Cashless Society Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Don't you get automatic promotion to CL if you win EL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Don't you get automatic promotion to CL if you win EL? Yea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melphis Amekia Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Don't you get automatic promotion to CL if you win EL? Yea I thought so too, but Sevilla played in the group stages of the EL this season instead of the CL, and they won the EL last season. They changed something I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I thought so too, but Sevilla played in the group stages of the EL this season instead of the CL, and they won the EL last season. They changed something I guess? Yeah, it's new for this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melphis Amekia Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, it's new for this season. Pretty dumb tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashless Society Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I thought so too, but Sevilla played in the group stages of the EL this season instead of the CL, and they won the EL last season. They changed something I guess?Rule comes into effect in the 2015/2016 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Skrtel banned for 3 games for stepping on De Gea. That's what I'm seeing on twitter anyway. That means he misses Arsenal clash. Big loss potentially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 So the FA have (yet) another new plan to foster the future of the England team by restricting all those deuced foreigners who clog up the first teams of the big clubs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32024808 Tighter definitions on 'home-grown' players, stricter work permit regulations for non-EU players, etc. You know the drill, you can all see the gaps. Lots of talk about Harry Kane and what a stroke of luck that good old Tim got to manage Tottenham or he'd still be out on loan, etc. What I want is for someone, some journalist, somewhere, when fed a line like: We don't want to stop the outstanding talent coming here, but there are an awful lot of bog-standard players as well. To say: 'oh, I agree completely. Care to give us some examples?' You know that Dyke would never in a hundred years have the brass to actually mention anyone by name. But it would be funny. Also, for someone to challenge this tired line. Just three English players were in the Manchester City line-up across the two legs of their recent Champions League loss to Barcelona. While this is true, how many of those guys do not hold an EU passport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melphis Amekia Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Rule comes into effect in the 2015/2016 season. If it was reserved for the next season, Sevilla would have played this season in a CL group instead of an EL one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashless Society Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 If it was reserved for the next season, Sevilla would have played this season in a CL group instead of an EL one.Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 To clear up an apparent confusion of meaning on all sides: Europa/UEFA cup winners never previously qualified for the CL- it is new that they will do so. It will be as of this season, though, not the 2015/16 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melphis Amekia Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, my bad, I misremebered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 'Paddy McNair set to fulfil boyhood dream'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32024912 Disappointingly, this turns out to be to appear for Northern Ireland and does not involve Andreas Perreira. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 so wednesday mls and minnesota united fc owner have a pretty big announcement. clearly they will be saying minnesota is coming to mls next year. not sure how i feel about adding another team (and likely one more to keep the numbers even) so quickly after bringing orlando and nycfc to the league. the fear is obviously a watering down of the talent pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 He's not been banned yet. He's been charged and he has until tomorrow to respond. Ahh. Do these normally get overturned at that stage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I like Euro League :dunno: I don't really like it, but I prefer it to no games on a Thursday night. Liverpool should embrace such an obligation and seize the opportunity that is qualifying for Champions' League through Europa League if no other opportunity presents itself. Trying to avoid Europa League is as unsportsmanlike as I can think of. It's like taking off silver medal right after being awarded one because you wanted to win gold. Just plain wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeric Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Ahh. Do these normally get overturned at that stage? I would say theres no chance in hell he wont get punished, the only things trying to fight this will cause it an extra match on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 It's quite clear from the video that he shortens his stride just before making contact. If he wanted to avoid de Gea he could quite easily have jumped over him. ETA: The fact is, the referee would have issued a red card had he seen it. That is enough to get him the ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I think Skrtel should have been sent off. What I found more amusing was the Balotelli situation, where the Liverpool fans actually saved him from probably doing something silly and getting sent off too (although I do admit it's complete speculation what he would have done, but he was obviously close to it having grabbed Smalling's leg). With Phil Jones possibly also close to being sent off, we could have had a 10 vs 8 match... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 It's quite clear from the video that he shortens his stride just before making contact. If he wanted to avoid de Gea he could quite easily have jumped over him. Liverpool fan bias aside, but had Skrtel not shortened his stride he would 've stomped right on De Gea's face. Plus, bear in mind that De Gea was sliding in as well. Going after the ban is legitimate, but I don't think the cae arguing the ban would be as solid as it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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