Yeah. It wasn't the best game but Feyenoord was clearly the better team and had several really good chances to score, mostly by Manu. His control for his second big chance was exquisite, unfortunately his finish was straight at the keeper. It was a good win though in the end.

The tempo was still way too slow I thought. Couldn't get the ball out of defense properly, I think the team was a bit nervous since they have conceded early on in quite a few games so the central defenders were overly cautious and unwilling to take the ball forward. I really like Manu though, he has been Feyenoord's most dangerous player for several games now. He missed two big chances this game but he did get into the right positions and ended up scoring the winner.

ViperPL

Poland1775 Posts

October 03 2014 06:13 GMT

#883

Ow yeah, Legia got a 1-0 win away at Trabzonspor and is now the clear leader of their Europa League group! That's what I like to see!

Mensol

14536 Posts

October 03 2014 17:18 GMT

#884

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

October 04 2014 03:47 GMT

#885

CL team of the week

Liquid`Drone

Norway28866 Posts

October 04 2014 04:44 GMT

#886

a cl team of the week with no real,barca,bayern players! crazy.

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

October 09 2014 23:51 GMT

#887

So now pot 1 will be the CL holders, and the champions of Spain, England, Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, and Russia.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 10 2014 07:30 GMT

#888

I don't like that at all, but that is what the cup used to be, champions of europe fighting eachother. But i think it is unfair to whoever finishes 2nd in Spain England and Germany to be put into pot 2.
Now your going to get a say Chelsea vs Real Madrid potential. Or PSG vs Barcelona every year lol.

graan

Germany589 Posts

October 10 2014 09:18 GMT

#889

On October 10 2014 16:30 Pandemona wrote:
I don't like that at all, but that is what the cup used to be, champions of europe fighting eachother. But i think it is unfair to whoever finishes 2nd in Spain England and Germany to be put into pot 2.
Now your going to get a say Chelsea vs Real Madrid potential. Or PSG vs Barcelona every year lol.

pot 1 will be weaker than pot2 with this system, you have england spain italy france germany russia portugal + cl champions in 1, in 2 there will be only teams from the big 4 leagues. But tbh as a bayern fan i dont realy care, i hate cl matches against "bad" teams, you dont get that cl flair cause in the end we will advance anyway, more competion in the groups will be great.
From a german perspective this change hits schalke/dortmund, they fought their way up the pots, hat horrible draws ( ok only dortmund had horrible draws ) for some years and now they are kinda stuck in pot2, which isnt that bad - if you can face real or barca from spain, doesnt matter that much

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 10 2014 09:22 GMT

#890

Schalke had bad draws too! Chelsea last 2 seasons in a row

Currently are 7-1 in 3 games xD

But yeah it hits those teams very hard. If that was in this season the likes of Liverpool would have been pot 4 lol

graan

Germany589 Posts

October 10 2014 09:27 GMT

#891

On October 10 2014 18:22 Pandemona wrote:
Schalke had bad draws too! Chelsea last 2 seasons in a row

Currently are 7-1 in 3 games xD

But yeah it hits those teams very hard. If that was in this season the likes of Liverpool would have been pot 4 lol

Haha wasnt meant that way

There is always one team with them they cant compete with ( on paper ! ) the other two are the teams they have to look after.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 10 2014 09:37 GMT

#892

Oh ok

haha.
But yeah pot 4 would be stacked with some of pot being pushed into it. Also pot 3 would be just as stacked as pot 2 was. Haha going to be crazy draw next season!

Dingodile

4139 Posts

October 10 2014 10:16 GMT

#893

I dont think pot1 is weaker than pot2 with this new system but pot1 with new system is weaker than pot1 "old" system.

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

October 10 2014 13:18 GMT

#894

On October 10 2014 18:18 graan wrote:

Show nested quote +

Schalke are currently 8th in the club coefficient rankings. They would have been in pot 1 next season if it weren't for the rule change

zeo

Serbia6343 Posts

October 14 2014 08:34 GMT

#895

On October 10 2014 18:37 Pandemona wrote:
Oh ok

haha.
But yeah pot 4 would be stacked with some of pot being pushed into it. Also pot 3 would be just as stacked as pot 2 was. Haha going to be crazy draw next season!

Thats why this is an ok system. At least the group stages will be guarantied to be more exciting, you will have two huge clubs in most groups (I think), most of the big clubs don't face big competition until the knockout stages.

This forum needs more Chelsea - Barcelona grudge matches and this change is helpful in that regard, also it brings a little more hype to the group stage.

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

October 17 2014 01:53 GMT

#896

I was playing Celtic in Fifa and won both the league and the domestic cup. Next season we played in the CL but got knocked off the group stages. I thought that was the end of my campaign in Europe when I saw the calendar that we had a game in the EURO league. Why is that?

nvm :3 looked up europa league and found out the 3rd place in groups in CL plays in the europa league

Deleted User 26513

2376 Posts

October 17 2014 02:27 GMT

#897

What is their reasoning behind this rule change ? It seems quite pointless to set weaker teams as "group leaders" and to put the stronger teams in the second pot. At the end of the day we will get more "groups of death" and more groups consisting of weaker teams... Why is that needed ? Isn't the point of seeding to get equal distribution of power across the groups ?

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 20 2014 13:42 GMT

#898

Champions League Matchday 3!
Tuesday 21st October 2014

Kick Off 18:45 GMT (+00:00) Unless stated

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CSKA vs Man City 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Kick Off

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ps. As you can see the badges have club names underneath them now to help those who don't know the badge out with who the team is. This is thanks to funkie and his photoshop skills. Thank him if you see him.

aseq

Netherlands4008 Posts

October 20 2014 14:48 GMT

#899

Great work! Even though all the logos but Porto's and Maribor's are clear from the text on them. I like it. Because on day 2, there are more, and it's a lot easier to read.

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

October 20 2014 15:02 GMT

#900

Ajax let's fucking do this!