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So with Blackburn, Wigan, or Millwall going to be in the FA cup final, we must now get 5th to be able to compete in Europa.
Question: Is Europa even worth it, or will we have a better season and secure a top 4 spot without it?
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i have to be honest, i hate the europa league.
Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
"...AND 32 MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF GOALKEEPER CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT"
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I don't like it either, but, one of its redeeming qualities is that it does raise the profile of the club and so helps to attract a better player, that we can then over pay for..
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nope. i like the league cup.
just hate the europa league. there's nothing attractive about it. its too long, too many teams, most of who are mediocre, and this idea that CL teams drop into it makes it even cheaper.
Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
"...AND 32 MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF GOALKEEPER CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT"
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I personally think we will be better of without it. It will be interesting to see what results we get between now and the end of the season since we have been knocked out of all the other competitions. Will we be able to attract ANYONE with continental football? What will Suarez look like only playing games in England at club level? When was the last time we didnt compete in a european competition?
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So with Blackburn, Wigan, or Millwall going to be in the FA cup final, we must now get 5th to be able to compete in Europa.
Question: Is Europa even worth it, or will we have a better season and secure a top 4 spot without it? I think I heard a while back that they changed the rules this year so that you have to win the cup to get a Europa place. ie: the runners up don't get the place anymore, in this example. So if Blackburn/Wigan/Millwall win the cup, they'll get the EL place, but if they lose the final and Man Ure/Man City/Chelsea win it, the EL place will be re-distributed to the next PL place (ie: 6th place). Can anyone back that up or correct it? I may be wrong, but I'm sure that's what I heard.
*RODGERS *SKRTEL *JONJO
'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'
'If there is hope, it lies in the proles'
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Whatever the case may be, the one trend that is apparent is that clubs playing in the CL or Europa league tend to do better in the league than those that aren't. It's not true in every case but in most. I don't think playing 2 games a week is asking to much of the team and it helps to keep the team sharp and well tuned. I'd rather we take part in the Europa league than not.
Sign Reus
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It also gives a chance to try out some of the youngster in the early rounds
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Whatever the case may be, the one trend that is apparent is that clubs playing in the CL or Europa league tend to do better in the league than those that aren't. It's not true in every case but in most. I don't think playing 2 games a week is asking to much of the team and it helps to keep the team sharp and well tuned. I'd rather we take part in the Europa league than not. Europa league is important anyway to attract foreign players (if we have any target who doesn't want only champions league), however, I think that playing 2 games a week with the travels does put additional stress on the squad, thus you'll need a bigger one. In terms of revenues though it appears that it's not too interesting, this is where the problem lies, UEFA should correct this and quickly, pay peanuts and you get monkeys as they say.
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