Dan

I think he realised last week that lot are probably beyond saving and that was his way of saying it. Team line up tomorrow will be interesting.

That final was a really weird sensation for me - I went in hoping they lost but by the end I was hoping they held on. The fact it was an utter embarrassment to United softened that one big time. Spurs weren't all that unbearable for winning a trophy. Maybe a lot of it is in my head

Porto are decent insurance against Forest. They are definitely favourites for that tie. This is a pretty strong Porto this year, walking the league, only let in 10 goals in 26 games, just beat a decent Stuttgart home and away. I can understand people being haunted by last year and how much everything seems to be going wrong but Forest aren't better than Porto. It will take a massive effort for them to win the Europa League while being in the middle of a relegation battle. I mean they've stumbled past Midtjylland. I'd be bricking it if they got to the final though.

And we have to hear idiots like Guy Branston calling him "the best in the business" The amount of gaslighting really ****ing does my head in.

A situation that we let play out time, and time again. I can't stand most of these players for their performances but the two clowns are the main reason this keeps playing out. They create circumstances where this becomes inevitable. But what do you expect when they're narcissists who are never in the wrong in their own eyes.

Took them five hours of football and a red card for them to beat Larnaca. They're a ridiculously poor side if they have to play on the front foot.

Porto must end this charade.

Watched this video about Union St Gilloise and couldn't help but notice which club is flagged up as a relative failure around 4:30 Side note but really good channel if you're at all interested in more rogue leagues of Europe.

Two English sides through it is. Galatasaray have been absolutely dreadful here. Turkish teams on an off day aren't pretty.

Galatasaray have been dreadful but basically played all half with 10 men. What a terrible time to miss that penalty.

The club in total disarray and you've got people complaining they aren't paying enough for it. Absolutely unbelievable.

They've all been comprehensively beaten though. They weren't narrow losses.

Roll on the Steaua-esque split.

7

Probably a bit

6-2 Jesus Christ.

It's 5

The worst of Newcastle as well though. Barca really haven't had to do a lot to score 4 times here.

Spain has very much punched above its weight in Europe for a long time.

How the **** is that not a red

This is the flip side of the Premier League - I think the teams at the top are relatively weak, but Newcastle are a great advert for the strength of the league, sat 9th and they're clearly a good team. It feels a more balanced league than it used to.

Strange team Newcastle. They've done really well here.

Agree. It's better for the league that this years teams are generally faltering. On the pitch it's as dreary a Premier League season as I've seen in a long time.

Coming up to two years and even this year if they do it won't be one of the major ones. They are a noticeably poorer team than 2/3 years ago.

They have something over Leicester - they still have to play Leicester.