Nightmare Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Plzen have won 14/14 so far, with only two games left before the long winter break (v Teplice and Jablonec). Ridiculous run. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Have been keeping up to date with my Czech team Zlin. Went to see them a couple of years ago when I was over there. It was the local Derby v Slovaco. Went to watch Slovaco v Sparta also. I love the set up of the grounds where you enter through the turnstiles into outdoor seated bench areas with numerous food places and beer stalls. Zlin seem to be off the boil a bit this year but maybe down to European games. They always seen to play really well until the break. Afterwards they generally struggle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Just back in Brno now after an excellent win on the road (we don't win away) against Jihlava, with Škoda grabbing both goals for us. Plaudits have to go to manager Roman Pivarník who has made us a difficult team to score against and capable of getting results which should keep Zbrojovka safe for another season. Annoying 6 o'cock kick-off for those working but a visible and vocal support cheered the team on. Very pleased! Edited November 24, 2017 by Menzel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 22/11/2017 at 00:16, foreverarover said: Have been keeping up to date with my Czech team Zlin. Went to see them a couple of years ago when I was over there. It was the local Derby v Slovaco. Went to watch Slovaco v Sparta also. I love the set up of the grounds where you enter through the turnstiles into outdoor seated bench areas with numerous food places and beer stalls. Zlin seem to be off the boil a bit this year but maybe down to European games. They always seen to play really well until the break. Afterwards they generally struggle. Zlín are our final match before the winter break next weekend. I was at the away fixture back in August where Zbrojovka were truly terrible and hoping for a big improvement this time round. A tremendous achievement to get into europe after winning the cup last year, and this is their third season back in the first league. Should be a good game - they have Slovacko in the 'other Moravian derby' on Monday and if they lose Brno have the chance to overtake them into 11th. Slovacko are absolutely rotten this year though so can't see past a home win for the ševci. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Went to Dukla v Slovacko a few weeks ago. The stadium was a wet dream for me. Proper communist era throwback 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 28 minutes ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said: Went to Dukla v Slovacko a few weeks ago. The stadium was a wet dream for me. Proper communist era throwback Novel stadium with the one huge stand! Great 4-1 win for them tonight as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Novel stadium with the one huge stand! Great 4-1 win for them tonight as well. I was in Prague for a few days with my wife and thankfully she always tolerates a game abroad if there's a beer available. We had to leave a tour of Prague Castle to make the game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Winter break is over and the league starts up again this weekend. Finally! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Slavia are currently in a distant second to Pilzen after going on an unbeaten run lasting a year, they had a fairly consistent first half of the season, only losing twice. However, Pilzen winning 14 games in a row from the start of the season meant that the league looked almost won before the winter shutdown. Slavia invested in a lot of experienced players for European football that turned out to be duds, They lost Jiri Pavlenka to Werder Bremen and replaced him with the calamitous former Fulham keeper Jan Lastuvka. Most of these players have now gone and the core of last seasons team are now pulling Slavia back in to the title race. Since the re-start, Slavia have three wins and a defeat with Pilzen only achieving two draws reducing the lead to seven points although Pilzen have a game in hand. Sparta have struggled further this year and are currently outside of the European places. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 On 24/11/2017 at 22:28, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said: Went to Dukla v Slovacko a few weeks ago. The stadium was a wet dream for me. Proper communist era throwback I was there last Friday and it is starting to look pretty grim for Dukla. They were easily beaten 3-1 by relegation rivals Jihlava but it was, as you say, a real cracker of a stadium. £6 in and less than £1 for a beer. I'd guess no more than 1,000 there, and a lot of those were British, German and American tourists. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Audaces Fortuna Juvat said: I was there last Friday and it is starting to look pretty grim for Dukla. They were easily beaten 3-1 by relegation rivals Jihlava but it was, as you say, a real cracker of a stadium. £6 in and less than £1 for a beer. I'd guess no more than 1,000 there, and a lot of those were British, German and American tourists. The food options were incredible. Asian food, pizza, traditional Czech fare etc. Didn't see/hear any other tourists when I was there though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Viktoria Plzeň lose again, they won't be caught at the top though. Frustrating day for Zbrojovka at home to Karviná yesterday, hit the bar twice and were all over them - 0-0. Playing Slavia Prague next week so no chance of points there I'd say. After that away at Slovácko for the South Moravian derby. Pretty tight down there... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Menzel said: Viktoria Plzeň lose again, they won't be caught at the top though. Frustrating day for Zbrojovka at home to Karviná yesterday, hit the bar twice and were all over them - 0-0. Playing Slavia Prague next week so no chance of points there I'd say. After that away at Slovácko for the South Moravian derby. Pretty tight down there... Slavia conceding a last min goal to Zlin wouldn't have helped. The next game I make it to will be the last game of the season with Plzen. I had one eye on that being a potential title head to head but I think tonights result killed any hope of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 1 hour ago, diegomarahenry said: Slavia conceding a last min goal to Zlin wouldn't have helped. The next game I make it to will be the last game of the season with Plzen. I had one eye on that being a potential title head to head but I think tonights result killed any hope of that. I would agree with that. Slavia should have no business losing to that Zlín side, particularly at home. Of course, Viktoria's first loss of the season was a howler and seems to have spurred on Jihlava who then took a bundle of points against tricky opposition. Slavia fans will cheer that their next two are away to Brno who don't score, and Karviná who are ridiculously inconsistent. Ridiculous that this stage in the season the latter are 9th and yet could very easily go down. I'm convinced that Baník Ostrava are doomed, but it could be one of a half dozen teams that finish 15th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Banik Ostrava signed Lastuvka after he was free'd from Slavia, one of the most calamitous keepers I have ever seen. I will be sorry to see them go down, there is something a bit junior football about the kit they wear I like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Anybody on here bought tickets on the day for either Sparta or Bohemians? Easy enough to get and any bother from the locals if there's 6 Scots in the ground? Heading over this weekend and hoping to get to at least one game. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 10 hours ago, Marshmallo said: Anybody on here bought tickets on the day for either Sparta or Bohemians? Easy enough to get and any bother from the locals if there's 6 Scots in the ground? Heading over this weekend and hoping to get to at least one game. Both pretty easy, Sparta is a bigger stadium and probably more used to non-Czech visitors. neither will sell out Sparta has a ticket windows at the bottom of the stands 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menzel Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 16:22, Marshmallo said: Anybody on here bought tickets on the day for either Sparta or Bohemians? Easy enough to get and any bother from the locals if there's 6 Scots in the ground? Heading over this weekend and hoping to get to at least one game. You'll definitely not get any bother from Bohemka - one of the only left-wing fanbases in Czech football and have a lot of support from 'expats' in the capital. All in all a far better experience than Sparta, which are a vile club. On 4/2/2018 at 01:39, diegomarahenry said: I will be sorry to see them go down I won't, they can take their anti-Islam banners and chants about Roma and Jews to the seaside leagues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Menzel said: I won't, they can take their anti-Islam banners and chants about Roma and Jews to the seaside leagues. I've only seen them play at Eden and I don't think they brought enough of a support to display a banner, although my ability to read any banners in Czech is pretty limited. Sparta were described to me as the Czech Airdrie Edited April 4, 2018 by diegomarahenry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) On 4/4/2018 at 12:31, Menzel said: I won't, they can take their anti-Islam banners and chants about Roma and Jews to the seaside leagues. That term doesn't really translate well to a landlocked country! Banik were relegated just three years ago IIRC; they took a very healthy crowd to Bohemians' ground on a Friday night in April they won the game but their fans seemed more interested in getting kicked out or a kicking by the authorities. In terms of their recent seasons they look like an Airdrie/Ayr style yo-yoing irrelevance. Looking at the teams in the league below, and apart from a stack of diddies the best contribution to the to flight IMO would be Dynamo České Budějovice. Karel Poborský is their chairman, South Bohemia lacks a credible football team and the home of Budweiser Budvar would make for a cracking away day. Looks like a tidy ground as well. Edited April 5, 2018 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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