Today's Games

[whiteswan]

Yeah, pretty easy win for them and everything came to fruition.

I think British teams generally struggle against coaches and technically gifted players that take a different approach to football.

Things are not so predictable and you can clearly see that foreign players are not just these athletic machines like Rice and Gallagher who just run and tackle. We churn out players like that by the dozen and any talented ones have their ability trained out of them.

Emery is usually a craft operator, and I know the Villa fans adore him, but he got caught out last night.

Nice to see Xabi Alonso doing so well and proof that you don't need to have Megabucks to succeed, it's exciting and refreshing.

Always makes me wonder why our lot bang on about the premier league being the best league in the world....TV lot I mean.

[White Riot]

Always makes me wonder why our lot bang on about the premier league being the best league in the world....TV lot I mean.

Well you look at some of the talented/flair players we've had over the years: Alan Hudson, Tony Currie, Trevor Brooking, Glenn Hoddle, and Jack Grealish, there are always questions about their work rate. I particularly remember that was the case with Hoddle, "he doesn't tackle, or run around, or put a shift in". So what? We had Peter Reid, Steve Hodge and Steve Perryman, etc, limited Forshaw style workhorses to run around and chase people, but they couldn't do what Glenn could do.

We've continually focused on producing these athletic, running, and tackling machines: Declan Rice, Owen Hargreaves, Connor Gallagher, Ross Barkley, Scott McTominay, KP. Yes, you need players to win and carry the ball, but that can't be the sum total of your central midfield.

If you look at Croatia with Modric, or in the past Bulgaria with Hristo Stoichkov, these are generational talents and legendary players who were given the freedom to go out and create and win matches. Stoichkov is still idolized here, and should be, Bulgarians wouldn't expect him to be running around pressing and tackling like a nutter, when his skill was with the ball at his feet.

[Cjay]

Glaser has done a fantastic job at Palace.

3-0 up vs Manure.

Now 4.

The shite Marsch dished up and he and Glasner are ex Red Bull lot.

Palace play exciting football

[1964white]

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

[mentalcase]

Not as good a game as last nights.

[1964white]

Not as good a game as last nights.

Still goalless I assume.

[Barlow Boy]

What a finish, incredible stuff.

[Lorimer46]

No Champions League medal for Harry Kane

[mentalcase]

No Champions League medal for Harry Kane

Not only a CL, medal, Kane hasn't any medals yet.

[whiteswan]

No Champions League medal for Harry Kane

No Champions League win for Bayern either....good!

Excellent win for Real

[leedsalex]

Hate them

[whiteswan]

Hate them

Me too alex

[Lorimer46]

Not only a CL, medal, Kane hasn't any medals yet.

He's turned Bayern into Spurs

[whiteswan]

He's turned Bayern into Spurs

Nice one....

[The Subhuman]

Kalvin has more medals than Kane

[Cjay]

Olympiakos have completely owned Villa in these two legs.

6-2 on aggregate

2-0 on the night.

Not even the current Greek Champions, Aek Athens are under former managerial target Matias Almeyda.

Fair play Olympiakos.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Well Donny messed up. They won the away leg 2-0. Now it's tied and going to ET

[andrewjohnsmith]

Well Donny messed up. They won the away leg 2-0. Now it's tied and going to ET

And now penalties

[whiteswan]

Kalvin has more medals than Kane

He has! Without actually winning them. Kane should have joined Citeh

[mentalcase]

He has! Without actually winning them. Kane should have joined Citeh

If levy had allowed him to, kane would have gone there last season and Haarland would have come to ER, funny old game eh !!