AC Milan lost on Saturday to make it 6 without a win, and they were leapfrogged by Atalanta yesterday. They're now out of the Europa League spots, and unless they turn their form around they'll miss out. They've got another chance if they can beat Juve to win the Coppa Italia. Good luck with that one.

Inter are in danger of moving out of the Europa League too, just 1 point behind Roma and Lazio in the CL spots.

I suppose a trip to Rome might make up for it though eh?

AC Milan vs Burnley really would be like a dream, so hope they qualify. What does the San Siro hold - must be around 80,000? So you'd image we'd get a decent ticket allocation.

Juventus were shite last nite so no reason why they cant

Walton wrote:I suppose a trip to Rome might make up for it though eh?

Those tolerant, forward-thinking, liberal Lazio fans?

Is the qualifying round not seeded?
Also can teams from the same country draw each other in playoffs/group stages?

I'd love to be drawn with Inter, I've kind of supported them since I was a kid. They were my Subuteo team and I remember once beating Celtic in the European Cup 14-1 on aggregate (7-1 and 7-0) - at Subuteo that is. I still look out for their results and used to watch them whenever they were on TV (remember Football Italia on Channel 4 back in the 90's?). Either way if we wind up pairing with them I might just take my dearly beloved on a romanitc trip to Milan.

San Siro would be the dream. Grew up loving serie a and specifically the san siro. Having been to the two most 'recognised' stadiums after wembley - both the san siro and nou camp would say the san siro is far more iconic, 10 times the atmosphere, higher concentration of 'proper fans' (nou camp is very much a tourist thing these days), better view. Everything about it is just impressive. Its a huge stadium but still with the old school feel.

The dream for me is definitely Burnley at the san siro.

My inter supporting pals are at the turf as we speak. Came over for the stoke game. 6 games unbeaten including chelsea and everton away

Theyve just gone down now to see if they can have a look round the pitch and club have kindly taken then round. Fair play.

Walton wrote:AC Milan lost on Saturday to make it 6 without a win, and they were leapfrogged by Atalanta yesterday. They're now out of the Europa League spots, and unless they turn their form around they'll miss out. They've got another chance if they can beat Juve to win the Coppa Italia. Good luck with that one.

Inter are in danger of moving out of the Europa League too, just 1 point behind Roma and Lazio in the CL spots.

I suppose a trip to Rome might make up for it though eh?

Atalanta wouldnt be a bad trip. The atmosphere there is top. But nothing like the san siro.

Olimpico wouldnt be a bad alternative. Almost as iconic.

If we got a trip to a massive stadium, the club would probably still only take the minimum allocation.

DustyBawls wrote:AC Milan vs Burnley really would be like a dream, so hope they qualify. What does the San Siro hold - must be around 80,000? So you'd image we'd get a decent ticket allocation.

We'd get 200, and a free Twix to share.

DustyBawls wrote:AC Milan vs Burnley really would be like a dream, so hope they qualify. What does the San Siro hold - must be around 80,000? So you'd image we'd get a decent ticket allocation.

The ticket office would only take the minimum allocation though...

shulgin wrote:If we got a trip to a massive stadium, the club would probably still only take the minimum allocation.

Burnley would like to announce that Real Madrid away is now sold out and would like to thank the fans for taking up the allocation of 64 in 5 minutes.

Ipswich took 9,000 there in 2001.

Fair play...we get inside the stadium..Atalanta and ac are **** team....come to see inter...others club in Italy are not so nice like us...for atmosphere inter games are the best

cricketfieldclarets wrote:My inter supporting pals are at the turf as we speak. Came over for the stoke game. 6 games unbeaten including chelsea and everton away

Theyve just gone down now to see if they can have a look round the pitch and club have kindly taken then round. Fair play.

Already we are letting in spies from our continental opposition?

IanMcL wrote:Already we are letting in spies from our continental opposition?

We're letting them inter our stadium.

Imploding Turtle wrote:We're letting them inter our stadium.

I see what you did there. Very clever.

IanMcL wrote:Already we are letting in spies from our continental opposition?

Without us you weren’t in Europa League....we bring luck to dyche...anyway any burnley fan is welcome in San Siro...

I'm a big stadium geek and I'd be sick with excitement at seeing the Clarets at the San Siro. It's an iconic stadium, and as someone brought up on Football Italia, when we were scrabbling about in the third tier, I'd never have dreamed there'd be the possibility of us playing there.

I just hope that if we get through that we get some big clubs with easy travel, as it could be an anti climax to get stuck with a group with Metalist Kharkiv, BATE Borisov and Rubin Kazan

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Burnley would like to announce that Real Madrid away is now sold out and would like to thank the fans for taking up the allocation of 64 in 5 minutes.

What a stupid comment.

As if the club ever tell us how many tickets we got!

I just hope that if we get through that we get some big clubs with easy travel, as it could be an anti climax to get stuck with a group with Metalist Kharkiv, BATE Borisov and Rubin Kazan

That bloke with his "Blood and Honour" tattoo would love that, he'd get to see where most of the others who have that motto are buried (except Kazan, they didn't get that far)

Walton wrote:I'm a big stadium geek and I'd be sick with excitement at seeing the Clarets at the San Siro. It's an iconic stadium, and as someone brought up on Football Italia, when we were scrabbling about in the third tier, I'd never have dreamed there'd be the possibility of us playing there.

I just hope that if we get through that we get some big clubs with easy travel, as it could be an anti climax to get stuck with a group with Metalist Kharkiv, BATE Borisov and Rubin Kazan

Really is something else.

I be happy with any of those you mention though.

DustyBawls wrote:must be around 80,000? So you'd image we'd get a decent ticket allocation.

we'll request the lower allocation!

cricketfieldclarets wrote:San Siro would be the dream. Grew up loving serie a and specifically the san siro. Having been to the two most 'recognised' stadiums after wembley - both the san siro and nou camp would say the san siro is far more iconic, 10 times the atmosphere, higher concentration of 'proper fans' (nou camp is very much a tourist thing these days), better view. Everything about it is just impressive. Its a huge stadium but still with the old school feel.

The dream for me is definitely Burnley at the san siro.

Spot on about the Nou Camp. A concrete monstrosity but when the extension is finished I might forgive them, the previews are stunning.

Hope Atalanta don't make it and then we get them as last year they didnt play in Bergamo but in Reggio Emilia near Bologna. Not sure why but remember Everton playing them there in this year's group stage.
Are we any clearer to knowing if we'd start in the group stages or qualifying rounds?

IanMcL wrote:Already we are letting in spies from our continental opposition?

tbf ive already sussed the Czech sides, and ferencvaros

As much as I love Inter, I’d prefer a different team in Italy.

Purely because I’ve already been and there’s a few others in Serie A on my list.

Unbelievable atmosphere though.

I'm just hoping for a few good retro Subbuteo kit teams.
Like Wacker Innsbruck (number 124), Red Boys Differdange (231), Sliema Wanderers (187)

It'll be Ireland!

It won't be Hannover

I've a good mate in Florence, who's declared it an open house if we draw Fiorentina....regrettably, they've slipped from 6th to 9th in the table since his generous offer..... run in is Napoli, Genoa, Cagliari and AC Milan on the last day.....not ideal..

Walton wrote:AC Milan lost on Saturday to make it 6 without a win, and they were leapfrogged by Atalanta yesterday. They're now out of the Europa League spots, and unless they turn their form around they'll miss out. They've got another chance if they can beat Juve to win the Coppa Italia. Good luck with that one.
Inter are in danger of moving out of the Europa League too, just 1 point behind Roma and Lazio in the CL spots.
I suppose a trip to Rome might make up for it though eh?

The Coppa Italia final is between Juventus and AC Milan, so even if AC Milan lose the final, 7th should be good enough for a Europa League qualifying round spot at least.....or am I reading it wrong ?

I was hoping real mallorca were still in the top Spanish league 10,000 clarets in magaluf would be some sight in july

Looking at the Bundesliga table, a rematch with our last European opponents might not be out of the question. Eintracht Frankfurt in 7th...

scouseclaret wrote:Looking at the Bundesliga table, a rematch with our last European opponents might not be out of the question. Eintracht Frankfurt in 7th...

That would be good....we owe them one!!

Walton wrote:I'm a big stadium geek and I'd be sick with excitement at seeing the Clarets at the San Siro. It's an iconic stadium, and as someone brought up on Football Italia, when we were scrabbling about in the third tier, I'd never have dreamed there'd be the possibility of us playing there.

I just hope that if we get through that we get some big clubs with easy travel, as it could be an anti climax to get stuck with a group with Metalist Kharkiv, BATE Borisov and Rubin Kazan

You’ll spend most of any European tie posting on Twitter about Ashley Barnes or Nick Pope’s kicking to take it all in whoever we get

agreenwood wrote:You’ll spend most of any European tie moaning about Ashley Barnes or Nick Pope’s kicking to enjoy yourselfvwhoever we get

It's a nice wide pitch at the San Siro, so Pope's passes might stay in play.

It is odd his kicking is still this bad, and appears to be getting worse. Must be something which can't be taught, not even by Billy Mercer.

Walton wrote:It's a nice wide pitch at the San Siro, so Pope's passes might stay in play.

It is odd his kicking is still this bad, and appears to be getting worse. Must be something which can't be taught, not even by Billy Mercer.

I’m only posting again to highlight the fact that I love you really Mr W.

Walton wrote:
It is odd his kicking is still this bad, and appears to be getting worse.

What is odd is that it's only you who has seen this.

I mean we all know that Pope can't play like Andrea Pirlo, but it's really not in his job description.

italianclaret88 wrote:Without us you weren’t in Europa League....we bring luck to dyche...anyway any burnley fan is welcome in San Siro...

Can I kidnap Icardi, Miranda, Handanovic and Gagliardini to bring home?????

I love Italian football but the stadiums are always dead, 30,000 empty seats in the San Siro every week, 45,000 empty seats in the Olimpico every week, the attendances are just so poor and look even worse with massive stadiums.

Bin Ont Turf wrote:What is odd is that it's only you who has seen this

Not just me - read the player ratings threads, it's something brought up by numerous people.

I happen to think a top level goalkeeper's kicking is similar to a pro golfer hitting a ball. They should all be able to make that ball drop exactly where they want it, a very high proportion of the time.

If a golfer shanked it out of bounds as often as Pope kicks the ball out of play, they wouldn't make the cut.

I think it's the sole reason Pope hasn't made the cut in terms of England, that's why I'm surprised it hasn't been sorted out in training yet. He can't be happy with it.

If Getafe qualify in 7th in La Liga that would be a good trip.

Just South of Madrid, still in their Met area.

Walton wrote:Not just me - read the player ratings threads, it's something brought up by numerous people.

I happen to think a top level goalkeeper's kicking is similar to a pro golfer hitting a ball. They should all be able to make that ball drop exactly where they want it, a very high proportion of the time.

If a golfer shanked it out of bounds as often as Pope kicks the ball out of play, they wouldn't make the cut.

I think it's the sole reason Pope hasn't made the cut in terms of England, that's why I'm surprised it hasn't been sorted out in training yet. He can't be happy with it.

Pope isn’t a top level GK. He’s learning. If a young lad burst on the scene in golf with a great 7 month they’d still be improvements to be made. He’ll be working on it I’m sure. These things take time and in the meantime if he keeps making vital saves (or par puts) then all is well.

KRBFC wrote:Can I kidnap Icardi, Miranda, Handanovic and Gagliardini to bring home?????

We left a little memento last time. Not sure if they got it...

cricketfieldclarets wrote:We left a little memento last time. Not sure if they got it...

Cutrone > Icardi

#FORZA MILAN

Walton wrote:I'm a big stadium geek and I'd be sick with excitement at seeing the Clarets at the San Siro. It's an iconic stadium, and as someone brought up on Football Italia, when we were scrabbling about in the third tier, I'd never have dreamed there'd be the possibility of us playing there.

I just hope that if we get through that we get some big clubs with easy travel, as it could be an anti climax to get stuck with a group with Metalist Kharkiv, BATE Borisov and Rubin Kazan

Dunno, my boss is from Kharkiv and promised to sort me out nicely if we end up there . (Incidently Shakhtar are also playing there currently)

Won't be Panathinaikos either.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43887360

ZizkovClaret wrote:Dunno, my boss is from Kharkiv and promised to sort me out nicely if we end up there . (Incidently Shakhtar are also playing there currently)

Shame shaktar cant move home. The stadium and facilities are fantastic. Donetsk as a whole has lost so much. Not to mention its football. A couple of sides went to the wall completely. Theres an 'excellent' interview with dario srna somewhere online about why he refused to leave despite many offers.