Brooksy Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 6 hours ago, K1FOX said: So much negativity it's unbelievable. You forget we won our group very easily and won the premier league last year. I know sevilla are a quality side and are flying high at the moment but people are speaking as though they are a footballing giant with the best players in the world playing for them. They have good players but ask yourself how many of their players would get into top premier league sides. We dismantled the premier league last year and have clearly been a lot better in the champions league than in the league this year partly because the players are fully focused on it rightly or wrongly. It's a knockout tie and i think our team deserves a lot more respect than it is getting on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox42 Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 6 hours ago, K1FOX said: So much negativity it's unbelievable. You forget we won our group very easily and won the premier league last year. I know sevilla are a quality side and are flying high at the moment but people are speaking as though they are a footballing giant with the best players in the world playing for them. They have good players but ask yourself how many of their players would get into top premier league sides. We dismantled the premier league last year and have clearly been a lot better in the champions league than in the league this year partly because the players are fully focused on it rightly or wrongly. It's a knockout tie and i think our team deserves a lot more respect than it is getting on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeGuy Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 15 hours ago, K1FOX said: So much negativity it's unbelievable. You forget we won our group very easily and won the premier league last year. I know sevilla are a quality side and are flying high at the moment but people are speaking as though they are a footballing giant with the best players in the world playing for them. They have good players but ask yourself how many of their players would get into top premier league sides. We dismantled the premier league last year and have clearly been a lot better in the champions league than in the league this year partly because the players are fully focused on it rightly or wrongly. It's a knockout tie and i think our team deserves a lot more respect than it is getting on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The whole world smiles Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 Too many little bitches in this thread if everyone had this 'ohhhh we are going to lose 10-0 attitude no one would ever achieve anything in sport or life for that matter. I personally think it will be a close tie and after everything I have seen from this team and this manager I certainly won't be betting against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezeker Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 I just hope we get some momentum going into this, i watched them play Real on the weekend. Real controlled the game for 80 minutes then Sevilla and their fans really bossed them last 15. Hopefully their tall CDM that played for stoke (forget his name, N'zonzi i think) will be injured because he was putting in work. If we can get into some sort of consistency i think we will have a great chance, however the game is less than a month away and Mahrez and Slimani will not have long to integrate themselves into the team when they get back. Would be upsetting if the only place we get to go is Sevilla in our first showing in the champions league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 18 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said: Too many little bitches in this thread if everyone had this 'ohhhh we are going to lose 10-0 attitude no one would ever achieve anything in sport or life for that matter. I personally think it will be a close tie and after everything I have seen from this team and this manager I certainly won't be betting against them. I will! Bookies have lost their heads making Sevilla 8/13. Unless we've sorted out our defence or their whole team falls ill we're going to be comfortably beaten. Just look how we've been comfortably beaten by every decent team we've played this season. Aside from Man City, which was our easiest game of the season. I'm glad we've strengthened the midfield, but it's ridiculous that we're 18 days into the window and don't look like signing a RB or CB. Come kick off, my bias and hope will kick in and I'll be thinking/hoping we can beat them. The logical side of anybody should expect a comfortable Sevilla victory over the 2 legs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 Whoops, Michael Dublé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeGuy Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 10 minutes ago, filbertway said: I will! Bookies have lost their heads making Sevilla 8/13. Unless we've sorted out our defence or their whole team falls ill we're going to be comfortably beaten. Just look how we've been comfortably beaten by every decent team we've played this season. Aside from Man City, which was our easiest game of the season. I'm glad we've strengthened the midfield, but it's ridiculous that we're 18 days into the window and don't look like signing a RB or CB. Come kick off, my bias and hope will kick in and I'll be thinking/hoping we can beat them. The logical side of anybody should expect a comfortable Sevilla victory over the 2 legs though. I think it will be hard to sign any quality/confirmed CB or RB at the Moment. January window is expensive and the team lost a lot of appeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The whole world smiles Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 16 minutes ago, filbertway said: I will! Bookies have lost their heads making Sevilla 8/13. Unless we've sorted out our defence or their whole team falls ill we're going to be comfortably beaten. Just look how we've been comfortably beaten by every decent team we've played this season. Aside from Man City, which was our easiest game of the season. I'm glad we've strengthened the midfield, but it's ridiculous that we're 18 days into the window and don't look like signing a RB or CB. Come kick off, my bias and hope will kick in and I'll be thinking/hoping we can beat them. The logical side of anybody should expect a comfortable Sevilla victory over the 2 legs though. Are Spurs and arsenal not decent teams? So actually we have got results from 3 of the 6 decent sides in the leauge. And how can you write man city off as the easiest game of the season? Our tactics and effort made it look easy. Nevermind though you carry on writing statements that aren't true against your team and betting against them and I'll carry on dreaming and supporting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 18 hours ago, K1FOX said: So much negativity it's unbelievable. You forget we won our group very easily and won the premier league last year. I know sevilla are a quality side and are flying high at the moment but people are speaking as though they are a footballing giant with the best players in the world playing for them. They have good players but ask yourself how many of their players would get into top premier league sides. We dismantled the premier league last year and have clearly been a lot better in the champions league than in the league this year partly because the players are fully focused on it rightly or wrongly. It's a knockout tie and i think our team deserves a lot more respect than it is getting on here. Well, they're beating footballing giants with the best players in the world playing for them, they've stuck one over Real and Atletico, gone away to Turin and got a draw out of Juventus, and their above Barcelona in La Liga......that's probably why. Depends what you mean by that but quite a few. Our Champions League group was shockingly bad lets be honest, couldn't of been much better if we picked it ourselves, we were impressive in Brugge, we ground out the three home wins and put in displays that were a far cry from last season, Coppenhagen away was one of the worst games of football I've seen this season and we wont go into the pointless game at the Drago. I am not saying we cannot win anything can happen in Knockout football (although the two leg format does favor the better side ) and there is a long time between now and late Feb but at the moment it aint looking good is it. You've got to say they are odds on to win at the minute. EDIT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 18 January 2017 Share Posted 18 January 2017 The closest team we've played to a Spanish team recently in terms of style is Man City and we beat them 4-2. We got this lads, close thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxes1 Posted 19 January 2017 Share Posted 19 January 2017 So Sevilla beat Real Madrid and they are suddenly world beaters, Madrid lost at home to Celta Vigo last night so they cant be that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezeker Posted 19 January 2017 Share Posted 19 January 2017 35 minutes ago, Foxes1 said: So Sevilla beat Real Madrid and they are suddenly world beaters, Madrid lost at home to Celta Vigo last night so they cant be that good. They sucked vs real for 80 minutes, was a strange game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1FOX Posted 19 January 2017 Share Posted 19 January 2017 45 minutes ago, Mezeker said: They sucked vs real for 80 minutes, was a strange game. Precisely my point. They didn't really have any chances against Real and if Madrid had taken their chances they'd have been more than a goal up. They're a good side but people are really giving them too much credit. We're in the last 16 of the champions league ffs, we can play football. You'd think we were a sunday league team judging by the comments on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezeker Posted 19 January 2017 Share Posted 19 January 2017 45 minutes ago, K1FOX said: Precisely my point. They didn't really have any chances against Real and if Madrid had taken their chances they'd have been more than a goal up. They're a good side but people are really giving them too much credit. We're in the last 16 of the champions league ffs, we can play football. You'd think we were a sunday league team judging by the comments on here. i still think that if we don't string a couple of performances together we are dead in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lako42 Posted 19 January 2017 Share Posted 19 January 2017 10 minutes ago, Mezeker said: i still think that if we don't string a couple of performances together we are dead in the water. We can't string a few passes together never mind wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 20 January 2017 Share Posted 20 January 2017 On 1/19/2017 at 10:32, K1FOX said: Precisely my point. They didn't really have any chances against Real and if Madrid had taken their chances they'd have been more than a goal up. They're a good side but people are really giving them too much credit. We're in the last 16 of the champions league ffs, we can play football. You'd think we were a sunday league team judging by the comments on here. Not see us this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1FOX Posted 20 January 2017 Share Posted 20 January 2017 1 hour ago, filbertway said: Not see us this season? I have actually. Compared to last season nowhere near as good but what were people expecting. We over achieved last year. It was a miracle. This season, we are a couple of points off mid table which taking last season out of the mind is perfectly acceptable. We have qualified for the champions league last 16 topping our group. All i'm saying is last season has majorly over inflated peoples expectations but realistically we are playing at our level and anybody who rules us out of the sevilla match has learnt nothing from last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel_iii Posted 23 January 2017 Share Posted 23 January 2017 Hi all, First of all I am a Sevilla FC fan who has been reading through this thread for a few weeks now. Coming here to check what are the feelings on the other side now that the first tie is close to happen ;-) Can't say nothing bad about what I am reading here. You look a fantastic fan crowd so far. In fact I am very pleased about how much respect our team seems to have earnt (probably deserved too) in the past decade because we are being named as favourite in many places. We don't feel it that way though. About our side... well in Spain in general most people were really happy to see you guys winning the Premier last year, demonstrating how courage and fighting can get you anywhere. I loved the Vardy is having a party thing. Amazing achivement what you did last year. We are now running also for the title and know how hard it is to fight against colosus of football like Barca and Real Madrid. Back to the knockout phase between our teams, when the draw picked your team I was not happy. You were one of the teams I did not want because our team suffers against counter attacks and last year you were very impressive. True this year you're not performing the same but any night that can come back, I hope is not against us. We are a very strong team at home and any team suffers to get points out of here and that's been true in the past years as the fans get mental and are passionat, putting a lot of pressure in the oponent team, referees and supporting our team. Those who come here will see is a fantastic ambient and whatever the result of the game is I think you will get an amazing experience from here. Away our performance in the past years has been terrible but this year thanks to our great coach mentality we are taking it back and that's why we are second in La Liga. Something I don't like is we are now at the peek of our performance and Leicester seems to be on the bottom and that's normally dangerous. Anyways the general feeling is we need to try getting a great result on the first tie as we do want do something great in Champions League this season. Last two times in CL we did a poor performance due to lack of intensity in the game. I don't think this will happen again and will face the tie with full respect against the champion of the Premier. About the city, amazing food, great tapas and driking very is quite cheap. Normally the stadium sorroundings are full of people (including myself) drinking and having fan prior the match. I recommend a tour for the city centre to get a feeling about what it can offer, especially if you are staying a few days. How to get to the city. I guess a lot of people have figure it out already but hope this helps somebody. If you can't get a direct flight to Seville I strongly recommend Malaga. For British should not be an issue as plenty of airports have flights to Malaga. From there probably the best is hiring a car directly in the airport as it is just about 2 hours driving on a highway. There is also a direct connection from the airport to the main train station in Malaga where you could pick a train to Sevilla, but that depends a lot on the time tables so I still would go with the car hiring. Other options could be Jerez and Faro, which are really close too but from Portugal (Faro) you need to pay tolls on the highway. I thank that's all I wanted to say. What a brick I wrote Anyways, good luck and I hope the one who deserves wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul Posted 23 January 2017 Share Posted 23 January 2017 5 minutes ago, azazel_iii said: Hi all, First of all I am a Sevilla FC fan who has been reading through this thread for a few weeks now. Coming here to check what are the feelings on the other side now that the first tie is close to happen ;-) Can't say nothing bad about what I am reading here. You look a fantastic fan crowd so far. In fact I am very pleased about how much respect our team seems to have earnt (probably deserved too) in the past decade because we are being named as favourite in many places. We don't feel it that way though. About our side... well in Spain in general most people were really happy to see you guys winning the Premier last year, demonstrating how courage and fighting can get you anywhere. I loved the Vardy is having a party thing. Amazing achivement what you did last year. We are now running also for the title and know how hard it is to fight against colosus of football like Barca and Real Madrid. Back to the knockout phase between our teams, when the draw picked your team I was not happy. You were one of the teams I did not want because our team suffers against counter attacks and last year you were very impressive. True this year you're not performing the same but any night that can come back, I hope is not against us. We are a very strong team at home and any team suffers to get points out of here and that's been true in the past years as the fans get mental and are passionat, putting a lot of pressure in the oponent team, referees and supporting our team. Those who come here will see is a fantastic ambient and whatever the result of the game is I think you will get an amazing experience from here. Away our performance in the past years has been terrible but this year thanks to our great coach mentality we are taking it back and that's why we are second in La Liga. Something I don't like is we are now at the peek of our performance and Leicester seems to be on the bottom and that's normally dangerous. Anyways the general feeling is we need to try getting a great result on the first tie as we do want do something great in Champions League this season. Last two times in CL we did a poor performance due to lack of intensity in the game. I don't think this will happen again and will face the tie with full respect against the champion of the Premier. About the city, amazing food, great tapas and driking very is quite cheap. Normally the stadium sorroundings are full of people (including myself) drinking and having fan prior the match. I recommend a tour for the city centre to get a feeling about what it can offer, especially if you are staying a few days. How to get to the city. I guess a lot of people have figure it out already but hope this helps somebody. If you can't get a direct flight to Seville I strongly recommend Malaga. For British should not be an issue as plenty of airports have flights to Malaga. From there probably the best is hiring a car directly in the airport as it is just about 2 hours driving on a highway. There is also a direct connection from the airport to the main train station in Malaga where you could pick a train to Sevilla, but that depends a lot on the time tables so I still would go with the car hiring. Other options could be Jerez and Faro, which are really close too but from Portugal (Faro) you need to pay tolls on the highway. I thank that's all I wanted to say. What a brick I wrote Anyways, good luck and I hope the one who deserves wins! Thanks for the info- really looking forward to visiting your city! As for the football, you are excellent at home and we are dreadful away. It should be a routine win for you guys. I'm just hoping we can find some of the form we showed last season and keep it close so it isn't already over by the second leg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes21 Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 Real Betis just dominated Barcelona for the entire game. Barca were lucky to get a late goal. anything is possible lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertfox2 Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 9 minutes ago, foxes21 said: Real Betis just dominated Barcelona for the entire game. Barca were lucky to get a late goal. anything is possible lads. True but goal line tech clearly hasn't made it to Spain yet Betis deserved at least a draw though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 i'm reliably told by a good friend who worked there, that Sevilla is one of the most intimidating grounds in Spain for visiting teams. It's also supposed to be the warmest city in Spain so even in February the game could be quite demanding if we're under the pressure I expect. These lads can play and their fans make an art form of pressurising referees. We'll need the sort of performance that saw us beat Spurs away in the Premiership last season. Quick, keen defending, fast counter-attacking, ruthless finishing of the half chance and no silly mistakes. I know that's like asking for all the presents round a Christmas tree but much less and we'll get a walloping. Still the time shouldn't be wasted. The fish and paella are to die for, so I'm told, and the cafe atmosphere just perfect for soaking up such splendid surroundings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolcol Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 On 23/01/2017 at 10:51, azazel_iii said: Hi all, First of all I am a Sevilla FC fan who has been reading through this thread for a few weeks now. Coming here to check what are the feelings on the other side now that the first tie is close to happen ;-) Can't say nothing bad about what I am reading here. You look a fantastic fan crowd so far. In fact I am very pleased about how much respect our team seems to have earnt (probably deserved too) in the past decade because we are being named as favourite in many places. We don't feel it that way though. About our side... well in Spain in general most people were really happy to see you guys winning the Premier last year, demonstrating how courage and fighting can get you anywhere. I loved the Vardy is having a party thing. Amazing achivement what you did last year. We are now running also for the title and know how hard it is to fight against colosus of football like Barca and Real Madrid. Back to the knockout phase between our teams, when the draw picked your team I was not happy. You were one of the teams I did not want because our team suffers against counter attacks and last year you were very impressive. True this year you're not performing the same but any night that can come back, I hope is not against us. We are a very strong team at home and any team suffers to get points out of here and that's been true in the past years as the fans get mental and are passionat, putting a lot of pressure in the oponent team, referees and supporting our team. Those who come here will see is a fantastic ambient and whatever the result of the game is I think you will get an amazing experience from here. Away our performance in the past years has been terrible but this year thanks to our great coach mentality we are taking it back and that's why we are second in La Liga. Something I don't like is we are now at the peek of our performance and Leicester seems to be on the bottom and that's normally dangerous. Anyways the general feeling is we need to try getting a great result on the first tie as we do want do something great in Champions League this season. Last two times in CL we did a poor performance due to lack of intensity in the game. I don't think this will happen again and will face the tie with full respect against the champion of the Premier. About the city, amazing food, great tapas and driking very is quite cheap. Normally the stadium sorroundings are full of people (including myself) drinking and having fan prior the match. I recommend a tour for the city centre to get a feeling about what it can offer, especially if you are staying a few days. How to get to the city. I guess a lot of people have figure it out already but hope this helps somebody. If you can't get a direct flight to Seville I strongly recommend Malaga. For British should not be an issue as plenty of airports have flights to Malaga. From there probably the best is hiring a car directly in the airport as it is just about 2 hours driving on a highway. There is also a direct connection from the airport to the main train station in Malaga where you could pick a train to Sevilla, but that depends a lot on the time tables so I still would go with the car hiring. Other options could be Jerez and Faro, which are really close too but from Portugal (Faro) you need to pay tolls on the highway. I thank that's all I wanted to say. What a brick I wrote Anyways, good luck and I hope the one who deserves wins! We have sold out our tickets so what are the chances of buying tickets in the Seville end ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 Watching Sevilla now v Espanol... Nzonzi looks so good and runs the midfield.. Ndidi will have his work cut out trying to match him!.. Think we're going get a spanking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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