Now I don’t want anything other than success and good things for my/our club now we’re just getting started with Ange and hopefully things work out for him and us but it will take time , but unfortunately in modern football very few coaches get that…..it’s fair to say the season thus far as been stop, start (various reasons) the end goal financially is top four or five CL qualification which ever club needs/wants but from a football point of view for us is it to soon? Ange with Celtic in Europe was brutal champions league opposition is a big step up! our squad as it is is perhaps not quite there would the Europa league be a better option at least for next season ?
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Being in the CL might mean that we can attract a better class of player in the Summer transfer window..
We aint ready to compete in it , we may qualify but competing is something else.
What do you mean by competing? This side has more potential than Winksokko side that got to the final
We really lack the squad depth for it just at the moment. Would personally prefer to have a better run at the domestic cups next year than qualify for CL.
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I'll never understand this way of thinking, honestly. We're almost certainly not winning the CL next season, but it's more lucrative than the EL so it's better for us to be in it.
This isn't boxing or rugby. It isn't actually any more physically grueling playing Bayern and Madrid than Frankfurt and Betis.
Now, as a supporter who desperately wants to see us lift a trophy, the EL is a competition we absolutely can win if we give it a real go. For that reason, I would be happy for us to be in it.
This isn't boxing or rugby. It isn't actually any more physically grueling playing Bayern and Madrid than Frankfurt and Betis.
Now, as a supporter who desperately wants to see us lift a trophy, the EL is a competition we absolutely can win if we give it a real go. For that reason, I would be happy for us to be in it.
You've answered your own question.
We need to aim for Champions League. Who cares if we can’t truly compete. We will be good enough to finish 3rd place in any group we get in at worst which gets us into the knockouts of Europa anyway and we can readjust our expectations.
That doesn’t happen next year does it? I think there’s one giant group or something and the format changes from groups of 4
Oh yes I believe you’re right. Not sure how the new format changes things or whether there is any drop down any more, good call.
he new format which has been dubbed the "Swiss" system will feature 36 clubs in its group stage -- so four more than the current model -- and those teams will participate in one big ranking which will now be known as the "League Stage" instead of the group stage. Three points for a win and one point for a draw is still the scoring method and fixtures will be arranged in a draw which sees the 36 teams organized across four groups of nine and every club will face two teams from each of the other pots. After eight games, the top eight will directly reach the round of 16 while teams in ninth to 24th will go into a play-off round which sees each tie play out over two legs. The play-off winners also make it to the round of 16 while the losers go to the UEFA Europa League and the teams ranking from 25th to 36th drop out of continental action entirely. At that point, the familiar knockout format returns and the round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final is the UCL roadmap that every competitor will be following.
We definitely want those games and an extra knock out. Ten games will make a lot of money and we could still end up in the EL anyway which is no bad thing (winnable trophy). With our gate receipts, five home CL games plus CL TV will be a huge sum of cash
We definitely want those games and an extra knock out. Ten games will make a lot of money and we could still end up in the EL anyway which is no bad thing (winnable trophy). With our gate receipts, five home CL games plus CL TV will be a huge sum of cash
What makes you think we won't add to the squad in the Summer?
This club needs to be challenging for the premier league title. If we do that we will be playing in the Champions League.
If we are in the Champions League this club needs to be challenging to win it. We got to a final recently, we can win it.
If we are in the Champions League this club needs to be challenging to win it. We got to a final recently, we can win it.
You can’t plan on domestic cups, it’s a lottery as we saw this season (playing city so early). Could get Cuty away and Liv away in the first round we enter and be out
Experience……Jokes aside, I hope we do add to the squad.
Yeah so in this system, we will still be good enough for Europa knockouts at worst.
No reason to be lowering expectations.
Bollox to lowering expectations.
What is the point in even starting next season if our expectation isn’t that we have a chance to win?