Europa League Finalists

Well done Sevilla, I have a soft spot for them having seen them whilst on holidays there.

Great stuff, bring on Benfica, I prefer Porto so a Spanish win will do nicely.

 

Benfica played well, but I cannot stand their twat of a coach, he looks like the poison dwarf.

 

Which Dutch and Belgian teams are there?

Nice trip across on the ferry from Hedon Rerd would be mega.

 

Will be some Party on the ferry party.

 

The Leffe would be sloshing all ovver.

Brilliant. Can't wait.

 

FC Twente, PEC Zwolle (both Dutch) and Lokeren (Belgium) have so far qualified for next season playoffs, just to keep you enticed...

 

I assume Zwolle will be in it, since they won the Dutch cup.

Think Brugge & Anderlecht are the usual Belgian sides.

 

Brugge, is ****ing brilliant.

I'm bang up for any of these bad boys.

 

I'm assuming they're in it. They usually are.

Macca is more clued up than me.

 

It's awkward to predict the Europa league places in the Netherlands and Belgium, as they have playoffs involving usually 6 teams for those places.

At the moment, two out of PSV, Vitesse, Heerenveen, Groningen and AZ will be in the Europa League in some form, alongside Twente and Zwolle.

It looks like the French qualifiers will be St Etienne and Lyon, both are in comfortable positions in the Europa League spots.

It also looks like Spain's qualifiers will be Sevilla, Sociedad and Villarreal.

Portugal's representatives will be, for now anyway, Estoril and Nacional.

In Norway, Molde and Rosenborg look dead set on it too.

Up in Scotland, Aberdeen and Motherwell are in good positions.

The Belgian League is harder to predict. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_Belgian_Pro_League#Championship_Playoff

 

Feyenoord or PSV would also be class for the group stages

Hull City
FC Twente
Club Brugge
Malmo

 

Couldn't happen.

 

Well of course, at least two of those will likely be in the same pot due to their coefficients.

 

I've a feeling we could be in pot 3. With the champions league prize on offer at the end I think everyone will be giving it a good crack and we won't see so many big clubs with higher coefficients drops out in the qualifying/playoff rounds.

 

Being as this is a European football thread, OT apparently the Guardian have reported that QPR have a higher wage bill than Atletico Madrid. Bonkers!!

 

Just seen that on the DM website.

What is most concerning about it is that it doesn't surprise me.

 

I've been preparing by setting the sat nav for a few likely trips, but my Tom Tom can't find T.N.S.

 

We won't have a UEFA coefficient will we? I know every country has one, but I'm pretty sure clubs do to and having not competed in Europe before, wouldn't that gives one of 0.00?

 

I hope they do some sort of loyalty system on away tickets.

Should we qualify, make it through the group and get a trip to San Siro or something, as someone who will most likely do every away I'd be sorely pissed off if they made it a passholder free for all.

As we've seen with the **** all cup they ain't exactly wise with ticket arrangements.

That's all

 

What about Aberystwyth?