UEFA Conference League 2021-2022

[Paulie Gualtieri]

f*** me was that Spurs game miserable.

Scarlett looks far from ready yet.

What annoys me the most though is how Nuno is swapping Lo Celso's position every game. Give him a f***ing consistent position for christs sake.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I see Spurs are doing well in UEFA Jabronis League

Guess Arsenal are worse than all these Jabronis then.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I mean, you don't leave all of your first-teamers at home unless you're completely punting the competition. Their second-string should be able to beat Vitesse obviously, though.

 

[gary69]

Quite a party at the Artic Circle as Bodo Glimt trashed Roma 6-1. Based on his game, 21-23 year old uncapped forwards Botheim and Solbakken certainly would deserve a chance in the Norway NT.

 

[gary69]

His crossing is very hit or miss. Vitesse seems like his ceiling. Not exactly young either.

Yes, because of his age I was thinking for a couple of years. I don't know how realistic it is, but Transmarket values him at 1M, so that wouldn't be bad for a rotation/back up player for two seasons.

Seems like his contract ends in 2022, so wouldn't cost much or will be free next summer.

 

[gary69]

Nice background article on Bodo/Glimt's Erik Botheim. Now with Haaland missing next Norway matches, he certainly should get a chance.

From the article:

"The club from a town inside the Arctic Circle had just won an historic, first-ever championship title in emphatic fashion, scoring 103 goals in 30 matches. Such outstanding success came at a price, however, as their phenomenal attacking trio all left for pastures new.
Dynamic winger Jens Petter Hauge was sold to AC Milan before the season ended, Danish wizard Philip Zinckernagel joined Watford and his compatriot, centre forward Kasper Junker, forced a move to Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan."

"Thus, despite losing all their star forwards, Bodo/Glimt are leading the table again, en route to what could be a second championship triumph in a row."

That's just amazing, and credit to manager Kjetil Knutsen, only being a top league level manager in Norway since 2018. At the age of 53, probably some team in Bundesliga should give him a shot next season.

"Flow Kingz" sort of remind me of Laudrup - Elkjaer combo, maybe these Norwegians can reach similar heights than the two Danes did.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/meet-e...ekick-who-destroyed/pbx5m5t5vz4l1slae9wtofs7n

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Can't believe that I'm actually going to be incredibly excited about a Conference League game. I don't care about the result really, just want to see how the team looks.

I don't think Conte will be too happy with the standard of refereeing in this tournament.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Lot of first XI players starting.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Isn’t that basically the starting 11?

 

[Havre]

Hope not. Ben Davies

Makes sense for Conte to play a strong team though.

 

[Havre]

Lucas got an easy through ball to play - misses the pass with 3m. Davies fouls a Vitesse player in the box - Spurs extremely lucky to not get a penalty against. So 7 mins for Conte to learn the two key traits from those two players.

 

[Havre]

So more shots on target in the first 15 mins than the last 2 months with Nuno.

 

[Havre]

My mistake. Ridiculous from Romero.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Not sure what happened after 30 minutes.

 

[Havre]

It was messy from the start. Didn't deserve 3-0.

Can't get over the idiocy from Romero. Another 83 IQ decision from a Spurs defender.

 

[luiginb]

So far Spurs are getting Genoa Romero instead of Atalanta Romero.

 

[Havre]

He has been good, but as expected he needs some time to settle in.

Lucky Spurs with Vitesse getting two red cards.

 

[luiginb]

Genoa Romero was pretty good too, although a hothead. Atalanta Romero was a top 5 cb in the world.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Biggest positive this game has been Kane's effort.

 

[Havre]

Scoring 3 goals and winning is good, but what a mess of a game. Spurs were lucky.

 

[Ajacied]

Vitesse deserved more for sure.

 

[gary69]

Pretty bad decision by Union Berlin keeper Luthe trying to dribble as last man on a water soaked pitch, falling over and thus gifting Feyenoord a goal.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Only played 20 minutes but I haven't seen him play like this for years.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Conte really needs some new centre-halves...

 

[Havre]

Maybe sort out the left backs first

Sessegnon is not only exceptionally bad. He is also exceptionally dumb.