Tonights Europa League Games

TheRedDevil10

Last Nights Games
Rubin Kazan 4 - 1 Shamrock Rovers 3e
Celtic 0 - 1 Atletico Madrid Setanta Ireland/ESPN
Braga 1 - 0 Birmingham ITV4
Tottenham 1 - 2 PAOK Salonika Setanta Ireland/FIVE
Standard Liege 2 - 0 Hannover ESPN

Tonights Games
FT FC Twente 1 - 0 Fulham Setanta Ireland/ESPN
20:05 Stoke v Dynamo Kiev Setanta Ireland/ITV4
20:05 Red Bull Salzburg v Paris St Germain ESPN

Peyton Manning

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

17:00 Rublin Rovers3e

Sounds like Scooby Doo's answer to "What is the capital of Ireland?"

Sorry

NUTZZ

sugarman wrote: »

Spurs game is on ITV4 aswell as Setanta.

No it isn't!

Nalz

sugarman wrote: »

Braga v Birmingham is also on Channel 5, 6pm K.O

Spurs game is on ITV4 aswell as Setanta.

http://www.livesportontv.com/football

TheRedDevil10

1-1

NUTZZ

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

1-1

It's an entertaining game!

applehunter

Dennehy should have passed there!

applehunter

2-1

Can't say they deserved that.

TheRedDevil10

what a goal

applehunter

Thompson not thriving in the conditions.

Cool Runnings comes to mind.

Random

any working streams for the celtic match?

espn not showing it in roi.
i dont have setanta ireland.

+ edit - found one http://www.starhd.in/channel2.html

NUTZZ

That's Rovers night over now

amacachi

Love the extra official behind the goal. :rolleyes:

losthorizon

sugarman wrote: »

Braga v Birmingham is also on Channel 5, 6pm K.O

Spurs game is on ITV4 aswell as Setanta.

Braga are playing a team from Alabama?

\sorry

Dotrel

Rubin Kazan could get more if they want it now. Rovers look decimated atm.

NUTZZ

losthorizon wrote: »

Braga are playing a team from Alabama?

\sorry

Get your coat....!

TheRedDevil10

Random wrote: »

any working streams for the celtic match?

espn not showing it in roi.
i dont have setanta ireland.

+ edit - found one http://www.starhd.in/channel2.html

ESPN do show it, I'm watching it right now

Random

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

ESPN do show it, I'm watching it right now

are you in roi?

TheRedDevil10

Random wrote: »

are you in roi?

yes, in dublin

Random

strange. it was working fine earlier.

TheRedDevil10

Random wrote: »

strange. it was working fine earlier.

i'm not on HD btw

Random

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

i'm not on HD btw

im trying regular old espn ch417. i have a regular sky+ box.

listermint

amacachi wrote: »

Love the extra official behind the goal. :rolleyes:

What is the point in having an official behind the line if he is that inept that he cant see a ball is over the line 4 feet in front of him.

Mars Bar

What a goal for Atletico!

Zebra3

Rovers looked very good going forward in the first half, but their defence has been very poor.

The ball may well have been out of play for the fourth Rubin goal, but wtf was the defender doing knocking the ball back across his own goal?

NUTZZ

Random wrote: »

im trying regular old espn ch417. i have a regular sky+ box.

Europa League matches on ESPN are blocked in ROI, are you using an Irish sub?

Joekers

NUTZZ wrote: »

Europa League matches on ESPN are blocked in ROI, are you using an Irish sub?

Im in Dublin watching the Celtic match on ESPN it aint blocked

NUTZZ

Joekers wrote: »

Im in Dublin watching the Celtic match on ESPN it aint blocked

On Sky? UPC don't block it but Sky do

Taken from ESPN FAQ's;

Why can’t I watch the Europa League in Ireland?

ESPN currently holds the right to show the Europa League in the UK only. Please check News & Updates for the latest news.

Joekers

NUTZZ wrote: »

On Sky? UPC don't block it but Sky do

Sorry ye im on UPC

legendary.xix

Another defeat for Rovers. Learning curve though. Being on this stage will help players get better. Hopefully 1 or 2 Irish clubs playing at this stage will become the norm.

dsmythy

Metalist and Atletico Madrid are through.

Birmingham have to win with Club Brugge losing in the next match to go through.

Celtic must beat Udinese in Italy in the next match to get through.


With Malmo's draw against AZ Alkmaar, Shamrock Rovers and AEK Athens are the only team to fail to pick up a point so far.

Anderlecht are the only team that has picked up maximum points.

Edited: for reasons of not seeing Group L!

stovelid

Feel for the players. Since we made the groups, they have either had to deal with too many fixtures or now, having not played competitively in a month.

Hopefully some lessons learned but I feel spurs will also do the same.

DB10

HAHA hon the PAOK!

RoryMac

NUTZZ wrote: »

Joekers wrote: »

Im in Dublin watching the Celtic match on ESPN it aint blocked

On Sky? UPC don't block it but Sky do

Taken from ESPN FAQ's;

Why can’t I watch the Europa League in Ireland?

ESPN currently holds the right to show the Europa League in the UK only. Please check News & Updates for the latest news.

If you have Sky sign up for Sky Go, you can watch any ESPN ROI blocked games on that, quality stream.

Dotrel

DB10 wrote: »

HAHA hon the PAOK!

Harry must be delighted.

PAOK and Rubin appear to be the two qualifers from this group almost by default. Rovers can't qualify, Spurs don't want to.

overshoot

stovelid wrote: »

Feel for the players. Since we made the groups, they have either had to deal with too many fixtures or now, having not played competitively in a month.

Hopefully some lessons learned but I feel spurs will also do the same.

+1
i wonder, if irish teams start to consistantly make europe i could see the start of the league being delayed by a month. heres hoping!

stovelid

Kinda balancing act but.

The summer season increases the chances of an Irish club pulling off an ambush in the qualifiers but getting to the group stages means a fixture pile up when the euro oppo start getting match fit...and then what you have now: playing the last two games with no match practice.

Dotrel

Ball to hand.

Zebra3

dsmythy wrote: »

With Malmo's draw against AZ Alkmaar, Shamrock Rovers are the only team to fail to pick up a point so far.

AEK have no points either, though they don't play til tomorrow.

dsmythy

Zebra3 wrote: »

AEK have no points either, though they don't play til tomorrow.

Sons of guns they dont and all. And Anderlecht have a 100% record so far. Editing time!

TheRedDevil10

Tonights Games
18:00 FC Twente v Fulham Setanta Ireland/ESPN
20:05 Stoke v Dynamo Kiev Setanta Ireland/ITV4
20:05 Red Bull Salzburg v Paris St Germain ESPN

dfx-

stovelid wrote: »

Hopefully some lessons learned but I feel spurs will also do the same.

Kinda strange feeling after the game. 4-1 flattered Rubin, especially for the first 50 minutes. Yet it accurately reflects the difference between the two sides.

The off the ball running and use of width is so far out of LOI class. However at least two of the goals were mistakes in not clearing the ball or not stepping up or goalkeeping mistakes. Hardest game of the group against the best team in the group at our weakest point of the season.

4 to 1 also helped figure out how many fur-capped police officers were around us (yet only three of the in away section and the flags blocked the view of the rest), how many fans entered the ground with Rovers scarves/caps and came out with Rubin scarves and helped count how many toes were left on each foot after the game.:pac:

NUTZZ

Stoke are great to watch, especially after watching United lately! 1-1 at the moment with minutes to go, should be going through now!

EDIT: Yup, last 16!

vicwatson

What is going on with the pitch at the britannia stadium anyone know?

Did they make it bigger or something? Just flicked on and it looks weird

dsmythy

With the one series to go the current situation for the round of 32:

Definitely seeded

Standard Liege
PSV Eindhoven
Sporting Lisbon
Athletic Bilbao
Metalist Kharkiv
Schalke
FC Twente

Definitely unseeded

Hannover
Legia Warsaw

Qualified, seeding unknown

PAOK
Stoke City
Braga
Lokomotiv Moscow
Anderlecht
Atletico Madrid

NUTZZ

vicwatson wrote: »

What is going on with the pitch at the britannia stadium anyone know?

Did they make it bigger or something? Just flicked on and it looks weird

The faded green-tinted lines mirroring the pitch markings are because the Europa League demands a standardised pitch size. The Britannia Stadium's surface currently has one set of lines for Europa League games, which require set dimensions, and another (much smaller) version for top flight games, when there is no set size.

steelcityblues

Can teams from the same country draw each other in the last 32?

If so, I hope Stoke avoid a Man City, Man United or Chelsea.

dsmythy

steelcityblues wrote: »

Can teams from the same country draw each other in the last 32?

If so, I hope Stoke avoid a Man City, Man United or Chelsea.

They can't draw a team from the same country.

vicwatson

NUTZZ wrote: »

The faded green-tinted lines mirroring the pitch markings are because the Europa League demands a standardised pitch size. The Britannia Stadium's surface currently has one set of lines for Europa League games, which require set dimensions, and another (much smaller) version for top flight games, when there is no set size.

Some size difference init

NUTZZ

vicwatson wrote: »

Some size difference init

It really is, Stokes pitch is tiny!

vicwatson

NUTZZ wrote: »

It really is, Stokes pitch is tiny!

I suppose they are at the lower limit of the allowed dimensions