Thursday Night Lights: The 2014/15 Europa League thread

Monaco made much smarter substitutions, they looked dangerous in the last 20mins or so that I watched.

There is no reason for Andros to be anywhere near our team any more. On any occasion.

There is no reason for Ambrose to be anywhere near our team any more. On any occasion.

Turns out that hatred of Efe Ambrose transcends international borders. Several nationalities in the pub on Thursday night, all united in facepalming.

Oh get in

oh get out

(p much everyone involved in the running of celtic football club)

p interested in what klopp had clyne doing tonight. Had him going forward a lot (no surprise there since rubin sat deep and didn't attack) but he seemed to specifically task him with taking up attacking positions infield rather than overlapping on the wing. Sort of what pep has alaba doing when he starts at LB.

anyway lfc were alright tonight, v comfortably in control but still having problems scoring. would give can and firmino tick jpegs. still don't understand why sakho wasn't first choice CB under rodgers, he can sometimes hesitate to make a decision on the ball but when he has made his choice his passing is actually v good imo.

yeah there's always been a kind of lol big lad plus mild racism in people's attitude to his poise and his passing. he can appear ungainly on the ball but he actually is a fine footballer. rodgers' dislike was bizarre, anyone i know watching liverpool is a massive fan, he can be a huge player for that team.

What the hell has Poch done to Dembele over the last few games? Is it just playing in a more advanced role or is he just a lazy arse who realises he's on his last chance right now?

Might be as simple as the balance of Dier/ali suits his preferred centre circle/skiing left style

that may account for some of his goals, but he was also excellent against liverpool in a defensive role when dier was suspended. i've read some theorize he is now fitter/trimmer than he's ever been for spurs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCUOZvg2kRc

p funny the liverpool fans being twitter-quoted on the bbc live feed sticking the knife into mignolet over essentially a first sign of dementia rather than an actual goalkeeping deficiency

haven't really seen enough of mignolet in general to comment, neither do i know what he's done wrong tonight (not following that game at all) but he is a bit of a poor keeper, with terrible feet/bad distribution.

Milner scum

nice goal from benteke - https://vine.co/v/iaZKUwx9ZUv

should secure the 2-2.

God help me I've watched all lfc's EL games this season. Have a feeling this could be the grimmest yet.

spurs have got fiorentina, liverpool have got augsburg, and manchester united are playing midtjyalland

valencia v rapid vienna
fiorentina v tottenham
dortmund v porto
fenerbahce v lokomotiv moscow
anderlecht v olympiacos
midtjylland v man utd
augsburg v liverpool
sparta prague v krasnodar
galatasaray v lazio
sion v braga
shakhtar v schalke
marseille v athletic bilbao
sevilla v molde
sporting lisbon v leverkusen
villareal v napoli
st etienne v basel

like augsburg, always seems to be a terrific atmosphere there and marcus weinzierl is an excellent manager

dope ties

Very satisfactory this despite alli lucky to stay on and Davies and Son not being great in possession

Jesus tino lucky to stay on there too. Refs good.

How does a goalkeeper contrive to injure himself in the warm up?

Lol utd

WOOF

Deflected but WOOF ANYWAY

Would quite like to.see us sub off some.of these booked players tbh

That was decent enough, we didn't panic when put under pressure after the goal. Fancy us to win at WHL.

Strong Liverpool team out. I guess they all had a nice stroll last Sunday.

not even worth commenting on at this point

Louis remains

xp yeah it wasn't great in the second half but kane rested and hopefully no injuries, and we'd almost certainly have lost that game in other years.

I can't get used to this new spurs positivity.

...are the Augsburg jersey player names in comic sans?

didnt Costa Rica have players names in comic sans in the last WC too?

@SpursOfficial 2 minutes ago

TEAM NEWS: "@HKane has broken his nose and has had an operation today. He will miss tomorrow's game." - Mauricio

#pray4

Based on where we are at the moment, you'd think it'd be easier to qualify for the CL by finishing Top 4 rather than winning the Europa, so wouldn't actually mind if we go out tomorrow - especially given our poor record on a Sunday following the Thursday Europa game.

What happens if United finish 5th but also win the Europa, and Chelsea win the Champions League?

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together...

but also I'm pretty sure that means only the top 3 plus the two European trophy winners would qualify

Yeah, one country can only have a maximum of five clubs in the CL so 4th would miss out

Stick a fiver on it and you would be too rich to care.

Think Lucas might be playing CB today.

Mignolet, Clyne, Lucas, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Milner, Firmino, Sturridge, Coutinho. Subs: Ward, Toure, Benteke, Origi, Smith, Teixeira, Chirivella.

be nice to see studge, firmino, coutinho together again.
obviously overpaid to start with but i wonder just how many millions have been knocked off benteke's value by the summer? here's hoping prem riches/desperation lead to someone willing to cough up.

Leading thru a dodgy pen but my god sturridge is so so good.

This last 15 mins so predictable after spending 70 mins being far too casual in front of goal.5 mins of injury time , a goal is probable.

never in doubt

and yeah so good to have studge back

Utd one nil down, Martial injured in the warm up

the fun never ends

And why didn't the ref play on with Blind almost clean through? Flips sake.

Lovely stuff this.

Alonso m. Looks like ilxor reed m. Imo

Utd 2-1 up now. Marcus Rashford with the debut goal

Memphis having his best game to date