What game will you watch tonight?

Not at all, I’m English by the way. Think it’s clear all have tried, it’s just won’t be painful for Villa.

Remember asking you the other week which your best league was, still waiting!

What’s your criteria?

Quality? Competitiveness? Entertainment? Marketing? Individuality? Physicality? Financial backing?

Or else you all just stop being utter weirdos and instead of football fans in England bizarrely supporting the EPL as the one entity, you can support one club like normal human beings.

If you’re going to be so brazen about having the best league in world, whilst arrogantly ignoring the different criteria and extreme subjectivity on that matter, then don’t cry when your teams get drilled and people want to throw it back in your face.

Judge teams on their individual merits and not their geographical location and people all over Europe will stop laughing at you when your teams get hammered on their own patch by the 6th best team in Italy and the 4th best team in Greece.
 
Never said they wouldn’t but it won’t be the end of the world for Villa going out of this, they’ve achieved the big one. If they do go out a few probably chuffed they get another weeks rest before the Euros as well.
You’re not telling me professional football players would be ‘chuffed’ getting beaten in a European semi so that they can get an extra few days at home before an International tournament?
What’s the point in being a player if you don’t want to win

Also, Villa could easily have achieved both to four and a win in the Europa Conference. Coming from 2 down showed the desire to win, losing another 2 goals showed a lack of guile and European experience
 
What’s your criteria?

Quality? Competitiveness? Entertainment? Marketing? Individuality? Physicality? Financial backing?

Or else you all just stop being utter weirdos and instead of football fans in England bizarrely supporting the EPL as the one entity, you can support one club like normal human beings.

If you’re going to be so brazen about having the best league in world, whilst arrogantly ignoring the different criteria and extreme subjectivity on that matter, then don’t cry when your teams get drilled and people want to throw it back in your face.

Judge teams on their individual merits and not their geographical location and people all over Europe will stop laughing at you when your teams get hammered on their own patch by the 6th best team in Italy and the 4th best team in Greece.

Haha, I knew some kind of juvenile insult would be in there! Well done you proved me right.

Firstly I hate the premier league for the what it’s done to fan culture, the kick off times, the prices etc. it’s embarrassing how we’ve let it go. Same across Britain really. I couldn’t think of much worse than going watch it week in week out in person.

Right now it’s the best league quality wise, this seasons had some brilliant matches. I couldn’t care less if Premier League Clubs get beaten in Europe but I do think they should be getting helped more by the league, like others do. Aside from the fact it’s terrible for fans the scheduling is all over the place, all to chase money.

Across Europe it’s the fan culture they laugh at not the quality of the premier league on the pitch. Pretty well known that. It can be a bit embarrassing talking to some foreign fans when they get on the subject when I’m away, many love watching it, probably why it’s on in many boozers you come across abroad (not meaning Burnley v Sheff Utd there before you get excited).

You’ll have to educate me on how you decided that Olympiakos are the fourth best side in Greece, my bet is you looked at Soccerway. Pretty sure they were favs for it and could well still win the league.

Still waiting for an answer anyway on which you feel is the best league. Don’t worry about giving one though, it’s clearly a touchy subject.
 
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You’re not telling me professional football players would be ‘chuffed’ getting beaten in a European semi so that they can get an extra few days at home before an International tournament?
What’s the point in being a player if you don’t want to win

Also, Villa could easily have achieved both to four and a win in the Europa Conference. Coming from 2 down showed the desire to win, losing another 2 goals showed a lack of guile and European experience


You’re not telling me professional football players would be ‘chuffed’ getting beaten in a European semi so that they can get an extra few days at home before an International tournament?
What’s the point in being a player if you don’t want to win

Also, Villa could easily have achieved both to four and a win in the Europa Conference. Coming from 2 down showed the desire to win, losing another 2 goals showed a lack of guile and European experience


I reckon a few would be. By that I’m not meaning they’ll be high fiving if they go out in Athens but they won’t be too upset by it. Yet again because they’ve achieved the main aim of the season - sadly that’s to finish in the top 4 and be in the CL next season, they’ve got a lot to look forward to as a Club Villa.

Personally I wouldn’t say it’s that easy coming top 4 in Premier League and winning that competition, I know some seem to think it is but it won’t be. If they are to win it they will have played 27 games I think since Jan 1st - quite testing and challenging, they’ve had a great season and it won’t be defined by whether they win the Conference League.
 
I switched between Chelsea & Villa , was good to see old gravy veins get humped again, but fell asleep and just found oot Villa lost !!!!!
 
Bit of a stripclash in Villa game?
Just seen your comment somewhat belatedly. You make a very valid point regarding kit clashes which seems to be occurring more and more frequently. The Villa one tonight was truly horrendous, especially if viewed from a distance. I'm in no way colourblind but still found that very confusing. Also, Chelsea v, Spurs, blue shirts, blue shorts, against white shirts, blue shorts, again, more than a little confusing. I've never understood the details and intricacies of "away kits', (perhaps someone here could provide some more information regarding this), but Spurs, mainly, perhaps only at home, this season have played in all white. Why swap the white shorts for blue when that is the same colour, albeit a slightly different shade, to what the opposition is wearing, presumably for contractual reasons.

Saw a clip oh a Sky Sports the other night, can't recall the team's, think it was from League One, red and white thin stripes, against blue and white thin strips, really hard to distinguish, referee chappie on the discussion panel did call that one out, ridiculous. Chelsea v. Leicester City cup game a few weeks back, royal blue (shirts), against dark blue, that one did get a few comments in the media. Goalkeepers wearing the same colour top, (I know this one has been mentioned on here before), as the opposition, the referee or even your own side. There was a Rangers match earlier this year when the other side played in yellow, including the keeper! although again, a slightly different shade.

Some of you on here will correct me if I've got this wrong, but I seem to remember, going back many years, probably to the seventies, a game involving Celtic and Hibs where both sides wore their usual green shirts and white shorts, could this have actually happened.

Apologies for the rant, but it is very early in the morning, and it's something that I feel doesn't receive much comment, certainly the guys doing the tv coverage never appear to mention it.
 
Just seen your comment somewhat belatedly. You make a very valid point regarding kit clashes which seems to be occurring more and more frequently. The Villa one tonight was truly horrendous, especially if viewed from a distance. I'm in no way colourblind but still found that very confusing. Also, Chelsea v, Spurs, blue shirts, blue shorts, against white shirts, blue shorts, again, more than a little confusing. I've never understood the details and intricacies of "away kits', (perhaps someone here could provide some more information regarding this), but Spurs, mainly, perhaps only at home, this season have played in all white. Why swap the white shorts for blue when that is the same colour, albeit a slightly different shade, to what the opposition is wearing, presumably for contractual reasons.

Saw a clip oh a Sky Sports the other night, can't recall the team's, think it was from League One, red and white thin stripes, against blue and white thin strips, really hard to distinguish, referee chappie on the discussion panel did call that one out, ridiculous. Chelsea v. Leicester City cup game a few weeks back, royal blue (shirts), against dark blue, that one did get a few comments in the media. Goalkeepers wearing the same colour top, (I know this one has been mentioned on here before), as the opposition, the referee or even your own side. There was a Rangers match earlier this year when the other side played in yellow, including the keeper! although again, a slightly different shade.

Some of you on here will correct me if I've got this wrong, but I seem to remember, going back many years, probably to the seventies, a game involving Celtic and Hibs where both sides wore their usual green shirts and white shorts, could this have actually happened.

Apologies for the rant, but it is very early in the morning, and it's something that I feel doesn't receive much comment, certainly the guys doing the tv coverage never appear to mention it.

It was bad last Sunday:

 
That Villa back-up keeper Olsen has been a bombscare for years anytime he's stepped in for them. They got what they deserved last night for persisting with him.
 
They’ll attract better players as CL regulars than being the Conference League Winners 24.

His next step will be wanting to do well in the CL as a Manager I expect, not sure he’s every really done well in that has he?

He may well rest players this weekend now, could do with helping Clubs at this stage for me England - Olympiakos got the weekend off ain’t they.

He reached the semi finals with Villarreal in 2021/22, knocked Juventus and Bayern out and eventually lost to Liverpool. Don't think Emery has a lot left to prove to anyone, when it comes to any European competition tbh.
 
Just seen your comment somewhat belatedly. You make a very valid point regarding kit clashes which seems to be occurring more and more frequently. The Villa one tonight was truly horrendous, especially if viewed from a distance. I'm in no way colourblind but still found that very confusing. Also, Chelsea v, Spurs, blue shirts, blue shorts, against white shirts, blue shorts, again, more than a little confusing. I've never understood the details and intricacies of "away kits', (perhaps someone here could provide some more information regarding this), but Spurs, mainly, perhaps only at home, this season have played in all white. Why swap the white shorts for blue when that is the same colour, albeit a slightly different shade, to what the opposition is wearing, presumably for contractual reasons.

Saw a clip oh a Sky Sports the other night, can't recall the team's, think it was from League One, red and white thin stripes, against blue and white thin strips, really hard to distinguish, referee chappie on the discussion panel did call that one out, ridiculous. Chelsea v. Leicester City cup game a few weeks back, royal blue (shirts), against dark blue, that one did get a few comments in the media. Goalkeepers wearing the same colour top, (I know this one has been mentioned on here before), as the opposition, the referee or even your own side. There was a Rangers match earlier this year when the other side played in yellow, including the keeper! although again, a slightly different shade.

Some of you on here will correct me if I've got this wrong, but I seem to remember, going back many years, probably to the seventies, a game involving Celtic and Hibs where both sides wore their usual green shirts and white shorts, could this have actually happened.

Apologies for the rant, but it is very early in the morning, and it's something that I feel doesn't receive much comment, certainly the guys doing the tv coverage never appear to mention it.
I was diagnosed as colourblind last week.

That come right out of the green.
 
He reached the semi finals with Villarreal in 2021/22, knocked Juventus and Bayern out and eventually lost to Liverpool. Don't think Emery has a lot left to prove to anyone, when it comes to any European competition tbh.

Disagree at Champions League level. He will be wanting to win it one day. Poor with Sevilla and PSG in the CL.
 
Was great to see Postecoglu getting scudded and absolutely losing his shit on the touchline and being bealing with sky on the post match interview.

Whining about the marginal contact and blocking for the 1st goal when he used to set rhats like johnston and Co up in his celtic team to be filthy animals. Porri and moreno are classic snide dirty players in the perfect style of postecoglu.

He is now on the slippery slope and his team have the look of they've lost faith in him and given up whilst at the same time he has the haunted look of someone who has been found out at last.

Unlucky Ange - hey you made some money and had a bonzer time mate but they've all worked you out son
 
Was great to see Postecoglu getting scudded and absolutely losing his shit on the touchline and being bealing with sky on the post match interview.

Whining about the marginal contact and blocking for the 1st goal when he used to set rhats like johnston and Co up in his celtic team to be filthy animals. Porri and moreno are classic snide dirty players in the perfect style of postecoglu.

He is now on the slippery slope and his team have the look of they've lost faith in him and given up whilst at the same time he has the haunted look of someone who has been found out at last.

Unlucky Ange - hey you made some money and had a bonzer time mate but they've all worked you out son

Seen some fans turn on him lately. In particular, they can't understand his reluctance to hire a specialist set-piece coach (who does that remind you of?!)
 
Seen some fans turn on him lately. In particular, they can't understand his reluctance to hire a specialist set-piece coach (who does that remind you of?!)
Yes we need to sort our shit out at set pieces as well mate.

Statistics tell you that a third of goals come from a set piece.

So many different variations to work on defending and attacking that having someone looking at it in isolation now has to be the way ahead alongside looking at the opposition set piece routines and how to combat them

I never thought I'd say that - what's happening to me.

Remember souness saying how can I tell terry Butcher how to defend a set piece but I think the game has moved on so much now with all the information out there
 
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