Village Idiot Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Pretty sure Villarreal see their CL spot as good as sewn up and are going all in in the EL. Despite their exploits this decade, they haven't had a piece of silverware to show for it (Sevilla, for example, has bagged a few trophies during their own 2000s bloom) Would they not value European football over trophies though? Especially given the comparative lack of value attached to the Copa Del Rey? I don't think they are risking anything, they have a healthy gap and - what's more important - no one in the chasing pack has shown signs of being able to put together the kind of form to really challenge them. As long as they don't truly collapse they will be fine. And trophies are important imho, in ten years they might be a lower midtable team, but the trophies would still be in the cabinet. Wasn't disagreeing with that. I guess in a way Europa League is there only chance of winning anything in the near future with the dominance of the Clasisico's in Spain at the moment. They really "shouldn't" be where they are to begin with. The town of Villarreal itself isn't big enough to fill up the Vicente Calderón or Mestalla. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Pretty sure Villarreal see their CL spot as good as sewn up and are going all in in the EL. Despite their exploits this decade, they haven't had a piece of silverware to show for it (Sevilla, for example, has bagged a few trophies during their own 2000s bloom) Would they not value European football over trophies though? Especially given the comparative lack of value attached to the Copa Del Rey? I don't think they are risking anything, they have a healthy gap and - what's more important - no one in the chasing pack has shown signs of being able to put together the kind of form to really challenge them. As long as they don't truly collapse they will be fine. And trophies are important imho, in ten years they might be a lower midtable team, but the trophies would still be in the cabinet. Wasn't disagreeing with that. I guess in a way Europa League is there only chance of winning anything in the near future with the dominance of the Clasisico's in Spain at the moment. They really "shouldn't" be where they are to begin with. The town of Villarreal itself isn't big enough to fill up the Vicente Calderón or Mestalla. Crazy ain't it but I hope they're not a flash in the pan. They've been brilliant to watch over the last few years. Be royally fucked off if I was a Valencia fan though and how they usurped Valencia of recent times in terms of stability and progression despite the relative size of the two and the locality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 They have been delivering the goods for the most part of this decade already. The danger is that they have had to put a stop to their spending in the past two seasons and are entirely dependent on CL football to keep the submarine going without sales. Still, it wasn't that long ago that I watched Villarreal play at the turf of the local Segunda B team I support. Madness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 how did Viana play for Braga? didn't see the game but I read the Independent match report and it said "Much of Braga's best midfield work was carried out by Hugo Viana, which may have caused a quizzical eyebrow to be raised at Newcastle United" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hugo was always a quality player - what a left foot, man, christ. Never dynamic enough to play LW or physical enough to play CM, but in a 4-3-3 or a packed midfield the lad would have eventually been a real quality PL player. Another victim of Souness, sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Imagine a central midfield triangle of Tiote Viana Ben Arfa Viana spraying passes from a deep lying role, Ben Arfa creating havoc with his direct runs off a target man, and Tiote doing the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Black and white Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Red and blue Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Remember him running the show against Sweden at Ullevi, he was man motm by miles, what a player he could have become in the right circumstances, his vision and passing was something out of this world at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The one and only young European footballer of the year. God knows what happened to that award after he got it. He probably jinxed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hugo was always a quality player - what a left foot, man, christ. Never dynamic enough to play LW or physical enough to play CM, but in a 4-3-3 or a packed midfield the lad would have eventually been a real quality PL player. Another victim of Souness, sadly. That goal in the 3-2 at the De Kuip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hugo was always a quality player - what a left foot, man, christ. Never dynamic enough to play LW or physical enough to play CM, but in a 4-3-3 or a packed midfield the lad would have eventually been a real quality PL player. Another victim of Souness, sadly. Agreed. A proper footballer in every sense if the word. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 What channel is the Man U - Arsenal game on tonight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 itv1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I'm sure the PA announcer at St Andrews realises it's a Quarter Final shouting out "welcome to the FA Cup 6th round!" Whilst factually correct not sure why he didn't say quarter final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 It's often been called the FA Cup 6th round rather than the quarter-finals. Infact, for aslong as I can remember that's been the prominent term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Bolton put on free buses or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 1-0 bolton elmander Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 How come Viana never made it back on the continent, either? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Mr T on for Brum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Good to know we're not the only ones with shit injury luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Christ, two injury subs in two minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 It's often been called the FA Cup 6th round rather than the quarter-finals. Infact, for aslong as I can remember that's been the prominent term. Yip always been the way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Ferguson will be a big loss for them. Handy to have a team down there losing key players just incase we have the unlikely event of us being sucked into a relegation battle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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