Apart from the ref for the AEK home game, the Europa League games have been clearly better than the EPL ones.
Pawson had all the authority of a bottom set Geography supply teacher.
I am, of course, aware that Taylor is a UEFA referee but my point stands that the average quality of the refs in the Premier League is just not up to what it should be.
This thread is classic NSC!
By the way, Young Boys Berne and Feyenoord will definitely finish third in their Champions League groups and will therefore play in the preliminary knock-out Europa League round in February.
It's quite astounding how much better most of the UEFA refs are than the so-called best Premier League refs. Something has gone seriously wrong with the training of referees in England.
I actually got three tickets in the lottery for a last 16 game in Berlin on Saturday 29th June. Tried for multiple games but only got lucky for that one. I have never been to a finals match before so am proper excited whoever is playing.
The only thing stopping Le French Flair is Georges Santos holding a long grudge against one of the Iberians and trying to end his career with a waist-high lunge (see "the Battle of Bramall Lane").
For those harking back to Hereford that was the most important day for the club IMO but last night was something glorious and beyond our wildest dreams.
I was in the away end at Edgar Street and not in Amsterdam but yesterday was just wonderful to watch. Leaping around the lounge with my two...