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Id go with Everton too... 2 Reasons.

Firstly ALL my family are blue's except for me and my dad. I would like to see them happy. Albeit short lived they would get knocked out in the first first round and only fickle players would be attracted to a EFC team playing in the CL.

Secondly but more importantly perhaps is that Spurs would not be able to sustain wages of 70k for siggy and 90k for dempsey, Bale would leave, Adebayor another one...

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wheres the football rivalry Stanley, we haven't rivalled United for 20 years mate, they concentrate on winning Leagues and Champions Leagues and we concentrate on top 7 finishes. We both operate under different levels, aspersions and expectation levels, you saying United and Liverpool were footballing rivals back in the 70's when United were in the second division, I say our rivals were Leeds United and Forest in the 70s myself deffo not United...

Has to be Spurs.

If Spurs qualify and go on to achieve things good luck to them.

If Everton, don't get knocked out in the first round, can you imagine what it would be like to be playing on Chanel 5 on Thursdays whilst they mix it with the big boys?

Moyes would laud it over the city.

Worse still, it could provide them with a springboard for future domination over the Reds.

So be careful what you wish for I say.

good post, it's very hard to imagine people wanting Everton to get a Champions League place knowing full well it could give them the springboard to greater things, I know Spurs are not the best anyway to have it but life would be unbearable for us folk in the City having to mix with toffs day in day out. I can just see it now in work places across the City, Everton fans saying to Liverpool fans " who ya playing on Thursday in the Europa League " we reply Skonto F.C from Latvia and they say " Very nice, were playing Barca or Bayern Munich " like I say too terrible to imagine, imagine the money they would pull in by playing in it too, could deffo see a gap opening up if Everton ever qualified for that...

Even if Everton qualified for the champions league they are a long way behind Liverpool economically. It would be many years before a gap opened up and it's hard to see us staying behind them for any sustained period given our better resources.

Take the question from a purely logical point of view and not accounting for rivalries, there is no doubt that from a long term LFC point of view, Everton are the best team to qualify for the champions league this season for a few reasons
- they are heavily in debt and so the vast majority of the money they earn wouldn't go towards that presumably
- they don't have a high wage structure and are unlikely to break that due to qualifying for the Champions League for one season.
- they will not spend big money on transfers and so will not get the type of players like Suarez for 20mil plus.
- they still have a relatively small squad and competing on two fronts would be difficult for them and retaining 4th spot would be extremely difficult, particularly as they would not be competing against teams with less resources than themselves

Now imagine if Spurs get 4th
- Already have a very good squad and a chairman who is not afraid to spend big money and wages on players and would only invest further in players if they qualified.
- would probably retain Bale for at least another season
- will be there or there abouts for 4th place regardless

No one wants Everton to do well or is actively supporting them but thinking about it from a purely football point of view and not taking locality or rivalry into account, Everton qualifiying for the Champions League would be better for LFC's prospects of getting 4th in the following seasons

I entirely agree maxi very good post.

whats the point of thinking logicically? we dont have the clubs best interest at heart nor do we know whats good for the club because we werent born in liverpool

stanley the gap is closing mate, years of overspending, shrinking fanbase due to lack of success and a non existstant local match going fanbase had taken its toll over the years. I am not saying we are worryingly close but the gap is deffo closing, I think the way things are going with us spending 12, 15 and 20 million pounds on players and giving them Between 50 and 140 quid a week in wages and finishing in 7th or 8th place in the league not to mention shelling out the second highest outlay in agents fees is a terrible business plan, continue the way we are and were going down the Portsmouth, Leeds United and Rangers route as we are spending beyond our means, Everton on the other hand run a tight ship and very rarely spend money they don't have, this is why the gap is closing...