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 Aug 5 2011, 05:03 PM
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Allievi Regionali B  Group: Full Members Posts: 7,004 Joined: 5-August 09 From: CTU Member No.: 6,705  |
Thun eliminated Palermo on away goals yesterday. Another Italian team humiliated in Europa League (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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Aug 5 2011, 05:14 PM
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The brightest sun is the purest gun Group: Full Members Posts: 26,840 Joined: 23-June 06 From: Albania Member No.: 2,008 |
QUOTE (Jack Bauer @ Aug 5 2011, 06:03 PM)  Thun eliminated Palermo on away goals yesterday. Another Italian team humiliated in Europa League (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Before it's even started. |
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Aug 5 2011, 05:46 PM
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Primavera  Group: Moderators Posts: 18,833 Joined: 5-April 06 From: Croatia, Zagreb Member No.: 1,564 |
It's really a sad thing...
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Aug 5 2011, 06:02 PM
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Berretti Group: Helpers Posts: 13,937 Joined: 26-February 08 From: Always Around Member No.: 3,736 |
Thun, huh? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) Is that even a club, first time I heard of it. Sad, yes, but I'm afraid the worst is yet to come. Unless the Italian clubs learn to not only work together (selling star players to foreign teams is good for $$$, bad for the league), but also get their act together and take Europe seriously. Very seriously.
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Aug 6 2011, 06:01 PM
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Allievi Nazionali Group: Full Members Posts: 9,420 Joined: 14-August 09 Member No.: 6,730 |
Rangers (one of the CL dropouts) got NK Maribor. A nice 'glamorous' trip to Slovenia.
Ahhh, the bowels of European football. For teams like Fulham, Stoke and Brum to be in this is just ludicrous. No wonder it's such an abysmal competition. Watching the draw was depressing. Team after team I'd literally never heard of. |
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Aug 6 2011, 06:06 PM
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Berretti Group: Moderators Posts: 12,004 Joined: 1-August 05 From: Torquay Member No.: 90 |
QUOTE (Danny @ Aug 6 2011, 06:01 PM) Watching the draw was depressing. Team after team I'd literally never heard of. Welcome to the reality of flopping in the CL qualifying rounds. |
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Aug 6 2011, 06:13 PM
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Allievi Nazionali Group: Full Members Posts: 9,420 Joined: 14-August 09 Member No.: 6,730 |
QUOTE (Milan Are Brilliant @ Aug 6 2011, 06:06 PM) Welcome to the reality of flopping in the CL qualifying rounds. I suppose it beats what happened against Kaunas a few years ago where we ended up out of Europe entirely. Europa is piss poor but it's better than nothing. I saw an SSN report on the financial gulf between it and the CL. EL = group stage = 1.5M CL = group stage = 15M EL win = 200k CL win = 750k EL draw = 60k CL draw = 250k Failing to make the group stage can financially hurt a team BIG time. |
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Aug 6 2011, 10:17 PM
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Prima Squadra Group: Helpers Posts: 30,192 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Birmingham, England Member No.: 3,660 |
QUOTE (Danny @ Aug 6 2011, 06:13 PM) Failing to make the group stage can financially hurt a team BIG time. Let's hope Nacional get the job done then! |
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Aug 6 2011, 10:35 PM
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Allievi Nazionali Group: Full Members Posts: 9,420 Joined: 14-August 09 Member No.: 6,730 |
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Aug 6 2011, 10:17 PM) Let's hope Nacional get the job done then! You slightly misunderstand. I meant the CL group stage. The pennies on offer in the EL are just that. Failure to make the EL group stage isn't a massive loss of revenue. But failure to make the CL group stage can cost a club up to £20M. |
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Aug 7 2011, 02:39 AM
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Prima Squadra Group: Helpers Posts: 30,192 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Birmingham, England Member No.: 3,660 |
Ah, I see. Oh well, let's hope they have to go to Eastern Europe at least to F them up even more.
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Aug 7 2011, 02:46 AM
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Giovanissimi Nazionali Group: Full Members Posts: 3,799 Joined: 17-February 09 From: Montreal Member No.: 6,245 |
QUOTE (Danny @ Aug 6 2011, 01:01 PM) Rangers (one of the CL dropouts) got NK Maribor. A nice 'glamorous' trip to Slovenia. Ahhh, the bowels of European football. Sweet...xenophobia... Justify a country from the so-called "bowels" of Europe is ranked 39 spots higher on Fifa's rankings then your scotland with +/- 1/3 of it's population. The EL is constantly discredited as a boring competition but smaller-country teams beat out european giants every year and it's really exciting for those teams' fan-base. I follow Maribor a bit and they are a really young team with alot of potential. I know from your end of the draw, it seems like a useless match, but for people like my cousin(avid Maribor fan) it's as big a match as he may see all year. QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Aug 6 2011, 09:39 PM) Ah, I see. Oh well, let's hope they have to go to Eastern Europe at least to F them up even more. Last time SVN played ENG played i think you only won 2-1 because of a sickening dive by Rooney and the other goal was a deflected shot... I hate being "that guy" but i do feel that my country is taking a needless beating here... This post has been edited by il_diavolo_mtl: Aug 7 2011, 02:55 AM |
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Aug 7 2011, 03:24 AM
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Prima Squadra Group: Helpers Posts: 30,192 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Birmingham, England Member No.: 3,660 |
QUOTE (il_diavolo_mtl @ Aug 7 2011, 02:46 AM) Last time SVN played ENG played i think you only won 2-1 because of a sickening dive by Rooney and the other goal was a deflected shot... I hate being "that guy" but i do feel that my country is taking a needless beating here... What? I'm not sure why you're taking this negatively. If anything it's because I want them to travel a long distance and lose. I fail to see how this is mocking Eastern European teams. Anyways, didn't we play at WC2010? This post has been edited by kurtsimonw: Aug 7 2011, 03:25 AM |
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Aug 7 2011, 04:35 AM
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Giovanissimi Nazionali Group: Full Members Posts: 3,799 Joined: 17-February 09 From: Montreal Member No.: 6,245 |
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Aug 6 2011, 10:24 PM) What? I'm not sure why you're taking this negatively. If anything it's because I want them to travel a long distance and lose. I fail to see how this is mocking Eastern European teams. Anyways, didn't we play at WC2010? I realize i said i wrote last time and not one of the last times... sorry about the misspeak Ok because i read QUOTE Ah, I see. Oh well, let's hope they have to go to Eastern Europe at least to F (*)them up even more. I assumed by the construction of sentance you were hoping they (rangers) would **** up Maribor *more*(?!). Meaning there were already ****** up and since no argument was presented, i assumed you saying more meant you already assumed they were ****** up. I guess context is lost in writing, I apologize if i misread it... This post has been edited by Fillipo Simone: Aug 7 2011, 07:33 AM |
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Aug 7 2011, 07:33 AM
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Primavera Group: Moderators Posts: 18,833 Joined: 5-April 06 From: Croatia, Zagreb Member No.: 1,564 |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) nasty words...
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Aug 7 2011, 11:22 AM
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Prima Squadra Group: Helpers Posts: 30,192 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Birmingham, England Member No.: 3,660 |
QUOTE (il_diavolo_mtl @ Aug 7 2011, 04:35 AM) I realize i said i wrote last time and not one of the last times... sorry about the misspeak Ok because i read I assumed by the construction of sentance you were hoping they (rangers) would **** up Maribor *more*(?!). Meaning there were already ****** up and since no argument was presented, i assumed you saying more meant you already assumed they were ****** up. I guess context is lost in writing, I apologize if i misread it... I wasn't talking about Rangers. I am hoping Birmingham have to go to Eastern Europe (added cost, worse lag and colder temperatures) which would F them up. |
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