AvonVillain Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 11 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: We have a great chance of making 4th or 5th and if we don’t, you take 6th and another season of European football. It’s still progress. However, I do think we may not get a better opportunity of Champions League football as we do now though. Spurs, United, Newcastle and Chelsea, just haven’t been consistent throughout the season and I can only see them coming back stronger next season. The time is now. Completely agree. Thing is, we'll also be stronger next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcifer Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 3 hours ago, omariqy said: What a petulant word removed! Club captain and role model... rat faced 4th is very much ours for the taking, but we have to cut out our poor defending from set pieces, think only 2 other teams have conceded more (cant remember who, think Burnley were one) Defo missing Mings, he was a magnet. The Manure game where Maguire kept winning header after header, the marking was atrocious. The Forest goal off the corner. 2/3 UNMARKED in the box. To think we have a set piece coach but can't defend them! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 8 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Completely agree. Thing is, we'll also be stronger next season. Not necessarily we have to sell first team players, depends how well we recruit I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 19 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Completely agree. Thing is, we'll also be stronger next season. Only if we make CL and the £50 million that comes with it. Otherwise, we probably have to sell to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 37 minutes ago, ferguson1 said: Spurs, United, Newcastle and Chelsea, just haven’t been consistent throughout the season and I can only see them coming back stronger next season. I said the same last season but it didn’t seem to happen this season for some of those. I thought Poch would get Chelsea going and hasn’t. Man Utd after a good season last year are just getting worse and ETH said they couldn’t buy a forward in Jan because of FFP so while they’ll have more to spend it won’t be blockbuster amounts. Newcastle are close to FFP and Howe said it is close the Lewis Hall’s mandatory £25m will have to be paid in the summer because of his appearances being hit so that’s a chunk and also will Howe still have a job in the summer. I’m still not totally convinced about Spurs, just wonder if teams are figuring out how to play AngeBall and there seems no Plan B. I see us being stronger next season just because we have been hit so hard with major injuries this season plus players will have had another season experience under Emery and the higher end of the table. I mean literally second half yesterday we had to play our 5th and 6th choice CB’s and no recognised DM, that is pure bad luck in injuries for any club, any season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Captain_Townsend Posted February 25 Popular Post Share Posted February 25 Liverpool may well be in transition next year post Klopp. Who knows with the other clubs. One thing I know, we will be a more seasoned outfit. This season, combining Conference League run with consistency in the league, will stand us in good stead. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Also with Ty, Buendia and Kamara back and some more shaping with the squad (Rb, Kamara cover, Watkins cover) over the summer we’d have a much stronger and balanced squad overall to compete on multiple fronts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 How do European spots pan out if 5th place get champions league? Currently we get 7 places (4CL 2EL and 1ECL) I know if you win a European trophy you qualify as well, Wet Spam this year. But if we get 5 CL spots next year does the premiere league get 8 spots overall or do we lose a EL or ECL spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 29 minutes ago, colhint said: How do European spots pan out if 5th place get champions league? Currently we get 7 places (4CL 2EL and 1ECL) I know if you win a European trophy you qualify as well, Wet Spam this year. But if we get 5 CL spots next year does the premiere league get 8 spots overall or do we lose a EL or ECL spot. We will get 8 overall. Can’t work out if it’s better for Liverpool to win the League Cup today, if they do it will mean that we he Conference League place will be awarded for finishing 6/7th. If Chelsea win it and unless they finish top 6 it will go to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSvillain Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, ferguson1 said: We have a great chance of making 4th or 5th and if we don’t, you take 6th and another season of European football. It’s still progress. However, I do think we may not get a better opportunity of Champions League football as we do now though. Spurs, United, Newcastle and Chelsea, just haven’t been consistent throughout the season and I can only see them coming back stronger next season. The time is now. Based on...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 23 minutes ago, MSvillain said: Based on...? Greater spending power perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, ferguson1 said: We have a great chance of making 4th or 5th and if we don’t, you take 6th and another season of European football. It’s still progress. However, I do think we may not get a better opportunity of Champions League football as we do now though. Spurs, United, Newcastle and Chelsea, just haven’t been consistent throughout the season and I can only see them coming back stronger next season. The time is now. Why? You think all of Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Man U, Newcastle and Chelsea are going to be strong and consistent next season? How would that even work? One of the reasons why Man U and Chelsea are so weak is because we are now so strong. Even gifting Man U six points we are much better than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 41 minutes ago, WHY said: We will get 8 overall. Can’t work out if it’s better for Liverpool to win the League Cup today, if they do it will mean that we he Conference League place will be awarded for finishing 6/7th. If Chelsea win it and unless they finish top 6 it will go to them. Chelsea are facing a 1 year European ban so will probably do a Juventus and forfeit this European season if they qualify for the Conference 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 2 minutes ago, turvontour said: Why? You think all of Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Man U, Newcastle and Chelsea are going to be strong and consistent next season? How would that even work? One of the reasons why Man U and Chelsea are so weak is because we are now so strong. Even gifting Man U six points we are much better than them. No, I don’t think all will be stronger and consistent but teams with the greater spending power usually sort themselves out eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Us having Emery is a big equaliser for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Villa vs Real Madrid will happen. Bellingham returns to Birmingham Big Game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 12 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: Villa vs Real Madrid will happen. Bellingham returns to Birmingham Big Game. John McGinn will dump him on his arse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted February 25 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25 21 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: Villa vs Real Madrid will happen. Bellingham returns to Birmingham Big Game. Bellingham is a nose isnìt he? Or Albion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 5 minutes ago, romavillan said: Bellingham is a nose isnìt he? Or Albion? Even bigger than those - Stourbridge Town. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSvillain Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, turvontour said: Why? You think all of Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Man U, Newcastle and Chelsea are going to be strong and consistent next season? How would that even work? One of the reasons why Man U and Chelsea are so weak is because we are now so strong. Even gifting Man U six points we are much better than them. One of the most frustrating lines people trot out, no data or stats behind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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