TBF. The sooner the club realizes this, the sooner we will become successful.And then the manager comes out with stuff like "There are no easy games in modern football......"
You don't build a successful football club by taking games easily.
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TBF. The sooner the club realizes this, the sooner we will become successful.And then the manager comes out with stuff like "There are no easy games in modern football......"
15 or 17 games till glory.........
Roma and Villareal "look like" the only credible opposition but I can see many frustrating Thursday nights ahead where we scrape a 1 nil win over a bunch of part timers or are held to a boring crappy draw.
And then the manager comes out with stuff like "There are no easy games in modern football......"
Roma and Villarreal are the only 2 good teams.
We probably wouldn't face them until the QF's at the earliest.
You may also get 1 or 2 good teams drop from the EL for whatever reason.
In reality we won't need to play any first teamers until probably the QF'S
Therefore its a competition where despite the banter it:
- Provides the youth with minutes
- Keeps our 2nd XI fit and so they can be called upon in the league.
- Away trips for our fans
- Revenue for the club through gate reciepts as well as TV/tournament money
It also means we can still fully concentrate on the league because our first team will probably just stay at home while other go on the away trips etc.. its almost like having no Europe because no strength is required to play these teams until very deep into the competition.
I can't even remember the team that would have dropped down out of our group this season...Remember that teams that do poorly in the Europa League will drop into this competition during the knockout phase. So some more decent teams will be in there later on.
thank fuck Dinamo Zagreb aren't in this2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Right scroll right down and look at the quality that awaits....Sad thing is one of these teams is going to knock us out at some point...
We start in the playoff game before the group stage....
Not decided yet I think. It will be a mix between the teams in the earlier play off rounds. And some teams dropping down from the EL qualifiers.Who are in the pool of possible opponents in the playoff round?
Agreed - we were 8 minutes away going out to Plovdiv - luckily now it's a 2-legged affairNot decided yet I think. It will be a mix between the teams in the earlier play off rounds. And some teams dropping down from the EL qualifiers.
It shouldn't be that hard to handle in other words. But following Zagreb it is obvious that we need to take every opponent seriously.
At least we only need to play the one leg instead of three like this season.
Yup.Agreed - we were 8 minutes away going out to Plovdiv - luckily now it's a 2-legged affair
You'll see. You'll change your mind by the time it comes.
It does sound shit, I can see why, but we made by getting higher than Woolwich, that win vs Leicester was nice if we get far in this tournament, I think we will take it very seriously.
As we should, were not at the moment when we should pick what trophy to win.
Europa league is that. This is poor mans versionGo all out to win it. It looks like the old cup winners cup.
Farmers United Crakow Kollectiv won the Polish league cup.Who are in the pool of possible opponents in the playoff round?
That's the problem inherent at Spurs......TBF. The sooner the club realizes this, the sooner we will become successful.
You don't build a successful football club by taking games easily.
Europa is the continuation of the Uefa, though a bit easier than in the old days as now more good teams go into the champions league.Europa league is that. This is poor mans version
Exactly. We deserved to go out to Zagreb because we did not take them seriously. We had already skirted that a few times this season earlier in the campaign against Antwerp, Plovdiv and LASK.That's the problem inherent at Spurs......
We waltz into games like Zagreb as if just turning up is enough and then act all surprised when we get our arses handed to us on a plate.
This would be a real shame but would actually give the chance for a massive away allocation. I've been to both stadiums and they are both excellent in different ways. Berlin as a whole is also class.It looks like they have to play in the stadium from Hertha Berlin / Olympiastadium