Re: -The Official Club of Europa League>Champions League Gathering-

by halamadrid2 Thu 11 Apr - 18:30:47

I am eagerly awaiting Basel vs Spurs

Basel will hopefully trounce the north londoners

by Kaladin Thu 11 Apr - 18:31:21

Why are the EL sides playing an hour late? CL teams started 21:45, EL 22:45

:S

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu 11 Apr - 18:32:03

Doc wrote:Who actually rates them apart from hipsters? Waiting for Newcastle Benfica tie. Thought Newcastle were ridiculously unlucky and clumsy in the 1st leg, hoping they rectify said traits today.

Well this forum is full of hipsters myself included so you are probably right.

I also agree with you on the unlucky and clumsy part, we can go through but its made a lot more difficult by Santon's moment of madness.

by Doc Thu 11 Apr - 18:33:41

It was the handball and then collapsed in pain that made me laugh and shudder for about 2 minutes.

by the xcx Thu 11 Apr - 18:34:34

Please, Benfica has transfer budget maximum of 5M a season as opposed to NC who has no problem spending 20M£ on mediocre players.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu 11 Apr - 18:36:17

Indeed that was idiotic too, i think without Santon's back pass it doesn't happen though.

When it rains it pours as they say.

by Doc Thu 11 Apr - 18:38:13

The xcx wrote:Please, Benfica has transfer budget maximum of 5M a season as opposed to NC who has no problem spending 20M£ on mediocre players.

I'm aware of the financial disparity of both but I literally don't care. Hoping Newcastle win, nothing complicated or have any ill-feelings towards Benfica...

by the xcx Thu 11 Apr - 18:50:22

Why did u delete ur post, Mole? You knew I was right Laughing

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu 11 Apr - 18:54:42

Right about what?

You said they have a budget of 5m which is BS to start with as they spent 12m alone on Ola John last summer Laughing

Besides you are talking utter crap as no one has spent as little as us over the last 5 years in the Premier League as us.

We have spent less than we have sold, so yeah pls go.

by the xcx Thu 11 Apr - 18:56:55

who da F is Ola John? never heard of him tbh.

by rwo power Thu 11 Apr - 19:03:41

W00t! Basel vs Spurs is on German Free TV (Kabel 1) tonight! No question what I will watch bounce

by rwo power Thu 11 Apr - 19:09:11

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:After we played two ourselves it has come to my attention that eastern European teams are ridiculously overrated.

Shakhtar aside.

Basel definitely got rather comfortably past both Dnipro and Zenit. The biggest problems for them were the journey to and from St.Petersburg: 2 emergency landings... :facepalm:

halamadrid2 wrote:I am eagerly awaiting Basel vs Spurs

Basel will hopefully trounce the north londoners

Basel haven't conceded a goal at the "Joggeli" since 7 Oct 2012. If they keep this up, things look good.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu 11 Apr - 19:13:53

Well yeah i agree the journeys are the biggest thing, the actual teams who are bit overhyped in the general press IMO.

On Basel i think i will have to start taking them seriously if they knock Spurs out tonight.

Every round i keep ignoring them and consider them a team i'd like to face and every round they prove me wrong.

by rwo power Thu 11 Apr - 19:20:12

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:On Basel i think i will have to start taking them seriously if they knock Spurs out tonight.

Every round i keep ignoring them and consider them a team i'd like to face and every round they prove me wrong.

You should take an example in me. I started rating them last year after the CL group stage :coffee:

by Kaladin Thu 11 Apr - 19:21:32

I thought what got you into Basel was Yann Sommer's heroics against Bayern hmm

by Sina Thu 11 Apr - 19:22:55

Ansaldi's crossing :bow:

Rich mans Baines

by rwo power Thu 11 Apr - 19:40:23

El Shaarawy wrote:I thought what got you into Basel was Yann Sommer's heroics against Bayern

Which was in the CL Last 16 last year ^^

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu 11 Apr - 19:58:38

Well done Pardew you f*cking moron, we have no chance now.

Resting players in the 2nd leg of a quarter final :facepalm:

by BarcaLearning Thu 11 Apr - 22:42:23

Question to those who follow Lazio, a few months back they looked like doing well, in the league and in Europa, but they seem to have dropped a lot in level, any clear reason(s)?

Getting knocked out by Fenerbache werent expected, but their results have been poor lately?

by iftikhar Thu 11 Apr - 22:52:25

Basel have lost it :-(. If they don't conceed another one, I fear they will bottle it in ET. Damn you.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu 11 Apr - 23:08:55

Well that was gutting, i will always go back to that moment in Lisbon at 1-1 when Santon back passes for the rest of my life knowing that was the moment where we lost an opportunity at a EL semi.

Proud of the team though and hope to see Marveaux and Ben Arfa together more often.