Europa League Winners Post-Match Celebration Perma-sticky

[Dave]

The UEFA Technical Observer Group has named Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers as the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League Player of the Season.

And the team of the season

Not sure what that Forest guy did to be in over Konsa either.

[PeterWithesShin]

[RamboandBruno]

I m in no way a royalist in anyway, but to be fair he comes across well in that

[Dogtanian]

He’s a Villa fan, salt of the earth, won’t hear a bad word said against him.

[Ian.]

I’ve dressed one of our shop dummy’s today.

I had two old boys, down on holiday, come in my print shop to buy my top yesterday! Told them, it’s not for sale!

It’s been really lovely seeing so many Villa fans the last couple of days, amazing feeling.

[Crown Hill]

Just before McGinn lifts the cup Emi runs to the officials and collects a medal and then puts it round someone’s neck. Who is this? I noticed this in the stadium at the time and just seen the footage again. Did they forget someone?

[PeterWithesShin]

Just before McGinn lifts the cup Emi runs to the officials and collects a medal and then puts it round someone’s neck. Who is this? I noticed this in the stadium at the time and just seen the footage again. Did they forget someone?

Alysson

[cdbearsfan]

Alysson.

[Lizz]

I had some dirt on the Imam in charge of Taksim Mosque and he was happy to oblige with this:

Ha! Beautiful!

Seconded.

[Crown Hill]

Just before McGinn lifts the cup Emi runs to the officials and collects a medal and then puts it round someone’s neck. Who is this? I noticed this in the stadium at the time and just seen the footage again. Did they forget someone?

Alysson

Thank you. My other puzzle is what shape were the flags supposed to make? I can see a V but otherwise it looks a bit random. Unless they just had a job lot left after the Forest match!

[olaftab]

Alysson's medal is well deserved.

[PeterWithesShin]

[Matt C]

Just before McGinn lifts the cup Emi runs to the officials and collects a medal and then puts it round someone’s neck. Who is this? I noticed this in the stadium at the time and just seen the footage again. Did they forget someone?

Alysson

Thank you. My other puzzle is what shape were the flags supposed to make? I can see a V but otherwise it looks a bit random. Unless they just had a job lot left after the Forest match!

It was a nod to that early 80s home shirt I think?

[Pat McMahon]

I had some dirt on the Imam in charge of Taksim Mosque and he was happy to oblige with this:

Ha! Beautiful!

Seconded.

I can confirm this as I stashed the evidence for Aftab

[HolteL4]

When we fielded a depleted team and surrendered to a terrible spurs side at home the whole media piled on to both the team and the manager - that selection by the manager has been thoroughly vindicated. If we'd played a full strength side and tired players had picked up a few injuries here and there the outcome could have been massively different. Instead we came out with a virtually full strength side with the throttles wide open. We obliterated Forest, obliterated Liverpool and obliterated Freiburg in a major final. Emerys strategy over what was the crucible of our season was borderline genius and bravery in action. I've long believed that Ron Saunders was our greatest manager - certainly in my time - increasingly I am now not so sure.

Although if we'd have fielded a strong and won vs Spurs the main players would have only had to play 1 game between then and the final whereas because of the Spurs game they had to play 3.  Luckily it's not important now but it was far more risky going weak then it would have been had we gone strong vs Spurs