA cup then went all the way to the final but there league form the next season really struggled.

Same as Bolton.

Don't see why the can't have them on Tuesday and Wednesday as well, unless there is TV rights involved.

Someone on TV eariler in the season said last season, we played more games than anyone has ever played in one season.

Ive no idea if that was right though.

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Parks Lives wrote:Ahh, why I'd hate to play in the UEFA cup. You only get one day or two maximum to train for you're next league game.

Have you had many on Saturday, after playing on Thursday night?

Very valid point you make. Playing UEFA Cup reduces your chances in your home nation's league, the Champions League matches being earlier in the week, makes it easier for CL playing clubs to retain their status. We had to play PSV this season after 2 1/2 day rest, they had 5 days to recover. So unfair.

I remember a few times when Feyenoord just missed out on CL qualification, due to a good UEFA Cup run. In 2002 we would have won the Dutch league hadn't we won the UEFA Cup.

Not so sure you would have won the league Leo... The UEFA Cup gave you a lot of confidence...

I agree with you, UEFA Cup teams must play at Sundays! AZ coach Louis van Gaal also moan about this all the time and he is right!

borocooper wrote:Someone on TV eariler in the season said last season, we played more games than anyone has ever played in one season.

Ive no idea if that was right though.

think that's very likely to be true.

jonathan de guzman wrote:

borocooper wrote:Someone on TV eariler in the season said last season, we played more games than anyone has ever played in one season.

Ive no idea if that was right though.

think that's very likely to be true.

I think we played 63 or 64 in the 2000-2001 season, we certainly played the most of any English team and more than the winners of the CL that year.

I'm gonna do some research

ricardojol wrote:

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Parks Lives wrote:Ahh, why I'd hate to play in the UEFA cup. You only get one day or two maximum to train for you're next league game.

Have you had many on Saturday, after playing on Thursday night?

Very valid point you make. Playing UEFA Cup reduces your chances in your home nation's league, the Champions League matches being earlier in the week, makes it easier for CL playing clubs to retain their status. We had to play PSV this season after 2 1/2 day rest, they had 5 days to recover. So unfair.

I remember a few times when Feyenoord just missed out on CL qualification, due to a good UEFA Cup run. In 2002 we would have won the Dutch league hadn't we won the UEFA Cup.

Not so sure you would have won the league Leo... The UEFA Cup gave you a lot of confidence...

I agree with you, UEFA Cup teams must play at Sundays! AZ coach Louis van Gaal also moan about this all the time and he is right!

Imo teams playing UEFA Cup should have their league matches (after a UEFA Cup tie) on a Sunday evening.

The UEFA Cup only cost ys points in the Dutch league that season. At Christmas we were 1 of the key title challengers, Ajax run away from PSV and Feyenoord because they both played UEFA CUp. Feyenoord lost plenty of points after january, due to the overloaded schedule, especially immediately after UEFA Cup matches.

Roger_Hunt wrote:

jonathan de guzman wrote:

borocooper wrote:Someone on TV eariler in the season said last season, we played more games than anyone has ever played in one season.

Ive no idea if that was right though.

think that's very likely to be true.

I think we played 63 or 64 in the 2000-2001 season, we certainly played the most of any English team and more than the winners of the CL that year.

I'm gonna do some research

we played 65

HUGE blow for Blackburn. They probably miss captain André Ooijer....!!!!!

ricardojol wrote:HUGE blow for Blackburn. They probably miss captain André Ooijer....!!!!!

No offence but he hasn't been that great for Blackburn.

borocooper wrote: we played 65

Wow... how did that work out? In the '01 season we played every round of every cup plus the league. Are you including Intertoto games or has the UEFA cup just got loads more games in the new format?

Parks Lives wrote:

ricardojol wrote:HUGE blow for Blackburn. They probably miss captain André Ooijer....!!!!!

No offence but he hasn't been that great for Blackburn.

Van Gaal has been saying how he's become worse since he came to England.

Roger_Hunt wrote:

borocooper wrote: we played 65

Wow... how did that work out? In the '01 season we played every round of every cup plus the league. Are you including Intertoto games or has the UEFA cup just got loads more games in the new format?

we never played in the intertoto so not because of that.

I think it is probably beause we had a couple of FA Cup replays...that probably pushed us up the extra 2

what games are viewable tonight?

Are ITV4 showing any?

Tweedledum wrote:what games are viewable tonight?

Are ITV4 showing any?

Newcastle vs Vigo is on Channel 5.

Tweedledum wrote:what games are viewable tonight?

Are ITV4 showing any?

18.00 GMT Fenebahce v Palermo

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