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Europa League 2013-14: Dnipro (UKR), Benfica (POR)/PAOK (GRE)

Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Spurs finish 4th, don't get the opportunity to compete in CL play off

Arsenal finish 4th, set to qualify for CL without needing to win play off.


We're actually cursed aren't we?
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Ticket update - Dinamo Tbilisi away leg

We have now received confirmation from Dinamo Tblisi regarding the ticket arrangements for our match in Georgia next Thursday, August 22, which will kick off at 8pm local time, 5pm UK.

The supporters who have applied to date will be contacted with full information, but we can confirm that tickets will be issued at no charge and, due to time constraints, all tickets will have to be collected from Spurs officials in Tbilisi.

We have been in discussions with our travel partner Thomas Cook Sport who have investigated all possible options to run an official trip for this match.

Unfortunately due to the time of year, making aircraft extremely difficult to charter and, therefore, extremely expensive, it has not been viable to facilitate a package option at anything close to a reasonable price for supporters on this occasion.

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/ticket-update-dinamo-tbilisi-away-leg-150813/
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Denmark Spur said:
Ticket update - Dinamo Tbilisi away leg

We have now received confirmation from Dinamo Tblisi regarding the ticket arrangements for our match in Georgia next Thursday, August 22, which will kick off at 8pm local time, 5pm UK.

The supporters who have applied to date will be contacted with full information, but we can confirm that tickets will be issued at no charge and, due to time constraints, all tickets will have to be collected from Spurs officials in Tbilisi.

We have been in discussions with our travel partner Thomas Cook Sport who have investigated all possible options to run an official trip for this match.

Unfortunately due to the time of year, making aircraft extremely difficult to charter and, therefore, extremely expensive, it has not been viable to facilitate a package option at anything close to a reasonable price for supporters on this occasion.

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/ticket-update-dinamo-tbilisi-away-leg-150813/
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And people wonder why the competition isn't taken seriously.

We're Spurs, not Liverpool, most of our fans will still be at work at 5pm. "I need to go home and watch the football" isn't really much of an excuse for leaving early.
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Denmark Spur said:
Ticket update - Dinamo Tbilisi away leg

We have now received confirmation from Dinamo Tblisi regarding the ticket arrangements for our match in Georgia next Thursday, August 22, which will kick off at 8pm local time, 5pm UK.

The supporters who have applied to date will be contacted with full information, but we can confirm that tickets will be issued at no charge and, due to time constraints, all tickets will have to be collected from Spurs officials in Tbilisi.

We have been in discussions with our travel partner Thomas Cook Sport who have investigated all possible options to run an official trip for this match.

Unfortunately due to the time of year, making aircraft extremely difficult to charter and, therefore, extremely expensive, it has not been viable to facilitate a package option at anything close to a reasonable price for supporters on this occasion.

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/ticket-update-dinamo-tbilisi-away-leg-150813/
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do i read that correctly?....is this game 'on the house'??
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

scaramanga said:
And people wonder why the competition isn't taken seriously.

We're Spurs, not Liverpool, most of our fans will still be at work at 5pm. "I need to go home and watch the football" isn't really much of an excuse for leaving early.
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Champions League matches played in Russia also kick off at 5pm in the UK, 6pm CET. This is due to the nature of time zones, not because of some lower class status of the Europa League.

If Spurs were playing Spartak Moscow in the CL, it would be the same kickoff times.
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

vadimivich said:
Champions League matches played in Russia also kick off at 5pm in the UK, 6pm CET. This is due to the nature of time zones, not because of some lower class status of the Europa League.

If Spurs were playing Spartak Moscow in the CL, it would be the same kickoff times.
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I don't have a problem with that - Spartak Moscow are a pretty big club with a big following, makes sense to adjust for the local team. That's not the case with this match.

Looking this lot up on Wikipedia (I had to in order to even know where they're from) they look like qualifying fodder. Why shift the match to a time that most of England (UEFA's most profitable advertising market) can't watch it?
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

scaramanga said:
I don't have a problem with that - Spartak Moscow are a pretty big club with a big following, makes sense to adjust for the local team. That's not the case with this match.

Looking this lot up on Wikipedia (I had to in order to even know where they're from) they look like qualifying fodder. Why shift the match to a time that most of England (UEFA's most profitable advertising market) can't watch it?
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I'm confused - so now UEFA should randomly decide which clubs are "big enough" to get matches in their local time zone when they qualify for European competition? That's ridiculous.
 
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vadimivich said:
I'm confused - so now UEFA should randomly decide which clubs are "big enough" to get matches in their local time zone when they qualify for European competition? That's ridiculous.
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Not randomly at all no. I'm not suggesting they roll a die and choose who gets the better kick off time, I'm suggesting that when Spurs play qualifodder (I think I've invented a new word) it should be at a time Spurs fans can watch it.

If UEFA want their sponsors' logos shown to a lot of people with expendable income I suspect this isn't the way to go.
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

scaramanga said:
Not randomly at all no. I'm not suggesting they roll a die and choose who gets the better kick off time, I'm suggesting that when Spurs play qualifodder (I think I've invented a new word) it should be at a time Spurs fans can watch it.

If UEFA want their sponsors' logos shown to a lot of people with expendable income I suspect this isn't the way to go.
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We already complain that UEFA are nothing but fluffy bunnies cuddlings for the big money clubs, and you want them to be even more so?

Tblisi won their league, they qualified for European competition and now you want to basically tell them to fudge off just so the big money club in England that finished 5th can have the match played a slightly more preferable time zone for them?

That's utterly ridiculous.
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Why not just make them play both legs in London? I mean, what's the purpose of even going to Tiblisi then? I'm sure more sponsors will see the matches if they play twice in WHL!
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

vadimivich said:
We already complain that UEFA are nothing but fluffy bunnies cuddlings for the big money clubs, and you want them to be even more so?

Tblisi won their league, they qualified for European competition and now you want to basically tell them to fudge off just so the big money club in England that finished 5th can have the match played a slightly more preferable time zone for them?

That's utterly ridiculous.
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vadimivich said:
Why not just make them play both legs in London? I mean, what's the purpose of even going to Tiblisi then? I'm sure more sponsors will see the matches if they play twice in WHL!
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Actually no. What I want is for Spurs not to have to enter qualifying rounds at all if this is the level of the competition.

UEFA have engineered the CL so that most of the teams in it are pretty good (with the odd exception), and most of the matches are between highly regarded teams.Why not engineer this competition so that we skip this bit and go to the matches against Lazio and Valencia?
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

5pm kick off would give us 3 extra hours recovery for Sunday
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Viper said:
5pm kick off would give us 3 extra hours recovery for Sunday
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Was thinking that as well. Much better - game finishes at 7pm UK time, club has a private jet ready to leave at 9pm, land back in blighty say 1am, players can get a reasonable night sleep and be better prepared for Sunday
 
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Viper said:
5pm kick off would give us 3 extra hours recovery for Sunday
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That's a good upside I hadn't thought of. Although playing on a Wednesday at 8pm would give us an extra 23 hours rest ;)
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

getting a ticket was the easiest I hvae experienced for a long time...for a change
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

paxtonwolf said:
getting a ticket was the easiest I hvae experienced for a long time...for a change
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Are you going to the away leg Wolf?

How many will travel ...100?

Hold up .....not just bagging the loyalty points are we ? ;)
 
Re: Europa League 2013-14 - Playoff Draw: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Can't find the away match on the TV schedules. ITV4 are showing the Swansea match.
 
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