Macdonsj
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Its getting ridiculous
If they win the Europa and Madrid win the CL
Next years Supercup could see 10 goals in injury time
Olympiakos v Villa & Thursday's other football
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Its getting ridiculous
If they win the Europa and Madrid win the CL
Next years Supercup could see 10 goals in injury time
Clay Davis
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Rt. Hon. Bearman
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Leverkusen must have done a deal with the devil.
stefanovitch
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Never say die attitude from Leverkusen and ability to match.
El Bow
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Been a cracking game. Feel for Roma, they gave it a right go
Jim Prideaux
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Can’t stand Leverkusen.
Will be rooting for the boys form Bergamo.
Will be rooting for the boys form Bergamo.
Edinburgh Blue
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Frimpong has turned into a cracking player. A poor mans Tav.
A Magician Named Gob
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Why? They seem nearly as inoffensive a club as you can get unless you're a big fan of Germany's fan ownership model and hate them for that.
Jim Prideaux
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I have absolutely no reasonWhy? They seem nearly as inoffensive a club as you can get unless you're a big fan of Germany's fan ownership model and hate them for that.
A Magician Named Gob
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Ending Bayern's run will make them a neutral's favourite for a generation in most cases.I have absolutely no reason
Paisleybear30
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Even beyond that I imagine there's a fair few neutrals who'd like to see them manage the unbeaten season
A Magician Named Gob
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I remember thinking that Olympiacos had mixed our friendly up with a Champions League qualifier such was the intensity and effort level being put in. So much fight, dig and pretty much unnecessary aggressiveness in a friendly felt bizarre at the time but maybe hints at how much fight this manager wanted from them and it's served them well.
A tenner on the draw after 80 minutes would have returned a tidy sum...
I presume. I obviously didn't back it.
Jim Prideaux
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I would have supported any Italian team anyway.
My mates have all jumped on the Leverkusen wank-fest the past few months, so really hoping Atalanta can do it but I suspect it’ll be a bridge too far.
A Magician Named Gob
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I hope they register Ballack and bring him on for the last minute.
Athens will be mental that night
Aek fans will riot if olympiacos win it at their ground
Aek fans will riot if olympiacos win it at their ground
HowdenEnder
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I just realised that the fat wanker that owns Forest also owns Olympiakos.
Aloysius archer
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Refreshing to see a team retain possession of the ball with the horseshoe nowhere to be seen.
prenzlauerbear
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Honestly burst out laughing at that, only you.
Wazza
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Why? They seem nearly as inoffensive a club as you can get unless you're a big fan of Germany's fan ownership model and hate them for that.
Fan friendship with Brighton?
Ron Swanson
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My teeth aren’t as curly about losing to Benfica now.
We wouldn’t have got past Atalanta - they’re a very good side.
The final should be a great game.
We wouldn’t have got past Atalanta - they’re a very good side.
The final should be a great game.
Wazza
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Jim White has been calling them Bayern for a few weeks as well.
A Magician Named Gob
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I'd rather he wasn't associated with us to be honest.
Jim White, if I said what I really feel about him, I'd be perma banned.
So, I won't.
Mr_Miscellaneous
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Bayern Munich deciding to Loan Josip Stanisic to Bayer Leverkusen might be one of the worst transfer mistakes I've ever seen.
Not as bad as the time Barcelona gave Inter Milan Eto'o plus money for Zlatan and Inter went on to win the CL.
GovanFront4
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Complain about the CL being all the same teams.
Won’t watch a final because teams aren’t big.
Is this a football forum or what
senefelder
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Frankly a ridiculously poor season for English clubs in Europe. Two months ago you would have got pretty short odds on Manchester City for the CL, Liverpool the ECL, and Villa the ECL. The latter two in particular should have been a shoe in.
Rickety Cricket
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How much do you think Olympiacos make each year in revenue? Can't be more than us, surely? If they can put together a team on our budget and make a top 4 team in the EPL this season look very ordinary, then the question is, can we put together a team like theirs? Or is this a 1 off? Pretty much what people would've been saying about us when we got the the final in 22? Putting Dortmund to the sword away from home, and finishing the job at Ibrox. I know they are in a lesser competition but Villa have been fantastic this season and they've swept them aside without any problems. Olympiacos have been decent for a few years now.
I hope the Greeks can pull it off but it looks like a one off really.
As far as i can tell because any financial info for them is hard to come by, their entire teams budget so staff and players was around 40 million euros according to their president.
Ours is about 70 million euros.
Olympiakos have a much higher budget than any other team in Greece though and usually win the league more often than not, 22 titles in 27 years.
Wazza
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Depends what you class as a shoe in, weren’t as short as you think:
English European Treble?
England have the 3 bookies favourites for the UCL, UEL and the UConfL. Man City 7/4 Liverpool 11/10 Aston Villa 7/4 14.88/1 the treble. That’s before you consider Arsenal (UCL) and West Ham (UEL) as back ups.
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I wouldn’t have gone near Villa at the price.
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They've just won the UEFA Youth League a couple of weeks back too, beating AC Milan 3-0 in the final.
Seems like they're well placed to be a side worth watching for the next few years.
Unbelievable really, 30 secodns away from a defeat
Thornliebank_Bear
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They have done superbly well to get there but with Imre doing the tactics Villa will get embarrassed in the CL.
temperance
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49 games unbeaten, 40 wins and 9 draws, simply sensational.
Paisleybear30
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Saw a tweet from Kerryfail saying Celtic hold the record for going 69 games unbeaten from 2016-2017.
Obviously conveniently choosing to ignore the absolute pumpings handed out by PSG and others in that time
prenzlauerbear
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What do you mean?
stefanovitch
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Terrific record under Xabi Alonso and I'm glad he's knocked back the likes of Liverpool to stay for another year.
Yeti_Hunter
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Thinks he means Villa will struggle in Champs League with Emery in charge, despite his unbelievable record in Europe. Wasn't that long ago he had Villareal in the semi's of it.
prenzlauerbear
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Yeah, really struggling to make sense of how a manager with an excellent European record is going to hold them back.
Bristol_bnose3
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Sounds like exactly the sort of Euro final i'd like to watch. Genuinely no idea wtf you are talking about.
How many people do you think were enthusiastic about a Rangers/Frankfurt final outside of Scotland and Germany?
Macdonsj
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Talksport last night post-matches was gold
West Ham fan bubbling about Leverkusen scoring late so much "its a fix"
followed by a Villa fan having a pop at Cundy & O'hara despite them saying Villa deserved 4th in the EPL - before moaning about injuries (at which point they reeled off the line-up last night and its pretty close to a full strength XI)
West Ham fan bubbling about Leverkusen scoring late so much "its a fix"
followed by a Villa fan having a pop at Cundy & O'hara despite them saying Villa deserved 4th in the EPL - before moaning about injuries (at which point they reeled off the line-up last night and its pretty close to a full strength XI)
