Author Topic: Europa league 2012 - 2013 Liverpool enter 3rd qualifying round (Read 40533 times)

gazzathered · « **on:** May 9, 2012, 11:19:18 PM »

Saw the way the Spanish played the final tonight and took it very serious and I can't wait until we're in it next year for the following reasons :
It's a European cup
We're back in Europe
I'm hopefully going to go on my first European trip
We can see how the youngsters get on in the early rounds
As you get to the last 32 you can play some big teams
We're knock Chelsea out in the quarters

The final is at ajaxs ground and it's made for Suarez to return.

Draw for our round is 20th July
1st leg - 2nd August
2nd leg- 9th August

Looking forward to this, teams according to Wikipedia who are in it are marseille, Dundee utd , lech Poznan, Rosenborg to name a few.

If there's another thread please lock mods, couldn't see one

anfieldpurch · « **Reply #1 on:** May 9, 2012, 11:20:56 PM »

Are you sure we enter at the 3rd qualifying round? I was under the impression we would enter at a different round if we Won the F.A Cup or lost the f.a cup final and Chelsea won the Champions League?

gazzathered · « **Reply #2 on:** May 9, 2012, 11:23:15 PM »

Quote from: anfieldpurch on May 9, 2012, 11:20:56 PM

Are you sure we enter at the 3rd qualifying round? I was under the impression we would enter at a different round if we Won the F.A Cup or lost the f.a cup final and Chelsea won the Champions League?

If Chelsea win it, we're go in round after, but I'm hoping/gambling they wont

RJH · « **Reply #3 on:** May 9, 2012, 11:25:12 PM »

Quote from: anfieldpurch on May 9, 2012, 11:20:56 PM

Are you sure we enter at the 3rd qualifying round? I was under the impression we would enter at a different round if we Won the F.A Cup or lost the f.a cup final and Chelsea won the Champions League?

It is 3rd Qualifying round.

If Chelsea don't win the Champions League, they go in to the EL Group Stages.
If they win the CL, then 4th place will got a spot in the Europa League Group stages instead.

Either way, doesn't affect Liverpool. They go in at the 3rd Qualifying round.
The team finishing 5th goes in at the 4th Qualifying round.

Edit: I'm basing this off the information from here:
http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2012.html
Tends to be spot on with the information.

oojason · « **Reply #4 on:** May 9, 2012, 11:40:51 PM »

Please no Chelsea, Marseilles or PSV next season - think we've played them often enough in the Champions League in recent years. One of the good things about the Europa is playing teams we haven't often played before.

Been mentioned in the one of the other Europa threads that players who were in the Euro 2012 Championships may be resting up during this, and the Olympic tournament is going on while we we play on the 2nd and 9th August - so we may a limited squad to pick from.

Is it next week when the Euro 2012 and Olympic squads are announced?

Never been to the Ajax Arena - though hope we do for the Final next season

bornandbRED · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:06:01 AM »

Thinking about going to my first European away next season.

RJH · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:13:50 AM »

Quote from: oojason on May 9, 2012, 11:40:51 PM

Is it next week when the Euro 2012 and Olympic squads are announced?

May 16th is the Euro squad.

Not sure about the Olympics. I think the deadline isn't until after the Euros end (I've got 6th July from somewhere), but they may chose to announce a squad earlier.
That's what they're doing with the Euros, as the UEFA deadline isn't until 28th May.

NorthamptonKopite · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:19:46 AM »

Seeing Atlético Madrid lift that trophy tonight really made me hungry for another European success.

Still thing we need to focus on the league next season, but I would put this trophy miles ahead of the League and FA Cup.

Could be some tasty matches and great atmospheres in the latter stages. Was horrendous last time round so hoping for something decent next year.

Vork+The Knights of Good · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:25:11 AM »

I'm just really hoping the young lads get some good experience early on in this competition. The likes of Sterling, Robinson, Wisdom, Suso, etc. will hopefully be in and around the starting XI for these games. I don't expect to see a game where all four start, but maybe two start and two on the bench. We've got four trophies to play for next year so we really need to utilize the depth we have with our youngsters. Quite a few could stake a claim to play in these early round games.

weezernumber5 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:33:38 AM »

Was absolutely gutted when we lost the semi-final two years ago. A trophy is a trophy and as long as were in it we may as well try and win the fucking thing.

AshTJ · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:39:52 AM »

A lot of decent teams could potentially go in at the 3rd Qualifying round with us. Inter, Napoli, Lazio from Italy. Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao from Spain. Couple of nasty east-european teams like Beşiktaş, CSKA Moscow, Anzhi aswell. As far as I remember though it's seeded so we should avoid any threats.

Outer Mongolian Red · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:45:54 AM »

Not expecting much from this next season,no doubt we'll concentrate everything on the league.

Hij · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:49:41 AM »

Quote from: bornandbRED on May 10, 2012, 12:06:01 AM

Thinking about going to my first European away next season.

Do it. Definitely. You won't regret it

Heno · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:55:10 AM »

Just made me realise how long this season has been, my bank balance is happy but I have really missed the trips. Final in Amsterdam sounds great, it's one of the few European stadiums I haven't been to for a match yet, done the tour but I was ''Dammed'' at the time so that doesn't really count.

It's a difficult competition to win all the same, at least we are in with a chance to try.

Mogzz · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:58:25 AM »

Ooph, this congested preseason will for sure test the depth of the squad next season. Really looking forward to seeing the youth step up and grab the managers attention.

MartinSkrtelsBasement · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2012, 01:05:18 AM »

Looking forward to seeing the likes of Henderson, Carroll and how they stand up to the noticeably 'other' atmospheres of deep Eastern Europe of unfamiliar Portuguese crowds in stadiums made half out of mountain (Braga, I think).

Think it could be a good competition for Charlie Adam, who will have to work to find a place in the team, and with a little bit of experience, could give us a nice balance when resting some of the big boys.

I hope for the life of me we don't piss away our league form with it though. These are young athletic men, if we can only uphold a respectable level of performance in 1/4 games because they are tired then something is seriously wrong. I agree when Rafa said take one game at a time, but equally I think squad management always has to have an eye on the long-term, finding the balance between rest and team blend. Obviously throwing 11 players who have never played together will not work. We have to be canny. Say, we play QPR at home on the weekend after a trip to Turkey to play Fenerbahce. Think, will I'll have some experience out in Turkey (Downing, Adam) and maybe replace them with a young Shelvey or Sterling on the weekend as they will be hungry and therefore dispel and notion of a European hangover in the week. It's simple planning and management, something we have not done very well at all this season.

belfast-connection · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2012, 01:07:00 AM »

either way I think we are getting on the basis of the Carling Cup

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/european-qualification-permutations.html

KingKennySeven · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:03:57 AM »

Funny...a lot of folk dis this. They can rename it and piss about with the format all they like...

It's still the Uefa Cup. It's still the FIRST bit of European silverware we won all the way back in 73 with Shanks and it's still the first European glory Bob won us too.

We have 3 Uefa Cup's in the museum and we were unlucky when the King took over last year again. I recall the game against Sparta when we were close to the end of the second leg, as we all went pretty mental in the Kop as Kuyt slotted home very late on at the Kop end...funny, I recall wee Joe Cole and Ngog fighting over who should a take a shot too

Anyway, I think its a good competition and we're all for European nights at Anfield.

Bring it on, lets see some of that Kenny guile in the interviews too, when he rips the foreign journalists a new one

YNWA

eLToRo · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:17:26 AM »

Will be great to be back in it.I dont understand all this shite about it not being as good as the uefa cup,it being a distraction and all that. Its a great chance for us to give some of the youngsters extra games.Extra games for everyone.Fringe players such as shelvey,robinson,sterling,flanagan,kelly,coates will get an extra 5 games .

Its a chance for another piece of silverware.Itl also be great considering how bored iv been when everyone else is playing in europe,more games to go to to see liverpool can only be good

idontknow · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:56:32 AM »

We're in it, and if teams like ourselves compete, and other good teams compete, like Atletico and Bilbao have done all season, then the competition becomes good. Teams that think it's a nonsense, or beneath them, can go ahead and lose. I want to see us getting better and better, playing anybody, and becoming good enough to beat them. That never happens through, essentially, throwing games. It happens by competing. I'm looking forward to this next season, and it'll benefit the senior players as well as the younger ones. It's going to be good, I can feel it already.

IAmZlatan · « **Reply #20 on:** May 10, 2012, 03:21:41 AM »

Once it gets to the knockout stages, the Europa league is an absolutely amazing competition. Fantastic and competitive teams, great football. The only problem is the group stage with trips to bloody malta etc, pure joke.

Big Red Richie · « **Reply #21 on:** May 10, 2012, 03:35:34 AM »

Are Vladikavkas in it ?

Number 7 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2012, 04:28:37 AM »

I think if we would have won the FA cup we would have gone in at the group stage. But 3rd round it is.

Samee · « **Reply #23 on:** May 10, 2012, 06:43:53 AM »

Lets win this thing.

Lady_Brandybuck · « **Reply #24 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:01:38 AM »

Come on! I want to go to a European match!

Fordy · « **Reply #25 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:31:30 AM »

Quote from: RJH on May 10, 2012, 12:13:50 AM

May 16th is the Euro squad.

Not sure about the Olympics. I think the deadline isn't until after the Euros end (I've got 6th July from somewhere), but they may chose to announce a squad earlier.
That's what they're doing with the Euros, as the UEFA deadline isn't until 28th May.

29th is for the Euro Squad - it's just that countries are naming them early so players don't go on Holiday.

pewithree3 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:42:50 AM »

Wouldn`t be great to go back to Vladikavkas,
to some a once in a life time away trip.

Always_A_Red · « **Reply #27 on:** May 10, 2012, 08:25:59 AM »

Hope for a decent run in this next year with the youngsters early on however i dont want it to take any distrations away from our main focus which will be the top 4. Another cup would be nice, however its much more important for LFC to qualify for the CL next season than it is it win a cup.

Jimmy Two Times · « **Reply #28 on:** May 10, 2012, 08:27:20 AM »

Maybe we should get Falcao before we think about how far we can go in this tournament

bunjibloomer · « **Reply #29 on:** May 10, 2012, 08:39:19 AM »

Much rather be in the CL obviously bit it is what it is. Obviously this has to come second to the league.

As someone said in Twitter last night, such a pity you don't get a CL spot for the following season if you win it. Would make so much sense and make the winning that much sweeter.

Anyway, been to the Amsterdam Arena for an Ireland game. Savage stadium. Amazing atmosphere. That was with the Green Army... For a Pool game and a euro final it would be amazing I'd say!

Schmokin!

RyanBabel19 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:28:50 AM »

Not the biggest fan of the format but i'd still love to win it. Winning it would make us the team that's won it the most times with 4

Was wondering at what stage we would enter the competition so thanks gazzathered for creating the topic. Atletico entered at the same stage this season

stevied · « **Reply #31 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:35:41 AM »

The only drawback of this is league games on a Sunday but we are in it so lets go and win it, as said its still a Euro trophy Mancs diss it as its mickey mouse i bet a few of them will be saying they got knocked out by the eventual winners this morning

RyanBabel19 · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:38:31 AM »

Quote from: stevied on May 10, 2012, 09:35:41 AM

The only drawback of this is league games on a Sunday but we are in it so lets go and win it, as said its still a Euro trophy Mancs diss it as its mickey mouse i bet a few of them will be saying they got knocked out by the eventual winners this morning

They can't even claim that, Madrid won it not Bilbao

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #33 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:44:45 AM »

Looking forward to it. Firstly if we're in it, we will try and win it. It's great to visit cities and stadia you normally wouldn't, it's great to welcome opposition fans to anfield, especially if there opponents we rarely play and its a great opportunity for younger players, for fringe players, just for them to get more minutes for themselves throughout the season. That's not saying just play all the young lads and fringe players but obviously if we can win a game by using them then great.

Dave_Rob7 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:44:48 AM »

This season Birmingham got into The Play-Off round for winning the league cup, why is it different next season?

Hank Scorpio · « **Reply #35 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:45:25 AM »

The UEFA Cup is a beautiful, beautiful trophy.

chromed · « **Reply #36 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:49:37 AM »

Although I've said in the past that the EL is shit compared to the CL I have missed not being in Europe. LFC have to be in a European competition it's not right otherwise. I know we all wanna be in the champions league, but the Europa is better than no europe. I'm looking forward to it anyway

anfieldanfield · « **Reply #37 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:59:53 AM »

If we win it we will be the most successful ever club in the history of the UEFA Cup/Europa League.

anfieldpurch · « **Reply #38 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:25:58 AM »

Quote from: Dave_Rob7 on May 10, 2012, 09:44:48 AM

This season Birmingham got into The Play-Off round for winning the league cup, why is it different next season?

Because Man City won the F.A Cup and qualified for the Champions League via the league

garcia-alonso · « **Reply #39 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:28:27 AM »

To be honest I've enjoyed the EL this year much more than the CL.

I suppose I'm the same as a lot of others in that Athletic Bilbao captured my imagination, but there was some cracking football and great games between clubs who aren't the richest or most fashionable in Europe and it was a breath of fresh air.
I'm looking forward to us being in it next season too.