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Should be. It said channel 533, but not sure if that's outraged. It's defo on Sky.

Yep, 3 winner take all matches (although I guess some could get in via the playoffs). Czech vs Moldova is on the free Viaplay channel.

Just taken the lead on the hour against fellow high flyers Forest at the City Ground, Elson. Just following updates as don't think there is a stream - sounded like Forest just about had the better of the first half, but Newcastle were knocking on the door early in the second.

Yeah, used to love watching a random match on Sky back in the day, like Kazakh / Azerbaijan / Georgia at 5pm and then a close looking qualification impacting match later on, but it's grim now. ViaPlay Xtra is effectively free to air, or at least available to a significant amount of households, but the match choice on there is very hit and miss. https://www.live-footballontv.com/live-football-on-viaplay-sports.html They had Liechtenstein vs Portugal tonight, which was pointless as one was guaranteed to finish last and the other first, and a mismatch so no jeopardy or anything riding on it, although they do have Denmark vs Slovenia tomorrow night which could be important, especially if Kazakhstan win earlier in the day as expected. I'll possibly watch that over the England match tomorrow. I've mentioned a few times on here, but I think it's absolutely scandalous how Scotland matches are buried on a niche paywall like ViaPlay whereas England and even Wales via S4C get theirs on free to air.

I'd been wondering for a while and don't think it was covered on here at the time, but seems that the home match with Halifax that didn't take place when the World Cup final was on will be rescheduled later in the season rather than forfeited and a points deduction. They have been fined £250 which seems incredibly low. A local business person could cover that without even noticing it. I guess it's an extra home match to play for Newcastle, and a chance for more people to see them as interest continues to grow, but seems Halifax got off very lightly. It would be pretty ironic if that one ended being played at SJP.

Dortmund could also afford to draw with AC as they would have the better H2H with us if we both ended on 8 points.

Hall's a long way off being the finished article.

Must admit I like the recent switch from the BT Sport app to Discovery+. There's literally 32 Europa / Europa Conference matches available to watch on Thursday, which means I can watch the mighty FC Nordsjælland

It does kind of feel like the tournament has passed us by a bit. Obviously a magnificent win over PSG, which will be remembered for years (depending on how we get on in the coming seasons, as hopefully there will be similar nights), but drew blanks in the other 3, back to back losses against arguably the weakest of the 3 opponents, the toughest match of the 6 still to come, and, probably more likely than not, be out of Europe altogether before GW6. Obviously a mix of a tough group and possibly more so a lack of players and squad depth, but it does feel that we haven't quite given as good an account of ourselves as we could have. Much more favourable group, clearly, but it is a bit frustrating seeing fellow 4th seed Sociedad do so well in, like us, a rare CL campaign for them.

Thing is if we do finish 4th and Man Utd don't get out of their group then, while I don't know the criteria, 5th place for PL might be more unlikely than many think.

That would be incredible, but it would then simply come down to overall goal difference, then goals scored. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Away goals scored in all group matches; Wins in all group matches; Away wins in all group matches; Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point); UEFA club coefficient.

Yeah, at least Dortmund know they will very likely slip to third in the group if they were to lose to Milan, so will be up for it, and it's not like they are already through, although saying that, they do also have the safety net of knowing that if they beat PSG on the final day they will qualify regardless of how they get on in Milan. Just can't see us not losing in Paris to be honest, it would be a monumental effort to get anything from the game given their home form, so definitely hoping Milan don't win next week. It would be a bit of a damp squib going from top of the group after GW2 to guaranteed 4th and a dead rubber final match, which is probably the most likely outcome now, unfortunately.

It completely depends on how you view the situation and landscape. My order of preference would be draw, PSG, Milan. If Milan win here we'll likely finish bottom of the group, but would simultaneously, on paper at least, keep us in top 2 contention if we got 4-6 points from final 2 matches

Aye, a draw is probably the best result overall. Keeps 3rd place in our hands and still a very outside chance of top 2.

Aye, realistically. A draw would be OK as we'd at least have it in our hands on the final day, but if Milan lost tonight and drew in Dortmund, then we'd just need a point in the final match.

I just can't see us winning in Paris at all, especially with the stretched squad. We'll realistically lose, in which case we'd definitely be out, so I'd rather put eggs in one basket and know that if we beat Milan stay in Europe a bit longer.

I guess it's hope PSG beat or at least draw with Milan later which would mean that we at worst would have a winner takes all chance of 3rd against Milan on the final day. If Milan beat PSG then it will be fairly likely we finish bottom of the group, even on 7 points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973–74_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup#Second_leg_2 As we play Dortmund in the Champions League, It'll be exactly 50 years tomorrow since Sunderland last played in Europe, their 4th match to date.

19 points and further injuries to VDV and Maddison - I think it's probably time for a wildcard. Big Jamaal's 9 points sat wasted on the bench.

Been incredible drama in the Sky picks this weekend.

Surely off.

I'm just sat here giggling. Never seen such a mental match.

Long time to go to use up all your subs. Any more injuries and they're down to 8 men.

Wolves A Villa H Man City A West Ham H Newcastle H Forest A Tough period coming up for Spurs, especially with all these injuries and suspensions.