Today, a guest post from Abdul Rahman Al Ze'bi, who thinks Our Beloved Valencia needs a lot of stuff, like a new coach.

Agree? Disagree? Think Emery is over-caffeinated?

Have a read and post your opinions!

Take it away, Abdul ...

What Does Valencia CF need?
This has been the question everyone asks.

Messi shows frustration in draw against Villarreal (Photo: REUTERS/Heino Kalis)

Barcelona saw their La Liga title aspirations take a serious hit after suffering a goalless draw against Villarreal at El Madrigal on Saturday night.

Another road game, another setback.

It has been the same story all year long; with Barca now having dropped 13 points in league play away from the Camp Nou this season.

Barcelona might have won the latest el clasico, but it is Real Madrid who are threatening to run away with the La Liga title.

Real Madrid are now seven points clear at the top of the Liga after their 3-1 win over bottom side Real Zaragoza while Barcelona's poor away form continued as they were held to a scoreless draw at Villarreal.

Barcelona's Copa del Rey semi-finals win against Real Madrid has been tempered by a growing injury list that will make their clash against Villarreal on Saturday harder.

Andres Iniesta and Alexis Sanchez both limped off in last night's 2-2 draw, which secured a 4-3 aggregate win.

That means Barca will head to El Madrigal missing six players in total, as David Villa, Ibrahim Afellay and Andreu Fontas are already injured, while Seydou Keita is at the African Nations Cup.

Villarreal vs Napoli 0-2 Highlights Video Goals Inler Hamsik 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Villarreal vs Napoli 0-2 Highlights Video Goals Inler Hamsik 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Villarreal vs Napoli 2011 ( Villarreal CF SSC Napoli video below) Score and result:- Villarreal vs Napoli 0-2 ( Gokhan Inler, Marek Hamsik) El Madrigal, Villarreal- Gp.

By Geoff Reid

Group A
Manchester City vs Bayern Munich from the Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Arguably the hardest group on paper when the groups were drawn, the visiting Bavarians may have thought they'd have a harder time in this section, but already on 13 points and undefeated, they've already wrapped up the group.

Do or die time for Manchester teams in the Champions League - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Of the four English representatives in this season's UEFA Champions League, Arsenal and Chelsea are assured of a passage through to the knockout stages; both Manchester clubs must perform in their last group game to stand a chance of progression.

Do or die time for Manchester teams in the Champions League - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Of the four English representatives in this season's UEFA Champions League, Arsenal and Chelsea are assured of a passage through to the knockout stages; both Manchester clubs must perform in their last group game to stand a chance of progression.

Man City & Chelsea's Champions League hopes hang in the balance, as Ajax faces Real Madrid juggernaut - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The last round of the Champions League group stages sees a number of mouthwatering and do-or-die ties. If you're going to be betting on football, you should be very careful where you put your money.

By Chris Wright

Five years after splitting his head open on the low, pointy dugouts at El Madrigal, Roberto Mancini did it again during the first-half of Man City's 3-0 win over Villarreal last night (more on that later) and was immediately issued with a makeshift icepack ice from the refreshments bar wrapped up in the plaggy bag David Platt bought his Egg and Mayo sandwiches to work in and proceeded to clutch it to his injured cranium for the rest of the evening, far past the point where he must have been doing little more than balancing a sack of lukewarm water on his head.

Villarreal vs Man City Goals 0-3 Champions League Highlights 2011 Toure Balotelli is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Villarreal vs Man City Goals 0-3 Champions League Highlights 2011 Toure Balotelli is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Villarreal vs Man City 2011 ( Villarreal CF vs Manchester City 2011) Final score and result:- Villarreal vs Man City 0-3 ( Yaya Toure*2, Mario Balotelli) El Madrigal, Villarreal- Champions League- 19.

By Geoff Reid

Group A
Bayern Munich vs Napoli from the Allianz Arena, Munich
The Bavarian giants have been in such great form as of late, their manager Juup Heynckes believes that today's visitors from Italy should set up to counter attack them, and that's a fair point.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has warned his players that they will be in for a tough test against Villarreal on Wednesday.
City travel to Spain with their hopes of qualification still intact after Sergio Aguero's late, late leveller against the same opposition two weeks ago.

The El Clasico teams of Barcelona and Real Madrid have continued their battle for superiority at the top of the Spanish Primera Division this season, with both facing tricky fixtures over the next three weeks.

Valencia v Real Madrid

Valencia finished third last season and on their day have the ability to take on the big two; they host Madrid on Saturday 19th November at the Mestalla.

A stunning late comeback from Malaga maintained their position at the top of the La Liga. The Andalusian side were briefly knocked off the top by Valencia, but they defeated Getafe 3-2 to reclaim pole position on Saturday.

Getafe led 2-1 in the 88th minute remaining courtesy of goals from Pedro Leon and substitute Nicolas Fedor Miku, either side of Ruud van Nistelrooy's equaliser.

Villarreal picked up their first win of the new La Liga season on Tuesday night, beating Real Mallorca 2-0. Giuseppe Rossi and Nilmar scored early in each half although the hosts could have scored even more as they enjoyed a return to form at El Madrigal.

On another night Rossi could have had a hat-trick but it mattered little as the Yellow Submarine ended a winless start to the season that had seen them second from bottom at kick-off.

By Geoff Reid

Group A
Manchester City vs Napoli from the Etihad Stadium, Manchester
This is going to be a special match for both clubs, as it's the first time they have both taken part in the European Cup in many, many years, and the first time under the reformed Champions League.

The 2011-2012 Champions League Group Stage is underway, with Matchday 1 halfway done. Eight matches in the books yesterday, eight more matches coming up later today.

See below for yesterday's results the most surprising that Barcelona and Milan drew in the Camp Nou; below that are today's fixtures with our preview notes (including a preview of Benfica-ManU sent in Jon Novy):

Tues 13 September 2011 Results

Group E: Chelsea 2 0 Leverkusen; Genk 0 0 Valencia

Group F: Olympiacos 0 1 Marseille; Dortmund 1 1 Arsenal

Group G: Porto 2 1 Shakhtar Donetsk; APOEL 2 1 Zenit

Group H: Barcelona 2 2 Milan; Plzeň 1 1 BATE

Wed 14 September 2011 Fixtures & Notes

Group A: This is the proverbial Group of Death.

Betis and Valencia joined Real Madrid with maximum points from their two games after 1-0 wins against Mallorca and Atletico Madrid, whilst Sporting's defeat in Pamplona means they are the only team still without a point.

There weren't too many goals this weekend in La Liga, with just 22 in the nine games played, Roberto Soldado got his fourth of the season and leads the league's goalscorers alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, whilst Betis are still concede this campaign.

Villarreal will play in the Champions League group stages for the third time thanks in part to two second-half goals from Giuseppe Rossi against Odense.

For 50 minutes at El Madrigal it was the Stefan Wessels show as the goalkeeper did his utmost to preserve OB's 1-0 first-leg lead. Once Rossi scored for the sixth successive European home game, however, the hosts' momentum proved impossible to resist.

Villarreal vs OB Odense Goals 3-0 Highlights Video Champions League is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Villarreal vs OB Odense Goals 3-0 Highlights Video Champions League is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Villarreal vs OB 2011 ( Villarreal CF vs Odense Boldklub 2011) Final score and result:- Villarreal vs OB 3-0 ( Giuseppe Rossi*2, Carlos Marchena) El Madrigal, Villarreal- Champions League Play-off Round, Second Leg- August [.

Given our Anglocentric view of the footballing world, the pre-group stage UEFA Champions League qualifying playoffs have primarily been about Arsenal's challenging tie against Udinese. But there's more going on much much more, including some interesting 2nd leg matches today.

Here's the full schedule of today's and tomorrow's fixtures, from UEFA's site.

Champions League play-off contenders Villarreal have signed midfielder Javier Camuñas from Osasuna.

The 31-year-old has switched for a €2.3m fee and has agreed a contract running until summer 2014, subject to a medical this week. Camuñas is Villarreal's third signing of the close season, following defender Cristián Zapata and goalkeeper César Sánchez to El Madrigal.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid 2011 El Madrigal, Villarreal- Sunday, 15/5/2011 Final score:- Villarreal vs Real Madrid 1-3 ( Cani/ Marcelo, Cristiano Ronaldo*2) Cristiano Ronaldo equals the record for most La Liga goals in a season as Real Madrid beat Villarreal 3-1 in their final La Liga game of the season.

Levante vs Barcelona 2011 Wednesday, May 11, 2011 ( 11/5/11) La Liga- Venue-Ciutat de Valencia (Levante at home) Final score:- Levante vs Barcelona 1-1 ( Felipe Caicedo/ Seydou Keita) Barcelona are crowned Liga BBVA Champions for the 2010/11 season after getting the result they required against Levante UD.

Barcelona vs Espanyol 2011 Camp Nou, Barcelona- 8/5/11 Final score:- Barcelona vs Espanyol 2-0 ( Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique) Barcelona move closer to the crown after beating local rivals Espanyol 2-0 thanks to goals from Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique. Barcelona v Espanyol 1-0 ( Iniesta goal vs Espanyol 29′) Barcelona vs Espanyol 2-0 ( [.

Porto booked a place in the Europa League final in Dublin against Braga, despite a valiant effort by Villarreal at El Madrigal. Goals by Cani, Joan Capdevila and Giuseppe Rossi gave the Spanish side a 3-2 victory, with Falcao and Hulk scoring for Porto, who held a 5-1 lead from the first leg. Falcao's goal saw him set a new Uefa Cup goalscoring record in a season, with 16.

Villarreal CF vs FC Porto (FCP) 2011 Final score:- Villarreal vs Porto 3-2 ( Cani, Capdevila, Rossi/ Hulk, Falcao) Europa League Semifinal- Second Leg- El Madrigal- 5 May 2011 Villarreal win 3-2, but it is not enough to prevent Porto from winning the Europa League semifinal tie 7-4 on aggregate and booking their spot in [.

Valencia vs Villarreal 2011 10th April 2011- 10/4/11- La Liga Final score:- Valencia vs Villarreal 5-0 ( Soldado*2, Mata*2, Banega) Valencia crush Villarreal 5-0 in La Liga at home thanks to two goals each from Roberto Soldado and Juan Mata. Four of the five goals came in the second half of the fixture Valencia vs [.

It was a tough night for Oguchi Onyewu and Twente in the Europa League, with a lopsided loss at El Madrigal. Villarreal opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, adding two more goals in the 43rd and 45th to take a 3-0 lead into halftime. They scored again in the 55th and 80th minutes. Twente spoiled the shutout with a stoppage time goal.

El barcelonista Andrés Iniesta confirmó ayer en su portal de Facebook que hoy ha sido padre de una niña, tras un parto en el que la madre y la recién nacida están bien. "Ha nacido nuestra niña Valeria. Su mamá y ella están muy bien! Ha sido maravilloso!!", ha escrito en su muro de Facebook el jugador de moda en el fútbol español, mientras que miles de seguidores le han hecho llegar sus felicitación.

En Madrid y Barcelona saben que este tanto puede valer una Liga y por eso ha levantado tanta polémica el gol marcado por Piqué al Villarreal. El central azulgrana "cree que controló correctamente con el pecho" pero asegura que "deberá verlo por televisión".
Cuanto más se acerca el final del campeonato más importancia cobran las jugadas polémicas, más si cabe cuando se acaba ganando por la mínima tras un gol dudoso.

Villarreal vs Barcelona 2011 El Madrigal-2nd April 2011 Final score:- Villarreal v Barcelona 0-1 ( Gerard Pique) Barcelona extend their lead at the top of La Liga to eight points with a 1-0 win over Villarreal away from home in La Liga. Villarreal 0-1 Barcelona ( Gerard Pique goal vs Villarreal 67) ( Credits of [.

Villarreal 2-1 Leverkusen ( Santi Cazorla, Giuseppe Rossi/ Eren Derdiyok) El Madrigal- 17/3/11 Villarreal knock Bayer Leverkusen out of the Europa League as goals from Santi Cazorla and Giuseppe Rossi give them a 2-1 win at home and a 5-3 win on aggregate. Villarreal vs Leverkusen 1-0 ( Cazorla goal vs Leverkusen) Villarreal v Leverkusen [.

While the UEFA Champions League gets all the attention, it's the Europa League that is home to some of the best gems in European club football. For example, the first half of the Villarreal - Napoli match at the El Madrigal Stadium contained some of this week's most fascinating moments in football.
In the 17th minute, Hamsik headed in a beauty of a goal and several celebrating Napoli fans went tumbling to the sideline when the stadium guardrail broke:
As beautiful as that Hamsik goal was and as excited as the Napoli fans were, it was all for naught as Nilmar got the equalizer for Villarreal in the 42nd minute and then the Boy from Teaneck, Giuseppe Rossi, got the game winner for the Yellow Submarine:

Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a brace as Real Madrid enjoyed a 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad at the Bernabeu. Lionel Messi fired a hat-trick as Barcelona crushed Atletico Madrid.

Third-placed Villarreal lost 1-0 at home to Levante, whose win bolstered their hopes of avoiding relegation.

Villarreal had claimed 31 points from a possible 33 at their El Madrigal home this season and would have moved to within three points of second-placed Real Madrid with a victory.

The TSG Sis is in from the middle of Nowheresville, Africa...so hiatus till Tuesday.

Your top 5 games for Americans to watch this weekend:

5. Saturday: Villarreal vs. Osasuna

The skinny: Yanks' fans always tune in to see if Jozy Altidore will play for the Yellow submarine, however Jersey-born

Rossi, ahead of most Americans abroad.

Villarreal vs Sevilla Spanish Copa Del Rey- January 12, 2011- El Madrigal, Villarreal Final score:- Villarreal 3-3 Sevilla ( Cani, Giuseppe Rossi, Ruben/Alvaro Negredo*2, Alexis) Sevilla come back from two goals down twice in the game to snatch a 3-3 draw at Villarreal in the Spanish Copa Del Rey. Alvaro Negredo netted twice for Sevilla, [.

Jozy Altidore was on the bench for Villarreal's 3-3 draw with Sevilla in the opening leg of their semifinal series at El Madrigal. Villarreal were up a goal in the 24th minute when Cani scored. They doubled that lead through Guiseppe Rossi four minutes later. Sevilla cut the lead in half in the 39th, but Villarreal were back in front by two goals when Marco Ruben scored in the 55th minute.

The Copa del Rey quarter-finals take center stage this week, and all eyes will be on Madrid where Atletico will take on Real.

Atletcio, who reached the final last season, come in the game on short rest after getting hammered 4-1 by Hercules on Monday night. They need to bounce back quickly as Jose Mourinho is looking to win his first trophy at Real, a trophy that they surprisingly have not won in 18 years.