Europa League Watch

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First leg of the last 32 is played tonight.

18:00 FC Dnipro v Tottenham
20:05 Swansea v Napoli

Sherwood is leaving most of his players at home (Adebayor, Lennon, Walker, Dembele, Kaboul, Lloris, Sandro, Lamela, Chiriches, Defoe).

Konoplyanka is due to start for Dnipro.

Michu and Shelvey miss out due to injury but might return for the game against us.

Benitez loses Higuain due to a back problem.

Hopefully an exhausting night for all players involved.

 

There is some doubt about the Spurs game with more violence in Ukraine

 

Should man yoo manage to scrape a spot into next seasons Europa League the club have come up with a cunning way to continue to line their owners pockets and to assume continued Champions League status.


http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...e-backlash-after-3165064#.UwX_ijqIFUI.twitter

 

Saw that earlier. Do they sell out for the domestic cup games?

 

They ain't gonna play any domestic cup games any time soon so that's a bit of a conundrum.

 

All i'd say is i hope all the spuds out there in ukraine (should any be mad enough to travel) get back safe.

The team has travelled so its preparations for the weekend are already disrupted. I think the ukrainians will try to force the game through but it'l be a powder keg potentially as football is always a useful way for a lot of people to gather and protest.

I think uefa should have stepped in sooner myself. just hope they f up this weekend.



I also hope swansea give their all and more tonight... just be flat and let in 3 v lfc this weekend please.

 

"just be flat and let in 3 v lfc this weekend please. "


Only 3 MITO? No ambition

 

Thoughts on who will get to the final? With it being at Juve stadium I can see them going for it. Rafa is always good in Europe and can see Napoli doing the same. Spurs potentially but depends on what they prioritize possibly.

 

Regarding the Spurs match in Kiev, I think the main issue is that fans could come into contact with the demonstrations and violence at the main train station in the city centre where they need to connect, apart from that I believe the airport and stadium are quite a distance away from where it has all kicked off again. Terrible situation over there, human rights violations happening all over.

 

jeez i was being nice... fine f'n whack the woolybacked sheep shaggers for 6 then!

 

Nasty berk

 

well right now its getting close to kick off so if its not off spurs should be already at the ground getting things ready.. it could be frankly a shut down and an empty stadium but it might just go ahead.

 

never pleased.

can we get monk sacked... our record hints at it happening... #new manager appointed by swans next week.

 

spurs team is out

24 Friedel
16 Naughton
03 Rose
15 Capoue
20 Dawson
05 Vertonghen
08 Paulinho
42 Bentaleb
09 Soldado
17 Townsend
21 Chadli
Substitutes
23 Eriksen
35 Fryers
37 Kane
47 McEvoy
51 Veljkovic
56 Archer
60 Onomah

4/5 vital players for them out on show

2 cbs and paulinho. townsend coming back in so he needs games anyway.

Could we say that spurs are kind of managing this one with a view to league?

 

Konoplyanka ripping up Spurs

 

Penberto Loldado misses a header from 4 yards

 

Just getting acquianted with his new teammates is all.

 

The game is in Dnipropetrovsk which is 280 miles from Kiev.

Uefa have already moved Dynamo Kiev's home match against Valencia to Cyprus.

 

Matheus with the worst 1 on 1 ever after Spurs ripped again

 

Kono is waltzing past Spurs defence at the moment. Certainly the brightest spark in this game so far.