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Regardless of "how serious" the manager and the club takes the Europa, it is an international competition and that is exciting and prestigious.
And surely the players and management should be fired up to win every game regardless of which tournament it is in?

Bowing out of the Europa in the early stages and using the excuses of "its not any good anyway", or "we used it to blood fringe players" is just B.S.

But there are also quite a few fine sides in the Europa, and BR has not idea how to beat them.

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I find it strange that we constantly water down our team with youth and fringe players when we should be feilding as strong a side as possible... going by last nights team selection we're just going to chuck it away again.. mad

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Originally Posted By: Donut
What would you rather???

In all honesty, I'd rather we went all out for the Europa cup and had a real go at winning it than trying to get 4th in the league.
Hear me out now....

I am certain we could finish in the top 6 and still field our strongest players in the Europa cup - we make changes in the League & domestic cups but keep our players fresh for this tournament.... I would take a europa win over 4th place any day of the week.

We have absolutely no chance of winning the league, but the Europa is something we could really throw our weight around in, build a solid base for eventually getting back into the Champions league and actually taking part in it (unlike last season)

Am I mad???


Yes you are. Do you really think BR can win the Europa League, he was incapable of seeting the team up against a poor Villa last season.

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Originally Posted By: Donut


Keep forgetting the winner gets Champions league footy.
Even without the CL place I'd rather we went all out to win it - it's the second biggest competition we're involved in this season and the only realistic one we have a chance of doing well in / winning.... I just honestly can't get my head past the way Liverpool & Tottenham constantly look down on the Europa and field weakened sides..

It really gets on my tits if I'm honest.



I swear me and you had a debate on here about the Europa League and you were absolutely slating the competition whilst I was defending it. Based on your posts on this thread your opinion has completely changed. Can I ask why?

Apologies if I'm getting you confused with someone else.

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Keep forgetting the winner gets Champions league footy.
Even without the CL place I'd rather we went all out to win it - it's the second biggest competition we're involved in this season and the only realistic one we have a chance of doing well in / winning.... I just honestly can't get my head past the way Liverpool & Tottenham constantly look down on the Europa and field weakened sides..

It really gets on my tits if I'm honest.



I swear me and you had a debate on here about the Europa League and you were absolutely slating the competition whilst I was defending it. Based on your posts on this thread your opinion has completely changed. Can I ask why?

Apologies if I'm getting you confused with someone else.


I don't think that was me to be honest, all though you never know.. wink

If we're in the competition I want us to have a proper crack at it and I want us to get drawn against the "bigger" teams every chance we get to make it interesting.... one thing I've always said though is, I wont watch the competition if we're not involved as there would be absolutely no interest in it for me..

I would always want us to do well in the Europa if we were in it - It wouldn't surprise me if I've gone off on a rant about it at some stage but 95% of the time I'm positive about it when we're involved.

I'll probably be slagging it off this time next week lol laugh

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Originally Posted By: Donut


I don't think that was me to be honest, all though you never know.. wink

If we're in the competition I want us to have a proper crack at it and I want us to get drawn against the "bigger" teams every chance we get to make it interesting.... one thing I've always said though is, I wont watch the competition if we're not involved as there would be absolutely no interest in it for me..

I would always want us to do well in the Europa if we were in it - It wouldn't surprise me if I've gone off on a rant about it at some stage but 95% of the time I'm positive about it when we're involved.

I'll probably be slagging it off this time next week lol laugh


I've mentioned it previously but its a well respected tournament in every country except England, I don't really understand why.

I'd love us to have a really good go at winning it but I honestly don't think were good enough too.

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Would be brilliant if we got a new manager in sharpish before we get knocked out - would be a fantastic competition for a new manager to come in and have a real crack at.

As always, it'll all come down to what happens with Rodgers..

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I'd like to think we'll qualify from the group, just need to win our home games. Shame we didn't hold out last night as that would have been the perfect start!

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Originally Posted By: wilkij1975
Originally Posted By: gnp-uk
How the hell is Brodge pyiss poor team going to beat anyone of these teams ie

Dortmund
Napoli
Schalke
Villarreal


By scoring more than them? Footballs a simple game so even you should be able to follow how it works!


And that's a very simplistic explanation of how to beat teams that are better than us.

We are in free fall and we have already been soundly beaten by united and West Ham this season.

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Originally Posted By: wilkij1975
Originally Posted By: gnp-uk
How the hell is Brodge pyiss poor team going to beat anyone of these teams ie

Dortmund
Napoli
Schalke
Villarreal


By scoring more than them? Footballs a simple game so even you should be able to follow how it works!


And that's a very simplistic explanation of how to beat teams that are better than us.

We are in free fall and we have already been soundly beaten by united and West Ham this season.


It's G. You have to keep it simple!

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