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I still think we might make the top 4, looking at our and Man City's fixtures.
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It would take a minor miracle, 6 points behind if we win our game in hand. Still can't discount west ham with their 6 games to go, or Southampton with their home form. We have some tough fixtures, bournemouth away, west brom away, swansea away, chelsea at home, all must win or take points if we're to snatch 4th.
Yeah man city with some tough fixtures too, so that 6 point gap may well dimish between us and them, but with europa ties perhaps interspersed with our 7 remaining league games, how would we win them all pretty much? it would be some finish
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Next 3 games will tell us. Man City play Chelsea and Newcastle away, I suspect they will drop points in both. I think the champions league won't help their league form, which is already quite poor.
We have Bournemough away, Everton home and Newcastle home. The form we're showing lately, I think we'll win all 3 which could put us level or within 3 points at least with same number of games played, before they play Stoke.
Anyway I'd much rather us win the Europa league and finish 5th/6th but I don't think the top 4 is done just yet.
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Next 3 games will tell us. Man City play Chelsea and Newcastle away, I suspect they will drop points in both. I think the champions league won't help their league form, which is already quite poor.
We have Bournemough away, Everton home and Newcastle home. The form we're showing lately, I think we'll win all 3 which could put us level or within 3 points at least with same number of games played, before they play Stoke.
Anyway I'd much rather us win the Europa league and finish 5th/6th but I don't think the top 4 is done just yet. Same, it's a slightly safer bet even if it's just as hard, if not slightly harder. 3 games away if we beat dortmund.
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What if we skip PL and go for it in EL, and then get hammered out either by BvB or someone else?
Even if top 4 in PL is more or less out of reach I think it's important we don't miss out of EL next season.
Getting the right new players in can't be harder with EL than without it.
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The Europa League is a respected competition in every other major footballing country like Spain, France, Germany and Italy, etc. Its only English teams or fans that dismiss its importance and to be honest I've never understood why.
I'd much prefer to be in the Europa League than not in Europe at all, its not so long ago that Atletico Madrid won it and look what's happened to them since!
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I feel the same.
Liverpool need this (or preferrably CL instead) since we want to be a big(gish) club, and hence be able to attract good sponsors, new fans (also keep existing fans happy) and semi-top players (or even better ones).
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The Europa League is a respected competition in every other major footballing country like Spain, France, Germany and Italy, etc. Its only English teams or fans that dismiss its importance and to be honest I've never understood why.
I'd much prefer to be in the Europa League than not in Europe at all, its not so long ago that Atletico Madrid won it and look what's happened to them since! always used to like the old uefa cup back in the day we had some good old games in that back then v borusia muchangladbach etc The Uefa Cup win under Houllier was awesome, beating Barcelona in the semis and then the final against Alaves was absolutely mad!
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I'm worried we're not going to win the europa league because coming back to what I said during the group stages, I'm very unsure whether we can score enough goals. We haven't conceded many in the europa league so far and that's what has made scoring not so much a problem.
Okay hopefully coutinho coming back can add some goals. Sturridge might make something from a set piece or be able to make more of an impact in open play despite having limited chances. Obviously Origi is a threat, I just think if we win the europa league without a Bayern bazooka attack klopp deserves massive credit. [b][/b] HOW?! HOW DID WE FIND THE EXTRA 2 GOALS?!!!! :DDDD
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The Europa League is a respected competition in every other major footballing country like Spain, France, Germany and Italy, etc. Its only English teams or fans that dismiss its importance and to be honest I've never understood why.
I'd much prefer to be in the Europa League than not in Europe at all, its not so long ago that Atletico Madrid won it and look what's happened to them since! I think it's a combination of factors: Their leagues aren't as competitive as ours so they look forward to other big games They are more interested in success than money They aren't spoilt with wall to wall coverage of multi-national stars 24 hours a day - it's all a bit blasé to us where they appreciate it more Personally, I have always loved the UEFA cup. CL and Europa both need a huge overhaul though as they are getting very stale (especially the CL).
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