Fiorentina v West Ham - Thoughts?

[TeaCider]

Teams get easier looking draws to many finals in many cups.
Quite why you want to belittle our teaching a UEFA Cup Cinal

I'm not belittling it.

It's one of the biggest achievements in our history.

I'm calling out the people trying to belittle West Ham's current run in the Conference League and the competition when the route to qualify for it and the level of opposition is very similar to what we experienced.

It just makes people look daft.

 

[FishofContemplation]

I'd go back to the European Cup Winners Cup and replace this Conference format.
Domestic Cup winners or runners up play in that.
Top league finishes in Champions League. As currently.
Next league finishes in Europa League. As currently.

There’s nostalgia and there’s insanity. In what universe does kicking Man Utd out of the Champions League so the can play the New Saints and City can play Larne (and that’s just to pick the sh1te this country could offer up these days never mind San Marino) make for a better football tournament.

The European leagues used to be closer. The old format would be a farce now sadly.

 

[indeedido]

Nobody is belittling West Ham making this final. They have beaten some good teams.
But this competition is generally full of teams that finished lower than teams qualifying for the Europa or as was the UEFA.
By definition it is an inferior competition.
You can get easy or hard looking routes to the final of either.

 

[Doom_On_Horseback]

Not particularly fond of West Ham but I already want them to win. 20 minutes in and 4 different Fiorentina players rolling around like they’ve been shot.

 

[Redka]

Pikey English fans trying to get the game cancelled- embarrassing. That poor Lass at lineswoman!

 

[Norman_Conquest]

West Ham fans being West Ham fans.

Why?????

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Come on Fiorentina

 

[Teesste]

Idiot fans.. salt of the earth tho ain’t they

 

[Doom_On_Horseback]

Ok maybe I want Fiorentina to win now

 

[Nero]

Pretty shocking from those West Han fans. What is the point of throwing stuff at opposition players? Football has some real idiots as fans.

 

[newusername]

It's started already, the dark horrible art of Italian football. I never get the love of Italian football.

Yet it is the West Ham players that have been diving, one of whom got booked for it.

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Will be funny if they win and then their fans are banned from Europa games next season.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

Yet it is the West Ham players that have been diving, one of whom got booked for it.

I can't argue with the booking for the dive but how many times have you seen the Fiorentina go down holding their faces after being tackled?

 

[newusername]

I can't argue with the booking for the dive but how many times have you seen the Fiorentina go down holding their faces after being tackled?

Yeah its shocking. The only one not seeing it is the ref.

The only thing he's got consistently right is dealing with players dissent after he makes another wrong decision. He's absolutely no nonsense on that. Love to see it.

 

[Canyoudigit]

The West ham fans shot was their only shot on target wasn't it ?

 

[Norman_Conquest]

He can't give that surely.

 

[Scrote]

He can't give that surely.

Based on the Grealish one that's stonewall...

 

[TeaCider]

That's a penalty to me.

He literally knocks it out of Bowen's path with his hand.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

That's a penalty to me.

He literally knocks it out of Bowen's path with his hand.

It is from that other view. I didn't think it was from the other angle - His arm goes towards the ball.

 

[coluka]

Hand to ball so penalty in anyones world, even these laws currently it must be a penalty