FENERBAHCE HOME THREAD

[k1tsun3]

We lose Podolski and win 5-0 on agg, and the next day, Fenerbahce is thrown out of European competition:

UEFA has welcomed the Court of Arbitration for Sport decision to reject Fenerbahçe SK and FC Metalist Kharkiv's appeals against their exclusion from UEFA's club competitions.
http://www.uefa.com/uefa/disciplinary/n ... 86404.html

[DB10GOONER]

Fucking UEFA arseholes. This decision is fucking pathetic. Should have been made and sorted before the game was played. We play 2 extra games + travel, lose Pod and for what?

[g88ner]

Fucking UEFA arseholes. This decision is fucking pathetic. Should have been made and sorted before the game was played. We play 2 extra games + travel, lose Pod and for what?

Does seem ridiculous.

Why was the decision delayed until the morning after the game?

Can only be for financial reasons, surely? - cancel the game at the last minute and you've got fans wanting compensation for travel and accommodation + ticket refunds. Plus the media attention and bad press that would surround a cancellation of a CL game.

This way, they've largely avoided any real bad press BUT we've played a needless game instead of resting for the Sp*rs match, and we've lost Podolski for 1-2 months.

Self Preservation by UEFA. They'll crawl back under their rock now.

[donaldo]

You cant blame UEFA for us having no squad and having to play a virtual first team when were already through after the first leg.Thats all Wenger's fault

[g88ner]

You cant blame UEFA for us having no squad and having to play a virtual first team when were already through after the first leg.Thats all Wenger's fault

Eh?

That surely has to be in response to what I, DB10 and/or K1tsun3 posted? - and if so, you couldn't have missed the point any further if you tried.

[LDB]

You cant blame UEFA for us having no squad and having to play a virtual first team when were already through after the first leg.Thats all Wenger's fault

Even if we had a stronger squad I still think its right to have played our best available 11 yesterday. Professional footballers should be expected to play twice a week and if recovery is a real issue then just go lighter on the training leading up to Sunday. It's not as if mental fatigue can possibly be a factor after 4 games.

[Nos89]

Maybe we should have sent out the second eleven and hoped for the court of arbitration decision to go our way...oh that's right we haven't got a second eleven they're all injured or on loan

[northbank123]

What's happening with Europa League? Fenerbahce would have gone into there but guess they've probably given Bursaspor their place?

[Swifty]

Maybe we should have sent out the second eleven and hoped for the court of arbitration decision to go our way...oh that's right we haven't got a second eleven they're all injured or on loan

or useless

[DB10GOONER]

You cant blame UEFA for us having no squad and having to play a virtual first team when were already through after the first leg.Thats all Wenger's fault

Eh?

That surely has to be in response to what I, DB10 and/or K1tsun3 posted? - and if so, you couldn't have missed the point any further if you tried.

Have to agree with g88ner.

[Red Gunner]

Draw to decide Fenerbahçe replacements

The UEFA Emergency Panel has met today to review the consequences of the CAS decision confirming the exclusion of Fenerbahçe SK from the 2013/14 UEFA club competitions.

The Emergency Panel decided that all the teams that are eliminated in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League today will enter a draw to randomly select the team replacing Fenerbahçe in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage draw.

This replacement draw will take place in Monaco on Friday 30 August at 09.00CET and will be streamed live on UEFA.com.

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/disciplinary/n ... 87381.html