Always amuses me when no-mark clubs like Villa, Newcastle and our blue 'mates' from over the park mock Thursday night Euroepan Europa League footie. Let me think for a moment ..... 3 days getting bevvied with yer mates in Zurich, Sion/ Conthey and Geneva, taking in two great City's and a boss little alpine one; all with an idyllic couple of train journeys through the Swiss Alps and round lake Geneva with fantastic hospitality and great scran and wine ..... Or sat back at home wet and cold in rainy L'pool watching Corrie ..... I know where I (and they dream to be) would rather be.
Great trip (bar the game. If anyone was EVER in ANY doubt certain results aren't decided before the game when it suits both sides that certainly dispelled that. Was there even a shot on target the whole game from either side?); with the best Euro away atmosphere for a LONG time. Normally, you're either half into it, or its 'this is ****. I'm freezing cold. Can we get back the ale already?' with a sterile atmosphere. But whether it was because we'd already qualified and weren't arsed or that we only had 500 officially and only the regulars were out I don't know; but that was rocking the full 90 with song after song. Real fun time aside from the nonevent on the pitch. And what a ******* draw is in prospect Monday ..... Can't remember the last time we had 15 chances with not one a bad one. Donetsk is probably the worst, but at least there's no Visa needed for the Ukraine, but everything else .....
Anderlecht/ Augsburg/ Dortmund/ Fenerbache/ Fiorentina/ Galatasary/ Marseille/ Mijtaland (the only other ugh. Looks a **** to get to and a serious ticket scramble unless they moved it to Copenhagen then 'Way Hey!'/ Marseille/ Saint-Etieme/ Sevilla/ Sparta Prague/ Sporting Lisbon/ Valencia or Villareal ...... BIG *** Homer J drool for Monday's draw! Struggling to pick a favourite out of those! Yeah, another boss trip in February or stuck at home watching telly ..... Thursday night football SUCKS!
Talking of sucking though ..... Exeter. Friday ******* night! Days Holliday gone already the NY, with a more expensive hotel stay over, which ruins the night after the game as every things shut and no viable cheap way down ..... Magic of the FA Cup my pasty white ***! BBC twats!