European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

[Winston Biscuit]

Harry Kane officially in his best goalscoring season of his career

Just think of what he could have achieved had he stayed at Spurs…

Play off runner up 26/27 medal

[Sanguine]

I like reading about clubs with interesting history. Red Star Club Francais are currently in fourth place in Ligue 2 and fighting for promotion through an end of season play-off place. Red Star was founded by Jules Rimet (of the naming of the original World Cup trophy) in 1897 and is one of the oldest clubs in France. It was one of the founding members of Ligue 1, but hasn't played in the top flight for over 50 years. They were playing as low down the pyramid as the sixth tier in 2005.

Red Star's ground, 'Stade Bauer', was once the national stadium in France, but fell into disrepair. It is currently being rebuilt, and holds just 5,000 fans, increasing to a planned 10,000 on completion.

[Winston Biscuit]

Amazing relegation fight going on in Serie B.

Bottom 3 go down automatically, 4th from bottom plays 5th from bottom in a 2 legged 'relegation play out' to determine who joins the relegated trio down in Serie C. The relegation play out only takes place if the gap between 4th from bottom and 5th from bottom is 4 points or less. any more than that and the 4th from bottom club is just relegated. in similar scenes to the play offs, if the play out ends in a draw then the team 5th from bottom wins and retains their Serie B status.

[Winston Biscuit]

Bari looked dead and buried just a couple of weeks back but have now won 3 of the last 4 games

[Sanguine]

Serie B very top-heavy this season. Juve Stabia, in 7th, are closer to the bottom of the table than the top.

[Winston Biscuit]

Was just reading that Bayern played their 4th choice goalkeeper at the weekend as their first 3 are all out injured, and this 4th choice keeper then got injured, so unless one of the injured 4 can recover by midweek (they are hoping the concussed one is passed fit by a doctor) then they'll be playing someone from the youth team in goal for the Champions League

[Sutekh]

Was just reading that Bayern played their 4th choice goalkeeper at the weekend as their first 3 are all out injured, and this 4th choice keeper then got injured, so unless one of the injured 4 can recover by midweek (they are hoping the concussed one is passed fit by a doctor) then they'll be playing someone from the youth team in goal for the Champions League

Go Atalanta!

[Stranded]

Was just reading that Bayern played their 4th choice goalkeeper at the weekend as their first 3 are all out injured, and this 4th choice keeper then got injured, so unless one of the injured 4 can recover by midweek (they are hoping the concussed one is passed fit by a doctor) then they'll be playing someone from the youth team in goal for the Champions League

Yes they look likely to play a 16 yo.

Under German rules, a 16 yo can't work past 8pm except for athletes who can work until 10. They will need an exemption to play him - which they will get.

[Winston Biscuit]

PSV would have been crowned Champions yesterday had they won, but they lost 3-1 away at Telstar.

[Winston Biscuit]

Union Berlin sack their manager and replace him with Marie-Louise Eta, the first female manager of a top division club in Europe's 'big 5' leagues

[Sutekh]

Union Berlin sack their manager and replace him with Marie-Louise Eta, the first female manager of a top division club in Europe's 'big 5' leagues

Good for her, though she is actually the interim head coach (caretaker) so whether Berlin ultimately make her permanent or appoint someone else in the summer remains to be seen. Finish the season well and she could get the gig at United.

Their previous manager won the 2021 best football saying of the year in Germany; “A game isn't over until the referee whistles and I stop yelling.”

[Sutekh]

Real kicking off again….

https://www.flashscore.co.uk/news/footb ... y-rigged-r

[Winston Biscuit]

Disappointing set of results in Serie A over the weekend. There was a chance the title race could get interesting, while Como could have been a step closer to getting Champions League football. Instead Inter came back from 2-0 down against Como to win 4-3, meaning Inter extend their lead at the top to 9 points with 6 games to play. The loss for Como means they also drop out of the top 4 as Juventus won and they jump ahead of them. BOOOOOOO

While at the other end things are not looking great for Jamie Vardy at Cremonese. They are 4th from bottom, level on points with Lecce who are 3rd from bottom, but Cremonese have a tough final 6 fixtures whereas Lecce have games against others at the bottom end of the table

[Winston Biscuit]

Segunda offering up fun as it often does, with 9 games to go the top 2 spots still very much up for grabs. racing have lost 3 of the last 5 games to try their best to make things exciting

[Winston Biscuit]

all but 1 team in the bottom half of the German 2nd Tier are separate by 4 points, with 2 automatically relegated and 3rd from bottom going into a relegation play off.

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[Winston Biscuit]

Galatasaray ahead of Fenerbahce by 2 points at the top of the table with 5 games to play. They face each other in 2 weeks time!

[Stranded]

all but 1 team in the bottom half of the German 2nd Tier are separate by 4 points, with 2 automatically relegated and 3rd from bottom going into a relegation play off.

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It's always an incredibly fun league is the 2. Bundesliga.

At the top, looks like Schalke may end their exile but are likely to replace Wolfsburg. The 2008/09 Bundesliga champions, look set to drop out of the 1. Bundesliga for the first time in 30 years.

Hannover currently in the play-off spot as they look to end a 7 season exile in the second division.

[Winston Biscuit]

6 games left in the Spanish 3rd tier, and mine & El Franchiso's lads, FC Cartagena, have gone on a nice little run to get back up to 6th place. 2-5 are play off places and this weekend they go away to league leaders Eldense so could be a tough weekend

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[Pepe the Horseman]

In the Dutch second division FC Den Bosch need to lose their final game of the season for a chance to make the playoffs.

Losing is their best option. Winning could actually end their season.

The second division season is split into periods, and winning a period earns a club a ticket to the promotion play-offs. ADO Den Haag have already secured a play-off spot through the system. If ADO finish in the top two of the current period as well, their spare ticket would trickle down through the overall league table to the highest-ranked team that doesn't already have a play-off place. That team is Den Bosch.

So if ADO do well in this final period, Den Bosch qualify through the back door without needing to do anything other than wait.

The problem is what happens if Den Bosch win. A Den Bosch victory over ADO could help rival club Vitesse overtake ADO in the period standings. If Vitesse claim that period spot directly instead of ADO, then there is no spare ticket to trickle down. Den Bosch's back-door entry disappears and their season is over.

In short, Den Bosch beating ADO could hand Vitesse the very play-off place that would otherwise fall to Den Bosch. The best thing Den Bosch can do for their own promotion hopes is make sure ADO finish as high as possible in the period table, and the simplest way to do that is to let ADO beat them.

[Sutekh]

In the Dutch second division FC Den Bosch need to lose their final game of the season for a chance to make the playoffs.

Losing is their best option. Winning could actually end their season.

The second division season is split into periods, and winning a period earns a club a ticket to the promotion play-offs. ADO Den Haag have already secured a play-off spot through the system. If ADO finish in the top two of the current period as well, their spare ticket would trickle down through the overall league table to the highest-ranked team that doesn't already have a play-off place. That team is Den Bosch.

So if ADO do well in this final period, Den Bosch qualify through the back door without needing to do anything other than wait.

The problem is what happens if Den Bosch win. A Den Bosch victory over ADO could help rival club Vitesse overtake ADO in the period standings. If Vitesse claim that period spot directly instead of ADO, then there is no spare ticket to trickle down. Den Bosch's back-door entry disappears and their season is over.

In short, Den Bosch beating ADO could hand Vitesse the very play-off place that would otherwise fall to Den Bosch. The best thing Den Bosch can do for their own promotion hopes is make sure ADO finish as high as possible in the period table, and the simplest way to do that is to let ADO beat them.

What a silly system. No doubt there was a committee or politician involved somewhere.