UEFA Europa League 2017/18

[MDK]

Milan look awful. 

[FLiam]

Well that was pretty good. We were a lot better than we have been in forever. 

Yes, Milan were pretty sloppy and overall a bit turd. Despite that, we were passing the ball like we should be, with a purpose. None of this slow, mundane, sideways passing. They were more direct and zipping the ball about. 

It just shows that a lot of these players do have it in their locker to play with a bit of desire. All it does is add weight to the argument that another manager will get much more out of this group. 

Anyway, a great result and a word on Aaron Ramsey's fitness levels, they're unbelievable. 

[Liam]

I'm just going to assume the hustle worked.

[Kaney]

Milan were not good but Christ they wouldn't have had to be given our recent form. We won, convincingly, away in Europe, at the San Siro, and kept a clean sheet. I don't know what this feeling is but I like it

[DavidMarrio]

18 hours ago, Kaney said:

Milan were not good but Christ they wouldn't have had to be given our recent form. We won, convincingly, away in Europe, at the San Siro, and kept a clean sheet. I don't know what this feeling is but I like it

I give it till Sunday afternoon till normality is resumed

[FLiam]

Well this has started off well.

That was never a penalty.

[Kaney]

It absolutely was never a penalty but thankfully we got the job done. Atletico here we come!

[Kaney]

Arsenal vs CSKA Moscow should be a good tie for us, definitely better to miss Atletico/Lazio for now.

[FLiam]

Trip to Russia right now sounds great!

I hope ArsenalFanTV and co take their bodyguards.

[Gazz]

Arsenal lose 4-0 in Moscow and Troopz willingly drinks Polonium tea on camera.

[Adam]

I just read that last time these sides met each other, the guy who actually poisoned Litvinenko attended the game and they found traces of polonium at the Emirates Stadium.

Good luck with this one guys .

[The Lusophone]

I really want to see an all Red Bull final, just to see the froth generated by the collective hategasm it would cause.

[DavidMarrio]

Think Arsenal have gotten a good draw there. CSKA were poor in both games against us. 

[MDK]

2 hours ago, MadJack said:

I really want to see an all Red Bull final, just to see the froth generated by the collective hategasm it would cause.

What is with the RB hate?

[Nerf]

12 minutes ago, MDK said:

What is with the RB hate?

They're basically exploiting loopholes all over the place to violate Bundesliga regulations.

You can read about it in detail here:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/08/why-rb-leipzig-has-become-the-most-hated-club-in-german-football

[MDK]

8 minutes ago, Nerf said:

They're basically exploiting loopholes all over the place to violate Bundesliga regulations.

You can read about it in detail here:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/08/why-rb-leipzig-has-become-the-most-hated-club-in-german-football

Scenes when MK Dons become RB Dons and move into Buckingham Palace.

[The Lusophone]

20 minutes ago, MDK said:

What is with the RB hate?

Hypocrisy mainly. The same people who have issues with RB don't have issues with Wolfsburg (backed by VW), Leverkusen (backed by Bayer) or to a lesser extent Hoffenheim (backed by the German software billionaire Dietmar Hopp). Nor do they seem to have a problem with how German football is set up to ensure Bayern Munich's continued success...

[MDK]

3 minutes ago, MadJack said:

Hypocrisy mainly. The same people who have issues with RB don't have issues with Wolfsburg (backed by VW), Leverkusen (backed by Bayer) or to a lesser extent Hoffenheim (backed by the German software billionaire Dietmar Hopp). Nor do they seem to have a problem with how German football is set up to ensure Bayern Munich's continued success...

I did wonder about the naming thing. If you look too deeply into who owns who and who is bad and bla bla bla we'll all just end up supporting Forest Green. Orient were owned by some bloke who was wanted in Albania for tax dodginess. City, Barca and PSG are owned by Qatar who have suspect human rights records, Chelsea are owned by the Russian mafia, Swansea are owned by a Welsh sheeple smuggling cartel etc.

If you want pure football without any fuckery just go watch Gazz and his minidragons play on the weekend. 

[Nerf]

27 minutes ago, MadJack said:

Hypocrisy mainly. The same people who have issues with RB don't have issues with Wolfsburg (backed by VW), Leverkusen (backed by Bayer) or to a lesser extent Hoffenheim (backed by the German software billionaire Dietmar Hopp). Nor do they seem to have a problem with how German football is set up to ensure Bayern Munich's continued success...

They literally do, though. All of those clubs, especially Leverkusen, have been vilified as "fake clubs" for decades upon decades.

[The Lusophone]

To nowhere near the same extent, like at all.

Edit: To elaborate, you don't really get ultras violence directed against those clubs in Germany, whereas there's been crowd trouble and death threats directed at both Red Bull clubs in Europe.