The Europeometer™ (2024/25) - NUFC Qualify for Champions League

[black_n_white]

3 minutes ago, GideonShandy said:

OK, which club has 4th place already wrapped up?

I just think Arsenal have enough despite the loss tonight, Man City will finish 2nd. Obviously I hope I’m completely wrong.

 

 

Edited May 3 by black_n_white

[GideonShandy]

Thought you meant we're 1 of 3 contending for 5th place.

[southernmag]

 

[Yorkie]

Which they only won because of an imaginary offside against Coventry. 

[STM]

If ever you find yourself getting worried about Man United somehow finding themselves back at the top of English football, remind yourself that history shows that sustained success rarely finds clubs with shit owners.

 

Yes they could spend enough to get back into CL places etc and win the odd trophy but the reality is that Ratcliffe and the glazers ego will get in the way eventually. He's already shown a willingness to asset strip, as well as hire and fire directors on a whim. It never works. 

 

It's like MA on steroids. They are being run by a dictatorship. A floppy haired, tory cunt, dictatorship at that.

 

If Man United ever get a proper take over, then we should all worry because obviously the potential for them is astronomical but for now they have shite owners, shite players, a stadium falling apart, disjointed leadership... they might tell themselves that winning a Europa league means that they are "back" but they aren't.

 

It's no surprise to me that their fans are trying to get behind Amorim, because he's about the only likeable, progressive thing about their club right now and even then he's relatively unproven at this level.

[Superior Acuña]

Which is also why Chelsea are in the conference league and going to win/ruin that too. 

[Ketsbaia]

7 hours ago, southernmag said:

 

 

It'd be horrific if we waited so long to finish above Man Utd, do it twice in a row, yet they still pip us both times to Europa then UCL.

[Turnbull2000]

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

Which they only won because of an imaginary offside against Coventry. 

 

Also learned today that the final is on Wednesday 20th, and the FA have kindly accepted Man U's request to move their PL game from Sunday to Friday 16th to avoid a clash their women playing in FA Cup. So plenty of rest for the final then. Lovely.

 

Spurs meanwhile are being forced to play on Sunday 18th, and their request to being game forward as well was denied. So pretty much no rest for the final, and will likely write off their game on the Sunday...against Aston Villa.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

7 minutes ago, Ketsbaia said:

 

It'd be horrific if we waited so long to finish above Man Utd, do it twice in a row, yet they still pip us both times to Europa then UCL.

I mean, they can’t really pip us. We can fail to qualify. 

[SteV]

Not wholly convinced Spurs make it to the final tbh. Bodo getting that late goal puts things in the balance for me. Their home form in the Europa has been excellent - beat Porto, Olympiacos, Twente, Besiktas, Lazio.

[Displayname]

8 minutes ago, SteV said:

Not wholly convinced Spurs make it to the final tbh. Bodo getting that late goal puts things in the balance for me. Their home form in the Europa has been excellent - beat Porto, Olympiacos, Twente, Besiktas, Lazio.

Yeah also getting back a few players who where suspended in the first leg.

[MagPar]

18 hours ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Are you serious?

Ok, maybe not weeks ago, but with no European football to deal with we should be closer to 2nd than still being in the squeaky bum territory that we are. 

 

That's maybe a testimony to the quality of the rest of the league (with some teams being a bit cheeky with the psr rules) and the size of our squad.

 

Let's be honest though, we've looked horrendous in some games that we should've won easily. Fulham for example, we're miles better than them but still lost. There have been a fair amount of games that we haven't looked hungry enough.

 

Also, it's just an opinion, and as long as we qualify that's all that counts.

[JigsawGoesToPieces]

Looking at the top 5 leagues who might qualify for the CL, this doesn't take into account who they have to play etc.

 

Q means have qualified for CL,

L means likely to qualify for CL due to gap to teams below

Others are potential as most leagues are quite tight.

 

England: Liverpool (Q), Arsenal (L), Man City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Aston Villa

Italy: Napoli (Q), Inter (Q), Atalanta (L), Lazio, Juventus, Bologna, Roma 

Spain: Barcelona (Q), Real Madrid (Q), Atletico Madrid (L), Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal, Real Betis 

France: PSG (Q), Monaco, Marseille, Nice, Strasbourg, Lille, Lyon 

Germany: Bayern (Q), Leverkusen (Q), Frankfurt (L), Dortmund, Freiberg, Leipzig 

 

Notable absentees are AC MIlan 

[Decky]

Regardless of how this game goes I still think beating Chelsea and Everton at home will be enough.

[MagPar]

Without a lot of investment, we aren't good enough for the champions league. 

[David Edgar]

PSR wins. 

[JigsawGoesToPieces]

Race for the CL

 

3. Man City (64 pts +24 GD)

Southampton (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Fulham (A)

 

4. Newcastle (63 pts +20 GD)

Chelsea (H)
Arsenal (A)
Everton (H)

 

5. Chelsea (60 pts +19 GD)

Today: Liverpool (H)
Newcastle (A)
Man Utd (H)

Nottingham Forest (A)

 

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6. Nottingham Forest (60 pts +12 GD)

Mon: Palace (A)
Leicester (H)
West Ham (A)
Chelsea (H)

 

7. Aston Villa (60 pts +6 GD)

Bournemouth (A)
Tottenham (H)
Man Utd (A)

 

 

Edited May 4 by JigsawGoesToPieces

[arnonel]

21 minutes ago, MagPar said:

Without a lot of investment, we aren't good enough for the champions league. 

What is wrong with people? We are 1 win away from 2nd. We are second best team since December 

 

 

Seriously. What do you want? Win every game 10-0?  

[Ketsbaia]

The online assumption that we’d qualify for the Champions League blew my mind, like.

 

Off the pace far too often, with minging fixtures + a bad defence.

 

But I'd have taken that point beforehand. It just depends on Liverpool's dodgy lineup pulling off a result....

[arnonel]

Just now, Ketsbaia said:

The online assumption that we’d qualify for the Champions League blew my mind, like.

 

Off the pace far too often, with minging fixtures + a bad defence.

 

But I'd have taken that point beforehand. It just depends on Liverpool's dodgy lineup pulling off a result....

Wish we hand a thumbs down button 

[Mike]

@Froggy if you get CL and we don't I need you to know I'm gonna fucking murder you.

Cut the camera to me reading this screenshot at the trial. Yes I said I would do it. Mike. I said I would and I did.

[joeyt]

Just now, Ketsbaia said:

Off the pace far too often, with minging fixtures + a bad defence.

 

You're always so wildly negative

 

We're 4th and won a cup yet it was only two months ago that you said you're sick of the sight of all of our players

[B-more Mag]

1 minute ago, Mike said:

@Froggy if you get CL and we don't I need you to know I'm gonna fucking murder you.

Cut the camera to me reading this screenshot at the trial. Yes I said I would do it. Mike. I said I would and I did.

[54]

2 minutes ago, Ketsbaia said:

The online assumption that we’d qualify for the Champions League blew my mind, like.

 

Off the pace far too often, with minging fixtures + a bad defence.

 

But I'd have taken that point beforehand. It just depends on Liverpool's dodgy lineup pulling off a result....

Off the pace far too often? Before today, we had collected 42 points in 19 games, and won 20 in 27, Liverpool are the only team to collect more points in that time with 44, and the team in third where on 38. We've been remarkably consistent for a long time, recently won a trophy and are full of confidence, having scored 2 or more in 6 of the last 7 games, and scoring 21 in that time, that assumption was more than justified. 

[ramirez]

Big point keeps us 4th til next weekend at least unless Chelsea win by 2 here. Psychologically big. Even if Chelsea win here so long as forest don’t if we do the business next week it’s fairly certain we finish above one of them at least.