Anyone happy for 5th place/Europa League???

[KrefelderFox666]

12 hours ago, Tom12345 said:

I hate to say it, but the 4 goals we casually conceded against Bournemouth could make the difference against us vs Man Utd. Man Utd are only 3 goals behind us and if we lose to Spurs big time or if Man Utd wins big time next game, our GD could turn against us.

 

Needless to say, we should not even be in this position if we did not self destruct in that game or lost all those games we should not have lost.

It needs a swing of 6 goals to really make a difference (e.g. us lose 3-0 to Spurs and Man U win 3-0 against West Ham). Otherwise, we are still in the driving seat against Man U (we would need to beat them but even a 1-0 would do).

[Paninistickers]

Apologies if this has already been said, but it's only just dawned on me that so long as we don't get pumped at spurs coinciding with a man U heavy win, we are gaurnateed at least a shit or bust de facto play off for the CL on the last day.

 

How fun!

[Lionheart10]

would love to be in Champions League but not too disappointed  if in Europa as I think we'd have  a decent chance of actually winning it.

[Rain King]

Obviously want Champions League but I'll be excited by Europa League too. Just looking at the teams already qualified for the group stage.

 

 

[Bilo]

12 minutes ago, Rain King said:

Obviously want Champions League but I'll be excited by Europa League too. Just looking at the teams already qualified for the group stage.

 

 

We'd be among the teams others wouldn't want to draw looking at that. The unknown quantity though would be the knockout stage when third-placed teams from the Champions League come in.

[foxfanazer]

16 minutes ago, Rain King said:

Obviously want Champions League but I'll be excited by Europa League too. Just looking at the teams already qualified for the group stage.

 

 

Would love another Belgian away day

[Bilo]

2 hours ago, bovril said:

With the injuries we've had, yes, I would be. Also don't really agree with the snobbishness over the EL, you know the "don't really fancy an away trip to Azerbaijan on a Thursday" type of comment. Looking at the group stage from this season, there were many prestigious clubs involved from some fantastic parts of Europe. That is if fans are going to be able to travel at all.

 

For me the point of European football is enjoying some good away trips and being able to compete, not the money in the bank.

Tbh, it's not so much snobbery as wanting everyone to be a part of it. Travelling the same distance to Central Asia as you would to New York for a midweek fixture just isn't viable for most - hence why last season's EL final in Baku was such a disaster. 

 

Give us an away day to somewhere the majority of our fans could get to like Poland, Czech Republic or Greece and nobody would be turning their noses up that it isn't the Nou Camp. Part of me would actually prefer an away day to an unfashionable club as it'd filter out the plastics. 

[foxinsocks]

The truth is we dont have a big enough squad.  Last time we played in Europe Claudio got the sack.

Imo the Europa league will just cost us a top six finish next year.   I would rather earn the cl money and spend it to improve the depth if the squad.

There is no ip side to the Europa league

[Rain King]

Some interesting teams in the Play Offs. Would happily go to Viking Stavenger away.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–21_UEFA_Europa_League