TomYam Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 It's a shame. Nothing more, nothing less. It would have given us a genuine chance of winning a trophy for the first time in 56 years and could have been a lot of fun as well as improving our status, but we're probably more likely to qualify for the CL next year without the distraction of all those additional games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ7 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 3 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: The ones who call missing an objective a "bottle job" is even worse than both. Each to their own. I can’t think of another way to describe it. We need a mentality shift imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) What a bugger, feels like a bit of a wasted season in a way: had a 20 goal striker, a world class CM, our first 10 goal and assist player in decades, fourth best goal difference in the league, highest premier league goal total in our history and didn't even get Europe out of it! With all the cup draws and injuries felt we were due a tiny bit of karma. This was about as tough a year as we could have had. Still, despite that it's been a season where we've beaten Villa 5-1, Spuds 4-0, knocked Man U and C out of the EFL, an 8-0 away win, beat PSG 4-1, there's been some fantastic days and performances for what feels like an underwhelming season. Hopefully we can bring in a couple of real quality additions on top of the frees - we got Isak, Bruno and Botman with no Europe so it can be done. Trim some of the fringe players and the squad's looking a lot stronger and deeper and ready to go for next year. Edited May 25 by Checko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 5 minutes ago, Checko said: feels like a bit of a wasted season in a way: had a 20 goal striker, a world class CM, our first 10 goal and assist player in decades, fourth best goal difference in the league, highest premier league goal total in our history Struggling to see it as a wasted season when there's all those positives. By that metric, 99% of clubs waste 99% of their seasons. Dunno why anybody even turns up to watch football anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) The reason we didn't do so well this season wasn't because we 'weren't used' to European football and the extra games. We simply didn't have the squad, and when injuries hit us badly, we were having to play the same eleven for 90+ minutes and that inevitably put us at a disadvantage generally. European football makes extra demands which can badly effect form in other areas. That's the experience of many clubs, not just ours. You need strength in depth - big time. I've made this point before, but I'm not sure how many of our squad, or how many of our potential signings, are that motivated by the thought of playing in Europe's third tier competition, or even the Europa League. When there was one club per country in the European Cup, the other competitions had some standing. Now that all the best teams are in the Champions League, it dwarfs the others. We'll see how it pans out, but we haven't exactly missed by a mile, and any player who's considering joining us will at least see that our prospects continue to be good. Edited May 25 by Cronky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Collage said: Of course I’d take it, I just don’t think it’s a major trophy and would much rather win the league cup, for example. I doubt players and fans around Europe know who has won the League Cup but they'll know who has won a European Trophy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie_once_removed Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Fecking Scum United. I'm mainly hacked off for three reasons. 1. I live on continental Europe so I've possibly lost a chance to see is play live. 2. Scum United fans won't appreciate playing these games and we really would have. 3. It shouldn't have gone down to this. Everton and Brighton at home should have both been won and Scum United were there for the taking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 23 minutes ago, Rod said: Chill out. Its a blessing. Trust me. Not necessarily true, it helps with the league, but it still didn't work for Chelsea and Spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Alan Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) I'm not one of life's optimists and nor am I the type to placate myself with comfortable fibs but I honestly think missing out on this naff competition will be a blessing come August. Eddie will be working like a man possessed, Tonali and Joelinton will be like caged beasts released in midfield, Hall and Livramento will be in their zones, ready to go in August, Isak's cool facade will be dropped and we'll see more of the radge packet side of him, Old Keiran Trippier will get a late career second wind, a sort of football viagra, Barnes will have been fully Howed and will force Gordon to step it up to a notch he didn't know he had, the sides of Fabian Schar's hair will turn black again and Botman will return in March like Kane entering the Royal Rumble as the 30th man. Edited May 25 by Monkey Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 minute ago, Monkey Alan said: I'm not one of life's optimists and nor am I the type to placate myself with comfortable fibs but I honestly think missing out on this naff competition will be a blessing. Eddie will be working like a man possessed, Tonali and Joelinton will be like caged beasts released in midfield, Hall and Livramento will be in their zones, ready to go in August, Isak's cool facade will be dropped and we'll see more of the radge packet side of him, Old Keiran Trippier will get a late career second wind, a sort of football viagra, Barnes will have been fully Howed and will force Gordon to step it up to a notch he didn't know he had, the sides Fabian Schar's hair will turn black again and Botman will return in March like Kane entering the Royal Rumble as the 30th man. God! We should finish 8th every season until we're ready to win the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Alan Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 minute ago, Erikse said: God! We should finish 8th every season until we're ready to win the league. We are ready. Bookmark it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Provided we stay relatively injury free and with no Europe, I genuinely think we'll worry some teams who thought we were a passing wind after this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydos Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 ESL Fix! Manure want to keep us down. Man City are happier competing with Manure who they’ve come to dominate than the Saudi-backed Mags who could properly compete with them. A cup City we’re happy not to win for hegemony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Gutted for all the reasons people said, winning something, extra money, slightly more attractive for players etc But I'm gutted we're not gonna have a midweek game, best part of my Mon-Fri 9-5 life ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Chapo said: It’s some craic all the same that Man U who are in shambles have won 2 trophies in as many years with the bald fraud. It just shows how far back we were starting tbh. When we lost at their place, their homegrown players were Mainoo and Dialo, ours were Andersen and Longstaff. It showed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Can't deny it, missing out on Europe after all of the effort we've put in over the last 9 months is a big, big blow. Think the Conf League would have actually been perfect for us but it just didn't happen and there's no point moping abut it now, it's gone. The only thing we can do is to try and take the only positive from the situation and make the most we can of the lack of midweek fixtures next season. It's not what any of us wanted but it does give us a big opportunity to churn the squad completely this summer, trim it right down, get rid of a lot of the shite that's still clogging things up and focus on the League and domestic cups. Watched the first half in SpotWhite in Chinatown and there was a little group of Man U fans getting moderately excited. Can't deny I was a bit jealous like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Gallowgate Toon said: No chance Chelsea are kicked out of the EL for dodgy finances? They're already kicked out. They will play conference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palace fan Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Gallowgate Toon said: No chance Chelsea are kicked out of the EL for dodgy finances? https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/aston-villa-chelsea-may-face-uefa-ban-due-to-ffp-issues/ I may marginally raise your prospects for Conference football in 2025/6. Top 9 might be doable - unless you suffer the world's most unprecedented injury crisis again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Ridiculous really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 6 minutes ago, Palace fan said: https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/aston-villa-chelsea-may-face-uefa-ban-due-to-ffp-issues/ I may marginally raise your prospects for Conference football in 2025/6. Top 9 might be doable - unless you suffer the world's most unprecedented injury crisis again I don't believe any of it until it actually happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, TomYam said: It's a shame. Nothing more, nothing less. It would have given us a genuine chance of winning a trophy for the first time in 56 years and could have been a lot of fun as well as improving our status, but we're probably more likely to qualify for the CL next year without the distraction of all those additional games. And be back in pot 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 13 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: And be back in pot 4. Up the coefficient Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Also only the second team this decade to finish 7th and not qualify for Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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