Jump to content

Recommended Posts

3 hours ago, Kaizero said:

 

Why on earth would our five previous matches have any impact on how well we'll do in our next four? :lol: 

 

I think there's a mental toll which will marinate the longer a streak goes on. The expectation and desire to keep the run going becomes more and more amplified at the expense of the 'one game at a time' mantra which characterises the early part of the sequence. Then a shit result comes along. So the preceding results do have an impact to some extent imo. 

 

I distinctly remember an inexplicable defeat at home to a shit Blackburn under Rafa which lost us some record. 

Link to post
Share on other sites

5 hours ago, t00nt00n313 said:

One think that I will say is that we have some tough away games in the second half of the season. 

 

City away, Villa away, Brighton away (we never win against Brighton away), Liverpool away, and arsenal away. That's 5 games right there I genuinely can't see us winning.

 

 

 

Well, smacking Villa home and away has become virtually a tradition for us now. Not saying we can assume anything in the slightest, but I don't think we should be shy about all those fixtures. Got hopes for Arsenal away, too (in the league) - I can see this being the year for floods of tears.

Link to post
Share on other sites

12 hours ago, Yorkie said:

 

I think there's a mental toll which will marinate the longer a streak goes on. The expectation and desire to keep the run going becomes more and more amplified at the expense of the 'one game at a time' mantra which characterises the early part of the sequence. Then a shit result comes along. So the preceding results do have an impact to some extent imo. 

 

I distinctly remember an inexplicable defeat at home to a shit Blackburn under Rafa which lost us some record. 

There's also teams changing their tactics against you, playing a low block and grinding out a draw etc. Teams just let us have the ball a couple seasons back when we looked unbeatable, as we famously struggled to break teams down sitting back.

 

 

Edited by Hanshithispantz

Link to post
Share on other sites

15 hours ago, gazza ladra said:

I agree with this, but Villa are better than either. Better players, better manager.

 

Villa are probably more of a threat aye, but what I meant was that Man U and Spurs means 2 teams less to worry about for a CL place unless they go on some sort of miracle run, and our form drops off a cliff.

Link to post
Share on other sites

11 hours ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Nope, in that scenario England would have 6 teams in the CL

Has this been confirmed?

 

Atalanta finished 4th and won the Europa League (qualifying for the CL twice) and Italy got the additional CL spot. But the CL spot didn't go down to 6th.

 

Think Serie A got 5 CL, 2 Conference League, 2 Europa League - I believe that is the maximum allowed in UEFA comp. With priority given to Cup Winners.

 

Edit: Read an article from ESPN. They say a maximum of 7 can get a place from one association. But it doesn't pass down in the league. So top 5 if earned through Euro comp. UCL winner. Europa winner. So if we finish 5th but PL get the additional spot, City finish 6th but win CL and Spurs win Europa - we all go into the CL.

 

 

Edited by The College Dropout

Link to post
Share on other sites

I think the tried and tested ‘one game at a time’ or ‘only thinking about the next game’ cliches are perfect for the situation we’re in. All I care about right now is the next game as it’s huge for our chances of finally ending the trophy drought 

Link to post
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Has this been confirmed?

 

Atalanta finished 4th and won the Europa League (qualifying for the CL twice) and Italy got the additional CL spot. But the CL spot didn't go down to 6th.

 

Think Serie A got 5 CL, 2 Conference League, 2 Europa League - I believe that is the maximum allowed in UEFA comp. With priority given to Cup Winners.

 

Edit: Read an article from ESPN. They say a maximum of 7 can get a place from one association. But it doesn't pass down in the league. So top 5 if earned through Euro comp. UCL winner. Europa winner. So if we finish 5th but PL get the additional spot, City finish 6th but win CL and Spurs win Europa - we all go into the CL.

 

 

 

👍 You've answered my question above 

Link to post
Share on other sites

25 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

 

No.  There's a set limit of no more than 6 teams.

Where have you seen this? I can only find an ESPN article that says there can be 7 but with no links to UEFA.

 

I think City finish above us but don't win the CL anyway. It's the Europa League that is v. winnable without CL dropouts for Spurs & Man U. Who might give up on the league if they get to the QFs.

Link to post
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

Where have you seen this? I can only find an ESPN article that says there can be 7 but with no links to UEFA.

 

I think City finish above us but don't win the CL anyway. It's the Europa League that is v. winnable without CL dropouts for Spurs & Man U. Who might give up on the league if they get to the QFs.


They have already given up on the league!

Link to post
Share on other sites

4 minutes ago, Dan Gleebals said:


They have already given up on the league!

Hope they haven't.

 

The quality of the Europa League is low man. I don't watch any non-CL European football. But the names and league positions don't seem great outside of Porto & Lazio.

 

I'd hate for Man U to trick us out of another European competition.

Link to post
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Hope they haven't.

 

The quality of the Europa League is low man. I don't watch any non-CL European football. But the names and league positions don't seem great outside of Porto & Lazio.

 

I'd hate for Man U to trick us out of another European competition.

 

How?

 

 

Edited by Kaizero

Link to post
Share on other sites

14 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

They stole our european spot last season by winning the FA Cup - should've lost in the semi's.
 

If they win the Europa, they might take the 5th PL CL spot. @El Prontonise says their can be 6 spots.

 

Last bit was my confusion, the CL/EL/CFL winners no longer take a spot from their respective leagues if the winners don't re-qualify through them :thup: 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...