The Fight for Europa

[Daisuk]

So to go through qualifying is 6 extra matches? Ouch!

I guess the only positive is that extra matches can allow us to get up to top fitness quicker (and test ideas from the training ground etc.)

Only 1 leg, but surely we won't need to play three rounds of qualification?

 

[AdamB]

Only 1 leg, but surely we won't need to play three rounds of qualification?

We will if Arsenal win the FA Cup!

 

[Daisuk]

“Oh what a night. We play Thursday cos you’re......”

Watching Tottenham on a Thursday night, you stay home because you're fudging brick. if they lose the final, that is.

 

[Daisuk]

We will if Arsenal win the FA Cup!

All three rounds? Usually the PL team that needs to play qualification to get into euro league only needs to play one round of qualification.

 

[AdamB]

All three rounds? Usually the PL team that needs to play qualification to get into euro league only needs to play one round of qualification.

Enter at 2nd qualifying round...so 3 rounds!

 

[Daisuk]

Enter at 2nd qualifying round...so 3 rounds!

Weird. Oh, well.

 

[Legohamster]

Good job by Jose getting EL given the situations he’s faced this year.

 

[billyiddo]

We done well to make up the 3 point gap to 6th from when he took over

 

[milo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1287438666659438592

 

[elltrev]

COME ON CHELSEA!!!

 

[elyid]

Only 1 leg, but surely we won't need to play three rounds of qualification?

Yeah they changed it (I think at the same time as giving the winners a CL place).

So would usually be 3 x 2 legged rounds. Mental.

They should really scrap the CL teams dropping down, and give some of these qualifiers proper entry instead.

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

We done well to make up the 3 point gap to 6th from when he took over

Haha


You really don't like him do you?

 

[Bullet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1287438666659438592

So if the Goons win the Cup, we have to play ONE match to qualify for the group?

 

[Grays_1890]

I hate the Europa prefer to be out of it and have a fresh crack at 4th and cups

 

[Seedy Ron]

So if the Goons win the Cup, we have to play ONE match to qualify for the group?

There's a brick load of qualifying rounds by the look of things.

 

[milo]

So if the Goons win the Cup, we have to play ONE match to qualify for the group?

I think that there are four qualifying rounds, we'd just miss the first

 

[billyiddo]

Haha


You really don't like him do you?

Just stating the facts - finishing 6th from where we were is no miracle despite how it will be portrayed.

I'm interested now to see if he can get us picking points next season without playing nine behind the ball against all opposition - if he can do that I'll happily change my opinion of him.

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

I hate the Europa prefer to be out of it and have a fresh crack at 4th and cups

It's the sundays that do it for me. Sunday has always been our family day. Then in after the dinner my son does his own thing, the wife watches her crap and i watch the Sunday evening European games.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

I think that there are four qualifying rounds, we'd just miss the first

How does a team start in the 3rd or 4th qualifying round? We must have a quite a decent Euro coefficient yet we have to start off (potentially) in the 2nd round?

 

[Baleforce]

Just stating the facts - finishing 6th from where we were is no miracle despite how it will be portrayed.

I'm interested now to see if he can get us picking points next season without playing nine behind the ball against all opposition - if he can do that I'll happily change my opinion of him.

It’s less impressive mathematically I’ll grant you, but at the time the effort level from the players was zero, it was a huge mental turn around and for that he deserves credit.