Champions League/Europa League draws 2010

[sheao]

Link ?

I wonder did the Rovers fans twig that Bnei Yehuda are a right-wing nationalist club, with a rather 'intolerant' fan base.

Delightful ditties along the lines of 'Death to Arabs' and 'Mohamed is a homosexual' wouldn't be unusual from their terraces.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBgCzdMUmY

[dcfcsteve]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBgCzdMUmY

Rovers fans aligning themselves with Israeli nationalists. Brilliant.......!

[Dublin Red]

Anderlecht hammered TNS 3 - 0 in the second leg of their match for anyone who is interested. Trounced by an aggregate of 6 - 1 over the two legs.

Think TNS are in the next round of the Europa league now.

[pineapple stu]

Don't think 3-0 counts as a hammering, or 6-1 on aggregate as a trouncing, to be honest. Decent showing from them.

[marinobohs]

Anderlecht hammered TNS 3 - 0 in the second leg of their match for anyone who is interested. Trounced by an aggregate of 6 - 1 over the two legs.

Think TNS are in the next round of the Europa league now.

TNS now drop into the last qualifying round of the Europa League (two legged playoff for a place in League stage). Well beaten by Andelecht but hardly a thrashing.

[Rasputin]

Rovers fans aligning themselves with Israeli nationalists. Brilliant.......!

Quality.

[Fry]

Rovers fans aligning themselves with Israeli nationalists. Brilliant.......!

The PA man won't be happy.

[Cymro]

TNS drew CSKA Sofia, who played Cliftonville in the last round and won 5-1. Good draw/ bad draw? On paper it seems like they have a small chance of progressing which would be excellent for the Welsh Premier, but maybe not. Anyone watch them in the last round and can give an opinion?

By the way I thought the performance by TNS against Anderlecht was pretty decent, when you consider the gulf in terms of pedigree. 1-3 and 0-3 was no disgrace.

[pineapple stu]

At that stage, it sounds like a bad draw. You're not going to get into the groups - CSKA should win handily enough; remember Levski Sofia beat Dundalk 8-0 on aggregate, which also puts the Bulgarian league in context - and really you want a money-making draw (I would imagine). PSV, Stuttgart and Aston Villa in the same pot were much more attractive draws.

[Dodge]

yeah, but they're different teams. CSKA struggled against Cliftonville

[pineapple stu]

I know that alright; just trying to put the Bulgarian league in general in context.

Didn't see the games obviously, but CSKA won 3-0 in Bulgaria, so I assume that they took it a bit easy in the return leg. Could be well wrong on that obviously.

[Candystripe]

CSKA are a decent side,they beat us 2-1 on agg last year.

TNS now drop into the last qualifying round of the Europa League (two legged playoff for a place in League stage). Well beaten by Andelecht but hardly a thrashing.

You're right,it's only when ye get beat 4-0 that it counts as a thrashing.

[Dodge]

Dodge, will you marry me?

From another thread. Just sealed the deal for me in terms of Colbert's knowledge. Yikes

Unreal. 3 million pounds for Walters? I play with Ipswich all the time in FIFA and he's a half decent player. Listed as a central midfielder, not a striker as the article states. Does anyone know where his best position actually is?

So, no won't be marrying anyone who prefers fifa over PES

[Réiteoir]

A few years ago, Chelsea had Duff on their books, City had Dunne, Reading had Doyle, Spurs had Keane, Newcastle had Given, yet there wasn't a vast surge of support with those and other Premiership clubs among Irish people.

If you see RTE/TV3 competitions to English games, invariably it'll be either to Anfield or the other place. Their European coverage is always either club when playing. If you look at travel agent newspaper promotions to EPL games, well over half of them are trips to see both teams' games. Thats the market here. Therefore, among Irish people anyway, the Premiership interest boils down to two teams, and only one of their players is Irish now.

Live Premier League TV Schedules for Ireland over the next couple of months:

Aston Villa v West Ham
Arsenal v Blackpool
Liverpool v West Brom
Arsenal v Bolton
Tottenham v Wolves
Liverpool v Sunderland
Sunderland v Man Utd
Man Utd v West Brom

[Boo_Boy]

50 mins gone in Sofia and TNS are holding their own at 0-0.

What could have been if Bohs weren't ****e.

[Boo_Boy]

1-0 CSKA after 82 minutes.

edit: 2-0 now.

2 goals in 1 minute.

[pineapple stu]

Ended 3-0. Quite the collapse. Good showing though.

[legendz]

If Boh's were in the place of TNS and had gotten to the Europa League play-offs, it would have been great. It's what Irish football needs on a regular basis, not just one hit wonders. If you keep knocking on the door, you'll eventually be heard and you might get in as well.

The Champions League group stage kicks off tonight. It's hard to know what sides Irish football fans will support? Unfortunately Ireland's wait for a Champions League representative at this stage continues. Scotland's Glasgow Celtic have a habit of getting a bit of support in this county but they failed to qualify as well. Werder Bremen wear green!

[osarusan]

If Boh's were in the place of TNS and had gotten to the Europa League play-offs, it would have been great. It's what Irish football needs on a regular basis, not just one hit wonders. If you keep knocking on the door, you'll eventually be heard and you might get in as well.

It would have been great for Bohs. I don't know how much the financial reward is for a place in the Europa league, but I'm guessing it would solve their financial problems, and they'd probably have some left over.

I don't see how it would be beneficial for the league as a whole though. Maybe people in other countries might look at our representative in the europa league and see our domestic league in a different and better light, but I see no evidence that it would raise the standard of the league or get more people in through the turnstiles.

[Charlie Darwin]

Any financial gain for Bohs would have to go straight to servicing debt. At least if Sligo or somebody got into Europe they'd be in a position to invest the money in development projects.