Agree about the Premier League but I was speaking specifically about just these two Spanish teams I'm watching now in terms of...
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...look about right to me. Everton, a lower half Prem team for example, would, on their day, absolutely smash them out of sight.
wtf was that?Some competition to be Valencia's worst manager
He's a little better than Koeman (who won the cup though), Valdano and a guy called Antonio Lopez, but that's it over the last 20 years.Some competition to be Valencia's worst manager
See now, that's the second time today someone mentions Everton as some sort of pillar of the PL's mid-table might... because they beat Chelsea in a brilliant FA Cup victory? They also managed to turn wins against Bournemouth and Stoke into last-minute defeats in unbelievable fashion. If anything they're incredibly comparable to this season's Valencia -- some impressive results here and there; draws with Barça and RM, scoring 3 on Málaga, thrashing Celta 5-1, thrashing Rapid Wien 10-0 on agg., but mostly throwing away points at home against lesser sides in pitiful displays of defending. Everton's saving grace has been their firepower in away games, which Valencia just don't have under Gary.
Aside from the cup win i remember Koeman being a complete disaster in the league and CL. And he had a much better team. He took a CL team to the bottom half of La Liga for much of the season. This is definitely the worst season i can remember since Koeman in terms of performances.
Yeah maybe, Krychowiak was marvellous pre-injury and Mariano has been excellent all season but rotated a lot. Vitolo too, but not enough end product. Krohn-Dehli not up to his Celta level yet and Konoplyanka not given enough confidence by Emery in my opinion, because at his best he's easily the most talented player in this side apart from perhaps only Banega. Speaking of the devil, it'd still put him ahead of Gameiro for this season, simply because despite his inconsistency he's been so important to them (they usually struggle without him).
@jojojo , will you be in Valencia? It´s too late, if not perhaps Neville could get his own ninot
. A video of Mascletá this year, for who doesn´t know what is, the valencians love firecrackers Hah, quite unlucky Villarreal not to get anything from this game... but just shows once again how much firepower Emery's Sevilla have at the Sánchez Pizjuán. First time anyone's scored 4 on Villarreal this season.
Indeed Villareal had enough chances. I must admit i did want Sevilla to win. I want it to be a dramatic finale like last season.
He's mates with the owner.
Will only count for so much if he continually fails and the fans want him gone.
I'm really hoping Celta can finally make it into Europe this season.. for the past two they've steamed ahead impressively in the first part of the season only to be undone by loss of form and/or injuries to key players in the second. Nolito's injury this season hurt them badly, especially as their squad is so small. This time they should be alright as long as they finish in the top-7 (with Sevilla and Barça being in the cup final). Would love to see them in the EL (or CL but that's looking out of reach honestly).
Think the excuse will be that this is not his tea, amd he's going to be rebuilding the team in the summer.
I'm expecting to at least one Neville ninot - the fallas will all be in place on Wednesday, so we'll see.@jojojo , will you be in Valencia? It´s too late, if not perhaps Neville could get his own ninot
A friend of mine is a director with a firework company in Valencia and this year it will be his turn to do the 19th March mascleta and the big Nit de Focs. Unfortunately I can't go, but it will be live on regional TV - not the same, but...