duo Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Keegans Export said: Europa League could offer a route into the CL though, winners qualify for the group stage I think? Interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaj Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Winners of the Europa League qualify for group stage as a pot one I believe. Unless it has changed with the new format Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 37 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said: I can't believe I'm going to say this but, winning the Conference wouldn't feel like that much of an achievement. I feel myself turning my nose up at it. If we're going to wait 50+ years to win something, I want it to be as glorious as possible. We'd go into the ECL as favourites with a budget that puts most other clubs in it to shame. Plus, if West Ham and Villa have already won it. The Europa League is different. Yeah, I don't feel good about it but I'm there too. I'll feel a bit more up for it if Villa don't win it. I really like the competition but it being won by Premier League FC every year eradicates a lot of the prestige imo. That being said, if it transpires that we feature in it, I would look forward to it and embrace the experience, and enjoy seeing us face opponents we've never faced. But when it comes to preference, it's the Europa League all day. I'd rather be in it than even the Champions League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 As an apropos to nothing, here’s the teams currently on course to be in the ECL (and no, I can’t be arsed to find out why there’s six pots) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 6 minutes ago, SteV said: As an apropos to nothing, here’s the teams currently on course to be in the ECL (and no, I can’t be arsed to find out why there’s six pots) We'd probably still end up in pot 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 It's going to be awesome (not really) when we lose to Palace tomorrow and go from debating which European competition we want to be in to whether the manager is worthy of his job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 6 hours ago, Mazzy said: We'd probably still end up in pot 6. Think our coefficient is about 24 so would have us pot 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramirez Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 We would certainly be among favourites for Europa too, especially with no champions league teams dropping in next year. I’d imagine spurs would be other favourite off top of head. Bilbao are hosting final and have already qualified so they’d be another big favourite, what a place that would be to go back to for a final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 17 hours ago, Sufi said: Not all that worried about Chelsea. After they play Arsenal today they have to go play Villa next match. I see us being out of sight by the time those fixtures are played. Only thing I’m remotely concerned about is Man U somehow winning the cup through some VAR fuckery or whatever. We have a relatively easy schedule coming up and matches we should be winning. I dont know about that, the biggest deciding factor regarding our results this year seems to be if we play home or away. And we only have 2 home games and 4 away games left. What makes me most hopeful is Man Utd being so shit and Chelsea having a hard schedule. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 One thing that is worth mentioning from a monetary point of view, the Europa League group stage next season has 8 games, compared to the Conference Leagues 6. Feels dirty even having to discuss things from a "monetary" view point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramirez Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 5 minutes ago, 54 said: One thing that is worth mentioning from a monetary point of view, the Europa League group stage next season has 8 games, compared to the Conference Leagues 6. Feels dirty even having to discuss things from a "monetary" view point. We would have a two legged qualifier for conference in August, not that it would make up for same cash. That in itself wouldn’t be ideal but didn’t seem to harm Villa much this year, it wouldn’t be too taxing a tie I’d imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 The most typically "Newcastle thing" to happen from here would be for us to catch Spurs to finish 5th and miss out on the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) Its a straight shootout between us and Man United for 6th, they have a very similar run in to us playing four of the same teams, will come down to that game at Old Trafford for who finishes 6th. As other have said the conference league is a bit of a joke trophy but seeing how West Ham fans went on last season and Villa fans this season, I do think winning it would be brilliant and its not like we can exactly be picky over which trophy we want to win. Edited April 24 by Geogaddi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Some of them fixture would be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1 hour ago, Geogaddi said: Its a straight shootout between us and Man United for 6th, they have a very similar run in to us playing four of the same teams, will come down to that game at Old Trafford for who finishes 6th. As other have said the conference league is a bit of a joke trophy but seeing how West Ham fans went on last season and Villa fans this season, I do think winning it would be brilliant and its not like we can exactly be picky over which trophy we want to win. I think it’s seen as a joke by fans of clubs who aren’t in it, partly because if you look at West Ham’s run to the final it seems insanely easy. Ours has been tougher- obviously still easier than EL but: Hibs Mostar Legia Warsaw AZ Alkmaar Ajax Lille Olympiacos and then if we get there, probably Fiorentina. That’s way tougher than West Ham had. It has also thrown some really tough ties- Mostar was tougher than you’d think and Legia Warsaw (lost away) and Lille (beat on penalties) were really tough. Then there’s the fact that we’ve played 12 matches in the competition already - we’ve had awful injury problems already this season and until last week looked dead on our feet. No, they aren’t CL ties but traipsing around places like Mostar or Warsaw on a Thursday night takes a toll. To Emery’s credit though, we’ve only lost once in a Sunday match following a Thursday game. Clearly knows how to handle it, but it’s gruelling. Having said all that - it doesn’t feel like a joke competition to our fans. 18 months ago we were stinking of relegation. We haven’t won anything for 28’ years. Next week we’re in a European semi final and have a very real chance of winning another European trophy. That feels massive, and if you play in it next year and get to the same point (similarly having been recently out of the top flight and also having not won anything in decades), I guarantee, you’ll love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 9 hours ago, SteV said: As an apropos to nothing, here’s the teams currently on course to be in the ECL (and no, I can’t be arsed to find out why there’s six pots) Pretty rapid drop off in quality there mind after the 'best' 5/6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 11 minutes ago, 54 said: Some of them fixture would be Ajax, Braga, Panathanikos would be my dream draw from that pot - in terms of my usual preferences (big names, preferably clubs we’ve never played in a competitive fixture). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 10 hours ago, Skeletor said: I'd really hope that if we eventually broke our trophy drought it was a bit more romantic than the Paint Cup of Europe. I’d rather break our duck with the Conference League than the League Cup, if I’m given the choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 8 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Ajax, Braga, Panathanikos would be my dream draw from that pot - in terms of my usual preferences (big names, preferably clubs we’ve never played in a competitive fixture). You get drawn against 8 teams, two from each pot, they then get assigned as either home or away afterwards. So for instance based on that list, my preference would be: Pot 1: Ajax, Lazio Pot 2: Ferencvaros, Molde Pot 3: Athletic Club, Malmo Pot 4: Panathanikos, Rijeka. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Just now, 54 said: You get drawn against 8 teams, two from each pot, they then get assigned as either home or away afterwards. So for instance based on that list, my preference would be: Pot 1: Ajax, Lazio Pot 2: Ferencvaros, Molde Pot 3: Athletic Club, Malmo Pot 4: Panathanikos, Rijeka. Got you. Yeah, I like your list - the only one I’d swap out would be Ferencvaros - though only because I’ve already been there to see NUFC play in the UEFA Cup (was also at the home game when Ginola scored a peach) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 22 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Ajax, Braga, Panathanikos would be my dream draw from that pot - in terms of my usual preferences (big names, preferably clubs we’ve never played in a competitive fixture). How do Braga fall into that category for you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 13 minutes ago, SteV said: How do Braga fall into that category for you? Haven’t played them; would be a cracking away game; outside of the ‘big three’, they’re as successful as any other Portuguese club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 10 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Haven’t played them; would be a cracking away game; outside of the ‘big three’, they’re as successful as any other Portuguese club Also, isn't their stadium built into a cliff or something insane? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I only want Europa because of the extra revenue and co-efficients. I absolutely do not expect us to be able to win it. And it's more detrimental to league form than Conference League. Conference League we should be able to win it. And pre-Christmas it offers an excellent opportunities to give minutes to youngsters and squad players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Chelsea’s next two games they could easily lose, but they could just as easily win as well. I don’t think you can write Chelsea off just yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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