Aston Villa v Olympiacos - UECL Semi Final First Leg Pre Match

[pauliewalnuts]

The Conference League is not a new Intertoto.

At worst, it's a new Cup Winners Cup.

We haven't won a single thing in this century, and it's already a quarter of the way through. Anyone turning their nose up at this title needs to sit down and reflect on their grotesque stupidity.

[eamonn]

Heads down and sheepish. Intertoto Heroes 2001:

[Martyn Smith]

2-0 in the first leg which will see us through to the final

[PaulWinch again]

We haven’t won a trophy this century. Let’s put that right first and then we can be sniffy about how highly we rate the next ten that we win under Unai.

We won the intertoto in 2001 didn't we ?

The intertoto was a glorified qualifying competition, this is an actual trophy.

[sid1964]

I think we will need at least a 3-0 victory on Thursday, going to their place is going to be a tough game for us.

[VillaTim]

We haven’t won a trophy this century. Let’s put that right first and then we can be sniffy about how highly we rate the next ten that we win under Unai.

We won the intertoto in 2001 didn't we ?

The intertoto was a glorified qualifying competition, this is an actual trophy.

I can't remember the Intertwobob format at all, pretty sure i was at the final but i don't remember that either .

[tomd2103]

Dream next few days would be a big win tomorrow night and then results going our way over the weekend, meaning we've effectively wrapped up 4th spot by Sunday night.  We then finish the job over in Greece and then  have a few weeks to get players fit and ready for the final.

[Malandro]

Sold out now.

[pauliewalnuts]

Dream next few days would be a big win tomorrow night and then results going our way over the weekend, meaning we've effectively wrapped up 4th spot by Sunday night.  We then finish the job over in Greece and then  have a few weeks to get players fit and ready for the final.

The race for third place is ON!

[Lastfootstamper]

We haven’t won a trophy this century. Let’s put that right first and then we can be sniffy about how highly we rate the next ten that we win under Unai.

We won the intertoto in 2001 didn't we ?

The intertoto was a glorified qualifying competition, this is an actual trophy.

I can't remember the Intertwobob format at all, pretty sure i was at the final but i don't remember that either .

I don't think I went to a single game. Obviously none that stick in the mind, anyway.
Like PWa says, it was a qualifying competition with a trophy tacked on. Like the playoffs.

[Dogtanian]

And weren’t there three winners that season?

[Dogtanian]

Aston Villa, PSG, and Troyes won in 2001.

Newcastle lost of course, because even a shit trophy is beyond them.

[ChicagoLion]

its the 6th most important competition we play in.

[eamonn]

Judging from the Intertoto Cup triumph photos above, we still haven't learned as a club not to swap opponents' jerseys straight after winning a final. So, come Athens at the end of this month, as lovely as the viola of Fiorentina is, just don't feckin' do it! No swapping til after the photocalls on the pitch.

The '82 pictures of our heroes in sweaty Bayern Munich tops still pisses me off.
Thank fuck some of them had the brains not to do it before the medal-awarding and lifting of the cup including our captain, most importantly.

That we were in lesser-spotted away white shirts for that triumph added to the confusion or it certainly did when I first saw post-match photos of the game as a kid. Who was who? Where's the claret and blue? I thought it was a wind-up and that it couldn't be Villa. Don't know if neutrals since have had similar thoughts. F**k them, sure, but just to be on the safe side, please win all our future finals in claret and blue. Like the last time with Saint Savo et al.

[PaulTheVillan]

I can’t believe there are people feeling like this isn’t worth winning.