Lord Willard Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Then there was 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 minutes ago, Lord Willard said: Then there was 8 now it is only 8 we should take it seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted March 14 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14 plzen, PAOK, or brugge please fiorentina should be beatable, just would be worried about going there and getting stabbed lille or fenerbahce (and maybe olympiakos) are the only ones that really worry me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Fernerbache next. Remember you heard it here first. Them Captain Kirks will give us a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Nice result. Shambles getting home. Didn’t think would have to walk against hundreds of Ajax fans to try and get to a train station. Most were fine but one or two were getting a bit funny. Ironic the police do so much to split fans then let some go through them like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted March 14 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14 Has anyone said how ****-ing incredible it is to have this forum topic -- to be talking quarter-finals in Europe, to be speculatin' and prognosticatin' on whether we would prefer Fiorentina or Lille or Olympiakos (none of them, please!!!!!). So happy. This is golden this year -- golden. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted March 14 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14 56 minutes ago, tomav84 said: plzen, PAOK, or brugge please fiorentina should be beatable, just would be worried about going there and getting stabbed lille or fenerbahce (and maybe olympiakos) are the only ones that really worry me Spot on. Less worried about Olympiakos, but Fenerbahce and Lille are both very dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Lord Willard said: Then there was 8 When's the draw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Hopefully draw the team thats least likely to stab/cause trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Lille or Brugge just because they would be the shortest for travelling. I don't care who we get from a footballing perspective, as we can beat any team in this competition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceemo Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Just to round-up the results from tonight: Aston Villa 4-0 Ajax - 4-0 on aggregate Club Brugge 3-0 Molde - 4-2 on aggregate Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-6 Olympiacos - 5-7 on aggregate Lille 1-1 Sturm Graz - 4-1 on aggregate PAOK 5-1 Dinamo Zagreb - 5-3 on aggregate Fiorentina 1-1 Maccabi Haifa - 5-4 on aggregate Viktoria Plzen 0-0 Servette - 0-0 on aggregate, Viktoria Plzen won on penalties Fenerbahce 0-1 Union Saint-Gilloise - 3-1 on aggregate One of the most amazing comebacks of all time from Olympiacos. 4-1 defeat at home in the first leg, they somehow hammered Tel Aviv. PAOK were another side to turn around their tie as they trashed Dinamo Zagreb with a terrific display. Club Brugge are another team not to be taken lightly as they beat Molde convincingly. Lille strolled through in second gear against Sturm Graz. Fiorentina were made to sweat at the end against Haifa but were deserved winners. Plzen overcame Servette after 210 minutes without a goal on penalties, whilst Union Saint-Gilloise's impressive season includes a victory in Istanbul, but last weeks damage could not be reversed. So draw tomorrow at 1pm. We play Arsenal away 3 days after the first leg and Bournemouth 3 days after the second leg. Personally I would like to avoid Fenerbahce for a couple of reasons. Trip to Turkey would not be ideal at this part of the season and the hostile atmosphere would not be welcome and they are a decent side. PAOK and Olympiacos similarly would be not ideal away trips even if we should beat them over the 2 legs. Fiorentina and Lille would be the hardest draws on paper probably, whilst Club Brugge are a good side and have a £30 million future Premier League striker in their side. Viktoria Plzen for me would be the best draw even if they have been excellent in Europe this season. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Marka Ragnos said: Has anyone said how ****-ing incredible it is to have this forum topic -- to be talking quarter-finals in Europe, to be speculatin' and prognosticatin' on whether we would prefer Fiorentina or Lille or Olympiakos (none of them, please!!!!!). So happy. This is golden this year -- golden. Ahem to that. Plzen or Brugge please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted March 15 VT Supporter Share Posted March 15 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ceemo said: Just to round-up the results from tonight: Aston Villa 4-0 Ajax - 4-0 on aggregate Club Brugge 3-0 Molde - 4-2 on aggregate Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-6 Olympiacos - 5-7 on aggregate Lille 1-1 Sturm Graz - 4-1 on aggregate PAOK 5-1 Dinamo Zagreb - 5-3 on aggregate Fiorentina 1-1 Maccabi Haifa - 5-4 on aggregate Viktoria Plzen 0-0 Servette - 0-0 on aggregate, Viktoria Plzen won on penalties Fenerbahce 0-1 Union Saint-Gilloise - 3-1 on aggregate One of the most amazing comebacks of all time from Olympiacos. 4-1 defeat at home in the first leg, they somehow hammered Tel Aviv. PAOK were another side to turn around their tie as they trashed Dinamo Zagreb with a terrific display. Club Brugge are another team not to be taken lightly as they beat Molde convincingly. Lille strolled through in second gear against Sturm Graz. Fiorentina were made to sweat at the end against Haifa but were deserved winners. Plzen overcame Servette after 210 minutes without a goal on penalties, whilst Union Saint-Gilloise's impressive season includes a victory in Istanbul, but last weeks damage could not be reversed. So draw tomorrow at 1pm. We play Arsenal away 3 days after the first leg and Bournemouth 3 days after the second leg. Personally I would like to avoid Fenerbahce for a couple of reasons. Trip to Turkey would not be ideal at this part of the season and the hostile atmosphere would not be welcome and they are a decent side. PAOK and Olympiacos similarly would be not ideal away trips even if we should beat them over the 2 legs. Fiorentina and Lille would be the hardest draws on paper probably, whilst Club Brugge are a good side and have a £30 million future Premier League striker in their side. Viktoria Plzen for me would be the best draw even if they have been excellent in Europe this season. Great round-up, and yup, you hit all the salient issues, IMO. I don't know if Fred is free of injury at the moment, but last time I saw him playing for Fenerbahçe last fall -- supremely confident, poised, a playmaker -- I was like, what happened to the end-of-career-ManU Fred? He was not that man. The home atmosphere there was ... frightening. Edited March 15 by Marka Ragnos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Hopefully avoid the greek sides and Fener. The away legs I fear we'd crumble like against Legia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 The key is travel. The shortest distance and most convenient match times please. We can beat anyone, but with horrific travel we could also beat ourselves in future games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 We should be beating all the teams left if we play like we are capable of playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Quarter Final and Semi Final draw today. This is so exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Some absolutely phenomenal cities to visit there lads, I'm jealous. Istanbul, Bruges, Lille, Florence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On the one hand, you want to avoid the Greek sides for the travel distance (and PAOK in particular look to have a decent squad). But it also seems to me that you want both Greek sides eliminated before the final, so drawing them and getting rid of one of them now would not be the worst thing. On the other hand, Viktoria Plzen look very weak for a side in the QFs of a continental competition and you'd like to think we could progress through that without too much challenge. Fenerbahce would be a very tough draw for multiple reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Don_Simon said: Quarter Final and Semi Final draw today. This is so exciting! what time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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