UEFA Champions League/Europa League 2022/23 Discussion Thread

[Nicky91]

Champions League

qualified for group stage:
Eintracht Frankfurt (winners of europa league)
Tottenham Hotspur
Sevilla
Juventus
RB Leipzig
Sporting CP
Celtic
Manchester City
Real Madrid
AC Milan
Bayern Munich
Paris Saint-Germain
Ajax
Shakhtar Donetsk
Liverpool
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Borussia Dortmund
Olympique Marseille
Club Brugge
Chelsea
Atletico Madrid
Napoli
Bayer Leverkusen
FC Porto
RB Salzburg


already in play off round
champions route:
Trabzonspor
FC Copenhagen


3rd qualifying round
champions route:
Apollon Limassol
Red Star Belgrade

league route:
AS Monaco
Benfica
PSV Eindhoven
Union Saint-Gilloise
Sturm Graz
Rangers

2nd qualifying round
champions route:
Viktoria Plzen
Dinamo Zagreb
FC Zurich
Olympiacos
Maccabi Haifa

league route:
Dinamo Kyiv
Fenerbahce
FC Midtjylland
AEK Larnaca

1st qualifying round
Bodo/Glimt
Qarabag
Lech Poznan
F91 Dudelange
Pyunik
Dinamo Batumi
KI
The New Saints
Malmo FF
FC Tobol
Maribor
Zrinjski
RFS
HJK
Ballkani
Ludogorets
Ferencvaros
Slovan Bratislava
Shamrock Rovers
Tirana
Sheriff Tiraspol
Lincoln Red Imps
CFR Cluj
Shaktyor Soligorsk
Zalgiris
Shkupi
Linfield
Hibernians
Sutjeska Niksic

pre-liminary round
Vikingur Reykjavik
FCI Levadia
Inter Club D'Escaldes
La Fiorita


Europa League

qualified for group stage:
AS Roma
Real Sociedad
FC Nantes
Arsenal
Lazio Roma
Stade Rennais
Manchester United
Union Berlin
SC Braga
Real Betis
SC Freiburg
Feyenoord

play off round:

AA Gent
Silkeborg
Austria Wien
Sivasspor
Heart of Midlothian
Omonia
Dnipro-1

3rd qualifying round:
Partizan Belgrade
Slovacko


Europa Conference League:

play off round:
main path:
West Ham United
Villarreal
Fiorentina
FC Koln
Olympique Nice

3rd qualifying round:
main path:
Gil Vicente
FC Twente
Anderlecht
Wolfsberger AC
Dundee United
Zorya Luhansk
Hajduk Split
FC Lugano
Panathinaikos

2nd qualifying round:
main path:
Vitoria Guimaraes
Motherwell
Brondby
Cukaricki
Osijek
PAOK
Maccabi Netanya
AIK
CSKA Sofia
Kairat Almaty
Puskas Academia
Rakow Czestochowa
Suduva
Makedonija Gjorce Petrov
Vorskla Poltava
Radnicki Nis
Rijeka
Aris
Molde FK
Djurgardens
Zira
Astana
Fehervar
Koper
Noravank
FC Antwerp
Konyaspor
APOEL
Slavia Prague
FC Basel
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Viking
IF Elfsborg
Sepsi Stantu Gheorghe
Neftci Baku
Kyzylhar
Gomel
Spartak Trnava
Velez Mostar
Valmiera
Basaksehir
Aris Limassol
Sparta Prague
Young Boys
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Lillestrom
Levski Sofia
Steaua Bucharest
Gabala
Kisvarda
BATE Borisov
FC Vaduz
St Pats Athletic

1st qualifying round:
Dinamo Minsk
Mura
Panevezys
Borac Banja Luka
Shkendija
Riga
Cliftonville
Dila Gori
Petrocub Hincesti
Hamrun Spartans
Vikingur
Europa
Decic
Breidablik
Pogon Szczecin
Ruzomberok
Sligo Rovers
Ararat-Armenia
Larne
KuPS
Milsami Ortei
Gzira United
Llapi
St Joseph's
Iskra
KR
UE Santa Coloma
Lech Gdansk
Fola Esch
Derry City
Alashkert
Partizani
Saburtalo Tbilisi
SJK
Sfintul Gheorghe
B36 Torshavn
Drita
Bruno's Magpies
Bala Town
Paide Linnameeskond
Tre Fiori
Olimpija Ljubljana
Kauno Zalgiris
Tuzla City
Akademija Pandev
Liepaja
Crusaders
Dinamo Tbilisi
Inter Turku
Floriana
HB Torshavn
Gjilani
Buducnost Podgorica
Newtown
Flora
Tre Penne

.

[Nicky91]

conference league

play off winners

Bulgaria: Botev-Plovdiv

Netherlands: AZ Alkmaar

Luxembourg: Racing Union

Austria: Rapid Wien

[Nicky91]

AZ Alkmaar in second qualifying round of conference league to Bosnia Herzegovina (FK Tuzla City) or San Marino (Tre Penne)

[The Slim Reaper]

Didn't see Manchester United in the champions league pot. Have you made a mistake, Nicky?

[Nicky91]

Didn't see Manchester United in the champions league pot. Have you made a mistake, Nicky?

Man United are in Europa League


and that one also got an upgrade recently in terms of very strong teams competing in that


also the return of Nantes in european cup football this upcoming season

[The Slim Reaper]

Man United are in Europa League




Oh sorry, my bad :smug:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Oh sorry, my bad :smug:

https://cdn.givemesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20_11_05_f6b2113c5109b7865b54004cac3a35a0_960.jpg

[The Slim Reaper]

Classic goldbridge :laugh:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Classic goldbridge :laugh:

the poor lad has been through the wringer this season

[Nicky91]

Vikingur Reykjavik had qualified to the 1st qualifying round of champions league

whereas losers of preliminary round (FCI Levadia, La Fiorita, Inter Club d'Escaldes) go to the second qualifying round of conference league

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Good Luck to Linfield tonite who are away to The New Saints in Wales 7pm KO

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:fc:

[Nicky91]

1-0 away loss isn't bad for Linfield


not what you want but nothing has been lost either, and tbh with a loss you go into conference league qualifying anyway

[Christmas Dynasnow]

1-0 away loss isn't bad for Linfield


not what you want but nothing has been lost either, and tbh with a loss you go into conference league qualifying anyway

Nicky are you going to join our Fantasy Football League?

[Nicky91]

congrats to HJK Helsinki, Zalgiris, Qarabag, Shkupi, Sheriff, Shamrock Rovers, F91 Dudelange, Ludogorets, Malmo, Bodo/Glimt, Maribor, Slovan Bratislava, Ferencvaros, Pyunik Yerevan, Linfield for qualifying to second qualifying round of champions league


as for 1st qualifying round losers, better luck in conference league qualifying round

[Nicky91]

CL third qualifying round draw

Haifa/Olympiakos vs Apollon Limassol

Qarabag/Zurich vs Ferencvaros/Slovan Bratislava

Ludogorets/Shamrock vs Dinamo Zagreb/Shkupi

Maribor/Sheriff vs HJK/Viktoria Plzen

Linfield/BodoGlimt vs Zalgiris/Malmo

Red Star Belgrade vs Pyunik/Dudelange

AS Monaco vs PSV

Dinamo Kyiv/Fenerbahce vs Sturm Graz

Union Saint-Gilloise vs Glasgow Rangers

Benfica vs Midtjylland/AEK Larnaca



tough one for Rangers i think

[Christmas Dynasnow]

CL third qualifying round draw

Haifa/Olympiakos vs Apollon Limassol

Qarabag/Zurich vs Ferencvaros/Slovan Bratislava

Ludogorets/Shamrock vs Dinamo Zagreb/Shkupi

Maribor/Sheriff vs HJK/Viktoria Plzen

Linfield/BodoGlimt vs Zalgiris/Malmo

Red Star Belgrade vs Pyunik/Dudelange

AS Monaco vs PSV

Dinamo Kyiv/Fenerbahce vs Sturm Graz

Union Saint-Gilloise vs Glasgow Rangers

Benfica vs Midtjylland/AEK Larnaca



tough one for Rangers i think

Literally the best draw!

avoid PSV and Monaco and Kiev and play a team that was in the Belgian second division like 2 years ago

[Nicky91]

Literally the best draw!

avoid PSV and Monaco and Kiev and play a team that was in the Belgian second division like 2 years ago

the biggest surprise of last season in belgian competition though, 2nd place in their comeback season :)

[bots]

Literally the best draw!

avoid PSV and Monaco and Kiev and play a team that was in the Belgian second division like 2 years ago

weren't rangers in the 2nd division like 2 years ago? :laugh:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

weren't rangers in the 2nd division like 2 years ago? :laugh:

no

[Christmas Dynasnow]

the biggest surprise of last season in belgian competition though, 2nd place in their comeback season :)


they have just got rid of their best player to Brighton

[Nicky91]

they have just got rid of their best player to Brighton

that is an internal deal, Brighton's owner is also their owner

[Nicky91]

losers will head into play off round for europa league anyway so


and by the looks of what quality teams are in upcoming europa league, we might be once again in for a treat there too



conference league is shaping up what used to be europa league/uefa cup in the past for the smaller teams


but europa league truly shaping up like a champions league 2.0


am very much looking forward to seeing Nantes especially in group stage, their european comeback, very well deserving comeback after such a fight as a mid tier and even fighting their way back up top level after a relegation some years ago

[Nicky91]

todays CL games

Pyunik - Dudelange

Qarabag - Zurich

Zalgiris - Malmo

Ludogorets - Shamrock

Midtjylland - AEK Larnaca

Linfield - Bodo/Glimt

Dinamo Zagreb - Shkupi

tomorrows CL games

HJK - Viktoria Plzen

Maccabi Haifa - Olympiakos

Ferencvaros - Slovan Bratislava

Dinamo Kyiv - Fenerbahce

Maribor - Sheriff

returns next week

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Good Luck Linfield :fc:

[Nicky91]

Belgium's competition has already started this weekend

Standard Liege - AA Gent 2-2

Charleroi - Eupen 3-1

KV Kortrijk - OH Leuven 0-1

Zulte Waregem - Seraing 2-0

STVV Sint Truiden - Union 1-1


todays games

Club Brugge vs Racing Genk

KV Mechelen vs Antwerp

Anderlecht vs Oostende

Westerlo vs Cercle Brugge

[Nicky91]

currently 3-2 Club Brugge against Genk

[Nicky91]

currently 3-2 Club Brugge against Genk

finished and remained 3-2


currently ongoing Mechelen - Antwerp (first league match for Antwerp under new coach Mark van Bommel and new sports director Marc Overmars)

[Christmas Dynasnow]

5 pm tonight

Bodo Glimt (0) v Linfield (1)

UEFA Champions League, Qualification

[Nicky91]

8-0 Bodo/Glimt white wash over Linfield


but all not lost for Linfield, into europa league qualifyings for them

[Christmas Dynasnow]

8-0 Bodo/Glimt white wash over Linfield


but all not lost for Linfield, into europa league qualifyings for them

They had a player sent off and a penalty awarded very early and it did for them

[Nicky91]

They had a player sent off and a penalty awarded very early and it did for them

oh, that explains that then


i didn't know

[Nicky91]

german cup football results first round

Dynamo Dresden - Stuttgart 0-1

1860 Munich - Dortmund 0-3

Viktoria Berlin - Bochum 0-3

Elversberg - Leverkusen 4-3

Regensburg - FC Koln 2-1 (after extra time)

Carl-Zeiss Jena - Wolfsburg 0-1

Bremer - Schalke 04 0-5


------
still to come

Kaiserslautern - Freiburg

Oberachern - Monchengladbach

Lohne - Augsburg

Rodinghausen - Hoffenheim

Braunschweig - Hertha BSC

Erz.Auer - Mainz



and tomorrow we got

Chemnitzer - Union Berlin

Cottbus - Werder Bremen

Magdeburg - Eintracht Frankfurt

[The Slim Reaper]

Excited to see when the full draws come out. Looking to see who man united draw in the champions league.

[Nicky91]

Excited to see when the full draws come out. Looking to see who man united draw in the champions league.

champions league 2.0 correction ;)


many teams with lots of great history now in europa league


Arsenal, Feyenoord, AS Roma, Man United, and not to forget the RETURN OF NANTES to european cup football :love:

[The Slim Reaper]

champions league 2.0 correction ;)


many teams with lots of great history now in europa league


Arsenal, Feyenoord, AS Roma, Man United, and not to forget the RETURN OF NANTES to european cup football :love:

Oh yeah, I keep making the same mistake of thinking united will be playing CL footie. My bad :smug:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

at least they have the bizarro Ronaldo thing all sorted and he is raring to go...


:skull:

[Nicky91]

tonight first champions league qualifying match for our PSV

away against AS Monaco

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Union Saint-Gilloise v Rangers

https://content.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/emoticons/sashbash.gif

[Nicky91]

thankfully for Rangers, no longer Bassey the Beast


omg how horrible of a player he is, jesus his charge at one of our players last weekend :omgno:


should be suspended for life from football, dangerous player :idc:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

thankfully for Rangers, no longer Bassey the Beast


omg how horrible of a player he is, jesus his charge at one of our players last weekend :omgno:


should be suspended for life from football, dangerous player :idc:

was never a red card

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Linfield or Zurich V HEARTS

[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🆕 <a href="https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChampionsLeague</a> play-off draw:<br><br>Rangers or Union Saint-Gilloise 🆚 AS Monaco FC or PSV Eindhoven <br><br>📅 Ties take place on 16/17 and 23/24 August.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/t1NZPaLG1M">pic.twitter.com/t1NZPaLG1M</a></p>&mdash; Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RangersFC/status/1554410033596796930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Nicky91]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🆕 <a href="https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChampionsLeague</a> play-off draw:<br><br>Rangers or Union Saint-Gilloise 🆚 AS Monaco FC or PSV Eindhoven <br><br>📅 Ties take place on 16/17 and 23/24 August.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> <a href="https://t.co/t1NZPaLG1M">pic.twitter.com/t1NZPaLG1M</a></p>&mdash; Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RangersFC/status/1554410033596796930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rangers or Union is lesser difficult than Monaco but first we gotta get through this obstacle, like Van the Man says Monaco is one of the top teams in ligue 1, we need to be very careful as for our defence

[The Slim Reaper]

LT vs Nicky is the tie this forum needs. :laugh:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Rangers or Union is lesser difficult than Monaco but first we gotta get through this obstacle, like Van the Man says Monaco is one of the top teams in ligue 1, we need to be very careful as for our defence

We knocked Monaco out of the Champions League last time we played them and in fact they have never beaten us

[Nicky91]

would love a Van Bronckhorst vs Van Nistelrooy head to head :cool:


but Rangers deffo need to be careful of Union, they might've sold their best player Undav to Brighton now, but 2 matches into new league season, they once again are surprisingly 3rd place, and something what has never played in recent years of CL, is always a dangerous and tricky opponent



i am beginning to love PSV now, under our legend, wonderkid Xavi Simons is a huge talent, whom already trained with greats like Lionel Messi, Neymar and has got all that experience now while still being very young

[Christmas Dynasnow]

would love a van bronckhorst vs van nistelrooy head to head :cool:


But rangers deffo need to be careful of union, they might've sold their best player undav to brighton now, but 2 matches into new league season, they once again are surprisingly 3rd place, and something what has never played in recent years of cl, is always a dangerous and tricky opponent



i am beginning to love psv now, under our legend, wonderkid xavi simons is a huge talent, whom already trained with greats like lionel messi, neymar and has got all that experience now while still being very young

next week you will be supporting dynamo kiev

[Nicky91]

told you so that Union was a dangerous outsider


not a good position for Rangers, now they have to win with 3-0 or 4-1 or 5-2

although still europa league play off round in case of a exit




PSV :facepalm: 1-0 lead giving away to 1-1, thx to rubbish Van Ginkel who had to come in for Sangare, although 1-1 all is not lost, and both sides have to go for too, since a draw is not good for both sides, when away goals don't count anymore

[Nicky91]

Bayern Munich :o :o :o

6-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, and also away


:o

wow

[Nicky91]

what a win for PSV over Monaco in extra time


:clap1:

Luuk's first goal of the season, immediately a important one

[Nicky91]

LT vs Nicky is the tie this forum needs. :laugh:

what we will get then


bring it on


Rangers can hardly be anything more difficult than Monaco were, Ianis Hagi is possibly their most dangerous player i think



our biggest weakness is to go in sleepmode when we're 1-0 ahead then we could give it away, we beat Monaco with some luck getting to 2-2 5 minutes before the end of normal time, and one lucky deciding goal in 2nd half of extra time

[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">‘5-0 at half-time John, is the tie over?’ <a href="https://t.co/ukOjOZ1RPo">pic.twitter.com/ukOjOZ1RPo</a></p>&mdash; Rangers History (@RangersFACTS) <a href="https://twitter.com/RangersFACTS/status/1557818911890063360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Nicky91]

record low viewers for AZ match last night in Netherlands


only 20,000 people tuned in

:fan:

[Nicky91]

good news for scottish football anyway, Rangers and Hearts assured of a group stage (Rangers either CL or EL, and Hearts either EL or ECL)


3 cypriot teams assured of group stage (either EL or ECL)



Zalgiris is the first lithuanian team to make it to a group stage, either EL or ECL

[Nicky91]

am excited for tonight


could be a great game Rangers vs PSV

[Nicky91]

am happy about the 2-2 draw


Rangers have proven they are weaker away, like with the 2-0 loss against Union in belgium



unnecessary mistake from Benitez with conceding the second rangers goal, but i forgive him maybe the nerves just got the better of him


but overall we played good

[Nicky91]

tonights games

Qarabag - Plzen

Maccabi Haifa - Red Star

Dinamo Kyiv - Benfica

[Nicky91]

https://indonesia.postsen.com/content/uploads/2022/08/16/a2070c57ee.jpg

Sir Alex last night watching Rangers - PSV game :love: :love:

[Nicky91]

hmm solid win for Schmidt's Benfica over Dinamo Kyiv

but as away goals no longer count, Kyiv only needs 2 goals for a extra time, so Benfica will have to stay alert at home to finish it



good job for swedish Djurgarden, a 3-0 home win over cypriot Apoel nicosia, that's more of a decent lead for the return, now apoel need 3 goals to make things level and 4 for the win



tonight EL play off matches
Ferencvaros - Shamrock
Zurich - Hearts
Malmo - Sivasspor
Apollon - Olympiacos
Pyunik - Sheriff
Ludogorets - Zalgiris
Dnipro - AEK Larnaca
HJK - Silkeborg
Gent - Omonia
Austria wien - fenerbahce


again no losers here, as losers of EL advance to conference league group stage :)




conference league matches tonight

@MTVN @LT

West Ham United vs Viborg

--------------------------
for me

Fiorentina vs FC Twente

AZ vs Gil Vicente

Lech Poznan vs Dudelange (yes i like Dudelange and i hope they will make to a group stage for a second time in their club history now)



Villarreal should have an easy one in Hajduk Split i think



Young Boys vs Anderlecht could be a more interesting close call one

Basaksehir vs Antwerp imo, also two strong teams and only one can advance

[Parmy]

Mon the jambos.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Jam Tarts take the lead in Switzerland :amazed:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Jam Tarts take the lead in Switzerland :amazed:

https://c.tenor.com/rh0dpNDclVEAAAAM/homer-simpson-im-out.gif

[Parmy]

https://c.tenor.com/rh0dpNDclVEAAAAM/homer-simpson-im-out.gif

Gonnae no dae that.

[Nicky91]

so what?


Hearts are assured of 6 group stage matches anyway




Shamrock losing 4-0, oh well same for them, they are assured of more european cup football anyway, nothing to lose here

[Nicky91]

Twente not bad just a 2-1 away loss against Fiorentina, only one goal now for extra time


good job from AZ though 4-0 over Gil Vicente at home, now they can just focus, staying calm hopefully and defend this aggregate the best they can




Vaduz 1-1 against a bigger rapid wien :o :o lol



simple 3-1 win for West Ham, although Viborg only needs 2 goals for extra time without the away goal rule

[Nicky91]

this week decision time, who will play in champions league 1.0 and who will play in europa league aka champions league 2.0

conference league feels like the new uefa cup now

[Nicky91]

tomorrow PSV vs Rangers


Rangers without Morelos to eindhoven



PSV without Oppegard, Ledezma, Mauro Junior, Vertessen, and the already longer absent Madueke, Boscagli


but with Carlos Vinicius whom now returns from injury and after speculation of leaving the club, he seems to be staying in eindhoven


Gakpo expected to be starting 11 despite upcoming transfer to Man United

[Nicky91]

congrats to Benfica, Plzen, Maccabi Haifa on making CL group stage


good luck to Dinamo Kyiv, Qarabag, Red Star in the EL group stage

[Nicky91]

congrats to swedish Djurgarden making the conference league group stage

[Calderyon]

UCL season 22/23 draw is on tomorrow 25th of August.

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2023/2001673/

[Nicky91]

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/draws/2023/2001673/

CL group stage draw 25th august tomorrow

[Nicky91]

CL pots for tomorrows draw

Pot 1
Real Madrid
Eintracht Frankfurt
Manchester City
AC Milan
Bayern Munich
Paris Saint-Germain
FC Porto
Ajax

Pot 2
Liverpool
Chelsea
Barcelona
Juventus
Atletico Madrid
Sevilla
RB Leipzig
Tottenham Hotspur

Pot 3
Borussia Dortmund
RB Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk
Inter Milan
Napoli
Benfica
Sporting CP
Bayer Leverkusen

Pot 4
Marseille
Club Brugge
Celtic
Victoria Plzen
Maccabi Haifa
Dinamo Zagreb
Copenhagen
Rangers

.

[Nicky91]

am excited for tonight



also excited for europa league this year how that one will unfold, think even if Rangers or PSV lose, you might still draw quite good audiences to your stadium if you can play a AS Roma, Arsenal or Monaco or Man United or Lazio Roma or Real Sociedad

[Christmas Dynasnow]

what we will get then


bring it on


Rangers can hardly be anything more difficult than Monaco were, Ianis Hagi is possibly their most dangerous player i think





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[Christmas Dynasnow]

A woah,
Super Rangers are we,
Na na na na ooh,
Na na na na ooh,
A way oh way oh oh way oh way ooh,
A woah,
Super Rangers are we...

[Parmy]

Spurs
Ajax
Rangers
Napoli



Please.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

QeWFNbY2bjQ

[Nicky91]

QeWFNbY2bjQ

Anflopio Trollak


we should've broken his knee :idc:

[Nicky91]

hopefully rangers will lose every match in group stage with 5-0 6-0 :fc:

[Nicky91]

who ******* cares


:idc: :idc: :idc:



even you got nothingness amateurs like Rangers in group stage, how low the CL level of quality went

[Christmas Dynasnow]

who ******* cares


:idc: :idc: :idc:



even you got nothingness amateurs like Rangers in group stage, how low the CL level of quality went

https://content.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/emoticons/UK.gif

[Nicky91]

i am just pissed off ok


this is what you get for playing passive defensive and not putting enough pressure on opponent's defence :facepalm:



but yeah ok europa league, will be exciting tonight who else our possible opponents could be

[Nicky91]

nah, i will still follow europa league


almost like champions league at this point anyway, for points this is for the better as well

[Nicky91]

Bodo/Glimt would be a dangerous opponent, how they washed all over the eventual conference league winners Roma with that 6-1 in the group last season


am expecting Sheriff to make it too home vs Pyunik, but you never know somehow

[Nicky91]

so Ruud can draw his former club Man United :flutter:


Van the Man is still very popular among the mancunians as well, so would be fun if that ends up happening

[Christmas Dynasnow]

so Ruud can draw his former club Man United :flutter:


Van the Man is still very popular among the mancunians as well, so would be fun if that ends up happening

He was very gracious in defeat and would have learned a lot from last night.

[Calderyon]

https://i.imgur.com/wtTGiBf.png

[Christmas Dynasnow]

https://draw.inker.one/#/cl/gs

do your own draw!

[Calderyon]

https://draw.inker.one/#/cl/gs

do your own draw!

https://i.imgur.com/6TCjErv.png

[Nicky91]

you can keep your thread Caldy, i'll do mine solely for europa league and europa conference league then

:hee:

[Father Chris Mouse]

BJMaUIzrGMw

[Christmas Dynasnow]

https://i.imgur.com/6TCjErv.png

:fist:

[Calderyon]

Which teams would you like to end in the same group as Rangers?

[Calderyon]

Group A

AFC Ajax
Liverpool
Napoli
Rangers FC

Group B

FC Porto
Athletico Madrid
Bayern Leverkusen
Club Brugge

Group C

Bayern Munchen
FC Barcelona
Inter Milan
Viktoria Plzen

Group D

Frankfurt
Tottenham
Sporting Clube
Marseille

Group E

AC Milan
Chelsea
FC Salzburg
Dinamo Zagreb

Group F

Real Madrid
RB Leipzig
Shakhtar Donetsk
Celtic FC

Group G

Manchester City
Sevilla
Borussia Dortmund
FC Copenhagen

Group H

Paris SG
Juventus
Benfica
Maccabi Haifa

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Im hoping we get Lincoln Red Imps, Shamrock Rovers and Maidstone


:fc:

[Father Chris Mouse]

Group C jeez!!

[In the Drunk Tank]

Buzzing for us to play a game we should win!

[bots]

rangers get an easy draw :dance:

[Calderyon]

Rangers got very lucky.

[Calderyon]

Manchester City's group is not bad either.

Tottenham got lucky also.

[bots]

group C is the bad one ...

[Calderyon]

group C is the bad one ...

Poor Victoria Plzen.

[Calderyon]

What do you think of your group, LT?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

And we go over to fans of Leipzig, Real and Shaktar

https://media2.giphy.com/media/UASdyKJwXt9Ze/giphy-downsized-large.gif

[Christmas Dynasnow]

What do you think of your group, LT?

Very happy

Looking forward to seeing Liverpool at Ibrox - Mo especially

Calvin Bassey returning with Ajax :amazed:

and the Mafia's football arm :shocked:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Buzzing for us to play a game we should win!

The big man has notched already

https://cdn.whufc.com/sites/default/files/2022-07/scamshirt.jpg

[Calderyon]

Prediction:

Group A

1. Liverpool
2. Napoli
3. AFC Ajax
4. Rangers FC

Group B

1. Athletico Madrid
2. FC Porto
3. Bayern Leverkusen
4. Club Brugge

Group C

1. FC Barcelona
2. Bayern Munchen
3. Inter Milan
4. Viktoria Plzen

Group D

1. Eintracht Frankfurt
2. Tottenham
3. Marseille
4. Sporting Clube

Group E

1. AC Milan
2. Chelsea
3. FC Salzburg
4. Dinamo Zagreb

Group F

1. Real Madrid
2. RB Leipzig
3. Shakhtar Donetsk
4. Celtic FC

Group G

1. Manchester City
2. Borussia Dortmund
3. Sevilla
4. FC Copenhagen

Group H

1. Paris SG
2. Juventus
3. Benfica
4. Maccabi Haifa

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Prediction:

Group A

1. Liverpool
2. Napoli
3. AFC Ajax
4. Rangers FC




https://c.tenor.com/Hpr8cyQusm0AAAAM/fist-fight-film-charlie-day.gif

[In the Drunk Tank]

Great finish

Otherwise we've been bloody dreadful :joker:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Great seeing all the West Ham fans drinking pints in the stands though, that's proper football

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Great seeing all the West Ham fans drinking pints in the stands though, that's proper football

now if we take their end and invade the pitch we can call this a right royal result

https://media1.giphy.com/media/26DN62TWOYHnyy6Ji/200w.gif?cid=82a1493brk2lcdvx306lelqnzrlryzpytbyad 1n7og3wwpau&rid=200w.gif&ct=g

[In the Drunk Tank]

Few months ago I was looking forward to thumping Rangers in the EL final, now they're in the Champions League group stages and we're in a Conference League qualifier D:

[In the Drunk Tank]

How do Spurs get the easiest group for coming 4th

[Christmas Dynasnow]

How do Spurs get the easiest group for coming 4th

with their record of no trophies and failing in the Conference league they should have been in pot 6

[Christmas Dynasnow]

https://content.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/monthly_2022_08/RDT_20220825_1853118801771182011383465.jpg.43fa397 2bf6727ad97c94443cbed1605.jpg

[Merry Mockmas]

who ******* cares


:idc: :idc: :idc:



even you got nothingness amateurs like Rangers in group stage, how low the CL level of quality went

You've forgot Celtic.

The only time they can win the Scottish Premiership is when something bad happens to Rangers financially, or they lose their Manager.

In all seriousness Celtic's "achievements" are the most fortunate to have happened in world Football.

[Merry Mockmas]

Prediction:

Group A

1. Liverpool
2. Napoli
3. AFC Ajax
4. Rangers FC

Group B

1. Athletico Madrid
2. FC Porto
3. Bayern Leverkusen
4. Club Brugge

Group C

1. FC Barcelona
2. Bayern Munchen
3. Inter Milan
4. Viktoria Plzen

Group D

1. Eintracht Frankfurt
2. Tottenham
3. Marseille
4. Sporting Clube

Group E

1. AC Milan
2. Chelsea
3. FC Salzburg
4. Dinamo Zagreb

Group F

1. Real Madrid
2. RB Leipzig
3. Shakhtar Donetsk
4. Celtic FC

Group G

1. Manchester City
2. Borussia Dortmund
3. Sevilla
4. FC Copenhagen

Group H

1. Paris SG
2. Juventus
3. Benfica
4. Maccabi Haifa

This will be fun to do.

I'll guess.

Group A:
1. Napoli
2. Liverpool
3. Rangers
4. Ajax

Group B:
1. Athletico Madrid
2. FC Porto
3. Club Brugge
4. Bayer Leverkusen

Group C:
1. Bayern Munich
2. Inter Milan
3. Barcelona
4. Viktoria Plzen

Group D:
1. Tottenham (it looks like a done deal imo)
2. Marseille
3. Frankfurt
4. Sporting Lisbon

Group E:
1. Chelsea
2. AC Milan
3. Salzburg
4. Dinamo Zagreb

Group F:
1. Real Madrid
2. RB Leipzig
3. Shaktar Donetsk
4. Celtic

Group G:
1. Man City
2. Sevilla
3. Dortmund
4. FC Copenhagen

Group H:
1. Juventus
2. PSG
3. Benfica
4. Maccabi Haifa

[Calderyon]

Continuing with the trend (last one was named similarly), so I have changed the title accordingly.

[Calderyon]

Europa League draw is happening today.

HJK Helsinki (Finnish team) has also made it to the group stage and apparently has 25% chance of getting a PL team (Arsenal or Manchester United) in their group.

[Nicky91]

first lithuanian (Zalgiris), kosovar (Ballkani), liechtenstein (Vaduz) team in conference league group stage, as well as debuts from swedish top team Djurgarden there

[Merry Mockmas]

Europa League draw is happening today.

HJK Helsinki (Finnish team) has also made it to the group stage and apparently has 25% chance of getting a PL team (Arsenal or Manchester United) in their group.

Is HJK Helsinki the team that you support out of interest?

[Nicky91]

tough one for Sheriff, but glad they won last night


good on our dutchman Kay Tejan (whom is on loan from Top Oss) one of lucky penalty scorers for them :love:

[Nicky91]

pot 3 also maybe some good news, because we might have one weaker team in the group then, possible bigger chances of making it past the winter european cup, for conference league knockout hopes



Nantes in pot 4, well they are a great team, but them in pot 4 is only because of a very long absence from europa cup football

[Nicky91]

Europa League draw is happening today.

HJK Helsinki (Finnish team) has also made it to the group stage and apparently has 25% chance of getting a PL team (Arsenal or Manchester United) in their group.

i hope HJK owner is ok


they got 4 million what their value is, and now they get 20 million for making it to group stage here, as start money, each of group stage participants minus those who are with multiple of same country, but as HJK are the only finnish team they don't have to share, that is their club worth x 5 :laugh3:

[In the Drunk Tank]

I've merged the two threads for the European competitions

[Nicky91]

which draw is first

conference league or europa league?

[Nicky91]

definitely going to follow those two draws as well


for what is next for our AZ ofc, but also what is next for lithuanian side Zalgiris and liechtensteiners Vaduz

[Calderyon]

Europa League draw is today at 12 PM UK.

[Calderyon]

Is HJK Helsinki the team that you support out of interest?

No, but it's the only Finnish club that has any chance of good results tbh. It's more supporting a Finnish football itself than club allegiance.

There is not really a club that I support.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Arsenal have got Zurich Bodo Glimt and PSV

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Man U got Omonia Sheriff and Real Sociedad

Omonia managed by Neil Lennon

[Calderyon]

Groups:

https://i.imgur.com/q2diLdw.png

[Calderyon]

Not a bad group for HJK.

Pity we didn't get Manchester United or Arsenal though.

[Nicky91]

conference league draw ongoing now

[Nicky91]

Not a bad group for HJK.

Pity we didn't get Manchester United or Arsenal though.

chances for 3rd place, against Ludogorets maybe

[Nicky91]

West Ham United will play in Group B

[Nicky91]

former europa league winners Villarreal will play in group C

[Nicky91]

Group A so far

Basaksehir, Fiorentina

[Nicky91]

FCSB join West Ham in Group B

[Nicky91]

interesting draw so far

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Anderlecht also for the Hammers

[Christmas Dynasnow]

and some Romanian team

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Hearts get Fiorentia, Istanbul Başakşehir, and RFS of Latvia

[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">GROUP B<br><br>🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West Ham<br>🇷🇴 FCSB<br>🇧🇪 Anderlecht<br>🇩🇰 Silkeborg<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UECL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UECL</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UECLdraw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UECLdraw</a></p>&mdash; The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticUK/status/1563149679931432966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Nicky91]

Group A

Basaksehir
Fiorentina
Hearts
RFS

Group B
West Ham
FCSB
Anderlecht
Silkeborg

Group C
Villarreal
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Austria Wien
Lech Poznan

Group D
FK Partizan
FC Koln
Nice
Slovacko

Group E
AZ
Apollon
Vaduz
Dnipro-1

Group F
AA Gent
Molde
Shamrock Rovers
Djurgarden

Group G
Slavia Prague
CFR Cluj
Sivasspor
Ballkani

Group H
Basel
Slovan Bratislava
Zalgiris Vilnius
Pyunik Yerevan

[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GROUP A<br><br>🇹🇷 Istanbul Basaksehir<br>🇮🇹 Fiorentina<br>🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hearts<br>🇱🇻 RFS<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UECL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UECL</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UECLdraw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UECLdraw</a></p>&mdash; The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticUK/status/1563149536285331458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Nicky91]

FCSB are the second Steaua Bucharest btw, LT

but they cannot use that name because of copyrights from the other CSA Steaua which is owned by the royal army

[Nicky91]

Gent really got lucky there lol :laugh:


good draw for Djurgarden as well from that same perspective, they are quite a decent team in sweden


Zalgiris not a chanceless first group of theirs i think, maybe not group win, obviously Basel but Slovan is not unbeatable and Pyunik well they are also tough, so could be a close call group that one for the 2nd place

[Nicky91]

loving this for FC Vaduz


fun facts about them


they got quite a few veterans in their team

Liechtenstein internationals too

Benjamin Buchel (GK) captain, with 48 appearances in national team

Nicolas Hasler (MID) 88 appearances in national team

Sandro Wieser (MID) 53 appearances in national team



and lols
if Vaduz want to play in the CL they have to

1. win domestic cup
2. win conference league
3. win europa league
4. playing in cl group stage

.


they play in swiss challenge league btw, only club ever in a european group stage not to play at the highest level of football

[In the Drunk Tank]

and some Romanian team

Steaua Bucharest, not sure why they refer to them as FCSB these days (edit - never mind, just seen Nicky explained why lol)

Actually a bit of a group of death tbh, both Steaua and Anderlecht have a lot of European pedigree. I've been wanting to visit Bucharest anyway so might tie that in with our game depending on date, although not sure if visiting the same time as West Ham being in town would enhance the visit or not lol

[In the Drunk Tank]

loving this for FC Vaduz


fun facts about them


they got quite a few veterans in their team

Liechtenstein internationals too

Benjamin Buchel (GK) captain, with 48 appearances in national team

Nicolas Hasler (MID) 88 appearances in national team

Sandro Wieser (MID) 53 appearances in national team



and lols
if Vaduz want to play in the CL they have to

.


they play in swiss challenge league btw, only club ever in a european group stage not to play at the highest level of football

I read a book about football in Liechtenstein ages ago and have wanted to go see Vaduz ever since. Thought they were going into our group but they did the draw all weird so they went into a different one

[Calderyon]

Match day 1

Groups E - H

Borussia Dortmund v FC Copenhagen 3-0 FT
Dinamo Zagreb v Chelsea 1-0 FT
Benfica v Meccano Haifa 2-0 FT
Sevilla v Manchester City 0-4 FT
RB Salzburg v AC Milan 1-1 FT
Celtic v Real Madrid 0-3 FT
RB Leipzig v Shakhtar Donetsk 1-4 FT
PSG v Juventus 2-1 FT

[Zizu]

Chelsea continue to be HORRIBLE to watch. !!!


Sterling had another shocker and was subbed off when Chelsea were 1:0 down and desperate to score


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[Christmas Dynasnow]

wtaf chelsea?

[bots]

boom Haaland

[Parmy]

Boom boom captain mbappe.


Boom halland.

[The Slim Reaper]

1566772274539253765

[bots]

good luck Rangers

[Calderyon]

Ajax v Rangers starting.

[Calderyon]

Match day 1:

Groups A-D

Ajax v Rangers 4-0 FT
Napoli v Liverpool 4-1 FT
Athletico Madrid v Porto 2-1 FT
Club Brugge v Bayern Leverkusen 1-0 FT
Barcelona v Viktoria Plzen 5-1 FT
Inter v Bayern Munchen 0-2 FT
Eintracht Frankfurt v Sporting CP 0-3 FT
Tottenham v Marseille 2-0 FT

[Calderyon]

Rangers was totally outclassed by Ajax.

[Parmy]

The hearts will show the rest of Europe what scottish football should be like tomorrow night.

[bots]

liverpool struggling

[Father Chris Mouse]

Chelsea and Liverpool this season
https://c.tenor.com/cz4tOBk-HK0AAAAC/rowing-boat.gif

[Denver]

Milner shouldn't even be starting for Macclesfield Town let alone us and dont get me started on the fraud Gomez who has stood still and not chased players down

[Father Chris Mouse]

Liverpool schooled right now

[In the Drunk Tank]

Gomez giving one of the worst performances at centre back I've ever seen :joker:

[bots]

It's been obvious from the start of the season that liverpool werent up to last seasons standard

[bots]

is Gomez the new signing?

[Merry Mockmas]

Rangers was totally outclassed by Ajax.

They couldn't even beat League One Celtic, so sadly it was never gonna fair well against better opposition.

[bots]

wow ... 4

[Father Chris Mouse]

1566772274539253765

:hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::h ehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::heh e::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe: :hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::h ehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::heh e::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe:

[bots]

haha

[Merry Mockmas]

Milner shouldn't even be starting for Macclesfield Town let alone us and dont get me started on the fraud Gomez who has stood still and not chased players down

They sound like our next two signings when the January Transfer Window opens up.:laugh:

[Cherry Christmas]

Oh dear Liverpool :laugh:

[bots]

liverpool are being ripped apart, i only started watching it in the 2nd half :laugh:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Diaz is some player though

[bots]

it was interesting to see Richarlison in tears at the end of the spurs match. I tend to think of him as an arrogant tosser, but he got really emotional about scoring in the champions league, which i think is quite refreshing

[The Slim Reaper]

:hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::h ehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::heh e::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe: :hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::h ehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::heh e::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe:

https://c.tenor.com/GndTzcwMMz0AAAAC/nightmare-simpsons.gif

[Nicky91]

PSV - Bodo/Glimt tonight


am scared, hoping we won't get a 1-6 surprise loss like Roma last year



Lazio - Feyenoord, don't know what to expect there


Dnipro - AZ, chances for some dutch points maybe but another tricky opponent

[In the Drunk Tank]

West Ham vs FCSB goes ahead

COYI

[The Slim Reaper]

1567861553617149954

[In the Drunk Tank]

1567861553617149954

:joker:

[Cherry Christmas]

how in all that is holy was that a penalty I give up on VAR

[Cherry Christmas]

1567861553617149954

:laugh: my son showed me that earlier

[The Slim Reaper]

:laugh: my son showed me that earlier

It's actually one of those things that's funny coz it's true.

Has he showeed you any of the Irish ones, too?

[Cherry Christmas]

It's actually one of those things that's funny coz it's true.

Has he showeed you any of the Irish ones, too?

no not seen those

[The Slim Reaper]

no not seen those

I'll post some in a couple of weeks time, when things cool down a bit.

[In the Drunk Tank]

how in all that is holy was that a penalty I give up on VAR

Join us in the Conference League - no VAR here

[In the Drunk Tank]

Made hard work of it but great win in the end

[The Slim Reaper]

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[The Slim Reaper]

2 wins away from the quad, to 4th best team in Europa :joker:

[Nicky91]

come on UEFA put a lot of pressure on the english FA




a reglementary 6 points for dutch football :flutter: Liverpool - Ajax (0-3 reglementary) Arsenal - PSV (0-3 reglementary) well

[Merry Mockmas]

Man Utd have confirmed to play on Thursday.

Basically because they were scared of losing points.

[Nicky91]

Man Utd have confirmed to play on Thursday.

Basically because they were scared of losing points.

good on them


Liverpool, Chelsea also must play because they also pretty much need the points now

[Merry Mockmas]

good on them


Liverpool, Chelsea also must play because they also pretty much need the points now

They will, UEFA will make sure of that I reckon.

[Nicky91]

They will, UEFA will make sure of that I reckon.

as it should


and if england doesn't want to host these games, then they can easily find a neutral venue ;)


not showing up = reglementary 0-3 for the opposition

[Nicky91]

Arsenal - PSV postponed


ummm reglementary 0-3 win for PSV, you cannot play on a later date though

[Nicky91]

hypocritical FA, not enough police :facepalm:


and Liverpool - Ajax

Chelsea - Salzburg

Man City - Dortmund

can go through


:facepalm:



england getting in trouble with uefa i reckon, and Premier league fixtures have to resume upcoming weekend or else, lots of fines

[Nicky91]

what an embarrassment again for english football



not enough police, what an absolute joke, thursday nothing going on, funeral is on monday

:idc:

[Nicky91]

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/210badca437f6bd7567f8219e23b60c2134a124e/96_530_3327_1997/master/3327.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&

disastrous start for this lady, the new chair of the FA




all your CL home games are allowed to go on, but cancelling Arsenal - PSV due to lack of security staff



i'm laughing so much right now :joker:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

1567861553617149954

:laugh2:

[Nicky91]

expel all english teams from european cup football this season ;)


you can't favor CL just because of more money to be earned



if i were Zurich now i'd hope for this, arsenal expelled from that group and 1. PSV 2. Bodo/Glimt 3. Zurich to advance further into both EL and ECL




as if there are important events for thursday, nope


just tomorrow queen's coffin being flown to london, and then nothing until monday's funeral

[The Slim Reaper]

No one is getting expelled Nicky. Keep your anti-English agenda to yourself. She was monarch for 70 years. Seven. Zero. UEFA should automatically put all English teams into the semi-finals as a mark of respect. Although I'm happy to trade Man city for Rangers.

[Nicky91]

No one is getting expelled Nicky. Keep your anti-English agenda to yourself. She was monarch for 70 years. Seven. Zero. UEFA should automatically put all English teams into the semi-finals as a mark of respect. Although I'm happy to trade Man city for Rangers.

i'm not anti-english :shrug:


i'm more for equality


and idk what bull**** that excuse is of lack of security, but Chelsea also plays at home in London, so if i were salzburg, as a fan i'd feel scared with possible lack of security, so called lack of security been talked about with the arsenal - psv game postponement


favouring CL over EL ain't it, just bc more money

[The Slim Reaper]

i'm not anti-english :shrug:


i'm more for equality


and idk what bull**** that excuse is of lack of security, but Chelsea also plays at home in London, so if i were salzburg, as a fan i'd feel scared with possible lack of security, so called lack of security been talked about with the arsenal - psv game postponement


favouring CL over EL ain't it, just bc more money

There is a lack of security because the police are all dealing with public gatherings in other parts of London, and the country. Police have been shipped from other parts of the country to deal with the coffin routes.

[Nicky91]

There is a lack of security because the police are all dealing with public gatherings in other parts of London, and the country. Police have been shipped from other parts of the country to deal with the coffin routes.

what coffin routes are there on thursday then? by tomorrow her coffin is already in Westminster Abbey

i thought there was nothing from wednesday all the way to monday's funeral service?

[Nicky91]

oh, Chelsea play on wednesday, by your logic, there should also be too little police then either

[The Slim Reaper]

what coffin routes are there on thursday then? by tomorrow her coffin is already in Westminster Abbey

i thought there was nothing from wednesday all the way to monday's funeral service?

My logic is that the police aren't available to manage footie games, because there are other crowds that need managing. Who will arrest the protestors if they don't have 15 bobbies to arrest each person holding a sign?

[Merry Mockmas]

Arsenal - PSV postponed


ummm reglementary 0-3 win for PSV, you cannot play on a later date though

I think it's time to kick Arsenal out of the competition then.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

goal of the season denied by Loris

[Calderyon]

Match Day 2

Groups A(1/2)-D

Liverpool v Ajax 2-1 FT
Bayern Leverkusen v Athletico Madrid 2-0 FT
FC Porto v FC Brugge 0-4 FT
Viktoria Plzen v Inter 0-2 FT
Bayern Munchen v Barcelona 2-0 FT
Sporting CP v Tottenham 2-0 FT
Olympique Marseille v Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 FT

[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Typical 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/RhHn4pDKuq">pic.twitter.com/RhHn4pDKuq</a></p>&mdash; Av (@aviv_lavi) <a href="https://twitter.com/aviv_lavi/status/1569781596756082691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Merry Mockmas]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Typical 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/RhHn4pDKuq">pic.twitter.com/RhHn4pDKuq</a></p>&mdash; Av (@aviv_lavi) <a href="https://twitter.com/aviv_lavi/status/1569781596756082691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:joker:

[bots]

it was actually Man U last thursday :laugh:

[Nicky91]

prayers for the salzburg fans, with lack of security now in London

:worry:

[Calderyon]

Match Day 2

Groups A(1/2), E-H

Rangers v Napoli 0-3 FT
AC Milan v Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 FT
Chelsea v Red Bull Salzburg 1-1 FT
Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic 1-1 FT
Real Madrid v RB Leipzig 2-0 FT
FC Copenhagen v Sevilla 0-0 FT
Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund 2-1 FT
Juventus v Benfica 1-2 FT
Maccabi Haifa v PSG 1-3 FT

[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We love Rangers!<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/7m9UWFZHoq">pic.twitter.com/7m9UWFZHoq</a></p>&mdash; Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1570171571280437249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rangers tribute to The Queen this evening <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RFC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATP</a> <a href="https://t.co/XVPL3iHO2Y">pic.twitter.com/XVPL3iHO2Y</a></p>&mdash; FootballAwaydays (@Awaydays23) <a href="https://twitter.com/Awaydays23/status/1570125354488201217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Christmas Dynasnow]

The minutes silence was incredible - you can hear a pin drop

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Absolutely incredible this by everyone at Rangers 👏 <a href="https://t.co/yv9ZFwGWkr">pic.twitter.com/yv9ZFwGWkr</a></p>&mdash; B G (@BG__85) <a href="https://twitter.com/BG__85/status/1570128572433440771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Christmas Dynasnow]

meanwhile at celtic

Celtic fans hold '****** the Crown' sign

A banner in the Celtic end stated "****** the Crown" while another one said "Sorry for
your loss Michael Fagan", in reference to the intruder who broke into the Queen's
Buckingham Palace bedroom in 1982.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/resources/images/15337735.jpg?type=responsive-gallery-fullscreen

repulsive :skull:

[Merry Mockmas]

it was actually Man U last thursday :laugh:

I think they meant since King Charles inauguration.

[Merry Mockmas]

meanwhile at celtic

Celtic fans hold '****** the Crown' sign

A banner in the Celtic end stated "****** the Crown" while another one said "Sorry for
your loss Michael Fagan", in reference to the intruder who broke into the Queen's
Buckingham Palace bedroom in 1982.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/resources/images/15337735.jpg?type=responsive-gallery-fullscreen

repulsive :skull:

Typical from them.

[Nicky91]

GO Roger, unexpected that win over Juventus in Torino


see it shows, when you got the players and the money, you can be a good coach


he didn't have either at PSV


and Benfica doesn't seem to miss Nunez that much :laugh:

[Nicky91]

Haaland :hehe:


change your nationality asap and you can play euro cups and world cups, instead of being with norway whom will never ever compete at euro cups and certainly not world cups

[Nicky91]

hoping Sheriff will book a surprise win over United tonight

i mean they are capable of upsets against top teams (like against real madrid in CL)



smug Ten Hag and other smug bitch Antony deserve that (ajax is sooooo better off without these two arrogant clowns)

[Nicky91]

ajax lost to liverpool yes


but Alfred Schreuder what a legend in his reaction ''we can learn from this'' :worship:


Ten Hag, Antony, Martinez could nevah give in to their mistakes

[bots]

Manchester United make five changes to the side last lost their Europa League opener against Real Sociedad last Thursday.

Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof, Casemiro, Fred and Anthony Elanga drop out from that game, with Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho coming in.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Dalot, Martinez, Varane, Malacia, McTominay, Eriksen, Fernandes, Antony, Sancho, Ronaldo.

[bots]

That was Cristiano Ronaldo's 699th goal at club level. Can he find number 700 today?

:worship:

[bots]

on the BBC live feed .....

United could do with another goal so they can chill out and make some changes. A Sheriff goal would make this very interesting.

Very interesting by Europa League standards of course...

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The shade :joker:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

well done Hammers and Jambos

f you Shamrock Rovers :dance:

[Merry Mockmas]

Poor Shamrock.

Well done to West Ham though.

[Nicky91]

Sheriff did nicely against United, only a small difference loss, and still looking good for them as long as they win against Omonia and secure 3rd place further which is for conference league, that is their main goal i think, survive the winter in european cup football

:)

[Nicky91]

lucky Djurgarden in final minutes getting the 3 points with 3-2 home win over Molde



good fight for Kosovo's Ballkani against Slavia Prague although 2-3 loss




oopsie moment for Monaco home against Ferencvaros a 0-1 upset loss (hungarians now with 6 points :o)



Union Saint-Gilloise nice comeback and fight against Malmo




controversial red card for HJK Helsinki, and once again Van Boekel VAR :facepalm: was it really a red card, i thought the defender was on one line with at least one more hjk defender, and so soon in the game :(



messy match between Rennais and Fenerbahce, Rennais giving it away thx to red card and the penalty moment in 90+2 still a point though

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Poor Shamrock.



https://content.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/emoticons/mutley.gif

[Merry Mockmas]

https://content.invisioncic.com/Mrangmedia/emoticons/mutley.gif

The Irish teams need pity imo, they make Birmingham City look like Real Madrid.:laugh:

[Christmas Dynasnow]

The Irish teams need pity imo, they make Birmingham City look like Real Madrid.:laugh:

Big win for the Blues this week

[Nicky91]

todays games

Ajax - Napoli

Liverpool - Rangers

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Club Brugge - Atletico Madrid

FC Porto - Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayern Munich - Viktoria Plzen

Inter Milan - Barcelona

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Olympique Marseille - Sporting CP

Eintracht Frankfurt - Tottenham Hotspur


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tomorrows games

RB Salzburg - Dinamo Zagreb

Chelsea - AC Milan

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RB Leipzig - Celtic

Real Madrid - Shakhtar Donetsk

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Manchester City - FC Copenhagen

Sevilla - Borussia Dortmund

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Benfica - Paris Saint-Germain

Juventus - Maccabi Haifa


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thursdays games Europa League

FC Zurich - PSV

Arsenal - Bodo/Glimt
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Fenerbahce - AEK Larnaca

Stade Rennais - Dinamo Kyiv
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HJK Helsinki - Ludogorets

AS Roma - Real Betis
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Malmo FF - Union Berlin

SC Braga - Union Saint-Gillioise
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Omonia Nicosia - Manchester United

FC Sheriff - Real Sociedad
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Sturm Graz - Lazio Roma

FC Midtjylland - Feyenoord
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SC Freiburg - FC Nantes

Olympiakos - FK Qarabag
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AS Monaco - Trabzonspor

Red Star Belgrade - Ferencvaros

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thursday europa conference league

Heart of Midlothian - Fiorentina

FK RFS - Basaksehir
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Silkeborg - FCSB

Anderlecht - West Ham United
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Lech Poznan - Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Villarreal - Austria Wien
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FC Slovacko - OGC Nice

1.FC Koln - Partizan Belgrade
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SK Dnipro-1 - FC Vaduz

AZ - Apollon Limassol
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Molde FK - Shamrock Rovers

AA Gent - Djurgarden
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Sivasspor - FK Ballkani

Slavia Prague - CFR Cluj
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FC Pyunik Yerevan - Zalgiris Vilnius

FC Basel - Slovan Bratislava

[bots]

rangers are a million miles behind in the CL. The best they can hope for is to fluke 1 result on the way

[Nicky91]

rangers are a million miles behind in the CL. The best they can hope for is to fluke 1 result on the way

all is not lost though (with 4 matches left to play)


only 3 points behind Liverpool, Ajax, in terms of surviving winter in european cup football


will be tough but not really impossible



the surprise of the CL so far is Club Brugge i think, a surprising 1st place in a group with Porto, Atletico Madrid, Leverkusen



Spurs away against Frankfurt (with Mario Gotze) not an easy one either i think



the most open group has to be Group E

1. AC Milan 4
2. Dinamo Zagreb 3
3. RB Salzburg 2
4. Chelsea 1


only 1 point separated from each other

[Calderyon]

MD3:

Groups A-D

Ajax v Napoli 1-6 FT
Liverpool v Rangers 2-0 FT
Club Brugge v Athletico Madrid 2-0 FT
FC Porto v Bayern Leverkusen 2-0 FT
Bayern Munchen v Viktoria Plzen 5-0 FT
Inter Milan v Barcelona 1-0 FT
Marseille v Sporting CP 4-1 FT
Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham 0-0 HT

[Nicky91]

Bayern not missing Lewandowski at all




Ajax :hehe: what on earth happened there



Club Brugge 9 points rest on 3 points, omg who could've expected that too

[The Slim Reaper]

Imagine losing to englands 85th choice right back :smug:

[ChristmasNeeve]

Imagine losing to englands 85th choice right back :smug:

https://c.tenor.com/PbxvKgSWVsUAAAAd/trent-alexander-arnold-alexander-arnold.gif

[Nicky91]

Mario Gotze showing he still got it, doing his best to draw 0-0 against a premier league top team Spurs as underdogs Frankfurt

[bots]

haaland scores 1-0 :joker:

[Zizu]

haaland scores 1-0 :joker:


And another .. 2:0

He’s scored the same number of champions league goals as Ryan Giggs .. already at just 22 yrs old


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[Zizu]

Why take Haaland off at half time when he has scored two and would set a new recurs with 4 condensed hattricks in home games


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Jude Bellingham has become the first midfielder in Champions League history
to score in three consecutive appearances while still a teenager.

[Calderyon]

MD3:

Groups E-H

Red Bull Salzburg v Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 FT
Chelsea v AC Milan 3-0 FT
RB Leipzig v Celtic 3-1 FT
Real Madrid v Shaktar Donetsk 2-1 FT
Manchester City v FC Copenhagen 5-0 FT
Sevilla v Borussia Dortmund 1-4 FT
Juventus v Maccabi Haifa 3-1 FT
SL Benfica v Paris SG 1-1 FT

[Nicky91]

Roger Schmidt drawing 1-1 against the almighty PSG

:o :o :o


and here in eindhoven he was called a flop manager, well good on him for slaying at his current job :D