[Albion] The Europa League 23-24 Round of 16 Draw OFFICIAL THREAD

[Gabbiano]

Well next season they will change the rules to stop teams having repeat ties against their group members.

Freiburg v West Ham
Qarabag v Leverkusen
Sporting v Atalanta

All repeats.

 

[SeagullofMalaysia]

Roma - a very daunting draw, but it's this kind of match that used to be beyond our wildest dreams back in our Withdean days!

So excited.

 

[patchamalbion]

99% of the content was about Qarabag, Lisbon sides and Marseille but hardly saw anyone talking about Roma on here.

Winnable for sure but tough. Biggest allocation possible?
Cheap flights with plenty of options.

Good draw

 

[Greg Bobkin]

What a tie! As much as I would love to, I won't be going to the away leg, but I LOVE Rome – have a fantastic time everyone who makes it there.

I wanted an Italian team – so excited!

 

[wolfie]

Excellent for you. I saw Fulham there on the way to the final in 2010. Did the sights in the morning (Coliseum, Parthenon, St Peters) before finding a bar full of Cottagers and then the scary convoy of buses to the ground. Trastevere is a great area with restaurants and craft beer bars. Enjoy!

Quite a big detour if you made it to the Parthenon

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Roma is a cracking draw, another proper European game feel to it. Should be two cracking games.

Frieberg vs West Ham, Sporting v Atalanta and Qarabag v Leverkusen are repeats of group games, dull for their fans.

 

[albionalba]

.....and after Rome, see you in Glasgow....!

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Stadio Olympico will make the Velodrome look and sound like Priestfield

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

The way I see this one.

Glamour = 7.5/10
Difficulty = 7/10
Ticketing / getting there potential = 8/10

 

[GT49er]

Anybody else think next year's format sounds absolutely sh*t? League format, like they're pushing more and more for a European super league type format (albeit not with a closed shop, but still a league aiming to rival domestic leagues).

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Well next season they will change the rules to stop teams having repeat ties against their group members.

Freiburg v West Ham
Qarabag v Leverkusen
Sporting v Atalanta

All repeats.

Different format next season so no groups as such. Clubs will play 1 off games against 8 different sides (CL) and 6 different sides (Europa/conference league). One giant League table so less chance of play off round and round of 16 being repeats I’d have thought.

Edit I’m sure the bloke said 6 games for Europa League but Wiki shows next seasons schedule having 8 match weeks for Europa League group stage. 6 games for conference League according to wiki.

 

[dazzer6666]

Only been there once and that was for a day. Added a couple of days to the trip to have a stroll around. Happy days.

 

[kojak]

I wonder how much that bowl with Brighton & Hove Albion on it would sell on ebay?

 

[GloryDays]

Feels unreal being in this draw being a Brighton fan ....

Yeah, BTEC Ranieri seemed to feel the name. Announced us as more of a confused question when reading out the group winners.

Seemed to love Carrierbag though.

 

[Seagull58]

Anybody else think next year's format sounds absolutely sh*t? League format, like they're pushing more and more for a European super league type format (albeit not with a closed shop, but still a league aiming to rival domestic leagues

17 matches without qualifying and play-off round

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Sparta Prague v Liverpool

Marseille v Villarreal

Roma v Brighton

Benfica v Rangers

Freiburg v West Ham

Sporting Lisbon v Atalanta

AC Milan v Slavia Prague

Qarabag v Bayer Leverkusen

 

[Forster's Armband]

Anybody else think next year's format sounds absolutely sh*t? League format, like they're pushing more and more for a European super league type format (albeit not with a closed shop, but still a league aiming to rival domestic leagues).

Agreed.

36 teams in a league?? It's like setting up a league in Sensible Soccer (one for a certain generation) not the format of a proper European competition.

 

[sir_gullahad]

Anybody else think next year's format sounds absolutely sh*t? League format, like they're pushing more and more for a European super league type format (albeit not with a closed shop, but still a league aiming to rival domestic leagues).

I'm prepared to give it a chance (should we be involved). I like that it gives you more of a reason to care about all results not just those in your group.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Roma 6th in Serie A. Lukaku top scorer.

I watched their extra time against Feyernord last night. They looked decent ish but not massive cutting edge. Keeper looed very good in the penalties. But we can do this.

We missed the chance to see Belotti at the Amex as they loaned him out

 

[Originunknown]

6 of us booked from LGW