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Onto The UEFA Cup…

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…and the feast of underachieving sides currently competing in it. Generally, I like the UEFA Cup because it’s relatively random and gives smaller sides the chance to win some silverware. However, when I heard that UEFA are changing the name of this trophy to UEFA Europa League simply to “boost appeal”, I had to stop myself laughing so much. I mean, seriously, can you imagine a pre-season team talk by the managers? “Right lads! Instead of languishing 5th from the bottom this season, we’re going to go for a place in Europe – in the UEFA Europa League! We weren’t interested when it was the UEFA Cup as that is an instrument of the poor, the weak and the nobodies! But this brand new UEFA Europa League, this is truly the work of the Gods and we must be in it for this reason!” My response is “What the fuck??” I don’t understand the attempted logic behind this move because the competition is still the same, nothing else changes but the bloody name! Perhaps this is more magic from the irrepressible twat that is Michele Platini? Who knows? More to the point, who cares? Let’s stone him anyway!

Also, in regards to last night’s results – I’m feeling a little unlucky. I had half a mind to back Panathinaikos at Internazionale purely because Panathinaikos have only really performed well in Europe this year and Internazionale have been somewhat haphazard. However, I decided to back the bigger, better side because I figured they may disprove my previous thoughts. How wrong I could be, eh?! Well done to the Greeks anyway, I knew they had it in them, even if this belief has only arrived a very convenient time!

Thursday’s PicksColombian Futbol Profesional: 

Deportivo Cali vs America de Cali (6)
Deportivo Pereira vs Atletico Junior (5)

UEFA Cup: 

CSKA Moscow vs Lech Poznan (8)
MSK Zilina vs Slavia Prague (7)
Galatasaray vs Metalist Kharkiv (7)
NEC Nijmegen vs Tottenham Hotspur (5)
Schalke 04 vs Manchester City (6)
Club Brugge vs Saint-Etienne (4)
Dinamo Zagreb vs Spartak Moscow (5)
Olympiakos Piraeus vs SL Benfica (6)
Partizan Belgrade vs Standard de Liege (5)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Racing Club de Santander (7)
Rosenborg vs Valencia (4)
Sampdoria vs VFB Stuttgart (5)
Hamburg vs AFC Ajax Amsterdam (6)
Deportivo la Coruna vs Feyenoord Rotterdam (8)
Portsmouth vs AC Milan (5)
Braga vs VFL Wolfsburg (4)

European U19 Championship Qualifiers: 

Denmark U19 vs Cyprus U19 (7)
Georgia U19 vs Czech Republic U19 (5)

Enjoy

That’s more like it!

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I think I owe myself some congratulations for last night’s UEFA Cup selection. 12/16 were correct and 3 of the 4 that I didn’t get correct were only a goal away from being correct. The only side that totally let me down was SL Benfica but that wasn’t the greatest surprise given their haphazard form these days. Anyway, all praise is happily received should you feel bored enough to give it!

Tips of the day

Dead Certs: VVV Venlo, St Patrick’s Athletic, Besiktas, TNS
Risky: Khimki, Salzburg, Stade de Reims, Top Oss
4-Draw: El Salvador vs Costa Rica, FC Zwolle vs Helmond Sport, Finn Harps vs Galway United, Caernarfon vs Porthmadog

Friday’s Picks

Albanian Kategoria Pare:

Besa vs Partizani (8)

Argentinian Primera Division:

Rosario Central vs Lanus (6)
Banfield vs Newell’s Old Boys (5)

Austrian Bundesliga:

Salzburg vs Austria Vienna (5)

Belgian Eerste Klasse:

Cercle Brugge vs Zulte Waregem (5)

Bulgarian A PFG:

Blagoevgrad vs Vihren (5)

Dutch Eredivisie:

De Graafschap vs NAC Breda (8)

Dutch Eerste Divisie:

MVV Maastricht vs Fortuna Sittard (8)
VVV Venlo vs AGOVV Appeldoorn (8
RBC Roosendaal vs RKC Waalwijk (6)
Top Oss vs Go Ahead Eagles (5)
Excelsior vs BV Veendam (7)
FC Zwolle vs Helmond Sport (5)
FC Emmen VV vs Haarlem FC (7)
SC Stormvogels Telstar vs FC Omniworld (6)
Dordrecht ’90 vs FC Den Bosch (7)
FC Eindhoven vs Cambuur Leeuwarden (5)

French Ligue 2:

AJ Ajaccio vs Guingamp (6)
Angers vs SC Amiens (6)
Brest vs Bastia (4)
Chateauroux vs Sedan-Ardennes (4)
Nimes vs Stade de Reims (3)
Vannes OC vs Dijon FCO (6)
Strasbourg vs Tours (6)
Clermont Foot vs Metz (6)

German Bundesliga:

Koln vs Hannover 96 (5)

Hungarian Liga 1:

Ujpest vs Gyor (7)

Irish Premier Division:

Galway United vs Finn Harps (6)
Cork City vs Sligo Rovers (5)
Bray Wanderers vs Drogheda United (6)
St Patrick’s Athletic vs UCD (9)
Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City (8)
Cobh Ramblers vs Bohemians (8)

Italian Serie B:

Treviso vs Salernitana (7)

Polish Ekstraklasa:

GKS Belchatow vs Cracovia Krakow (8)
Polonia Bytom vs Legia Warsaw (7)

Romanian Liga 1:

Gloria Buzau vs Univ. Craiova (7)
AFC Unirea Urziceni vs Otelul (8)

Russian Premier Liga:

Khimki vs Tom Tomsk (5)

Turkish Super Lig:

Besiktas vs Kocaelispor (8)

Ukrainian Premier League:

Kharkiv vs Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk (6)

Welsh Premier League:

Airbus vs Bangor (7)
TNS vs Connah’s Quay (8)
Caernarfon vs Porthmadog (6)
Port Talbot vs Llanelli (7)

World Cup Qualifiers – North America:

Trinidad & Tobago vs Cuba (6)
El Salvador vs Costa Rica (6)

Enjoy