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Just now, Tayls said:

It’s not really about that currently because 4th is something we can sort of control. It’s more the fact that the PL is now unlikely to get another champs league spot based on results from tonight’s Dortmund v Atleti game. 

If PL doesn't get 5th spot it will more likely be result of Arsenal and Liverpool going out this round, not Dortmund going through. 

7 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

Draw is 1 each.

Win is 2 for winner, 0 for loser.

Pens/ET don't add anything.

4 points to be handed out across both matches regardless of any results.

Thanks, again, even in worst case scenario City going out wouldn't be the end of our hopes either, Arsenal beating Bayern is crucial however and it all hinges on this tie really. 

3 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

If they both win. We can add on...

• 4 points for them both winning, 2 each
• 2 points for them both appearing in SF
• 4 points because there are 4 points to be handed out during the two SF matches. Doesn't matter the results, England get 4 points 
• 1 point for one team being in the final 

So two wins is as good as 11 points being plonked through the coefficient wood chipper.

2 semi games can end in draws can they not? Not sure how the penalty game would count, but that would give 3 points the ceiling. 

1 minute ago, duke313 said:

How are Spurs fans going to feel knowing that Arsenal knocking Bayern out is how they get CL football next season

Quite weird given they were happier for us to win vs them. Strange lot, would rather see Arsenal lose then them succeed 

2 minutes ago, Tayls said:

And….We might not be able to continue that. We could lose to Bournemouth this weekend…  we could also win. Sure. 

Personally, if 5th isn’t going to be CL then I’d be happy with us exiting the ECL to just have prem games to play. If we win the ECL and still secure 4th then I’d still obviously be delighted. I’m not an animal. 

Well I'm sure we will  be going full out vs Lille, which means if we win there's 5 PL games left and 2 UECL games, the final is after prem finished. I'm sure the squad can handle that given the showing on Sunday, they look pretty fit. 

Dortmund going through isn't gonna help but Arsenal eliminating Bayern is still the biggest decider. City Arsenal semis would guarantee a team in final..

Then we'd have to match Leverkusen 

In fact I wonder if NSWE was waiting for the Premier League to pass the 70% revenue/wages rules before comitting, there's no other way to keep up with top 6 now then to rapidly increase revenues and new stadium is a must in that case. 

11 minutes ago, brommy said:

The new board appointments make me slightly less nervous that whilst NSWE were good in supporting Emery's team to achieve footballing success, they were also happy to milk more cash from those of us of an increasing fan base that could fit inside an unexpanded and increasingly outdated Villa Park.

The two go together no? Stadium will increase revenues and with new PL rules our revenues will be directly correlated to supporting Emery's team with the cap of 70% revenue to wages. 

9 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

Remember how harsh we were on him at the beginning of the season. I really hate football fans sometimes. 

Beginning of the season? More like few games back  

Just now, Stevo985 said:

Could the reason we paused the development that we were waiting for these developments? And they'll kick off again soon now that it's done?

This goes beyond of just developing one stand of current stadium, this investment and establish this board seems to indicate far bigger task at hand. 

Cashy and Lenglet back is good news!

We've been complaining about injuries all season but look at that Newcastle tram absolutely decimated yikes 

3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

The evidence of the thread seems to suggest to me that people are more annoyed about Liverpool losing to Atalanta than they are happy about us beating Lille. I know there's a selection effect because it's the Champions League qualification thread. But in practice it seems a lot of people (and I get this, it was my first reaction too) are drawn to the negative, not the positive. 

It's very likely Villa needs the added CL revenue to keeps its best team in absurd amount of years intact and together so you can't be surprised. We're both delighted and anxious 

1 minute ago, viivvaa66 said:

Not true.

 

Points system

Points are awarded as follows:

2 – All wins from group stage (UCL, UEL, UECL)
1 – All wins in qualifying and play-off matches (UCL, UEL, UECL)
1 – All draws from group stage (UCL, UEL, UECL)
0.5 – All draws in qualifying and play-off matches (UCL, UEL, UECL)
4 – Group stage bonus participation (UCL)
4 – Round of 16 bonus participation (UCL)
4 – Group winners (UEL)
2 – Group runners-up (UEL)
2 – Group winners (UECL)
1 – Group runners-up (UECL)
1 – Each round clubs reach from the round of 16 (UCL, UEL)
1 – Each round clubs reach from the semi-finals (UECL)

What does the last two points say 

2 minutes ago, Jareth said:

Watch city screw up now

Don't think you can blame anyone losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League 

5 minutes ago, Jareth said:

So next week, pessimisticly 

City - win and through - +0.25

Arse - loss and out -  0.285 to germans

West Ham - draw - and out - +0.125 to us, 0.142 to germans 

Liverpool - win - and out - +0.25

Us - draw - and through - +0.125

Atletico to beat Dortmund

 

Germans - 17.213

England - 17.5

 

Leaves the the germans and us with x2 teams each left. You'd fancy city in the semis, and you'd fancy us to match BL's run. 

 

Leverkusen gets extra 1 point for qualifying to semis which Conference League doesn't get 

Really interesting what team he puts out given the results across Europe. We seem to be running out of steam given all injuries so finishing ahead of Spurs seems quite unlikely. We need Arsenal to beat Bayern and we need to be fresh for Lille..

Just now, villa89 said:

West Ham and Arsenal are the teams we really need to win. If they both go through its pretty much over.

West Ham are done Leverkusen could be winning CL they are that good. 

Just now, DCJonah said:

All on arsenal then. 

Time to play u23 to let them rest for their game 

I hope we handle the pressure, biggest game in sometime, with how other games have went us going through is a necessity for CL spot

It all depends on Arsenal Bayern, Arsenal City semis and us through will mean Leverkusen can win UEL and it doesn't matter 

It's looking ever likely our CL qualification will depend on us reaching final! As it should be! 

They've had plenty of chances to score what curse are people talking about this...