The people complaining about drawing Real Betis are going to have a shock coming to them when we're back in the Champions League next season...
Who do we want next? | Europa League draw
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I'll admit I dont know much about Betis these days, only name that comes to mind is Joaquin.
Remember Denilson? All those step overs…
If we can beat Barca we can beat Betis. Probably the hardest draw we could have got? Them or Sociedad?
It gets so old. hate it.
Not the best draw, but not the worst. They’re perfectly average in a down (IMHO) year for la liga sides. They have real trouble scoring and we now have an elite back line. We should beat them fairly handily if we have the ambition, because they certainly lack the defensive pedigree we just faced in Barca. They really are just perfectly average.
Sociedad is miles better than them IMHO…so missing them is helpful from that aspect.
Sociedad is miles better than them IMHO…so missing them is helpful from that aspect.
I wonder who will strike first?
Happy enough with that draw. Spanish teams are usually well drilled and employ the dark arts, but they are 22 points behind the team we just beat. The only thing that could hurt us is taking them lightly and possible injuries/tiredness from our packed schedule
What are the odds that us and Sociedad advance and we meet them again in QF?
Well played!
Memories of the time we conceded a goal to Betis after the ref literally penalised Patrice Evra for kicking the football with his foot.
If that even was Betis and not one of the 5 other Spanish teams that are the same team as them. I'm not even sure
If that even was Betis and not one of the 5 other Spanish teams that are the same team as them. I'm not even sure
Not upset with Betis at all. If United do go on to win the EL, I don't want any easy passes. No, it's not the CL, but earning a European trophy with difficult draws would feel good. I also want to continue to see how the manager and players handle the better teams in the competition.
I don't think it was - I don't remember ever playing Betis (except for the friendly just gone).
Juat checked. It was Bilbao. How do we manage to play about 4 of the same Spanish team every year yet are still getting served up more versions of the same team that we technically haven't played before?
Betis seem to concede a lot of goals in La Liga. And we just torched Barca's back line over two legs and they simply never give up goals in their league. So that's probably a good sign.
If we aren't missing important players I think we'll put several past them. I don't see this tie being a big problem.
If we aren't missing important players I think we'll put several past them. I don't see this tie being a big problem.
I hate Spanish sides
It wont be and you will probably score a lot of goals at home. Our team cant keep the premier league pace.
Are you diving cheats like Barca or Atletico or your players try to stay on their feet?
nope we’ve never played Betis before. During evra times we played Valencia, Villarreal and Bilbao. (Not including real or barc) must have been one of them
im quite pleased with draw. I used to watch pretty much every la liga game during the 10’s and Betis were my preferred side. I cannot believe Joaquin still plays for them
And he's still there too, playing
I suspect we will win. But it’s not the opportunity to rest the likes of Rashford and Casemiro that we could have had.
I hope this season doesn’t have a March/April like 2017. There was a stretch during that period, where we were playing too many games and where we had to sub off 2 injured players each game.
I hope this season doesn’t have a March/April like 2017. There was a stretch during that period, where we were playing too many games and where we had to sub off 2 injured players each game.
We already took care of the supposed best team in the competition, the only other remaining top side is Arsenal.
The most recent Betis player I can think of is Denilson
I remember their attacking duo in late 90s-early 2000s Oli and Alfonso.
Today; i know shit.
Nope, dont worry about that. Pellegrini doesnt like that type of stuff and most of our players are playmakers. Maybe the argentinians could try something like that.Are you diving cheats like Barca or Atletico or your players try to stay on their feet?
btw add Sevilla to that list of yours. They fake to the point that last year in a derby against us, a player pretended to be dizzy after being hit with an empty PVC pipe (a piece of plastic from a flag). After the player being recorded saying that he was ok while the game was stopped, Sevilla's sporting director went down to the field to talk to their coach. Then, the coach approached the player and told him to fall to the ground. All of this was done so that the game could be played on another day without an audience and so that they could recover a couple of injured players.
You guys dont know Joaquin? He is still playing for the team.
Decent enough draw, though second leg away in Seville is a bit crap. Betis are a good side, beautiful city, huge and passionate support, so their place will be rocking. We should have enough for them, but it’s going to be close. Thankfully, the Brighton game should be postponed due to the FA Cup, so let’s hope we get an easy home draw instead on the weekend following the trip to Andalusia.
I don't get that at all. We have a wafer thin squad and the top four in the prem is still pretty tight, with Pool, Newcastle, Chelsea and Spurs away still to play.
Having a couple of easier draws so you can hopefully rest a few key players is ideal. We've played Barca and will get decent teams in the semi and final whatever, if we get there.
I guess I want as much adversity as possible this year, build character and have the manager's end of season assessments all the more detailed for him with what we have already faced, and could continue to face. I had zero expectations and thought this EtH rebuild would take at least a season to kick in, didn't dream we'd be this successful already under him. He's way ahead of schedule, so I just want to continue to have him and the team challenged. Weird, I know. Trial by fire. The strong stay and the weak will leave. Next season I'll be thrilled with easier draws though.
Fair enough, although if you add in the off field issues with Ronaldo and Greenwood, ETH has had plenty of adversity to overcome. He's been amazing I'd rather he catches a break with draws now.
Would also like to see us play kids in the FA Cup, but I doubt he will.
United vs Juve
Arsenal vs Jose
Arsenal vs Jose
Feyenoord, Juventus, United and Sevilla have already qualified. I assume Arsenal, Leverkusen, Roma and Union Berlin will follow, though Union St. Gilloise have a great chance as well. The Unions are obviously the preferred draw, but also happy with Leverkusen, Sevilla (who have been utterly crap this season and we finally seem to have figured out Spanish teams) or Feyenoord. Just avoid Arsenal and Juventus if possible…
Mourinho will want to prove a point and will be wumming in a way @Wumminator can only aspire to in the run up to the game.
Arsenal
jinx
jinx
German team please.
I’d rather play arsenal now than in the final when the league is settled. So they would be my pick.
- Union whoever
- Sevilla
- Feyenoord
- Roma
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Juve
- Arsenal
I would do anything to knock that prick out of the Europa.
Sociedad are going through tonight.