markjazzbassist Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 POT 1 Arsenal, Zenit St Petersburg, Lyon, Dynamo Kiev, Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao, Lazio, AC Milan, Viktoria Plzen, FC Salzburg, Copenhagen, Braga POT 2 Steaua Bucharest, Ludogorets, BATE Borisov, EVERTON, Young Boys, Marseille, Real Sociedad, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Lokomotiv Moscow, Austria Wien, Hertha Berlin, Nice POT 3 Astana, Partizan Belgrade, Hoffenheim, FC Koln, NK Rijeka, Vitoria Guimaraes, Atalanta, Zulte Waregem, Zorya Luhansk, Rosenborg, Sheriff Tiraspol, Hapoel Beer-Shev POT 4 Apollon, Istanbul Basaksehir, Konyaspor, Vitesse, Slavia Prague, Red Star Belgrade, Skenderbeu, FC Zlin, AEK Athens, FC Lugano, Vardar Skopje, Ostersunds I'm glad we are in Pot 2. I want to avoid Marseille and Nice and we will. Also we can't play Arsenal which is good too. Pot 1 I don't want Zenit or Kiev or Milan or Lyon. That's about it. The way we are seeded I feel we have a good chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Wouldn't want Hoffenheim for any other reason than because "they" spanked them and can't be doing with the abuse we'll get if we struggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Hardest draw we could get is Milan, Hoffenheim and Vitesse. Knowing our luck that what we will get. Hoping for Braga, FC Koln and AEK Athens. Decent ties which we should win and we don't have to go to the arse end of Europe to play them. Quinn31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Koln is only a 6 hour drive for me, I'd be made up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 In a hospital meeting at 12.00? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Give us Villarreal - we owe them one. As long as Collina doesn't come out of retirement again. Quinn31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 There's video on this page:http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/draws/round=2000890/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Lyon.... could be worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) Lyon. Edited August 25, 2017 by MikeO Beaten by seconds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Group E with Lyon (France), Atalanta (Italy) and Apollon (Cyprus). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Avoided Hoffenheim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Atalanta 3rd team in our group... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Atalanta 3rd team in our group... Could've been easier. Quinn31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 We'll have to improve a hell of a lot if we want to get out of the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Some nice sunny locations to visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 apollon final team.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Toughest group of the twelve imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Toughest group of the twelve imo. Agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Some nice sunny locations to visit. Absolutely, draw's been kind to us in that respect, no eastern Europe slogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Look at it from the other point of view. Lyon and Atalanta will be absolutely gutted with that draw. We need to go and show our dominance. Hopefully we get Lyon first and spank them like we spanked Wolfsburg. True also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 And of course with the final being in Lyon the fans get to scout the best bars for next May . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) Good draw, happy with it. Not an easy group. I'd far rather we play these kinds of teams than labour our way to winning the group by playing teams from the arse-end of Kazakhstan and east Ukraine, crapping on our league form in the process, only to then get knocked out the first time we face a team anyone's heard of in the last 16. This is a proper test of where we are (at least Lyon and Atalanta are, don't know much about the 4th team). Short travel times and teams who aren't walkovers, it's exactly what I wanted. Everyone was afraid of getting Hoffenheim, but Liverpool just brushed them aside in the CL qualifiers. They mullered them. Not to be controversial by drawing comparison to them, but that's the level we should be at with the players we have. We shouldn't be struggling to beat these kinds of teams, not with our wealth, players, and relative managerial experience. If we can't easily get out of this group, then we're not winning the tournament. I was following a Spurs forum yesterday for their draw, and I loved what I saw. All the Utd, City, Chelsea and Liverpool fans were laughing at them, saying they've got a shit draw and were going to get knocked out, whereas the actual Spurs fans were delighted, because playing the likes of Real Madrid is exactly the test they wanted to see their team face. I loved that mentality, rather than seeing City fans rejoice over getting 'soft' teams to play. What kind of 'sport' mentality is that? You're happy that your team of a billion pounds has been gifted an easy passage to the knockout rounds? Anyway I digress...happy with the draw, and I'll be at the Atalanta away leg. Edited August 25, 2017 by Isaiah Quinn31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Some nice away trips there, eyeing up Limassol for a nice Cyprus get away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyBlue Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Could've been easier. They've finished in the bottom half of Serie A every year since promotion looks like (2011-2012) before last year's 4th. Don't know their circumstances but it's possible that last year was a bit fluky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Jean-Michel Aulas, Lyon president: "It's a tough draw, but good to face great football nations. It helps to keep the players fully focused." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 I prefer a group like that rather than trips to places like Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, etc. I think we'll win that group. Quinn31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted August 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 tough group, easy travel i'll take that. Lyon lost Lacazette so i'm not as scared of them as i would be last year. Atalanta was awesome last year but lost a lot of players as well so I'm not too worried by them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 Installed as favourites... https://www.oddschecker.com/football/europa-league/europa-league-group-e/winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted August 25, 2017 Report Share Posted August 25, 2017 I thought that looked an easy group myself. Lyon more difficult but they haven't been anything special for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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