⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Winners: Eintracht Frankfurt!

[buwaytress]

This is the discussion thread for the Europa League.

Champions League thread is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5163249
Europa Conference League thread is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5342840

Hi guys! So the old UEFA lounge was closed. And kenzawak's closed his thread for last season too... I'm loathe to open new threads every season, what do you think? Can we have this as the perma thread or a new one every season?

================= Summary 2020/21 season =================

COVID happened, United scuppered it all in the final and Villareal won their first major trophy during the COVID season.

================= Summary 2021/22 season =================

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Glasgow Rangers on penalties after taking the game to extra time on 1-1. They went the entire campaign undefeated, and knocked out Barca along the way.

[swogerino]

These are the prequalifiers I think and there are very weak teams playing.I think it is very difficult to predict this kind of matches.Starting from the next round of Europa League and Champions League stronger teams will start to play.

In the final qualifying round there will be also some big names from big European Championships playing so this thread will only get better as time move on.

[Juggy777]

Hi guys! So the old UEFA lounge was closed. And kenzawak's closed his thread for last season too... I'm loathe to open new threads every season, what do you think? Can we have this as the perma thread or a new one every season?

Meanwhile, the preliminaries for Season 2019/20 have all started! There's a curious case of a University men's team competing in UEFA competition for the first time ever. Another fairy tale in the making perhaps? Cardiff Metropolitan. Long live the Welsh!

Here's the schedule. Next Thursday is like 30 games, too long to post!

@buwaytress keep this thread permanent no need to close this one and open a new thread every season, as other sport threads too are permanent eg cricket and tennis one. University Men’s team won’t last long in this competition not even sure how they managed to make it so far. Zidane is back as the coach of Real Madrid can he win the trophy again?, or will Liverpool be able to defend it that’s what we should be discussing.

[bering]

The teams who playing to qualifications match not so familiar for me because it was dominated by mediocre teams which is their local league not so popular and usually i will skipped those match and i do not dare to bets for them so i think my bets will starting at phase group which is more predictable the results than qualifications match

[LTU_btc]

@buwaytress, I think that we need separate threads for Champions and Europa leagues. This thread will become messy eventually when everything is mixed in one place.
In preliminary round we can see mainly weak teams from semi-professional leagues. Next weak when first qualifying round will start, we will see stronger and more known teams joining like Celtic, Crvena Zvezda, Rangers and others.

The teams who playing to qualifications match not so familiar for me because it was dominated by mediocre teams which is their local league not so popular and usually i will skipped those match and i do not dare to bets for them so i think my bets will starting at phase group which is more predictable the results than qualifications match

I have some knowledge about smaller European leagues, so I often bet on the qualification games. It's possible to find very good odds in some matches, especially in live games.

[Upgrade00]

University Men’s team won’t last long in this competition not even sure how they managed to make it so far. Zidane is back as the coach of Real Madrid can he win the trophy again?, or will Liverpool be able to defend it that’s what we should be discussing.

Football is quite an unpredictable game, and I wouldn't write them off just yet, there were lots of surprises in the UCL last season, could be replicated in the UEL. Also just qualifying for the tournament would be a huge achievement for the team.

Liverpool being just the second team to win it back to back, Zidane claiming his fourth? So much to look forward to.

[Lakai01]

@buwaytress, I think that we need separate threads for Champions and Europa leagues. This thread will become messy eventually when everything is mixed in one place.

I second this. This thread will get unreadable and unfollowable if we keep everything at one place!

Regarding the games I wouldnt bet a cent right now. In such low quality games everything can happen, way too risky for me

[Lafu]

Yeb as others already said would it be nice to have Champion and Europa leagues separately and that would be save a lot of time for search over the things when you looking .
Nice to hear and read that you will be continue the thread from kenzawak .
Was realy nice and always up to date !

[buwaytress]

@LTU and the rest. OK fine, renamed to Europa League only;) Thanks for the feedback.

@Juggy, well, the Mets Uni team actually won last night, they unfortunately lost progress thanks to Europe's away goal rule so no fairy tale there.

@LTU Yeah in general I like to look for good value in the latter and group stages too, and I generally have good fortune. I especially think when teams meet for the first time, they're unknown entities, and if you have just a tiny bit of knowledge about them, you might know more than the bookies.

Rangers are my darkhorses for this tourney, but not just because Stevie G, they're actually getting better with every game!

[rachman mahesa]

I agree if the European League thread is separate from the champions league. Of course, each thread will have a different discussion because the competition is different. And for every season it seems like there's no need to open a thread anymore. This is my personal opinion  And it is unfortunate that AC Milan cannot compete in the European league this season because there are cases.

[kenzawak]

I'm loathe to open new threads every season, what do you think? Can we have this as the perma thread or a new one every season?

I think one thread per competition and per season is better. It makes things easier to follow.
It might also prevent them from being locked.
Thanks for opening these two new ones.

[Zicadis]

I'm loathe to open new threads every season, what do you think? Can we have this as the perma thread or a new one every season?

I think one thread per competition and per season is better. It makes things easier to follow.
It might also prevent them from being locked.
Thanks for opening these two new ones.

Yeah usually I would agree with you. But if you take a closer look at this section, either Hilarious or Cyrus are going ham on the lock hammer. Closing down super old or super mega threads (and even some smaller threads).

The last UEFA discussion thread was also locked down. So I think this is the perfect replacement thread in that one's place.

[Coyster]

These are the prequalifiers I think and there are very weak teams playing.I think it is very difficult to predict this kind of matches

This is very correct, this is the sort of games I usually stay away or go through proper research before trying to place a bet or predict them.
When two weak teams play, it's more difficult to choose between them, this stages are pretty tricky.

Can we have this as the perma thread or a new one every season?

I think having the thread every season would be best, and it'll help to keep it clean and reduce the possibility of it turning to a spam thread.

[Zicadis]

This is very correct, this is the sort of games I usually stay away or go through proper research before trying to place a bet or predict them.
When two weak teams play, it's more difficult to choose between them, this stages are pretty tricky.

Imagine a game between Accrington Stanley and Morecambe. Two derby rivals from the underbelly of England's worst performing football leagues. Even though they are hard to predict, it can be fun to watch all the misses these clubs could stack up in a 90 minute game.

I think having the thread every season would be best, and it'll help to keep it clean and reduce the possibility of it turning to a spam thread.

Nah, this is fine. Same thread for as long as possible until one of the mods lock it.

Although it can technically be considered a superthread, all recent conversation appears to be on-topic so I see no reason why it should be ended.

[LTU_btc]

43 matches will be played today in Europa league qualifiers. Mostly we will see smaller and less known teams playing. But I will post few my bets.
Riteriai win vs Klaksvik @1.77, Hapoel Beer Sheva win vs Laci @1.35, Domzale win vs Balzan @1.47, Brann win vs Shamrock Rovers @1.5, Debrecen win vs Kukes @1.38 and Haugesund win vs Cliftonville @1.63.
I'm not going to play with big money today because betting on such games is quite risky and we already saw some big surprises in previous days.

[swogerino]

43 matches will be played today in Europa league qualifiers. Mostly we will see smaller and less known teams playing. But I will post few my bets.
Riteriai win vs Klaksvik @1.77, Hapoel Beer Sheva win vs Laci @1.35, Domzale win vs Balzan @1.47, Brann win vs Shamrock Rovers @1.5, Debrecen win vs Kukes @1.38 and Haugesund win vs Cliftonville @1.63.
I'm not going to play with big money today because betting on such games is quite risky and we already saw some big surprises in previous days.

You are betting on the favourites and I think the games you have bet are all with big difference between the teams playing.I hope you win your big parlay but it is almost impossible for all the games you have played to be wins otherwise sport betting sites would suffer heavy damage in the amount of money lost.Also history has shown that when a lot of games are to be played never all the favourites have won.

[buwaytress]

43 matches will be played today in Europa league qualifiers. Mostly we will see smaller and less known teams playing. But I will post few my bets.
Riteriai win vs Klaksvik @1.77, Hapoel Beer Sheva win vs Laci @1.35, Domzale win vs Balzan @1.47, Brann win vs Shamrock Rovers @1.5, Debrecen win vs Kukes @1.38 and Haugesund win vs Cliftonville @1.63.
I'm not going to play with big money today because betting on such games is quite risky and we already saw some big surprises in previous days.

I hardly ever play with big money, and for me big is even $50 to $100! AND I don't post them here either, call me superstitious but I post my beer money bets only. And it's not even really beer money, it's really money I'm prepared to lose. I find the $5 bets are a lot more enjoyable than $50!

On to the games though, I have a hard time making my picks too. Precious little to dig up from the news on team preps from these leagues but I actually chose the underdog in one of yours. Shamrock Rovers are from a scrappy league (Ireland) but they are in the thick of 2nd spot in their league with shitty form, 1 win and 2 losses in the past 5 games.

Brann are in a much better league but are scrambling in 5th and equally poor form. Of course they should have better quality still being in a more competitive league that actually has a Champs League spot haha, but still, luck of the Irish?

[logfiles]

Lol... Europa FC?
Which country is that time from?
Never heard of that team before
Did they just name their team for the purpose of just Europa League?

[LTU_btc]

You are betting on the favourites and I think the games you have bet are all with big difference between the teams playing.I hope you win your big parlay but it is almost impossible for all the games you have played to be wins otherwise sport betting sites would suffer heavy damage in the amount of money lost.Also history has shown that when a lot of games are to be played never all the favourites have won.

No, it wasn't parlay. It would be fastest way to lose money. And as I see, I already lost few bets - not the best day so far...

Lol... Europa FC?
Which country is that time from?
Never heard of that team before
Did they just name their team for the purpose of just Europa League?

They are from Gibraltar. I don't knowe history of their name, but now I see that they are playing against Legia and result is 0:0 at 65 minute. Draw in this game would be big sensation.

[DarkDays]

Lol... Europa FC?
Which country is that time from?
Never heard of that team before
Did they just name their team for the purpose of just Europa League?

They are from Gibraltar. I don't knowe history of their name, but now I see that they are playing against Legia and result is 0:0 at 65 minute. Draw in this game would be big sensation.

According to Wikipedia "The club was founded in 1925. It was continuously active up to 1970. The club merged with College in the 1980s, going by College Cosmos until 2013, and in 2014 split again from College, changing from College Europa back to Europa FC, while College 1975 entered the Gibraltar Second Division. The name change was cleared by UEFA and the Gibraltar Football Association has granted back the honours the club lost when it folded initially." so clearly the club has a lot of history and pride assosicated with its name. Look at some of the records from 1960's .. pretty impressive at the time.