UEFa Cup and Champions league - Page 2

Shoden · 03-20-2005, 10:29 AM

Liverpool have many other teams to hammer aswell

dammit i hope Chelsea doesn't win it i want AC Milan to win they beat Manchester United

Resha · 03-20-2005, 12:45 PM

I never really quite understood how the UEFA Cup works. There are so many legs and all that. Someone care to clarify?

And I think Liverpool have a good chance of beating Juventus.

Shoden · 03-20-2005, 12:50 PM

the UEFA cup is a lower version of the champions league but thanks to Titus Brambell Newcastle never got to the Champs league but the UEFA cups important too
i think Newcastle are doing pretty well this season except for going from 4th to 11th not good that asshole souness isnt doing as bad as he was though but hes still a wanka

Doc Sark · 03-20-2005, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Resha

I never really quite understood how the UEFA Cup works. There are so many legs and all that. Someone care to clarify? And I think Liverpool have a good chance of beating Juventus.

The UEFA Cup is basically the secondary European competition. To qualify in the major coefficients, like England, Spain, Italy etc, a cup win or a fairly high league position (between 3rd and 6th depending on the country) needs to be attained. In lesser countries (footballing wise) you may need to win your respective league. Also, the 3rd place losers from the UCL Group stages drop in to the UEFA Cup.

As for how it works, well, it's changed this year. There are a number of two leg ties, where each team plays the team they are drawn against home and away. The team scoring the most goals goes through, obviously. But this year they brought in a stupid group stage. Seriously, it's the most pointelss thing ever and is remniscent of the old Anglo-Italian cup that was abolished in the early nineties. Dunno why they've brought it in, it doesn't really add any more credibility to the competition, but it's still a good trophy to win for teams trying to establish themselves in Europe.

Hope that helps.

Resha · 03-20-2005, 02:11 PM

Oh, thankee! That does help.

gokufusionss1 · 03-20-2005, 08:16 PM

The UEFA is a very valid and important competition, that is until we win the champions leauge.

Shoden · 03-20-2005, 08:21 PM

if Newcastle an English team win a european competition than it will give them a reputation and show the world who the asshole Souness is so they can complain and get tell him to get stuffed

what happened to the Souness bashing thread?

tomamar04 · 03-21-2005, 11:44 AM

The UEFA cup is only important to second and third rate European sides, and those first rate European sides who got eliminated in the Champions league.

And the Inter-toto cup is full of z-rated eastern block sides

Shoden Banned Location: Hell, the core of metal.	#9 Liverpool have many other teams to hammer aswell dammit i hope Chelsea doesn't win it i want AC Milan to win they beat Manchester United
03-20-2005, 10:29 AM

Resha toothpaste kisses Location: Who knows?	#10 (permalink) I never really quite understood how the UEFA Cup works. There are so many legs and all that. Someone care to clarify? And I think Liverpool have a good chance of beating Juventus.
03-20-2005, 12:45 PM

Shoden Banned Location: Hell, the core of metal.	#11 (permalink) the UEFA cup is a lower version of the champions league but thanks to Titus Brambell Newcastle never got to the Champs league but the UEFA cups important too i think Newcastle are doing pretty well this season except for going from 4th to 11th not good that asshole souness isnt doing as bad as he was though but hes still a wanka
03-20-2005, 12:50 PM

Resha toothpaste kisses Location: Who knows?	#13 (permalink) Oh, thankee! That does help.
03-20-2005, 02:11 PM

gokufusionss1 I am Henry Dean Location: In a grain of sand	#14 (permalink) The UEFA is a very valid and important competition, that is until we win the champions leauge.
03-20-2005, 08:16 PM

Shoden Banned Location: Hell, the core of metal.	#15 (permalink) if Newcastle an English team win a european competition than it will give them a reputation and show the world who the asshole Souness is so they can complain and get tell him to get stuffed what happened to the Souness bashing thread?
03-20-2005, 08:21 PM

tomamar04 Location: Anyway the wind blows....England then.	#16 (permalink) The UEFA cup is only important to second and third rate European sides, and those first rate European sides who got eliminated in the Champions league. And the Inter-toto cup is full of z-rated eastern block sides
03-21-2005, 11:44 AM