Europa League 11/12

[Cripps_orig]

Birmingham miss a penalty

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rubin Kazan 4-1 Shamrock Rovers.

:rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Celtic 0-1 Atleti, Arda Turan. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Braga 1-0 Birmingham, Hugo Viana.

[Cripps_orig]

1-0 Braga

Viana

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Gallas, Bassong, Rose, Lennon, Livermore, Modric, Pienaar, Defoe, Kane.
Subs: Cudicini, Bale, Falque, Walker, Townsend, Fredericks, Carroll.

PAOK Salonika: Chalkias, Etto, Malezas, Contreras, Stafylidis, Lazar, Pablo Garcia, Fotakis, Salpingidis, Georgiadis, Athanasiadis.
Subs: Kresic, Balafas, Cirillo, Sznaucner, Ivic, Arias, Papazoglou.

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Holland)

[Master Splinter]

Gomes is playing :bow:.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Spuds 1-0 down poor defending

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Spuds 2-0 down now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PAOK. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Spuds :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Apparently you can make squaddies lose. :lol: I don't understand it though. If the Spuds did make the Champions League their coefficient is likely to be much poorer than it was last time and thus probably get a Citeh type group.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 1-2 PAOK, Modric pelanty. PAOK are down to 10 men too.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

1-2 now

[Master Splinter]

That was a shocking decision. It hit the player on the waist, nowhere near his hand.

Yet the Channel Five commentators keep saying it was definitely a handball.

I'm not sure if it's just the 'Arry's wonderful Spurs bias or that they're completely blind and utterly stupid.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That was a shocking decision. It hit the player on the waist, nowhere near his hand.

Yet the Channel Five commentators keep saying it was definitely a handball.

I'm not sure if it's just the 'Arry's wonderful Spurs bias or that they're completely blind and utterly stupid.
It's Channel 5, so definitely the latter.

[Coney]

That was a shocking decision. It hit the player on the waist, nowhere near his hand.

Yet the Channel Five commentators keep saying it was definitely a handball.

I'm not sure if it's just the 'Arry's wonderful Spurs bias or that they're completely blind and utterly stupid.

No - it is simply because it is the English league team - just straight forward jingoism. :good:

[Master Splinter]

Collymore is the voice of reason. :wacko:

He says it's a harsh decision yet Rosenthal says it hits his hand and has to go off. :doh:

The guy even moved his arms backwards clearly. Closer to his nose than his hand.

[Cripps_orig]

Birmingham lost thenClub Bruge in their group came back from 3-0 in Maribor with 4 goals in the last 15 mins.Udinese drew 0-0 in Rennes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for the Spuds. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One of the PAOK players was down with a head injury near the area. Defoe scuffs one in, the goal was given. Now I believe it has been taken away.

:haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

One of the PAOK players was down with a head injury near the area. Defoe scuffs one in, the goal was given. Now I believe it has been taken away.

:haha:

Defoe was offside anyways.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How haven't the Spuds scored? :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds have Bale, Lennon and Modric on the pitch. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Defoe was offside anyways.

Nah, he wasn't. It came off a PAOK player. I think it was given for a foul - it was a shocker of a challenge from Defoe.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bale. :lol:

Puts it miles wide. And high.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Nah, he wasn't. It came off a PAOK player. I think it was given for a foul - it was a shocker of a challenge from Defoe.

Dirty Challenge lol should have even been booked.

[GP]

:haha:


I remember when we lost to PAOK in 97..

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Five added minutes. Come on you Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinoupolitón's.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bale heads it over. :lol:

Oh give it up Channel 5, it's obvious why it was disallowed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Terrible freekick from Bale.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds 1-2 PAOK, FT.

:haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Spuds :pal:

[Master Splinter]

Spuds :haha:.

Couldn't beat the 10-man pub team even with the help of a corrupt referee.

PAOK :bow:.

Spuds :haha:.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Glory Glory time, Maccy do the honurs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm busy on another thread!

[Marc Overmars]

Sperz. :lol:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Spuds more or less out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Further to what I said about coefficients, they aren't even in the top 25 currently. :lol:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

:haha: Spurs, should have taken the comp more seriously.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha: Spurs, should have taken the comp more seriously.

Forgot to log in with a different account? :unsure:

[Marc Overmars]

After a quiet November, December could be another mental month for Charlie.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Forgot to log in with a different account? :unsure:

?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

After a quiet November, December could be another mental month for Charlie.

Its a trophy is it not, don't see what mental about saying they should have taken it seriously.

[Marc Overmars]

Its a trophy is it not, don't see what mental about saying they should have taken it seriously.

No.

You were weirdly having a discussion with yourself but now you've edited it.

Charlie's Mental Month. :bow:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

No.

You were weirdly having a discussion with yourself but now you've edited it.

Charlie's Mental Month. :bow:

Did that by Accident, Instead of hit reply at the bottom, i hit the one of my older post.

[Syn]

Europa League is not a very good tournament. Effectively a prize for being 17th best. Though in the Carling Cup you have sides like Blackburn 'forfeiting' (their manager's not-so-wisely chosen words) the game.

[Marc Overmars]

Wilshere has been WUMming tonight.


Nothing better on a wednesday night than a stir fry and watching the spurs get beat at the lane! #loveit


Congratulations to #PAOK great win....maybe spurs should stick to Thursday nights they are not very good on wednesdays.....#MaybeNextTime


Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, #Spursday, friday, saturday....sunday!

What a man.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Europa League is not a very good tournament. Effectively a prize for being 17th best. Though in the Carling Cup you have sides like Blackburn 'forfeiting' (their manager's not-so-wisely chosen words) the game.

Yeah but like I say, doing shit it in affects your ability to get a favourable draw in the Champions League. And in Tottenham's case, getting back in to the Champions League is clearly their aim. I think Champions League drop out teams do help the quality of it - especially as it could be three English clubs this time. :whistle: Plus there are teams like Atleti and Udinese in it currently - and those teams do care about it.

Blackburn doing it is a bit stupid when you need to keep your job but it doesn't directly impinge on your other aims.

The problem with the tournament, for me, isn't that it exists in the first place; it's more the structure of it and when the games take place.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Wilshere has been WUMming tonight.




What a man.

Love JW tweets, what a true gooner he is lol.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Europa League is not a very good tournament. Effectively a prize for being 17th best. Though in the Carling Cup you have sides like Blackburn 'forfeiting' (their manager's not-so-wisely chosen words) the game.

Bring back the cup winners cup tbh, let all the dross play in that and make the Europa league for better teams. tbf its too may games with shite teams, its a bore till the Semi final no one wants to watch a comp like that.

As for Blackburn all the bottom teams in the EPL seem to do that because they want to focus on the EPL, QPR did the same thing too. its silly just don't know why they don't try their luck tbh.

But the media only pick on us when we play kids and we get told have we could have won the cup if we played a stonger team and all that.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Yeah but like I say, doing shit it in affects your ability to get a favourable draw in the Champions League. And in Tottenham's case, getting back in to the Champions League is clearly their aim. I think Champions League drop out teams do help the quality of it - especially as it could be three English clubs this time. :whistle: Plus there are teams like Atleti and Udinese in it currently - and those teams do care about it.

Blackburn doing it is a bit stupid when you need to keep your job but it doesn't directly impinge on your other aims.

The problem with the tournament, for me, isn't that it exists in the first place; it's more the structure of it and when the games take place.

Thats stupid though, i mean its a trophy as we keep being told by those twits Gough and Durham. Like you say if they won it and got in the Cl they would get a better draw.

It seems to me they think they are too big for it which is silly, the Likes of Gallas seemed like they were not trying hard tonight. If that was us we'd accused of being Arrogant.

[Syn]

Bring back the cup winners cup tbh, let all the dross play in that and make the Europa league for better teams. tbf its too may games with shite teams, its a bore till the Semi final no one wants to watch a comp like that.

As for Blackburn all the bottom teams in the EPL seem to do that because they want to focus on the EPL, QPR did the same thing too. its silly just don't know why they don't try their luck tbh.

But the media only pick on us when we play kids and we get told have we could have won the cup if we played a stonger team and all that.

There's a definite trade-off...most teams in the premier league don't play their best teams. That's not to say they don't value it in other ways - e.g. what better opportunities would we have to see Frimpong or Oxlade test themselves against experience in a competitive fixture. But I get the feeling if there was a vote tomorrow, most clubs out of the 20 would be in favour of scrapping the competition. As far as I know, most foreign leagues only have one domestic competition. But on the other hand, lower league clubs can make a lot of money out of it and probably value the Carling Cup a lot, and you have to respect that. :shrug:

[Marc Overmars]

If we're in it next year, I fully expect Vinger to play a CC team, maybe even ticket prices would be reduced for it.

Shite ass competition.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

There's a definite trade-off...most teams in the premier league don't play their best teams. That's not to say they don't value it in other ways - e.g. what better opportunities would we have to see Frimpong or Oxlade test themselves against experience in a competitive fixture. But I get the feeling if there was a vote tomorrow, most clubs out of the 20 would be in favour of scrapping the competition. As far as I know, most foreign leagues only have one domestic competition. But on the other hand, lower league clubs can make a lot of money out of it and probably value the Carling Cup a lot, and you have to respect that. :shrug:

I deffo think its a good comp and its good to blood the youngsters its something we have always done under AW and always will. And im sure if the other top teams had youth players as good as ours they would too.

Maybe the CC should be a comp where you can choose to play in it or not that way, it will mean something with teams who want to be in it. The early rounds seem to be the best like you say the lower league teams go for it and you can tell they enjoy themselves.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MO, I'd rather we would go for it really. It's odd that the competition is only derided so much over here. The bloated nature of it, doesn't help it - granted.

[Marc Overmars]

MO, I'd rather we would go for it really. It's odd that the competition is only derided so much over here. The bloated nature of it, doesn't help it - granted.

I think my interest being as fickle as it is, would increase if we got to the latter stages, like the CC. I just don't really rate it as a competition, but I suspect taking being in the CL for granted has warped my perception of it. I do think the club would treat it as a European CC though.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I think my interest being as fickle as it is, would increase if we got to the latter stages, like the CC. I just don't really rate it as a competition, but I suspect taking being in the CL for granted has warped my perception of it. I do think the club would treat it as a European CC though.

Same with all gooners though, I think we'd have a right to feel we are too good for it as we have been in the Cl for ages but clubs like City and Spurs, who don't really have a bond with the CL should be greatful when they get in it.

However if we got it it like maccy saud we should try and go for it its a trophy after all. and how far would you play the kids up too?

[LDG]

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, #Spursday, friday, saturday....sunday!


Jack :bow:

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Thursday, 1 December 2011
Lokomotiv Moscow v Sturm Graz, GpL, 17:00
AEK Athens v Anderlecht, GpL, 18:00
AEK Larnaca v Maccabi Haifa, GpJ, 18:00
FC Twente v Fulham, GpK, 18:00
Odense BK v Wisla Krakow, GpK, 18:00
Schalke 04 v Steaua Bucharest, GpJ, 18:00
Athletic Bilbao v Slovan Bratislava, GpF, 20:05
FC Vaslui v Lazio, GpD, 20:05
Macc Tel-Aviv v Besiktas, GpE, 20:05
Red Bull Salzburg v Paris SG, GpF, 20:05
Sporting v FC Zurich, GpD, 20:05
Stoke v Dynamo Kiev, GpE, 20:05

Fulham on ESPN

Stoke on ITV4

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just noticed that in Birmingham's group, Braga have already qualified yet they're second, whilst Brugges who are first haven't. :haha:

Head-to-head records. :doh:

[LDG]

Thursday, 1 December 2011
Lokomotiv Moscow v Sturm Graz, GpL, 17:00
AEK Athens v Anderlecht, GpL, 18:00
AEK Larnaca v Maccabi Haifa, GpJ, 18:00
FC Twente v Fulham, GpK, 18:00
Odense BK v Wisla Krakow, GpK, 18:00
Schalke 04 v Steaua Bucharest, GpJ, 18:00
Athletic Bilbao v Slovan Bratislava, GpF, 20:05
FC Vaslui v Lazio, GpD, 20:05
Macc Tel-Aviv v Besiktas, GpE, 20:05
Red Bull Salzburg v Paris SG, GpF, 20:05
Sporting v FC Zurich, GpD, 20:05
Stoke v Dynamo Kiev, GpE, 20:05

Fulham on ESPN

Stoke on ITV4

Come on Fulham.

Hope Pulis and his band of trolls get stuffed.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Man City are 6-5 Favs to win the comp say the bookies.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City are 6-5 Favs to win the comp say the bookies.

They're not even in it yet.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

They're not even in it yet.

tell that to paddy power

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Even if they were it'd be a bit stupid because they aren't likely to play their main team in it.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

tell that to paddy power

I thin you're looking at the Carling Cup.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I thin you're looking at the Carling Cup.

Nah the guy said it on talk sport yesterday, because they have 1 foot in it, they more or less favs right now.

[Cripps_orig]

FC Twente: Mihailov, Rosales, Wisgerhof, Douglas, Tiendalli, Brama, Fer, Landzaat, Bajrami, de Jong, Chadli. Subs: Marsman, Cornelisse, Bengtsson, Janko, Buysse, John, Gouriye.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Kelly, Hughes, Hangeland, Riise, Dembele, Davies, Murphy, Duff, Johnson, Zamora. Subs: Etheridge, Orlando Sa, Kasami, Senderos, Gecov, Frei, Briggs.

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

[Cripps_orig]

Stoke: Begovic, Shotton, Huth, Upson, Higginbotham, Pennant, Palacios, Diao, Delap, Jones, Jerome. Subs: Nash, Fuller, Wilson, Shawcross, Whitehead, Walters, Crouch.

Dynamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy, Danilo Silva, Yussuf, Khacheridi, Betao, Gusev, Aliev, Vukojevic, Yarmolenko, Ideye, Shevchenko. Subs: Koval, Milevskiy, Haruna, Adi, Ninkovic, Leandro Almeida, Correa.

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Twente 1-0 Fulham, Janko.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Andy Johnson sent off. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

Johnson sent off

[Cripps_orig]

0-1 Kiev

Upson OG

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stoke. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Anon via text: "Improbable but not impossible that Arsenal could be the ONLY British team left in Europe in 2012... what price please bookies?"


:doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stoke 1-1 Dynamo Kiev, Jones.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT. Stoke are the first English side in to the knockout rounds. :faint:

Arsenal and Stoke. :bow: England's finest.

[Coney]

1-1 FT. Stoke are the first English side in to the knockout rounds. :faint:

Arsenal and Stoke. :bow: England's finest.

And ironically, Stoke might be in the Europa League with Citeh, Chavs and Manu. :pray:

[Xhaka Can’t]

And ironically, Stoke might be in the Europa League with Citeh, Chavs and Manu. :pray:
Hey Alanis!

What's ironic about that?

[Coney]

Hey Alanis!

What's ironic about that?

Alright. Funny, then.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Alright. Funny, then.

That's alright!

[Cripps_orig]

Hello Man Utd and Man City :)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Their draw will be on at about 12PM next Friday.

http://i41.tinypic.com/beh3yp.jpg

[Syn]

ManCHe5ter United tbf.

Hang on, I've got another one...

ManCHe5ter City.

[Coney]

And ironically, Stoke might be in the Europa League with Citeh, Chavs and Manu. :pray:

Hmmh. Close.

[Master Splinter]

ManCHe5ter United tbf.

Hang on, I've got another one...

ManCHe5ter City.

:haha:

Pathetic but brilliant.

[Marc Overmars]

Just heard that the Manchester clubs are jointly releasing a fragrance for Christmas

Channel No.5

[Xhaka Can’t]

:haha:

[LDG]

Their draw will be on at about 12PM next Friday.

http://i41.tinypic.com/beh3yp.jpg

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Besiktas v Stoke, GpE, 18:00
Dynamo Kiev v Macc Tel-Aviv, GpE, 18:00
FC Zurich v FC Vaslui, GpD, 18:00
Lazio v Sporting, GpD, 18:00
Paris SG v Athletic Bilbao, GpF, 18:00
Slovan Bratislava v Red Bull Salzburg, GpF, 18:00
Anderlecht v Lokomotiv Moscow, GpL, 20:05
Fulham v Odense BK, GpK, 20:05
Maccabi Haifa v Schalke 04, GpJ, 20:05
Steaua Bucharest v AEK Larnaca, GpJ, 20:05
Sturm Graz v AEK Athens, GpL, 20:05
Wisla Krakow v FC Twente, GpK, 20:05

Fulham on 5

Stoke on ESPN

[Master Splinter]

Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has been ruled out of action for up to six weeks with a spinal injury. The Australian injured his neck during Saturday's Premier League match against Swansea. Fulham have recalled David Stockdale from his loan spell at Ipswich as cover.

Stockdale did pretty well last time.

But their squad is even older than Chelsea's. MAF has probably put £3.70 towards the team over the years.

[Cripps_orig]

Besiktas: Recber, Hilbert, Sivok, Korkmaz, Koybasi, Ernst, Uysal, Holosko, Fernandes, Kavlak, Almeida. Subs: Gonen, Toraman, Pektemek, Dag, Julio Alves, Sidnei, De Oliveira.

Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Upson, Diao, Higginbotham, Delap, Palacios, Arismendi, Jones, Jerome, Fuller. Subs: Nash, Pennant, Clarkson, Dawson.

Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG 0-1 Athletic Bilbao, Aurtenetxe. :bow:

PSG are going out as it stands. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG make it 1-1, Pastore.

However Red Bull Salzburg have equalised to make it 2-2 against Slovan Bratislava. That means PSG are still going out. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Besiktas 0-1 Stoke, Fuller.

[Master Splinter]

Stoke in Europe :bow:.

Even their reserve team is awesome.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG 2-1 Athletic Bilbao, Bodmer. PSG are going through as it stands, I think they could possibly face Man Utd or Citeh.

[Master Splinter]

Shamsul Islam on Twitter: "Best thing about Stoke in Europe, is the guarantee of an honest , passionate game from the players. Respect to Tony P for that."

I don't know what's scarier about this comment; the fact that it seems genuine or that it's by someone not called Jeff Davies.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GHELs. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-3 Salzburg, PSG are going out again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG 2-2 Athletic Bilbao, Lopez.

PSG. :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

1915: GOALFLASH Besiktas 1-1 Stoke (Manuel Fernandes)

RED CARD (Stoke's Matthew Upson)

1914: PENALTY TO BESIKTAS

[Cripps_orig]

Upson sent off :lol:

Besiktas score a penalty

1-1

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Besiktas 2-1 Stoke, Pektemek.

[Cripps_orig]

Fulham: Etheridge, Kelly, Hangeland, Hughes, Briggs, Frei,Gecov, Baird, Dempsey, Dembele, Zamora. Subs: Somogyi,John Arne Riise, Orlando Sa, Kasami, Senderos, Duff, Etuhu.

Odense: Wessels, Ruud, Hoegh, Reginiussen, Mendy, Gislason, Andreasen, Chris Sorensen, Kadrii, Jensen, Utaka. Subs: Krog, Johansson, Schoop, Djemba-Djemba, Johansen, Larsen, Djiby Fall.

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Besiktas 3-1 Stoke, Edu.

Stoke will be second in their group.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG 3-2 Bilbao, Perez og but they need Bratislava to equalise.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG 4-2 Athletic Bilbao, Hoarau pelanty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PSG are out. :haha:

Money well spent.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

PSG are out. :haha:

Money well spent.

Its like last Wednesday all over again LMAO

[Master Splinter]

Etheridge has 0 appearances for Fulham.

But 28 international appearances.

For the Philippines.

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

PSG :haha:.

Leo :haha:.

Didn't feel that good tbh.

Leo :bow:.

[Cripps_orig]

Wtf?

Jim and Stan :doh:

Channel 5 :doh:

Mancs :haha:

[Rors]

Wtf?

Jim and Stan :doh:

Channel 5 :doh:

Mancs :haha:

Ermm, Jim and Stan - you do know the "Thursday nights/Channel5" chant is perjorative right ?Trying to 'reclaim' it just makes you look desperate!

[Cripps_orig]

Another break?

They just came back from one less than 2 minutesa ago

Channel 5 :doh:

Mancs :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dempsey. :haha:

That might be worse than Heskey's shot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fulham 1-0 Odense, Dempsey!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fulham 2-0 Odense, Frei.

[Master Splinter]

Dempsey. :haha:

That might be worse than Heskey's shot.


Fulham 1-0 Odense, Dempsey!

You truly have the gift.

[WMUG]

Stoke finished 3-1 to Besiktas

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bryan Ruiz is in the crowd, after a well earned rest from his exertions this season. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fulham 2-1 Odense, Andreasen. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Djemba-Djemba is coming on for Odense. :yikes:

[Cripps_orig]

Djemba Djemba is on

Manc legend :bow:

Cant believe Villa bought him as well :haha:

Who bought him for Villa? Please let it be MON :pray:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nah, it was O'Leary. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

2-2!!!!!!!!

Fulham are out

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2, Fulham are out! :doh:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

No one to blame but themselves.

Why the fuck did they go all out negative after Odense scored? Its Odense ffs, they are at pub team level.

Jol :wave:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2154: Injury time. We're in it. Odense haven't really stepped up since their goal. Fulham looking good for qualification.

It's not me, it's Dawkes!

[Master Splinter]

Fulham :haha:.

Djemba-Djemba :bow:.

[Marc Overmars]

I never feel like laughing at Fulham. They're just too nice.

[Master Splinter]

The way they played and self-destructed against a Conference-level team definitely deserves a laugh.

Arsenal-esque tbh.

Pre-October 2011 Arsenal tbf.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I never feel like laughing at Fulham. They're just too nice.

You're a good man.

[Kano]

Stoke players were pelted with objects during the Europa League defeat at Besiktas, but manager Tony Pulis says they will not complain to Uefa.

Goalscorer Ricardo Fuller and winger Jermaine Pennant, as he prepared to take a corner, had items directed at them inside the Inonu Stadium.

"We won't be complaining to anyone. We're Stoke and we don't complain," said manager Tony Pulis.

yes tony. i'm sure it had nothing to do with their race, you fucking knobhead

[Cripps_orig]

Thursday, 15 December 2011
FC Copenhagen v Standard Liege, GpB, 18:00
Hannover 96 v Vorskla Poltava, GpB, 18:00
Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Legia Warsaw, GpC, 18:00
PAOK Salonika v Rubin Kazan, GpA, 18:00
PSV Eindhoven v Rapid Bucharest, GpC, 18:00
Shamrock Rovers v Tottenham (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/default.stm), GpA, 18:00
AZ Alkmaar v FC Metalist Kharkiv , GpG, 20:05
Atletico Madrid v Rennes, GpI, 20:05
Austria Vienna v Malmo, GpG, 20:05
Birmingham (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/default.stm) v NK Maribor, GpH, 20:05
Club Brugge v Braga, GpH, 20:05
Udinese v Celtic (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/default.stm), GpI, 20:05

Both Spuds and Brum are on ITV 4

Celtic i assume are on ESPN

Channel 5 dont have anything

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Thursday, 15 December 2011
FC Copenhagen v Standard Liege, GpB, 18:00
Hannover 96 v Vorskla Poltava, GpB, 18:00
Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Legia Warsaw, GpC, 18:00
PAOK Salonika v Rubin Kazan, GpA, 18:00
PSV Eindhoven v Rapid Bucharest, GpC, 18:00
Shamrock Rovers v Tottenham (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/default.stm), GpA, 18:00
AZ Alkmaar v FC Metalist Kharkiv , GpG, 20:05
Atletico Madrid v Rennes, GpI, 20:05
Austria Vienna v Malmo, GpG, 20:05
Birmingham (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/default.stm) v NK Maribor, GpH, 20:05
Club Brugge v Braga, GpH, 20:05
Udinese v Celtic (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/default.stm), GpI, 20:05

Both Spuds and Brum are on ITV 4

Celtic i assume are on ESPN

Channel 5 dont have anything

Thats a good thing too

[Coney]

I never feel like laughing at Fulham. They're just too nice.

I did feel sorry for them, tbh. They're no threat to us league-wise and as long as they roll over and die when we play them, I have no problem with them.

[LDG]

yes tony. i'm sure it had nothing to do with their race, you fucking knobhead

:haha:

"We're Stoke, and we don't complain".

Really?

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Stoke-Cameron-Jerome-sending-off-leaves-Tony-Pulis-angry-with-referee-Anastasios-Kakos-article817137.html

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Stoke-boss-Tony-Pulis-angry-with-Premier-League-over-post-Europa-League-away-fixtures-article805485.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/9163905.stm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2024231/Tony-Pulis-unhappy-Ireland-treatment-Stoke-duo.html

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/813582-pulis-angry-over-disallowed-goal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/stoke-city/8507402/FA-Cup-Final-2011-Tony-Pulis-rails-against-Premier-League-fixtures-on-day-of-Stoke-City-v-Manchester-City.html

And on, and on, and on.....

Fucking twat.

And he's also a cunt.

[Syn]

It happened with Mourinho and Balotelli too - I hated them at first, then I got bored and was indifferent, and now I quite like them. I'm afraid the same is starting to happen with Tony Pulis. He's so ridiculous you can't stay angry with him.

[LDG]

It happened with Mourinho and Balotelli too - I hated them at first, then I got bored and was indifferent, and now I quite like them. I'm afraid the same is starting to happen with Tony Pulis. He's so ridiculous you can't stay angry with him.

I always liked Maureen. Just because he was something different, and I like that arrogant, blunt thing he had going.

Don't care about Balotelli...

But Pubis.

That's going to far.

[Syn]

I agree, that is going too far.

But

"I syn, and I don't complain." - Syn (15/12/11)

Stokology :bow:

[LDG]

Could catch on.

You didn't it :sulk:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shamrock: Brush, Sullivan, Oman, Murray, Stevens, Rice, Turner, Dennehy, Finn, Paterson, Sheppard.
Subs: Thompson, O'Donnell, McCabe, Twigg, Kilduff, O'Neill, Ricketts.

Tottenham: Cudicini, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Livermore, Rose, Townsend, Kranjcar, Sandro, Pienaar, Giovani, Defoe.
Subs: Gomes, Falque, Kane, Carroll.

Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

Hope Basel sign Brush. Sorry.

[Coney]

I agree, that is going too far.

But

"I syn, and I don't complain." - Syn (15/12/11)

Stokology :bow:


"I syn, therfore I am."

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PAOK 1-0 Rubin Kazan. Rubin are down to ten men.

Spuds would need a win by four goals I think.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kranjcar booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shamrock Rovers 0-1 Spuds, Pienaar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Spuds, Townsend. They're in danger of going through if they keep this up. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-3 Defoe. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Ken Shamrock :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

How is it decided if team finish level?

GD or head to head?

If GD, Spuds need 2 more goal to go their way either in Salonika or Ireland.

Dont know what the head to head is between them and Rubin

[Olivier's xmas twist]

0-2 Spuds, Townsend. They're in danger of going through if they keep this up. :lol:

best comp in europle tbf all the big clubs are in it now

[Rors]

"Andross has ordered us to take you down"

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How is it decided if team finish level?

GD or head to head?

If GD, Spuds need 2 more goal to go their way either in Salonika or Ireland.

Dont know what the head to head is between them and Rubin

GD as the games between Spuds and Rubin were both 1-0.

Academic anyway at the moment as it is PAOK 1-1 Rubin. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Livermore should've been sent off, a foul wasn't even given. :lol:

[Rors]

This has been a decent second-half to flip through the Christmas Radio Times to.. ('Soccer Special' on Christmas Day this year, and only an hour. Please don't just be a crummy out-takes programme...)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'd imagine it would be if it is only an hour. It's more fun when they have Merse do a quiz.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a dreadful decision. A pelanty should've at least been given to Shamrock, if not Cudicini being sent off. The decision? Offside. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane makes it 0-4.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds are out. :haha:

:wave:

[Syn]

FFS come on PAOK!

[Syn]

Oh, damn.

Kinda wanted the spuds to get through and face one of the Manchester clubs at one point.

Anyway,

JF :pal:

[Master Splinter]

Spuds :haha:.

What a joke of a club.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

FFS come on PAOK!


Makes no diffrence if they they win

[Syn]

Makes no diffrence if they they win

Ah, so Rubin Kazan was the team I was supposed to be backing...

Me :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Udinese: Handanovic, Benatia, Danilo, Ekstrand, Basta, Agyemang-Badu, Asamoah, Doubai, Armero, Abdi, Di Natale.
Subs: Padelli, Isla, Neuton, Fabbrini, Pereyra, Pinzi, Floro Flores.

Celtic Forster, Cha, Majstorovic, Wanyama, Mulgrew, Forrest, Brown, Kayal, Ki, Samaras, Hooper.
Subs: Zaluska, Kelvin Wilson, Stokes, Bangura, Toshney, George, Twardzik.

Referee: Michail Koukoulakis (Greece)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham: Doyle, Spector, Ibanez, Davies, Murphy, Redmond, Fahey, Gomis, Beausejour, Rooney, Zigic.
Subs: Myhill, Caldwell, Burke, N'Daw, Mutch, Elliott, Wood.

Maribor Handanovic, Potokar, Vidovic, Rajcevic, Arghus, Cvijanovic, Filipovic, Mertelj, Mezga, Tavares, Volas.
Subs: Radan, Milec, Ibraimi, Velikonja, Trajkovski, Lesjak, Beric.

Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

[Cripps_orig]

Ah, so Rubin Kazan was the team I was supposed to be backing...

Me :doh:If you wanted Spuds to go through then no

[Rors]

Lou Macari :blink: ITV bringing out the big guns here...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I hope to god Lou Macari doesn't commentate on a Man Utd game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham 1-0 Maribor, Rooney.

[Cripps_orig]

0-1 Celtic

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Udinese 1-1 Celtic, Di Natale. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid 2-0 Rennes, Falcao pelanty. He is ridiculous in this competition.

Dominguez got the first goal for them.

[Cripps_orig]

Club Bruges 1-1 Braga

Birmingham need Braga to win that

Braga are down to 10

[Cripps_orig]

1-0 FT

Birmingham win

1-1 FT in Bruges

Birmingham are out

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham. :lol:

[Coney]

Shit happens. Especially to shit.

[Cripps_orig]

Celtic also out

Even with a 2nd chance, they fuck it up :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They'll try and get back in at Udinese's expense this time. They were far too Italian or something.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arry's Sky sports interview :bow: went a bit mad there

[Syn]

Birmingham. :lol:

Good stuff.

Now we need to draw Blackpool in the FA Cup after we batter Leeds and Kos has to snap Barry Ferguson in half, and the revenge will be completed.

[dazthegooner]

They'll try and get back in at Udinese's expense this time. They were far too Italian or something.


They have a fare point!sulk:

[LDG]

Birmingham 1-0 Maribor, Rooney.

Wayne :bow:

He's keen to get stuck into the europa league already.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The draw for this is on in half an hour or so. Udinese will probably be drawn against Man Utd.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Europa League music. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Congratulations to the 32 clubs who have made it in to the Europa League. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Here we go. :popcorn:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Here we go

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They couldn't open the balls. :haha:

Porto vs Citeh. :haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Porto vs City

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ajax vs Man Utd. :haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Ajax vs Manchester UTD

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Locomotiv Moscow vs Athletic Bilbao.

[LDG]

Porto vs City

Great LoLs of Fire

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Red Bull Salzburg vs Metalist Krharkiv.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stoke City vs Valencia. :haha:

Alright maybe I have changed my mind about UEFA. :ninja:

[Kaiser]

LOLdado :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rubin Kazan vs Olympiakos.
AZ Alkmaar vs Anderlecht.
Lazio vs Atletico Madrid. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Steaua Bucharest vs Twente.
Viktoria Plzen vs Schalke.
Wisla Krakow vs Standard Liege.

[LDG]

Stoke City vs Valencia. :haha:

Alright maybe I have changed my mind about UEFA. :ninja:

That is pukka. That is choice.

Lollllllll Lolly lolly lollersons!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Braga vs Besiktas.
Udinese vs PAOK.
Trabzonspor vs PSV.
Hannover vs Club Brugge.
Legia Warsaw vs Sporting.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That is pukka. That is choice.

Lollllllll Lolly lolly lollersons!

It'll give us a clue as to whether Barca could hack it on a cold winter night in the Britannia. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Salzburg/Metalist Kharkiv vs Rubin/Olympiakos.

[Syn]

Stoke-Valencia is probably the first UEFA Cup game I'm actually excited about for ages.

I'm looking forward to that more than Arsenal-Milan.

I'm basically a Stoke fan tbf.

Gwarn Delap.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Legia Warsaw/Sporting vs Porto/Citeh. Sporting will probably win their tie.

Ricky Van Wolfswinkel. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Steaua Bucharest/Twente vs Viktoria Plzen/Schalke.
Wisla Krakow/Standard Liege vs Hannover/Club Brugge.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stoke/Valencia vs Trabzonspor/PSV.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AZ/Anderlecht vs Udinese/PAOK.
Lazio/Atletico Madrid vs Braga/Besiktas.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Porto/Man Utd vs Lokomotiv Moscow/Athletic Bilbao.

Man Utd vs Athletic Bilbao would be good stuff. Having to go to Moscow, even better. :ninja:

[Marc Overmars]

Definitely think Red Nose will play his Carling Cup team in this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh might have to play at 5pm on Tuesdays. Man Utd will get preferential treatment (if you can call it that) and play on the usual Thursday slot, such are the regulations about local teams playing the same day.

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen the draw

Stoke :wave:

Mancs :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Stoke v Valencia will be on ESPN, won't it?

FFS.

[Cripps_orig]

Tue 14 Feb

Rubin Kazan v Olympiakos 17:00
Braga v Besiktas 17:30

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stoke vs Valencia is on ESPN. FFS.

[Master Splinter]

:crying:


ITV1 have even cancelled Corrie for the United match.

United: serious business.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's actually Porto vs Citeh they have done it for. :wacko:

Man Utd are on Channel 5. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

But it was all part of a deal to secure as many future United matches to ITV1 as possible.

Probably.

[Marc Overmars]

Channel 5 pub team coverage on now. :lol:

Shame Stoke vs Barca Valencia is on ESPN, that was the fixture the whole country wanted to see.

[Marc Overmars]

This is the competition that got away from United apparently.

Erm, they were never in it?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Like you said, pub team coverage. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lokomotiv Moscow 0-1 Athletic Bilbao, Munain. On their way to possibly facing Man Utd in the next round. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ajax: Vermeer, Anita, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Koppers, De Jong, Aissati, Eriksen, Ozbiliz, Bulykin, Sulejmani.
Subs: Cillessen, Boilesen, Blind, Lodeiro, Serero, Van Rhijn, Lukoki.

Man Utd: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio Da Silva, Nani, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Rooney, Hernandez.
Subs: Amos, Smalling, Park, Welbeck, Scholes, Valencia, Pogba.

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lokomotiv Moscow 0-1 Athletic Bilbao, Munain. On their way to possibly facing Man Utd in the next round. :popcorn:

They're losing now.

Me. :lol:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Such a poor match the manc game

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ajax 0-1 Man Utd, Ashley Young.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

FC Porto: Helton, Danilo, Rolando, Maicon, Pereira, Gonzalez, Fernando, Joao Moutinho, Varela, Hulk, James Rodriguez.
Subs: Bracali, Cristian Rodriguez, Kleber, Djalma, Mangala, Alex Sandro, Defour.

Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Barry, De Jong, Nasri, Toure Yaya, Silva, Balotelli.
Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Pizarro, Dzeko, Kolarov, Savic, Aguero.

Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey)

------------------------------

Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson, Pennant, Palacios, Delap, Etherington, Walters, Crouch.
Subs: Sorensen, Whelan, Jones, Fuller, Whitehead, Shotton, Jerome.

Valencia: Guaita, Bruno, Rami, Dealbert, Mathieu, Feghouli, Topal, Tino Costa, Piatti, Jonas, Aduriz.
Subs: Diego Alves, Albelda, Soldado, Ever, Victor Ruiz, Miguel, Bernat.

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Ajax 0-2 Man Utd, Javier Hernandez

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Ajax reminded me so much of Liverpool.

Mildly decent until the final third and then completely clueless of what to do with the ball. Only Eriksen was anything close to threatening. Sign him, Kenny/Damien.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Ajax reminded me so much of Liverpool.

Mildly decent until the final third and then completely clueless of what to do with the ball. Only Eriksen was anything close to threatening. Sign him, Kenny/Damien.

Sounds more like Arsenal tbh

[Coney]

Sounds more like Arsenal tbh

I watched part of the Manu match while I was cooking in the kitchen and I thought Ajax looked quite like us. Breaking down in the final attack, not marking the opposition strikers properly - given them too much space.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

1-0 Varela.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I watched part of the Manu match while I was cooking in the kitchen and I thought Ajax looked quite like us. Breaking down in the final attack, not marking the opposition strikers properly - given them too much space.

Same here, just shows how bad we have become.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Varela.

Porto. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

You'll all be pleased to know it's Stoke 0 - Valencia 1. Topal.

[Coney]

You'll all be pleased to know it's Stoke 0 - Valencia 1. Topal.

Pulis :pal:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Alvaro :lol:

Booked for a harsh elbow on Balotelli. Then scores an own goal from the free kick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So it's just us on Stoke's level then.

:bow:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Balotelli being Racially abused says Dury

[Coney]

So it's just us on Stoke's level then.

:bow:

Well no - we lost to a CL team; Stoke a losing to a EC team - you know, the lesser teams like Citeh and Manu. :good:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well no - we lost to a CL team; Stoke a losing to a EC team - you know, the lesser teams like Citeh and Manu. :good:

We've lost to those teams too, I can't even muster a smile. This season has been awful.

[Coney]

We've lost to those teams too, I can't even muster a smile. This season has been awful.

:console:

Take heart from our magnificent defeat of Blackburn.

:tumbleweed:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

It worked. Two own goals in that game, I mean FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Porto 1-2 Citeh, Aguero. :sick:

[Master Splinter]

Stoke :haha:.

Apparently a bad tackle on Whitehead by Costa, which they were crying about in interviews.

Pulis to send an e-mail to Platini?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

City leading Porto 1-0 Aguero