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Match Galatasaray VS Tottenham Hotspur. Thursday 7th November @17:45. UEFA Europa League.
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Yeah, the seeding for the knock-outs will depend on where you finish.
There will be a draw for the play-off round and a draw for the RO16. So as an example 15th will get drawn either 17th or 18th and 16th place will face whoever they don't get on the other side of the bracket. And then in the RO16, 1st or 2nd will draw to see which of the winners (of 15/16/17/18) they face which will also tell them which side of the bracket they're on with the other team ending up on the other side of the bracket. Once the RO16 draw is done, the path to the final should be laid out. The finishing position will also affect who plays home/away when. 1st/2nd would play the return leg at home all the way to the final should they make it.
You can see on the photo above what appears to be a weakness that Galatasaray exhibited in their game vs Man Utd and which led to a goal being conceded. You can see on the photo above how Galatasaray was not cohesive in its set up. One player was tightly pressing the opposition while the other was not.
And then you can click on this link to watch the sequence of play (from second 28):
View: https://youtu.be/6e2vOI4RiYA?t=28
Notice how the lower player was late but still decided to try and press. Such a lack of cohesion is generally sign of poor teams and of poor team set-ups. A team can decide to press or not to press but whatever it does it should do it cohesively. As a unit. Altogether. Top teams that press well are extremely well drilled in things like that and all players move together as a single unit, and are very difficult to break down. This was obviously not the case with Galatasaray in this instance and it led to a goal. I suspect that one can generally expect teams in the Turkish league to not be so well drilled and organized as the teams in England, but I've never really watched Turkish football.
Unfortunately I will miss the game tonight , hopefully at the end it is still unfortunately I missed it and not fortunately I missed it . So COYS make me regret not watching it , put on a show or sneak a win I’m not bothered how we do it . Most importantly come through it with no more injuries
Enjoy the game everyone
Enjoy the game everyone
You can see on the photo above what appears to be a weakness that Galatasaray exhibited in their game vs Man Utd and which led to a goal being conceded. You can see on the photo above how Galatasaray was not cohesive in its set up. One player was tightly pressing the opposition while the other was not.
And then you can click on this link to watch the sequence of play (from second 28):
View: https://youtu.be/6e2vOI4RiYA?t=28
Notice how the lower player was late but still decided to try and press. Such a lack of cohesion is generally sign of poor teams and of poor team set-ups. A team can decide to press or not to press but whatever it does it should do it cohesively. As a unit. Altogether. Top teams that press well are extremely well drilled in things like that and all players move together as a single unit, and are very difficult to break down. This was obviously not the case with Galatasaray in this instance and it led to a goal. I suspect that one can generally expect teams in the Turkish league to not be so well drilled and organized as the teams in England, but I've never really watched Turkish football.
yes thats a good point. that player is Angeliño, he came with loan from leipzig, than galatasaray decided not to pay the fee because his defensive lacking. he was not good enough to play as a full-back. he plays for rome right now.
Galatasaray's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera is their captain. But judging by the second Man Utd goal (which happens to have been ruled out as an offside) he is not a fantastic goalkeeper.
In this position a fantastic goalkeeper would do everything the same as Muslera but he would position himself at about where that yellow mark is. Fantastic goalkeepers have great movement and positioning which they use to close down the angles as much as possible. Fantastic goalkeepers are not very common.
This is not to say that Fernando Muslera is a bad keeper or a bad player. It is just to say that in my opinion he is not great or fantastic at least judging by these highlights which are the only football plays of his that I've seen.
Here is the video link from second 296:
View: https://youtu.be/6e2vOI4RiYA?t=296
In this position a fantastic goalkeeper would do everything the same as Muslera but he would position himself at about where that yellow mark is. Fantastic goalkeepers have great movement and positioning which they use to close down the angles as much as possible. Fantastic goalkeepers are not very common.
This is not to say that Fernando Muslera is a bad keeper or a bad player. It is just to say that in my opinion he is not great or fantastic at least judging by these highlights which are the only football plays of his that I've seen.
Here is the video link from second 296:
View: https://youtu.be/6e2vOI4RiYA?t=296
I was in Turkey earlier in the year and had a lovely time, people seemed so friendly and the weather was amazing, would highly recommend for a holiday and I will defiantly be going back, my question to all the Turkish fans lurking is how are away fans likely to be treated tonight , obviously i'm talking about those who just want to go to the game and not have a scrap ?
The worst thing for me about Turkish people and fighting is their habit of using knives. If you served in BAOR I'm sure that you would have been aware of incidents where the Turkish guys that got in rucks weren't shy about getting the cutlery out. Hopefully our support stay cool and act friendly, so nothing kicks off.
But agree 100% on the friendliness of the Turkish people on holidays
Jesus, it’s like watching Only ConnectYeah, the seeding for the knock-outs will depend on where you finish.
There will be a draw for the play-off round and a draw for the RO16. So as an example 15th will get drawn either 17th or 18th and 16th place will face whoever they don't get on the other side of the bracket. And then in the RO16, 1st or 2nd will draw to see which of the winners (of 15/16/17/18) they face which will also tell them which side of the bracket they're on with the other team ending up on the other side of the bracket. Once the RO16 draw is done, the path to the final should be laid out. The finishing position will also affect who plays home/away when. 1st/2nd would play the return leg at home all the way to the final should they make it.
I think Gala will give the ball to us and try to create chances through long balls. I don't expect high pressure.
thankfully without the Queen of Smug this timeJesus, it’s like watching Only Connect
He should be taking it seriously. I thought he was all about changing the underlying attitude at the club? He doesn't do that by accepting losses and free hits. We should never go into a game not caring if we win, that's losers mentality.
Some of you chatting shit like "we've as good as qualified, the rest of the games are easy". Fuck me, how long have you lot been watching Spurs? Is this your first rodeo? Yeah on paper we should roll over Rangers. Will we though? It's a different question entirely. Theyll be treating it as a cup final, if your attitude, and the attitude of others, is allowed to permeate we'll not take that seriously either and they'll roll us over.
As for the number of kids he's taking, that's the situation we're in. Romero, VDV, Werner, Richy are all injured.
At the end of the day it's personal opinion. I'm much more engaged in the Europa League this season as it's something decent we can win. We can't realistically win the league.
Agree with every single word.
Treating the additions to our absentee list as a half-baked 'gotcha' is some pretty weak sauce too.
Pretty sure Daniel is trying the new AI Levybot.
Absolute disaster so far. Expect an update the .2 version must be coming soon.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use photos so much on this forum. It’s like they have just found the upload image button.
Jesus, it’s like watching Only Connect
Without Victoria
hey, im a galatasaray fan from istanbul, as i mentioned before in this thread, since youre not a fenerbahce or besiktas fan youre gonna be alright unless you get stupidly drunk and look for a trouble. as long as you act friendly no one gonna do anything to you. you can even have fun with the guys i believe. honestly i came to this forum to see some cocky comments like manU fans did last years Ucl game, but you guys seem pretty reasonable
hey, im a galatasaray fan from istanbul, as i mentioned before in this thread, since youre not a fenerbahce or besiktas fan youre gonna be alright unless you get stupidly drunk and look for a trouble. as long as you act friendly no one gonna do anything to you. you can even have fun with the guys i believe. honestly i came to this forum to see some cocky comments like manU fans did last years Ucl game, but you guys seem pretty reasonable
People often say you will find some of the most reasonable people on the planet in this forum.
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