United thread 2013/14

[mcmanus]

Aye, but I don't think Olympiakos will give a flying fuck.

I'm having a lucky tenner on the Greek side to get through. Probs get 3 or 4 to 1.

Daniel Finkelstein ran one of his statistical prediction programs when the last 16 draw was made. He reckoned we had a 39% chance of beating Barcelona but they only had a 38% chance of beating Olympiakos.

Right PB I'm on it.

Their losing has paid for my food shopping for weeks. I've been eating steak ffs.

#SOD

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I'm having a lucky tenner on the Greek side to get through. Probs get 3 or 4 to 1.

Daniel Finkelstein ran one of his statistical prediction programs when the last 16 draw was made. He reckoned we had a 39% chance of beating Barcelona but they only had a 38% chance of beating Olympiakos.

Right PB I'm on it.

Their losing has paid for my food shopping for weeks. I've been eating steak ffs.

#SOD

Certainly worth a punt at 4/1 if you can get it.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

lo betide anyone that beats them in this years CL. they will be investigated to death and will have anything from anywhere dug up to throw them out and reinstate the cash cow.

Aye, but I don't think Olympiakos will give a flying fuck.

I'm having a lucky tenner on the Greek side to get through. Probs get 3 or 4 to 1.

You've got to fancy them at home to get a result and are this rag side good enough to overturn a deficit, under pressure.

 

[Platini Pollock]

all this meedja conditioning and brainwashing leads us to sometimes over-estimate the rags, the reality is that both dippers and the spuds should comfortably finish ahead of them, they will be 7th.

Yep I agree......the only way they will qualify for Europe is by winning league cup.....

Massive game for them vs sunderland.

Then that final will take on very important meaning for them !! They will be up for that big time.

Is that rule not exclusive to the FA cup?

Nope.....its how Swansea qualified for Europe this season

 

[aguero93:20]

Yep I agree......the only way they will qualify for Europe is by winning league cup.....

Massive game for them vs sunderland.

Then that final will take on very important meaning for them !! They will be up for that big time.

Is that rule not exclusive to the FA cup?

Nope.....its how Swansea qualified for Europe this season

Swansea won the final though >:)

 

[mcmanus]

Daniel Finkelstein ran one of his statistical prediction programs when the last 16 draw was made. He reckoned we had a 39% chance of beating Barcelona but they only had a 38% chance of beating Olympiakos.

Right PB I'm on it.

Their losing has paid for my food shopping for weeks. I've been eating steak ffs.

#SOD

Certainly worth a punt at 4/1 if you can get it.

Bloody hell Olympithingy are two and half to one just to win in Athens.

 

[aguero93:20]

Right PB I'm on it.

Their losing has paid for my food shopping for weeks. I've been eating steak ffs.

#SOD

Certainly worth a punt at 4/1 if you can get it.

Bloody hell Olympithingy are two and half to one just to win in Athens.

the way things have been going they're more likely to win at the swamp, better odds too..

 

[Barker]

But even if they finish 7th they could still get into the Europa League. If we manage to squeeze past West Ham and beat whomever in the final then 6th place will qualify.
If the FACup finalists are both top four finishers, then 7th is in, albeit playing a qualifier in Iceland in June!

I might be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure that if we win in the final then as long as the team we play doesn't finish in a European spot (CL or Europa) then they get the Europa spot.

 

[aguero93:20]

But even if they finish 7th they could still get into the Europa League. If we manage to squeeze past West Ham and beat whomever in the final then 6th place will qualify.
If the FACup finalists are both top four finishers, then 7th is in, albeit playing a qualifier in Iceland in June!

I might be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure that if we win in the final then as long as the team we play doesn't finish in a European spot (CL or Europa) then they get the Europa spot.

Only in the FA Cup final, the League Cup place goes straight into the league if the winner is already champions league qualified.

 

[Barker]

But even if they finish 7th they could still get into the Europa League. If we manage to squeeze past West Ham and beat whomever in the final then 6th place will qualify.
If the FACup finalists are both top four finishers, then 7th is in, albeit playing a qualifier in Iceland in June!

I might be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure that if we win in the final then as long as the team we play doesn't finish in a European spot (CL or Europa) then they get the Europa spot.

Only in the FA Cup final, the League Cup place goes straight into the league if the winner is already champions league qualified.

Oh, yeah. He said the FA Cup though, which confused me, but still regarding the FA Cup final, I'm sure both teams just have to finish in a European spot, rather than both in top four.