It's Official!!: Europa League Thread

[Jinky]

I reckon we'll get past Olympiakos but I can see our journey ending v Sevilla in the Quarter Finals. They've taken points off Barca & Athletico this season and narrowly lost twice to Real Madrid. They've finished 4th in La Liga this season and have some quality players. Fingers crossed Roma can do us a favour and knock them out tomorrow because I fancy our chances against Roma more.

Even if we did get past Sevilla, I reckon Utd probably have too much for us in a one off game. We haven't scored against them in the last couple of meetings either.

Would of course love me to be completely wrong and for us to win the whole thing - but our route looks very tricky indeed and we've won 2 of our last 6 games so to win 4 on the bounce against top European sides seems like a tall order!

On a separate subject, I noticed the Wolves media team are pushing lots of photo's out this week of happy, smiley faces in training - portraying a very happy camp before the match tomorrow. I suppose they had to do that after Nuno referred to staying in the UK as being in prison after the Chelsea defeat :icon_lol:

 

[Tony Towner]

Sevilla fans could look at things in isolation and say we lost narrowly to Liverpool twice and beat Man City, who beat Real Madrid away, twice

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I also saw Sevilla play a 10 man Espanyol (who we battered) at home and they just about scraped a 2-2 draw.

 

[Jinky]

Sevilla fans could look at things in isolation and say we lost narrowly to Liverpool twice and beat Man City, who beat Real Madrid away, twice

Indeed - and I did wonder who the first person to say this would be

 

[Parkins left foot]

Just go in there with heads held high - we 'can' be a challenge to anyone in a one off game

No guarantee, but confidence can make a difference - am sure that most would prefer an easier tie than playing us.

 

[lemonjelly]

I am looking forward to this game.
Be interesting if Nuno and the management team can pick us up in the same way as after the FA cup semi final last year.

 

[Kenny]

Be interesting if Nuno and the management team can pick us up in the same way as after the FA cup semi final last year.

Hope its not the same. We were dreadful in the first game after the crushing disapointment of the Semi Final

 

[Dinowolf]

Is this game solely on BT Sports?

 

[Kenny]

Is this game solely on BT Sports?

Yep.

Think they are showing it for free on their YouTube channel though

 

[Parkins left foot]

Is this game solely on BT Sports?

Think so - kept the BT sub going purely for the Europa so it better bloody needs to be

 

[Derby Wolf]

I reckon we'll get past Olympiakos but I can see our journey ending v Sevilla in the Quarter Finals. They've taken points off Barca & Athletico this season and narrowly lost twice to Real Madrid. They've finished 4th in La Liga this season and have some quality players. Fingers crossed Roma can do us a favour and knock them out tomorrow because I fancy our chances against Roma more.

Even if we did get past Sevilla, I reckon Utd probably have too much for us in a one off game. We haven't scored against them in the last couple of meetings either.

Would of course love me to be completely wrong and for us to win the whole thing - but our route looks very tricky indeed and we've won 2 of our last 6 games so to win 4 on the bounce against top European sides seems like a tall order!

Fulham didn't score against Brentford in 180 minutes until last night. Funny old game and all that.

 

[PuntsWolf]

I also saw Sevilla play a 10 man Espanyol (who we battered) at home and they just about scraped a 2-2 draw.

We were playing their reserves though.

Even if we did get past Sevilla, I reckon Utd probably have too much for us in a one off game. We haven't scored against them in the last couple of meetings either.

A one off game probably suits us against Man Utd as they would beat us more often than we would beat them. So one off game takes out the “law of averages”

 

[Parkins left foot]

A one off game in a neutral venue is potentially a 50/50 event.

If we get there & they do (though suspect that Istanbul Basaksehir will be more difficult to overcome than they think) then Fernandes is the one I would want to stop - clever player with a tendency to drop to the floor sometimes.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Lets not forget that the officiating has been a lot better in Europe than in the EPL this season, hopefully that continues.

 

[Premier Quality]

a tendency to drop to the floor sometimes.

You win understatement of the year!

That boy has serious balance issues....

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Get through tomorrow first please. Talk of later rounds is dangerous until it can happen
Stand
Walk
Run

 

[Parkins left foot]

Sevilla v AS Roma on BT1 tomorrow - kick off at 5.55 pm

Not going to look beyond the Olympiacos game, but that is probably worth watching as well.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Copenhagen are level in the match for the right to get twatted by United.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Think I am going to watch Inter later. No point watching United.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Shakhtar look bloody good against Wolfsburg. Can’t see the German side turning this around at the mo.