TheBrownBottle Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, SUPERTOON said: I’d disagree, it’s much harder to win the league cup imo. Difficulty of winning it doesn’t come into it tbf - the UEFA Cup was harder to win than the European Cup until relatively recently. But the European Cup had more prestige. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Don't get me wrong, I'd love to win the Conference League but it's not a major trophy. League titles, Champions Leagues and cup competitions like the FA Cup or UEFA Cup I'd say are. The Conference League is more like the League Cup - it's still a trophy at the end of the day, but if you've got high aspirations they don't stop at one of those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) Although it's obviously a more prestigious trophy the conference league reminds me of that daft pizza cup the mackems won, it's one of them where you don't really want to end up being in it and you end up playing a load of dog and duck type teams ,but if you are in it and have a chance of winning it you may as well take it . I wouldn't class it as a major trophy though . Edited January 19 by Geogaddi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 11 minutes ago, Geogaddi said: Although it's obviously a more prestigious trophy the conference league reminds me of that daft pizza cup the mackems won, it's one of them where you don't really want to end up being in it and you end up playing a load of dog and duck type teams ,but if you are in it and have a chance of winning it you may as well take it . I wouldn't class it as a major trophy though . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondonewc Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Through to the last 16 Aston Villa (ENG) Club Brugge (BEL) Fenerbahçe (TUR) Fiorentina (ITA) LOSC Lille (FRA) Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) PAOK (GRE) Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) Playoffs Sturm Graz vs Slovan Bratislava Union SG vs Frankfurt Olympiacos vs Ferencváros Molde vs Legia Servette vs Ludogorets Real Betis vs Dinamo Zagreb Ajax vs Bodø/Glimt Maccabi Haifa vs Gent Quite a few recognisable teams tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 34 minutes ago, Keegans Export said: Don't get me wrong, I'd love to win the Conference League but it's not a major trophy. League titles, Champions Leagues and cup competitions like the FA Cup or UEFA Cup I'd say are. The Conference League is more like the League Cup - it's still a trophy at the end of the day, but if you've got high aspirations they don't stop at one of those. The League Cup is a major trophy - it doesn’t have the prestige of other competitions. The second division isn’t a major trophy. The Charity Shield isn’t a major trophy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 10 minutes ago, mondonewc said: Through to the last 16 Aston Villa (ENG) Club Brugge (BEL) Fenerbahçe (TUR) Fiorentina (ITA) LOSC Lille (FRA) Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) PAOK (GRE) Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) Playoffs Sturm Graz vs Slovan Bratislava Union SG vs Frankfurt Olympiacos vs Ferencváros Molde vs Legia Servette vs Ludogorets Real Betis vs Dinamo Zagreb Ajax vs Bodø/Glimt Maccabi Haifa vs Gent Quite a few recognisable teams tbf Yep, the average football supporter of reasonable vintage should recognise pretty much all of that lot in fairness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 It's a great competition; obviously nothing like the Intertoto Cup. That a Premier League club/fan would sneer at it is just a demonstration of the disproportionate wealth gap between that league and all the others. Every English team above the bottom three would stand a chance of reaching the latter stages/winning that tournament, which is a shame really. Hopefully Villa get as hard a draw as possible and slip up because they, by some distance, look to be favourites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Unfortunately I think if West Ham want him, they will get him. They can afford (fuck this perverse world) much more than us at present. Depends more on whether we really want him, and whether he would prefer to stay in the north and play for a big club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, Yorkie said: It's a great competition; obviously nothing like the Intertoto Cup. That a Premier League club/fan would sneer at it is just a demonstration of the disproportionate wealth gap between that league and all the others. Every English team above the bottom three would stand a chance of reaching the latter stages/winning that tournament, which is a shame really. Hopefully Villa sack it off in order to go full steam ahead for UCL. And Villa, if they win it, will end up making a figure not a kick in the arse away from what we did in the CL groups (not that money should be the primary concern), as well as winning a trophy and qualifying for Europe again next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 If we qualify for the Conference League - this season is a decent one to me. Would hope we would win it too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, The College Dropout said: If we qualify for the Conference League - this season is a decent one to me. Would hope we would win it too. Me too on both counts. It would mean a likely 7th place finish, which would be an excellent season, especially if we can get on an FA Cup run Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: If we qualify for the Conference League - this season is a decent one to me. Would hope we would win it too. That will hinge entirely on if we can get a midfielder in this window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 New rumour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Article saying we would try loan him and pay the fee in the summer. I don’t think he’s a bad player, but again it’s more of the same. Would prefer and think we need someone more technical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 No thanks from me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 minute ago, gbandit said: No thanks from me Hard pass on expensive premier league players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 To be frank, if we knew we were sailing so close to FFP spending so much on Tonali was a bit mad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, r0cafella said: Hard pass on expensive premier league players. Do find it frustrating how we seem to continually try to shop in the most expensive market despite our FFP troubles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, SUPERTOON said: Do find it frustrating how we seem to continually try to shop in the most expensive market despite our FFP troubles. Try and temper your frustrations it’s paper talk after all. I do hope we don’t climb into our shell though, the Tonali deal being such a disaster might scare them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 minute ago, r0cafella said: Try and temper your frustrations it’s paper talk after all. I do hope we don’t climb into our shell though, the Tonali deal being such a disaster might scare them. Despite the shit fans give the press, other than signing Isak out the blue, haven’t all our transfers been in the media for weeks before signing ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Honestly, could get an Onana-esque player for a third of the price on the continent. Don’t see the appeal at all. Premier League hardened? Aye, but his position isn’t the riskiest transition of a role unlike say a Germany based striker. Would rather pay half that for Fofana. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 3 minutes ago, r0cafella said: To be frank, if we knew we were sailing so close to FFP spending so much on Tonali was a bit mad To be fair it was likely done on the assumption we'd be doing no business in Jan anyway. Which we still may not. If we had Tonali and even just one extra player not injured I don't think we'd be looking to do anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Just now, SUPERTOON said: Despite the shit fans give the press, other than signing Isak out the blue, haven’t all our transfers been in the media for weeks before signing ? Yeah but they’ve also thrown so much shit at the wall they are bound to get some right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Luke Edwards - NUFC cant sign a player due to FFP, but want a PL experienced 22 year old for 40m+ OK buddy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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