Linfield played well, was hoping we would have our first Irish league team in the Europa league groups stages!

Group A

Sevilla

APOEL

Qarabag

F91 Dudelange

 

Group B

Dynamo Kiev

Copenhagen

Malmo

Lugano

 

Group C

Basel

Krasnodar

Getafe

Trabzonspor

 

Group D

Sporting Lisbon

PSV

Rosenborg

LASK

 

Group E

Lazio

Celtic

Rennes

Cluj

 

Group F

Arsenal

Frankfurt

Standard Liege

Vitoria

 

Group G

Porto

Young Boys

Feyenoord

Rangers

 

Group H

CSKA Moscow

Ludogorets

Espanyol

Ferencvaros

 

Group I

Wolfsberg

Gent

St. Etienne

Olexandriya

 

Group J

Roma

Borussia Monchengladbach

Istanbul Basakeshir

Wolfsberger

 

Group K

Besiktas

Braga

Wolverhamptpon Wanderers

Slovan Bratislava

 

Group L

Manchester United

Astana

Partizan

AZ Alkmaar

 

 

Arsenal should easily get through that group although Frankfurt will be a tough game. Wolves have a good shot of qualifying too. United's group involves some long journeys to Kazakhstan & Serbia but not too difficult teams.

Edited August 30, 20197 yr by LewisGT

That is a decent group that Man United got though the trips to Kazakhstan and Belgrade are bound to have an effect on the league matches that will be played 3 days later on the Sunday.

 

It feels like there's an abnormal amount of British teams in the competition this season and there is always the chance of more teams dropping down from the Champions League group stage.

Thanks for posting the groups, Lewis. Very much appreciated.

 

A solid group for Man United. Arsenal should get through. Wolves they have a chance of getting through, I would make them third favourites to win their group.

 

 

Rangers will have to close a section of Ibrox for their opening Europa League group game against Feyenoord after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting.

 

The club will have to leave at least 3,000 seats vacant, the same punishment as was served during the second leg with Legia Warsaw on Thursday after a similar offence against St Joseph's.

 

Rangers were charged by Uefa for a second time after the "racist behaviour" of their travelling support during the first leg against Legia.

 

I genuinely just saw 'Manchester United vs. Astana' and wondered why on earth a football team were playing against a cycling team :blush:

Mason :dance: what a moment for the lad!

 

Prevented a very embarrassing result there. Funny how he's now being touted at the new Rashford, I honestly think he deserves a run out ahead of Rash in the Prem.

Mason :dance: what a moment for the lad!

 

Prevented a very embarrassing result there. Funny how he's now being touted at the new Rashford, I honestly think he deserves a run out ahead of Rash in the Prem.

 

Really good goal, I like the kid a lot. I think he has a big future, definitely has some huge raw talent which if he keeps progressing he will be a really good player.

 

Watched the 2nd half and you're right it could have been a major embarassment. I know he's only young, but I'm not convinced like you say Rashford, is going to kick on.

I missed the majority of the match but it's good to see our youth getting some game time and it was a really nice moment for Mason Greenwood to get on the scoresheet in Europe. If we go far in this tournament I can't see Ole continuing to pick so many young players in the squads, it seems like for now at least he is going to treat this competition like the EFL Cup.

Abysmal from United tonight. Absolutely no pace in anything they do which is remarkable when they started with a front three of Gomes, James & Greenwood.

Good result tbh, away draw. Thought we'd lose.

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Could easily go the entire season without an away win, terrifying really!

Could easily go the entire season without an away win, terrifying really!

 

Great if you're a Liverpool fan! Just a below par squad right now, another 18 months and I suspect you'll be in a better position.

 

People always mention Klopp with his Liverpool team in 2015 and Ole under Man Utd. Difference imo and why I don't think Ole is the right man, is even when we were really bad, we could still pull off an amazing victory on a consistent basis. I do hate Man Utd, but it's a worryingly consistent bad run of form.

Plus 2015 Klopp always scored bags of goals even if the defending was largely comical. At least it meant the matches were engaging for fans!

 

I don't honestly believe there is a 'right man' for United atm. We wouldn't be doing any better now under Jose, LVG or any of the usual rumour mill names. The unrealistic expectations are causing all the problems really and half the squad can't handle the pressure. Then the ones that can don't wanna be there.

 

There is most definitely a 'wrong man' at the club however. His name is Ed Woodward :D

Plus 2015 Klopp always scored bags of goals even if the defending was largely comical. At least it meant the matches were engaging for fans!

 

I don't honestly believe there is a 'right man' for United atm. We wouldn't be doing any better now under Jose, LVG or any of the usual rumour mill names. The unrealistic expectations are causing all the problems really and half the squad can't handle the pressure. Then the ones that can don't wanna be there.

 

There is most definitely a 'wrong man' at the club however. His name is Ed Woodward :D

 

Imo you've hit the nail on the head. I mean a draw away in Europe is not necessarily a bad result, but there's just so much built up pressure that unless Man Utd go on a big run of consistent form the ghosts will always come back.

 

There was all this talk in the summer of a DOF and a proper strategy.. yet I've not seen any of it. Ed Woodward is clearly good at the commerical aspect, but he definitely needs someone to come in and decide the blueprint for the players they want. I think the style Ole wants to play is outdated personally, none of the big teams play that way and football has moved on since then.

 

I still think a lot of the current bad air comes back to that Sanchez contract, it obviously upset the harmony in the dressing room.

We've finally managed to win a game away from home after several months, although it was from a penalty scored by Martial.

Arsenal have now gone seven games without a win - the first time they have had such a run since 1992.

No matter how bad a time are Arsenal having, they are still having and will have a better season than us. This frustrates me as there's so much trolling I could be giving arsenal fans atm.

 

So the 8 teams who have dropped from the Champions League to the Europa League are Ajax, Benfica, Inter Milan, Red Bull Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Club Brugge, Olympiakos & Bayer Leverkusen.