European football so far this season has not been particularly exciting, but that should change tonight when we face Napoli in the Europa League quarter-final first leg at the Emirates. It feels like the kind of encounter that should be a Champions League game, but we are where we are for myriad reasons, and their failure to navigate the group stage saw them ‘relegated' to this competition. They're second in Serie A, behind Juventus naturally, but come into this game in somewhat patchy form having won just three of their last eight, and with a draw in their last game against 10 man Genoa. Of course we're looking for much better than we saw at Goodison Park on Sunday, another display...
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