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We can't avoid it now. 5-7 gets in. Its better to finish 5 so we get in the group stage. 7th means we will play some qualifiers and extra meaningless games. We can if we have to play qualifiers, if we lose our next match and spurs and Southampton win theirs. Then we go through qualifying and we can lose our qualifier, if we finish 5th i think we get an automatic spot in the group stage... I am not saying we ARE intentionally trying to avoid Europa, but other teams have done so in the past and i don't think it is that "far-fetched" an idea. Perhaps i am clinging to straws, but i have seen it before and seeing how well we did in the previous campaign without Euro football, and the fact that missing out on it would mean less games and therefor probablz allow us to trim the squad a bit more, i think it is perfectly plausible.
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If Villa win the cup, then they go in and 7th doesn't. But there's no way we're doing it on purpose. It's just the players being shitte and Rodgers not having a clue or the balls to do anything different. Maybe he knows he's a dead man walking?
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We can't avoid it now. 5-7 gets in. Its better to finish 5 so we get in the group stage. 7th means we will play some qualifiers and extra meaningless games. We can if we have to play qualifiers, if we lose our next match and spurs and Southampton win theirs. Then we go through qualifying and we can lose our qualifier, if we finish 5th i think we get an automatic spot in the group stage... I am not saying we ARE intentionally trying to avoid Europa, but other teams have done so in the past and i don't think it is that "far-fetched" an idea. Perhaps i am clinging to straws, but i have seen it before and seeing how well we did in the previous campaign without Euro football, and the fact that missing out on it would mean less games and therefor probablz allow us to trim the squad a bit more, i think it is perfectly plausible. Then I think you're crazy. I can't even envisage a situation where Liverpool would deliberately lose games to finish lower to not be in a competition. I mean its ludicrous, not very plausible at all.
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If Villa win the cup, then they go in and 7th doesn't. But there's no way we're doing it on purpose. It's just the players being shitte and Rodgers not having a clue or the balls to do anything different. Maybe he knows he's a dead man walking? I don't think the players are as bad as they're being made to look. Migs is not the best but he can play very well at times; Skrtle has his strengths; Can has impressed; we've seen Hendo do well; Coutinho is a gem; etc... A lot of these players contributed to our performances last season. Something is seriously wrong with the coaching. It has to be in my opinion.
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What is plausible is that BR will be told to play a much weakened team, and that "hopefully" will lead to a defeat against some top team from Moldova or similar! 
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We can't avoid it now. 5-7 gets in. Its better to finish 5 so we get in the group stage. 7th means we will play some qualifiers and extra meaningless games. We can if we have to play qualifiers, if we lose our next match and spurs and Southampton win theirs. Then we go through qualifying and we can lose our qualifier, if we finish 5th i think we get an automatic spot in the group stage... I am not saying we ARE intentionally trying to avoid Europa, but other teams have done so in the past and i don't think it is that "far-fetched" an idea. Perhaps i am clinging to straws, but i have seen it before and seeing how well we did in the previous campaign without Euro football, and the fact that missing out on it would mean less games and therefor probablz allow us to trim the squad a bit more, i think it is perfectly plausible. As plausible as FSG taking us to the promise land I suppose.
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At the moment the team appears to be in a similar state as towards the end of Rafa's era. Players look disinterested and being played out of position.
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Yeh looks that way but apparently it's all just part of this cunning plan not to qualify for the Europa league.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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Europa league is massive for some of these smaller countries and teams like Dnipro and Seville are playing for more in the Europa than they are in their domestic leagues.
For us it is a massive distraction and is ill fated. Hull in it this year and a long season has caught up with them now. Everton and Spurs both poor since Feb/Mar. It is about as cursed as the UK being in the Eurovision Song Contest.
If we had to play a qualifying round we could use Wisdom Aspas Alberto Ilori Borini Lucas Manquillo to play in it.
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so we figure we cant compete in europa, its a distraction....... from what? we're not competing in anything else.
majority of fans on forums and social media want rodgers gone so it will be interesting to see if the owners respond. Someone made the point there of having not seen them for a while. the more i think of it the more i find it alarmingly true. where are these clowns? are they using the club as some form of subsidiary account? They don't seem at all bothered with it. Passionate owners go to games. Even Roman Abramovich turns up when he is not at home eating other countries babies.
Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
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He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
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