UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[LeeB]

Stevenage at home was another sliding doors moment for us. Massively shit at the time but ultimately became the platform for our recovery and how we performed the rest of the season.

Er, no.

In your opinion. In mine it gave Emery valuable info about some of the players he had at the club and who he could trust. It didn’t shock me he didn’t rotate the side much outside of need for most of the remainder of the season. We don’t need to relitigate the game. In the right hands, bad things can teach and educate and lead to good things.

The one area he has yet to address and needs to be addressed quickly is the back up keeper. They appear to be very relaxed about it. Maybe they’re all over it but there isn’t a sign anywhere that they are. To me it’s such a problem area that if Martinez is out for a few weeks we will be screwed.

Is there nothing to be said for just finding someone with abnormally large hands who is prepared to windmill up and down the goal line for 90 minutes in the early rounds?

Sepp Maier is only 79, I'd have him over Olsen still

[Dave]

Juventus have been handed a one-year ban from European competitions by UEFA for breaches of club licensing and financial fair play.

The Italian club have also been fined €20million.

So that's Fiorentina in, and us definitely seeded right?

[mrfuse]

Juventus have been handed a one-year ban from European competitions by UEFA for breaches of club licensing and financial fair play.

The Italian club have also been fined €20million.

So that's Fiorentina in, and us definitely seeded right?

Yep were now seeded.

[Brazilian Villain]

Juventus have been handed a one-year ban from European competitions by UEFA for breaches of club licensing and financial fair play.

The Italian club have also been fined €20million.

So that's Fiorentina in, and us definitely seeded right?

Yep were now seeded.

Have kind of lost interest till the draw next week, but I vaguely remember reading that it might also depend on the coefficient of the teams dropping down from the Europa League. Not sure if this still is (or ever was) a possibility.

On the plus side, Rapid Vienna only won 1-0 at home last night so might be out by the play-off round.

[Chap]

Juventus kicked out.

From the BBC

Juventus have been kicked out of this season's Europa Conference League by Uefa and fined for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

European football's governing body has also fined Chelsea for breaching FFP rules as a result of "submitting incomplete financial information".

Uefa says the matter relates to transactions which took place between 2012 and 2019.

Juventus have been fined £17.14m, while Chelsea have been fined £8.57m.

The Italian club will only have to pay half of their fine if their financial records for the next three years comply with regulations, while Chelsea have already agreed to pay the settlement figure.

[pauliewalnuts]

Again!

[Toronto Villa]

fucking hell just make the draw already

[pauliewalnuts]

fucking hell just make the draw already

I have absolutely no idea how any of this works.

Is it the most complicated format ever?

[AV82EC]

fucking hell just make the draw already

I have absolutely no idea how any of this works.

Is it the most complicated format ever?

No.

[Steve67]

We have a really good chance in this competition.  I hope we give it everything. 

[john e]

Stevenage at home was another sliding doors moment for us. Massively shit at the time but ultimately became the platform for our recovery and how we performed the rest of the season.

Er, no.

In your opinion. In mine it gave Emery valuable info about some of the players he had at the club and who he could trust. It didn’t shock me he didn’t rotate the side much outside of need for most of the remainder of the season. We don’t need to relitigate the game. In the right hands, bad things can teach and educate and lead to good things.

If it was such valuable info how come Olsen is still our no2 keeper then

We should never be going out to the likes of Stevenage in a cup competition there is no silver lining whatsoever
Just another year we fucked about and won nothing

[ADVILLAFAN]

Could do with another seed being knocked out, so we can't draw Fiorentina

[paul_e]

Could do with another seed being knocked out, so we can't draw Fiorentina

Basel are 3-1 down from their first leg which would fit the bill.

[AV82EC]

Could do with another seed being knocked out, so we can't draw Fiorentina

How does that work then?

[Dave]

Could do with another seed being knocked out, so we can't draw Fiorentina

How does that work then?

Another seed gets knocked out, Fiorentina move to the seeded side like us.