Aston Villa in the Intertoto and this is how it's going to work

I believe if we win the intertoto 3rd round we are then placed into the 2nd qualifying round of the uefa cup. So to get to the uefa cup proper we will be playing 4 matches.

irishsteve

you may very well be right .. i've not actually checked where we enter the UEFA Cup ..

but it is the UEFA Cup .. if even the qualifiers still .. thanks for that ;)

would not like to be playing F.C. Copenhagen in the intertoto they wud be ok and any away game in europe is tough

did man city get in through the fairplay in the end or was that just a wild rumour?

ouch .. i've just seen it on the club site .. they were up to date. sorry club site

You have it exactly right Damian. Just to add that we are away in the first leg

i think its fulham that qualify through fair play league

Ive just checked the official uefa websites, and we will play in the intertoto 3rd qualifying round a 2 legged game, then if we win that we will enter the 2nd round qualifying round of the uefa cup, win that and were in the 1st round of the uefa cup for real ! up the villa

Copenhagen 4th in Danish league. I think we are alright as long as we avoid them. European football means Damian is absolutely right in saying we need 10 players for next season as aquad is far to small to accommodate extra games. Also Bosingwa is signing for Chelsea this week. I'm glad he's getting a definate transfer as I'm sick of seeing his name linked with Villa.

damian im pressing ctrl and f5 but the page dont ssem to be refreshing any advive?

Jose Bosingwa is going to chelsea says they have agreed a fee on skysports

Not so Silent Bob; If your page is not refreshing, how do you expect to see any comment Damian might add? Also if you see this, your page is probably refreshed

At the moment the nummber 4 in Denmark is Odense SK, which to me sounds a lot less dangerous than FC Kopenhagen.

1 Aalborg aB 29 19 5 5 62 54-34
2 FC Midtjylland 29 15 8 6 53 42-30
3 FC Kopenhagen 29 14 9 6 51 40-26
4 Odense BK 30 12 15 3 51 44-21
5 AC Horsens 30 12 9 9 45 42-41

i dont really want to play them but seeing as ive convinced the missus that following villa in europe would be a great idea based on 2 nights in copenhagen i cant really complain!

turun palloseura's star player is mika aaritalo - former villa youth team player, and on fm 08 they are pretty decent!

ps as for bosingwa - let him go to chelsea, i wouldnt want p.ferreira but belletti can come to us if he wants!

hoyte, nelson or miguel are better bets

its not the third team from the danish superligaen not the fourth

I am very pleased Villa are in the ''Pre Qualifying Rounds of the UEFA cup'' (otherwise known as the Intertoto), European football in the sunshine, with something to play for again. A pre-season without meaningless friendlies! Well done Villa, hard luck Small Heath.

what happens if we get the finnish side? after a few minutes of looking its apparent that hardly anybody flys to turku airport

will BMI put some specific flights on?

If we win our Intertoto two legged match we enter the UEFA cup at the second round I think. That should be ok and if we get alot of new players in we can definatly compete in Europe.

The fair play League is totally stupid, how can they justify letting a team that finished 17th in the PL and just avoided relegation represent us in Europe? It should have gone to 6th spot the extra place. But then again you could say how can they let a team outside the PL play in Europe when they win the F.A cup

Oh well we've done it! Has the 10mins with Mellberg thing gone ahead yet?

I know this is out of the context of this post but has anybody seen the official website 'Barry's Villa Vision'? Read it and tell me thats the words of a man that is unhappy or seeking greener pastures. He has to stay an help us to the UEFA cup

DPNK1985

lol but it took over 3 hours for me to view it ;D

i read the barry vision and all he is talking about is 'next season' id bet my next door neighbours house that he isnt leaving

I can't load the official site on my PC anymore. I can't load that personal profile site, bebo either. Maybe it's a sign that i shouldn't go on crap websites ;)

So our path to Europe is going to simple. Beat two shite teams from N. Ireland and Finland. Easy enough. But then so was Varteks...

We'll just have to wait and see. I for one am optimistic. I really hope the situation goes one way or the other fairly soon cos if it drags on over the summer it will hinder our chances of focusing on getting a replacement.

Looks like he is thinking of staying to me. I'd say he will stay if there are some early big name signings before the first leg in july. I think he would be mad to go to Liverpool. They are the most likely to drop out of the top four.

Also, nearly every liverpool supporter if spoken to has made comments like 'He'll make a good reserve team captain'. I think he'll be making a big mistake if he leaves a club where he is loved to go a club whos fans (and possibly the manager) see him as a squad player.

Chelsea to sign £16.2m Bosingwa

:@

MON used to play for that Irish side (look at the wiki link and the notable players), wouldnt it be brill if we could play them (and also cuz they'd be easier than a danish side) but with the transfers coming in this year we should be able to handle even copenhagen (sp?)

dya reckon barry will stay??
ive got a mate whos got a mate who apparantly plays golf with barry and apparantly hes told him that hes leavin?????

why are you all being so pessimistic?? asif we are gonna lose to some random foreign team. however good they are in fm08. our reserves could probably take them.

Xx

Its as bad to understand as the offside rule at one point it was most women that didnt no the offside rule but now its become confussing for both male and females

Anyway to there inter to bob either way i think we will qualify with no problems at all

FC Midtjylland just got through losing, so they're still firmly in the picture. Copenhagen would jump to second with a defeat of Aalborg later on today.

Also Copenhagen have got 3 of their last 4 games at home. I reckon it will be Odense or FC Midtjylland. Either way I think we underestimate them at our peril. A young team in Europe for the first time, 2 months before the end of the deadline, (so no signing just yet, that's the way MON likes it and that's fine by me) you never know. While Im confident we can beat them, let's not let Mr Complacency have a seat at the feast that is Aston Villa's European Adventure!

We need 10 players if we are gonna play in Europe - who should we sign?

PS Martin called Barry a demi-god today - whats one of them then?!

barrys gone

.........to bed

Well, Copenhagen took care of business today. So our possible opponents look like this, with three matches to go (to be played May 15, 18 and 24th) :

2 FC Kopenhagen 30 54 18
3 FC Midtjylland 30 53 11
4 Odense BK 30 51 23
5 AC Horsens 30 45 1
6 Esbjerg 30 42 7 (still theoretically in reach)

I agree with Matt Clarke; Finnish, Danish or Irish, I don't care.
If we can't beat any of them, we don't deserve to be in the Uefa cup.
Just as I predicted fifth or sixth for this season, I'm predicting a decent run in the Uefa for next season.
As has been said many times, it's all about who we sign in the summer

Does anyone know when around the tickets for the 2nd leg of the intertoto cup will put on sale?. Plus do you all think it will be a sell out becuase of the circumstances on it taking us to the UEFA Cup?

I agree. Can't wait for the Intertoto/UEFA Cup! We'll take any of these teams out no problem. AC Horsens? That would be funny. FC Copenhagen would get pasted too. If we failed to beat any of those we simply dont deserve to be there.

im a business student in liverpool university and while out today i met gareth barry in liverpool town centre, take it as you wish but it doesnt look good

Jonesy08 ... No matter where we go away from home, we will always sell out.

Probably be season ticket holders who went to five or more away games this season or something!

Lets hope we sell out Villa Park and get it rockin on a european night when they come back to our place!

FC Copenhagen, if they are avoided ... i'm a happy man!

UTV! SOTC!

He was probably looking for "spare" hubcaps.

He's not doing interviews at the moment and you think he'd be daft enough to be wandering around Liverpool?

It'd be all over the news.

You're stupid :)

FC Copenhagen beat Man U a few seasons ago. Someone mentioned Varteks! Man I was @VP and they had a bunch of school teachers/chicken farmers on the pitch but done us 3-2.

I r'ber when we played that Czech? (eastern europe) team and Villa abandoned travel arrangements for the away game cos only 1 guy wanned to go. I bet it was Taglor.

My sister friends uncles aunt mate was fishing with Barry and he said hes staying honest.

I have a mate who works at Starbucks, and he said while he was working there, he saw Gareth Barry come in, and while he was there he was looking at a "Things to do in Liverpool on 75K a week" brochure. I think he ordered a mocha breve and a cookie, but paid with credit.
FC Copenhagen isn't bad, but I don't think they're any better than, say, Wigan. We should beat any team we play in the qualifying phase. But we still need to play well, because obviously we're capable of losing to Wigan occasionally.

so, whats going to happen to all the extra spots if they stop the intertoto cup? will they make more crazy stipulations like fair play? will they have the loudest fans gain uefa cup spots? i wonder what life will be without our beloved intertoto cup!

i was walking down the road yesturday and i seen gareth barrys nans uncles cousins grandsons daughters nephews step brothers uncles aunt and she said that barry is joining fulham :D :D :D

Not sure if it's been mentioned - An intresting side note... O'Neill used to play for Lisburn Distillery.

the trophy is tiny and rubbish anyway!

hey, Just wanting to find out if the Intertoto games will be televised? i remember that we got onto channel 5 last time we were there,just wondering is anyone knows??

Cheers
UTV

you know what who ever we get in the intertoto rounds n uefa rounds we will kick there asses were Aston Villa for godsake...technically we are the 6th best team in the premier league and we have the players, manager, owner, to get us to europe...UTV!!!!!!!!

Cant wait till next season !!!

just a (delayed) site note if anyone re-reads this like i have.
blackburn got knocked out in the 2nd qualifyin round for the UEFA Cup against some greek second division team, after winning their 3rd round intertolo cup games the week before. whilst villa should win, the boys (nor the fans) should be approaching these games asif to say we have already won! theres still 360minutes of football still to be played before we enter the UEFA Cup
but seriously, who am i kiddin?? WE R THE VILLA!!
UTV! UEFA CUP CHAMPIONS 2008/09!!