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The General Europa League Discussion Thread

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  1. Murph-E

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    1. 4-2-3-1, both home and away.
    2. I expect a few thousand of us in Turkey.
    3. On the European stage, we are incredibly easy to cut open defensively. Our attacking is very one dimensional, no imagination. We pass the ball around and retain possession quite well.
    4. Virgil Van Dijk is a star, but he is most likely leaving. In saying that, he is a defender who looks most impressive when attacking. Without him, our best player is our goalkeeper.
    5. Always liked the supporters, you seem to have a lot of money to be signing Van Persie and Nani. It seems like you have a much better team right now.
     
    Murph-E, Aug 30, 2015
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    Ok hello hello Billy :) then I have to say u can call any fenerbahçe fan " aslan terbiyecisi" (read it like, us-lan ter-b-yea-g-c) u can check from Google translate. It means lion trainer people love it.
     
    Fener, Aug 30, 2015
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  3. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    1. 4-2-3-1 as others have said. In terms of style our manager wants the team to press high up the park and play fast attacking football. It has worked at times but in general we are still very inconsistent. Early stages.

    2. I'd expect that we will take up most of our allocation. We always travel well, however I think many supporters might not fancy a trip to Istanbul(no offence) I could be wrong though.

    3. If we are on good form then we will cause you problems, we have alot of energy in our side(regardless of what our latest performances might show) we proved against Inter last year that if we rally we can cause good players problems. At Celtic park anything can happen, just like at your home stadium in front of your mental support you will feel confident of beating anyone.

    However we still have alot of weaknesses right now. We can be very open at times and our defence is not filling our fans with much confidence. It won't help that by the time we play you our best player will be gone.

    4. Bitton will be key for us. Israeli CM. Brown is our captain and most experienced European campaigner, will look to wind up your players so if there are any lose cannons they will no doubt react to him. Johansen if on form is a threat too.

    If I'm being 100% honest I don't think we have anyone in the attacking areas who your players would really fear. Doesn't mean they shouldn't be watched though. Certainly no Henrik Larsson's any more.

    5. Big team with a mental support is what always springs to mind, with both Fenerbahce and Galatasaray. Similar to our rivalry with the team formally known as R*ngers. I know that you always attract some big names as well.
    Alex the Brazilian, legend of yours is the player that sticks out when I think of Fenerbahce, though.
     
    Mr Shelby, Aug 30, 2015
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  5. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Aye that's him.

    Watched those videos before, scored some belters. Diego is the new version for you, just not as good.
     
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  6. Saul Goodman Gold Member Gold Member

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    I'm dying for these games now, going to try to get over for one of the home ones.

    For anyone struggling to look forward to these http://youtu.be/e2IgnMiS-zw
     
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  7. Fener

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    Alex is one the rarest talented #10 players. Like Ronaldinho, Hagi Juninho..but unfortunately they don't have place in today's football. Especially u have to run, defend, and fight.. Stamina is important. So they extincted. Diego is talented, good runner, has shock pressing but his talents are limited. Alex has the gift . he scores and scores. Diego works a lot. But he touches the ball too much. That slows the game down. That's why he is far far down comparing to Alex
     
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    Me, as another fan of Fener, let me try to explain what waiting for you is...

    There'll be an incredible support since Fener fans missed European games and after the addition of Nani, van Persie and Super Lig top goal scorer, Fernandao. What are the in game strengths? RB and LB are strong, two quality strikers, Super Lig top scorer and van Persie. Nani did score a goal at a friendly by the way. He scored another and it was offside. He hit the crossbar once. Whatever, he seemed in shape. We loaned Lazar Markovic from Liverpool but he won't be able to play at first two games due to his ban at Liverpool. Weaknesses? There are some issues at defense. Our squad is too new, huge amount of money spent, so there are some chemistry issues. Diego isn't a good choice for 4-4-2 (ish) but coach wants him to play so he is a question mark.

    From my point of view, Celtic has some good fans, a country of football. I didn't watch you guys play to be honest. I heard that you were knocked out from UCL like us? I don't know if it's true or not. Shakhtar knocked us out. 11 players don't even know each others name, 3 weeks of practice and it was inevitable. We were the dominant side but they always scored when they found a chance.

    Let me know too if you have any questions. :)
     
    Fenerbahce, Aug 30, 2015
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    Watching Ajax on SS5 just now. They look suspect at the back against crosses, they are dangerous going forward though and will cause us problems.
     
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    Got a flight from Dublin to Glasgow for the Ajax game 35 euro returning on the Saturday .
     
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    When it comes to playing European sides like Ajax and Fener, this is the least confident I have felt as a Celtic fan in the last decade.

    We have a new manager who is implementing a strategy of buying young, inexpensive talent and trying to develop them into a cohesive team. It hasn`t paid off this season as we have seen against Malmo. (This is what the fans protest was about on Saturday).

    We have a chance in the EL to restore a bit of pride but its a tough group. But hopefully the fans will get behind this because Ajax and Fener are attractive fixtures and if they do it could be just like a CL night, and those are a bit special at Celtic...
     
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    I think ajax are a bit like ourselves in that selling there best players year on year has cost them, fenerbahce have spent alot of money and the key difference is this- their signings from man utd have been nani and van persie ours blackett and janko. Says it all really though i do fancy us at home against both.
     
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    Markovic just joined fenerbache on season loan
     
    Kevski, Aug 30, 2015
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  15. CookieMonster Geez yer cookies Gold Member

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    This will be a very tight group, think it will come down to head to head for 2nd and 3rd between us and Ajax, Molde will struggle.
     
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    Booked up for fehnerbahce away , do you guys think it will be a good travelling support?
    And will it be safe?
    HH
     
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    Be surprised if we take more than 1,000. Which, for us these days, is a good number. No shitebags allowed but.
     
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  18. CookieMonster Geez yer cookies Gold Member

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    Probably a few thousand, check a few pages back a Fernebache fan was on giving a bit of advice for fans going over there :50:
     
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    We're roughly 100/1 on most bookmakers to win the EL.

    Dortmund are favourites. They may be the best team in the tournament currently but I don't know if they'll take it as seriously as say Sevilla did last year, or Atletico before them.

    After their poor domestic season last year, they may put all their focus into getting back into the CL by finishing 2nd or 3rd in the Bundesliga.

    Doesn't make it much better for us mind.

    This group is going to be very tough to get out of.
     
    Lavelle88, Aug 30, 2015
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