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UEFA Europa Conference League 2022-23

jay2040

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Apparently something kicking off between West Ham players and opposing fans. Does not sound pleasant
 

cwy21

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Yeh, Alkmaar Ultras got into the WH F&F section for a scrap. WH players got in there too and got involved.

Eric Dier heard and is on his way.

UEFA is going to put their foot down and ban English sides going forward. /s
 

PCozzie

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Ridiculous. Not so much the overall capacity (which TBF does seem low) but that after God knows how many matches you have to play to get there, UEFA thinks that your combined fanbase only deserves ~ 50% of the tickets.. Who's getting the other 10,000 tickets for the third tier final?
 

SlotBadger

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I don’t watch Italian football these days, so is there anyone here who can convince me Fiorentina has enough quality to prevent Armageddon (West Ham winning a trophy)?
 

TheChosenOne

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Ridiculous. Not so much the overall capacity (which TBF does seem low) but that after God knows how many matches you have to play to get there, UEFA thinks that your combined fanbase only deserves ~ 50% of the tickets.. Who's getting the other 10,000 tickets for the third tier final?

UEFA have stated next year the Prague stadium will be upgraded to a 30k seater
Scant consolation for this year
 

TheChosenOne

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Much talk of this being the last appearance of Rice in a West Ham shirt
 

Marty

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I don’t watch Italian football these days, so is there anyone here who can convince me Fiorentina has enough quality to prevent Armageddon (West Ham winning a trophy)?
I'm just going by James Horncastle of various Athletic podcasts but yes, they're a good side. Physical, in your face but play a high line that can be exploited.
 

SlotBadger

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I'm just going by James Horncastle of various Athletic podcasts but yes, they're a good side. Physical, in your face but play a high line that can be exploited.
Cheers. I don’t know if I can bear the thought of those cretins winning a trophy, regardless of how “small” it is to some.
 

isaac94

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I don’t watch Italian football these days, so is there anyone here who can convince me Fiorentina has enough quality to prevent Armageddon (West Ham winning a trophy)?
i watch all their games (my Italian club), they have real quality in nico gonzalez (big part of argentine squad), Bonaventura (former milan and Italy international) 33 now but still a lovely player, amrabat (wanted by all big clubs in Europe) after his WC exploits, biraghi at lb is also top quality, set-piece specialist, and castrovilli (part of italys euro winning squad) had a lot of ability, trouble is the gk position, CB (milenkovic being the only decent one), ranieri Martinez quatra and ranieri tried but all fallen short, and striker role cabral and jovic both decent in conference league but have struggled against top sides. Jovic is especially frustrating, he has so much ability (real Madrid spent 60 million on him just 4 years ago), but big attitude and application problem, if he turns up however and plays to his potential he can be the difference.
Technically I would say fiorentina are superior, its just the physical aspect they can struggle with, west ham set pieces, and being bullied by the likes of antonio, if its a scrappy affair west ham will win
 

YB123

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I don’t watch Italian football these days, so is there anyone here who can convince me Fiorentina has enough quality to prevent Armageddon (West Ham winning a trophy)?

Nope, West Ham are actually at their best on the counter and Fiorentina's high line will play into their hands perfectly. Think Antonio and Bowen could have a field day.
 

JCRD

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I don’t watch Italian football these days, so is there anyone here who can convince me Fiorentina has enough quality to prevent Armageddon (West Ham winning a trophy)?

Fiorentina are my Italian club, as you can see from a lot of the sports teams I support - they all win fuck all. Like literally, none of the bloody win.

They got some decent players, Amrabat, Milenkovic, Cabral and Jovic and they do like to possess the ball. I think they will win tonight but they may get caught on the counter which no doubt West Spam will try to exploit
 
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