Looks like Kinsky, Dragusin, Forster and Werner miss out on the Europa squad places. The right decision/s imo.
CL KO last 16 draw : T1 Benfica vs Barcelona T2 Paris St-Germain vs Liverpool T3 Feyenoord vs Inter Milan T4 PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal T5 Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen T6 Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid T7 Borussia Dortmund vs Lille T8 Club Brugge vs Aston Villa QF draw projected : Q1 winner of T2 vs winner of T8 Q2 winner of T4 vs winner of T6 Q3 winner of T1 vs winner of T7 Q4 winner of T3 vs winner of T5 SF draw projected : S1 winner of Q1 vs winner of Q2 S2 winner of Q3 vs winner of Q4
<BBC> All the Premier League clubs are on the same side of the draw. We could have an all-English quarter-final and an all-English semi-final. </BBC> Unfortunate that is.
So it is AZ in the last 16, followed by Ajax or Frankfurt if we get through with Lazio / Olympiakos likely in the semi should we manage to get that far! Looks possibly the (slightly) easier side of the draw, United Have Sociedad then probably Lyon, but the top half of their side has Bilbao, Roma, Rangers and Fenerbahce A draw that means that Jose could play Roma, Man Utd and Spurs!
EL KO last 16 draw : T1 Roma vs Athletic Club T2 Viktoria Plzen vs Lazio T3 Real Sociedad vs Manchester United T4 AZ Alkmaar vs Tottenham T5 FCSB vs Lyon T6 Ajax vs Eintracht Frankfurt T7 Fenerbahce vs Rangers T8 Bodo/Glimt vs Olympiacos QF draw projected : Q1 winner of T3 vs winner of T5 Q2 winner of T1 vs winner of T7 Q3 winner of T4 vs winner of T6 Q4 winner of T2 vs winner of T8 SF draw projected : S1 winner of Q1 vs winner of Q2 S2 winner of Q3 vs winner of Q4
Couldn't ask for a better draw imo. I’ve said since the beginning that last 8 was where Spurs would go out. TBH they should make the semi finals now but I’m gonna stick with a last 8 exit.
It’s a really good draw for us all things considered. I really hope we take it seriously, we’ve often rotated in Europa over the years with this season being no different, with the league basically being a write off this season for us, time to do the opposite. On a match week where we have a Europa fixture, rotate the team on Sundays and go full strength on Thursday. We were one of the favourites for this and on paper you can see why. Need to make sure we treat it with the respect it deserves. Would love to win it.
I think that is true for the last 16 but the quarter finals and semi finals draws seem to have us as the first named team so at home first.
I’m still going out on a limb and saying I think we’ve got a very good chance in this competition. But only if players don’t get injured after returning. COYS
I think it’s just the mentality. It’s what’s cost us in the past, players have gone into some games expecting to play 50% and win then been beaten and managers have rotated sides thinking a B team/ squad side can get the job done and it hasn’t. Take it seriously - as any team should - and I really think we can live up to the favourites tag. It could turn what’s been one of the worst seasons in years into a belter.
I’m not exactly the most positive spurs fan. Been let down too many times in important games to have much positivity these days But bearing in mind who has gone out already, I genuinely think we can beat any of the sides left in the competition, and to be honest, we should be. But we need to have as close to a fully fit squad as possible.
