Taking advantage of Young Boys: Champions League & Europa League 2010/11

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A week of fun:

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Zenit St Petersburg v Auxerre, PO, L1, 17:30
Dynamo Kiev v Ajax, PO, L1, 19:45
Rosenborg v FC Copenhagen, PO, L1, 19:45
Sparta Prague v MSK Zilina, PO, L1, 19:45
Young Boys v Tottenham, PO, L1, 19:45

Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Basle v FC Sheriff Tiraspol, PO, L1, 19:45
Braga v Sevilla, PO, L1, 19:45
Partizan Belgrade v Anderlecht, PO, L1, 19:45
Red Bull Salzburg v Hapoel Tel-Aviv, PO, L1, 19:45
Werder Bremen v Sampdoria, PO, L1, 19:45

Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Aris Salonika v Austria Vienna, PO, L1, 17:00
Besiktas v HJK Helsinki, PO, L1, 17:00

Thursday, 19 August 2010
Sibir Novosibirsk v PSV, PO, L1, 13:00
BATE v Maritimo, PO, L1, 17:00
Bayer Leverkusen v Tavriya Symferopol, PO, L1, 17:30
CSKA Moscow v Anorthosis Famagusta, PO, L1, 17:30
PSG v Macc Tel-Aviv, PO, L1, 17:30
Rapid Vienna v Aston Villa, PO, L1, 17:45
Slovan Bratislava v VfB Stuttgart, PO, L1, 17:45
AIK Solna v Levski Sofia, PO, L1, 18:00
Debrecen v Litex Lovech, PO, L1, 18:00
Dnipro v Lech Poznan, PO, L1, 18:00
FC Vaslui v Lille, PO, L1, 18:00
Omonia Nicosia v FC Metalist Kharkiv , PO, L1, 18:00
Odense BK v Motherwell, PO, L1, 18:05
Feyenoord v AA Gent, PO, L1, 18:15
Steaua Bucharest v Grasshoppers, PO, L1, 18:45
Galatasaray v Karpaty Lviv, PO, L1, 19:00
CSKA Sofia v The New Saints, PO, L1, 19:30
Club Bruges v Dinamo Minsk, PO, L1, 19:30
Genk v FC Porto, PO, L1, 19:30
Hajduk Split v Unirea Urziceni, PO, L1, 19:30
Lausanne Sports v Lokomotiv Moscow, PO, L1, 19:30
PAOK Salonika v Fenerbahce, PO, L1, 19:30
Palermo v NK Maribor, PO, L1, 19:30
Celtic v FC Utrecht, PO, L1, 19:45
Liverpool v Trabzonspor, PO, L1, 19:45
Politehnica Timisoara v Man City, PO, L1, 19:45
AZ Alkmaar v FC Aktobe, PO, L1, 20:00
Dundee Utd v AEK Athens, PO, L1, 20:00
Getafe v Apoel Nicosia, PO, L1, 20:00
Gyor ETO FC v Dinamo Zagreb, PO, L1, 20:00
Napoli v Elfsborg, PO, L1, 20:00
Borussia Dortmund v FK Qarabag, PO, L1, 20:05
SK Sturm Graz v Juventus, PO, L1, 20:05
Sporting v Brondby, PO, L1, 20:30
Villarreal v Dnepr Mogilev, PO, L1, 21:00

oh a spurscentric title boo hiss etc

Couldn't have been anything else tho surely?

my opinion in this, as in other matters, bears the weight of hunger striking feathers

a- title/shop

generous

man city need to win this i guess

Wankdorf: Taking advantage of Young Boys

levy pulls off the double sponsorship idea. spurs will be sponsored by investec for europe/ domestic cups
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/uploads/assets/637x335/2010-11/new_kit/new_kit_cup/bale_lilywhite_kit_full637.jpg

Is that the Golden Jubilee kit?

Fifty years.

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The Hot Seat

A peculiar feature of the Stade de Suisse is the presence of a single, red seat (the other seats are black and yellow). This was the first seat installed at the new stadium, on January 20, 2005, and the honour of unveiling it was given to former Young Boys player and manager Walter Eich. There are no tickets available for this seat; every game the seat is occupied by a notable personality, often with ties to Young Boys. In a recent tradition, newcomers to Young Boys are sometimes asked to sit in the hot seat, where they are offered a lap dance. While some view this as an important part of team bonding, the tradition is still viewed as optional, as some players have found this offering offensive.

well there you go.

we are gonna KILL these guys tonight. imo.

Saturday's Spurs Performence

- Joe Hart

= Double Figures

Great thread title btw.

it could have been 5 or 6 alright. but 2nd half was not great. don't expect to see modric and huddlestone without palacios again, lacks drive.

451 with pav FTW!

You don't like Defoe?

Match of the Day probably skewed the way the second half looked I suppose. See your point about your midfield, maybe surprising that you overran City so much first half given how combatitive their midfield was. Sounded like they were a little bewildered in general.

defoe's been not himself since maybe the turn of the year. i think his bulking up has made him think he's a different player than he is, and it hasn't improved him. i like him, but not in a 451 i don't think.

was impressed with how city re-asserted themselves in that game. formidable, though not quite got the balance btwn defence/attack yet.

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^ Is this Young Boys' home kit or their away kit?

no jokes, that is uncannily like a young darraghmac

Bet you were very popular with the local priest

oh that's in poor taste

^

Such sensitive souls

shocked tbh

Saturday's Spurs Performence

- Joe Hart

= Double Figures

Well yeah, there were like 13 shots on target and if there were no goalkeeper of course it'd be double digits.

Over-confidence or a prank?

Tottenham's official Twitter page posted a message this morning "reporting":

"Spurs thrash Young Boys 6-2"

Subsequent Tweets here and here show that they were quick to apologise for the, ahem, error.

* "The Club wishes to make clear that a Tweet posted shortly before 10am in reference to tonight's game was NOT an official Club tweet."
* "This Tweet in no way represented Club views or opinions - the matter is now being fully investigated."

CMON YOUUOOO SPRUSS

IT'S READY

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i've always had a soft spot for young boys.

although peru's "sport boys" who play in palermo pink are almost as unfortunate.

they all grow up eventually but only some become Newell's Old Boys

Gomes, Corluka, Dawson, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto,
Giovani, Palacios, Modric, Bale, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=337901&cc=5901

Yipes

OMG so close!

Double yipes. 1-0.

1) Can I make my "It's Young Boys against boys" joke yet?

2) Can I point out that the co-commentator said "....with their tails up Young Boys"? Or is that just juvenile?

I predict 4-1 Spurs.

maybe 4-2 Spurs?

LOL

Lol fate tempting. Spurs will still go through though.

oops

1914: Want to know how the Tottenham crew are feeling right now? Here's the first instalment of chat from my mate Pearlo, a massive Spurs fan: "I can express the thoughts of all Spurs fans when I tell you this is destiny. No complacency and no hiding. Win this and we can ruffle feathers in the Champions League. No exaggeration to say our season and future depends entirely on these two games."

well there you go.

we are gonna KILL these guys tonight. imo.

― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 11:44 (8 hours ago) Bookmark

Anyone still think Spurs are going through?

I think we can lol now.

tottenham lolspur

OMG 3

haha, oh dear.

Against that is that they look like they're playing a different game, so maybe for everyone else it's a question of having to evolve rather than simply get a bit better. But Real did beat them fair & square once, so it can be done. Feel like Real are some way clear of the third-best team at the moment themselves though.

We don't really know how good Real are though. It's not like they faced stiff opposition in the Champions League this year until Barca (sorry Spurs fans)

Hang on, we're all forgetting that if Bendtner were a proper finisher it'd've been Arsenal whimpering weakly to defeat against Shakhtar in the quarters.

plus the mighty Hercules gave Barcelona a schooling this year

the CB pairing on Saturday looked far from perfect, how many seasons has Puyol got left in him?

(xxp) Exactly. At their best they are astonishingly good, clearly on another level to just about everyone, BUT they were a Bendtner fuck up away from an early exit, they were stifled by Inter the season before, they were extremely lucky to get past Chelsea the season before...

tbf number none i'd agree completely. The big 'what if' moment this season was us rolling over in the bernabeu

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Woah, that's amazing! I like the big black line from vds to Rooney.

lol at valencia only passing back to the defence until nani came on.

carrick pretty much totally ignored

Valencia was so disappointing

Of course Fergie's aiming to knock Barcelona off their perch, there's nothing presumptuous in that, it's what EVERY big European club is looking to do.

United have never been as dominant in the Champions League as Barca or Real or Milan have felt in the past though and I'm not sure Fergie is the man to do it. Chelsea, Real, City or one of two or three Italian clubs could feasibly do it with the right players coming through.

Difficult to say how long Barcelona could stay great, depends how long Xavi and Iniesta can hold it together and how they're replaced, I guess. Given their game isn't exactly based on bombing round all over the pitch that could be a while.

Xavi has suffered from tendonitis in the past so that could become a problem but Iniesta is still only 27 (amazingly enough) and i guess if they get Cesc in they'll be sorted for quite a while.

cesc is only 24, jesus

Cesc is also not anywhere near as good as either of them, I don't think he's the player on his own that European domination is made of.

cesc is as close to xavi as he needs to be imo

Not sure what that means. Matt OTM.

I'd have him at Utd anyway

When i was watching highlights of the Utd - Barca games from 98 last week, at one point they cut to a shot of Guardiola in the crowd and were talking about his injury problems. Ron Atkinson then said - "I'll tell you what though, this young lad Xavi who's come in doesn't look half bad" Big Ron OTM.

europa league 2011/12 has officially kicked off

CEEEEELTIC
CEEEEELTIC
CEEEEELTIC
CEEEEELTIC

What is this nonsense doing in the 2010/11 thread?

this is a disaster, we need at least three months of consulting to get a title for the 2011/12 thread.

There must be a useable pun in here somewhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prisons_in_Hong_Kong

Tong Fuk, the Europa League! Also Gareth Barry still won't win shit in the Champions League 11/12

'I miss Tottenham already": The Champions League 2011/12

Praise Allah that Bale and Modric are still herre: The CL 01/12

"Jol in, Tottenham out: Champions & Europa League 2011/12"

Champions League 2011/12: still featuring Fabregas, Clichy and Nasri

"Connor Wickham didn't fancy it"

Different threads for Europa and CL I reckon.

hey matt can you change the date in the fav players poll to july 30th?

boooooo

bit early for bottling it, even for a gooner

"Do we really have to post on the Europa League 2011/12 thread?"

yeah, something along those lines

"Give the younger posters a run out" UEFA League 2012

I liked the bit (I think it was darragh?) in the other thread that went like "Clint will show up with some lads he knows" etc etc

except Clint's taking time off ;_;

Practicing two-yard tap-ins in his back yard I hope.

they'll meet there, see who shows, clint'll bring a few lads he knows, it'll be sound.

― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:57 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Hold on, this Mark Schwarzer vs Jonathan Franzen beef could be a distraction

haven't even read the article but Schwarzer otm

his historic Sydney house

this has gotta be an oxymoron for a start

oxie moran is the undertaker over in louisburgh iirc

"taking advantage of the new saints"... nah

Really? After all that King Kenny shit, Liverpool isn't even in the Europa League 2011/12

I'd like to see Justinus Hansen do it on a wet Thursday night in Stoke in the Europa League 2011/12

this is rubbish

and also the wrong thread

Yeah, best leave this one well alone and let it safely sink off the page

Flush this question out