I think we need to mix and match. Not be quite as weak as we were this season but not play our strongest side the group phase. Sensible rotation is the key, take 3-4 players out of the side each game and rotate people in rather than having a completely different 11 just purely for the Europa League.
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Europa League 2012-13 - QF: Basel (SUI)
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I think we need to mix and match. Not be quite as weak as we were this season but not play our strongest side the group phase. Sensible rotation is the key, take 3-4 players out of the side each game and rotate people in rather than having a completely different 11 just purely for the Europa League.
Daisuk
Dimitar Berbatov
fudge the top 4, we won't get into the Champions League anyway. We should all just forget about it, just play football, see where we end up, and give it our best in every single game, including Europea League. Let's face it, it's not going to get any easier next season to get 4th.
edgey-the-yid
Gheorge Popescu
This!
Think we need to go for it this time unlike last time we didnt seem bothered at all and look where we ended up? There was a point where we were seen as possible favourites for the EL but threw it away in search of CL football and ended up missing out.
So I think we should just go for ALL competitions and see what happens... Who knows we may even get silverware?. Coz we give gooners stick for 7 yrs no trophies but we've had 5 now. Bout time we won something
Totting Them Up
Kevin Dearden
Mate, we've had 50 years without the only thing that really matters, and that's being English league champions.
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indianspur
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exactly, to create a winning mentality and build on it year after year
all this recent cheatski success started with Fa cup wins,a cup winners cup win,i think a league cup win, then RA came in and they had the money to go for the big prizes....but the mentality of the club had already been changed before RA came in, and its what needs to happen at Spurs.
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indianspur
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no, and he tends to sneer at certain competitions and treat them with contempt.
rosenthal
Sebastien Bassong
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/europa-league-next-season-190512.page?
Directly into the group stage at least, no play off like last season.
Directly into the group stage at least, no play off like last season.
edgey-the-yid
Gheorge Popescu
Yep and we threw away an oppertunity to challenge for it this season.... Now it'll take a few seasons of rebuilding after the inevitable loss of key players before we get that chance again. So why not go for cup success. Harry and the club need to change their mentality towards this competition and go for it
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
Looking back, what did Redknapp achieve by playing weakened team in EL this season ? Nothing ! We should play the full strength team and try to progress as far as possible in EL. If we are not going to take the EL seriously next season, we might as well don't play in it. As ManCity and ManU found out this season, you can't just play squad players and expect to win any matches in EL. There are many teams who take the EL seriously.
Lost Mango
Pascal Chimbonda
:ross:
against our will?
We gave up the right of self-determination in the last few weeks of the season. Chelsea applied the coup de grace but this is of our own making. We knew the rules and the scenario, there is no shafting of our club by UEFA or Chelsea, only of our fans by our players and manager.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
So which ST holders have come off autopay already...
Hootnow
Jermaine Jenas
Just like we did this season? We really took the tinkle.
Like I said, I hope we take it seriously. We've stopped taking the carling cup seriously. We've been thrashed in two of our four runs in the FA cup. And haven't given the UEFA cup the slightest big of respect. We have the squad to win a trophy, we're not going to win the league or CL(if we even manage to get into it) so why don't we go for the trophies we can win?
And eventually, we're going to have to learn how to play in Europe properly and still remain competitive in the league.
Lost Mango
Pascal Chimbonda
In the parlance of the day, this.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Yes,never realised the FA Cup winners went directly into the Group stages. So it could have been even worse than it is already, Liverpool could won the FA Cup and we would have ended up playing the qualifier as well.