buster.

Unlikely but Spain go out if they lose tonight. Argentina lose to Croatia tomorrow and they are on a very sticky wicket. Germany likely to go out if they lose to Sweden on Saturday. Italy and the Netherlands not even there. Since 1974, those five teams have contested 17 World Cup Final berths between them of a possible 22 (ie, 11 finals)

......and get beaten by Real Madrid in the Final.

I was showering liberal praise upon him.....!!!

The comparison is subjective unless the two were to meet up. Compare the budgets of the Croats and PSV last year and you'll almost certainly find a big difference that wasn't reflected on the park.

No shame in a brave selection that nearly paid off. Very few of those who selected Portugal thought it would be tight.

Agree to disagree Burnley are a decent side, almost certainly better than the Croats but not by the proportion of the numbers, IMO.

It was Bluedell and he was very unlucky,...Morocco should have scored. Nearly a masterstroke but nae cigar !

Firstly, the sheep are in the second round and we still have to play the first. Secondly, I'd guess that the disparity in those numbers has little to do with reality on the field.

June 8th Liverpool FC can confirm that Emre Can and Jon Flanagan will both leave the club upon the expiry of their contracts this summer. https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/304212-emre-can-jon-flanagan-liverpool-fc I wonder why it wasn't done prior to going to Spain ?

If Tav is off and it'll be Jon Patrick Flanagan joining Declan as first choice full-backs

I wouldn't be laughing too hard until we see how we go.

At the Euros the team had to do more because Ronaldo wasn't really at it.

As ateam, they were better middle to front in th Euros, Ronaldo didn't do that much. Now they seem to be relying more on Ronaldo to make things happen. What happened to Renato Sanchez ?

Osijek, Croatia They put PSV out of the qualifiers last summer. 6 clean sheets in 8 games. Thu 29/06/17 UEL UE Santa Coloma 0 - 2 Osijek Thu 06/07/17 UEL Osijek 4 - 0 UE Santa Coloma Thu 13/07/17 UEL Osijek 2 - 0 Luzern Thu 20/07/17 UEL Luzern 2 - 1 Osijek Thu 27/07/17 UEL PSV 0 - 1 Osijek Thu 03/08/17 UEL Osijek 1 - 0 PSV Thu 17/08/17 UEL Osijek 1 - 2 Austria Wien Thu 24/08/17 UEL Austria Wien 0 - 1 Osijek Capacity 19220 First we have to take care of the first round.

Our mini group includes Beskitas as most difficult potential opponent.

Morocco look like they have a goal or two in them. I reckon Portugal will need to score again if they want the 3 points.

HT at the WC It'll be on soon........

They're watching the WC footy

Amateur hour Another delay by a further 15 minutes

UEFA have delayed the draw by 30 minutes, will be at half past. live feed http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2019/draws/round=2000986/

The Plastic Albanians ?

A sample of some of the teams who enter the second round draw and who we could provisionally be paired with Sevilla (ESP) Beşiktaş (TUR) Sparta Praha (CZE) FCSB (ROU) Genk (BEL) AZ Alkmaar (NED) RB Leipzig (GER) Burnley (ENG) Atalanta (ITA) Bordeaux (FRA) Ufa (RUS) Rio Ave (POR) Some relative sharks in there that bring home how difficult an ask reaching the group stage is.

Frankie, that's impressive off the cuff knowledge UEFA have the 2nd round draw in just under a hour, 1300 UK time.

Will this be our first ever tie against a Macedonian team ? Soccerway have their capacity at 5,000

No If Gonzo don't get points today, next to nobody will get any. Bet365 offer a fraction better than 6/4 for a Portugal, Uruguay and Spain treble. Potugal are a relatively reasonable 4/6 but they'll have to alter their counterattacking gameplan for today.