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Europa Conference League Draw & General Chat

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Ryy

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5 minutes ago, Randers Blade said:

Just signed up to this forum to give a bit of info about Randers. It's close to Aarhus (30 mins by train, plus 50 min airport bus) but another option is Aalborg, which has direct trains from the airport to Randers (about an hour). You can only fly to Aalborg and Aarhus from Stansted or Manchester. Randers Stadium is about a mile from the city centre, and half a mile from the train station. Hotel Kronjtlland is by the train station, or alternatively there will be trains back to. Aarhus or Aalborg after the match. Randers are having a great season and shouldn't be underestimated. The fans are friendly, as long as you don't support AGF Aarhus. Good luck!

I’ll give this a miss then as my nans 3rd cousin’s daughters brother is a huge AGF Aarhus fan 😰

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Do we think the club will take this competition seriously? 

 

We could still put out a decent squad, but I'd expect to see the likes of Vestergaard, Bertrand and Perez starting these games and taking any result as a bonus. Maybe on the plus side it might also be used to give some minutes to youth academy players, and given how well Luke Thomas and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall have done in recent years, that could be quite good.

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4 minutes ago, VinceNoir said:

My grandad (Ernst Netuka for any interested football historians) was one of Randers’ most successful managers, and my entire family are huge Leicester fans. Gonna be a really special tie this :)

That’s wild lol congrats 

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4 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Do we think the club will take this competition seriously? 

 

We could still put out a decent squad, but I'd expect to see the likes of Vestergaard, Bertrand and Perez starting these games and taking any result as a bonus. Maybe on the plus side it might also be used to give some minutes to youth academy players, and given how well Luke Thomas and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall have done in recent years, that could be quite good.

Surely we should take it very seriously? It's a passport back into the EL for next season. Not sure I want to see Vestergaard and Bertrand screwing up that opportunity. 

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6 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Do we think the club will take this competition seriously? 

 

We could still put out a decent squad, but I'd expect to see the likes of Vestergaard, Bertrand and Perez starting these games and taking any result as a bonus. Maybe on the plus side it might also be used to give some minutes to youth academy players, and given how well Luke Thomas and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall have done in recent years, that could be quite good.

It's a route into Europe next year...I think the club will take it seriously.

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Flippin Danes again eh'...... 

 

This will be one of the absolute biggest games in Randers history, so if we take this lightly, we might be in trouble.

 

Might look into a little trip to Randers now. Studied there in the early 00s. 

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9 minutes ago, VinceNoir said:

My grandad (Ernst Netuka for any interested football historians) was one of Randers’ most successful managers, and my entire family are huge Leicester fans. Gonna be a really special tie this :)

"Ernst was for a period employed as a part-time lifeguard in Leicester where he saved 3 boys from drowning and on that occasion received a medal from the mayor. " 

Why was he in Leicester? 

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43 minutes ago, hejammy said:

Well they seemed excited. 

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As someone who started supporting Leicester in the 90s, I still get feelings of disbelief in this day and age that we have earned the right to be a 'big match' for european opponent regardless of who they are.

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Randers Blade

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Both Aarhus and Aalborg are good nights out. Beer is good and not too expensive, maybe a fiver a pint in the smaller bodegas (where smoking is still allowed!). Randers is also a good night out (or it used to be before covid) but at the moment no night clubs are open and all bars must close at 12 midnight due to covid. Hopefully this rule will be lifted by February.

 

Randers also has a fantastic indoor tropical zoo (with massive Komodo Dragons) and Europe's biggest Elvis Presley museum. There's also a massive statue of a horse in the city centre - the team's nickname is the horses.  Colin Todd used to manage them.

 

I think UEFA games are dry - if so, don't expect to get a drink near the stadium. There is only one pub between the station and the stadium. There's a hotel bar and a couple of bodegas by the train station, otherwise you need to go into town. There are loads of bars on the pedestrianised Storgade including a British and Irish pub. Taxi from town to the stadium shouldnt be more than a tenner.

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9 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Do we think the club will take this competition seriously? 

 

We could still put out a decent squad, but I'd expect to see the likes of Vestergaard, Bertrand and Perez starting these games and taking any result as a bonus. Maybe on the plus side it might also be used to give some minutes to youth academy players, and given how well Luke Thomas and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall have done in recent years, that could be quite good.

I hope we take it very seriously. Reasonably priced tickets to sell out the KP, full strength XI on the day. It’s a trophy at the end of the day, and a route into Europe next year.
 

There always used to be 3 European competitions and now that there’s a tertiary cup back we should absolutely go for it. Any Chelsea fans sneering at the Europa or this competition almost certainly went mental when they won the Cup Winners Cup in 97. 

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40 minutes ago, Foxes96 said:

Not a perfect measure but gives a decent indication of the level of sides left in this, especially if Spurs drop out. Every reason we can go on and win this. Also worth noting Randers are somewhere towards the bottom of this list, with an overall squad value of less than 1 Vestergaard! 

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Truth be told, once you get through the qualifying round, it looks like a classic Europa League R16. Tough matches against opponents with good European pedigree. Winnable, but so was our Europa League group.

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