We need to do that to compete in the Premier League next season, let alone adding in Europe on top of it. I’d never “turn my nose up” at Europe, if we play I’ll be there, but if we finish 9th and miss out on Conference League it won’t cause me any disappointment.
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If we qualify for Europe
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pablo casals
Striker
be easier to sell the club / keep players with a European place
I don’t think Conference League will have that effect.
me is back
Midfield
Conference league is daft, they should have kept the old Cup Winners Cup
Qwerty
Striker
Next season if rather be in the conference league and finish 17th than not be in it and finish 10th
Brighton 23/24
Villa 23/24
West Ham 22/23
West Ham 21/22
Leicester 20/21
Wolves 19/20
It's a myth that a club outside the top 6 can't compete in Europe.
Palace this season.
Brighton 23/24
Villa 23/24
West Ham 22/23
West Ham 21/22
Leicester 20/21
Wolves 19/20
It's a myth that a club outside the top 6 can't compete in Europe.
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Wearson
Winger
“It’s not for the downtrodden likes of us”
ffs
Grow a pair and get on board with us becoming a top team again, sooner rather than later.
Teppista_1
Subs Bench
Wimp
Mowbray Boss Gilet
Midfield
We have a better squad than Forest who are competing well in Europa League. It's a load of crap people saying we aren't ready, we would almost guarantee to improve the squad if we did as well.
Wearson
Winger
Me too.
All these people who can’t get tickets for Prem matches can go.
All the tourists that we will apparently attract can go.
I’ll defo go, I couldn’t afford to go when I was a boy and we were in the Cup Winners Cup ( they put the prices up!)
palm 1
Striker
What are you saying. Without context of their position in n the league before and after Europe that means nothing.
They have gone from almost getting in the top 6 to almost being relegated.
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I cannot believe there are people against it. I'd be skint like but I'm at every game if it happens.
Because their mental owner has changed manager 3 times.
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Be Here Now
Striker
May as well not enter any competition ever again then
DonaldDownTheWing
Striker
wonder if euro away days will drop to SCH phase?
Lord Alfred
Striker
I was at both our home games in 73 and still think the most likely tournament we’d qualify for, the Conference League is a heap of shit and best avoided.
Lord Alfred
Striker
The Europa League replaced it and the UEFA Cup but they got greedy and introduced another tournament for clubs no-one has heard of.
Qwerty
Striker
All did fine the season they were in Europe.
palm 1
Striker
Non-big-six / newly qualified or mid-table clubs (e.g., Aston Villa, Newcastle in early European returns, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, or historical examples like Middlesbrough, Leicester in certain campaigns): These sides more frequently experience a points drop (averaging around 9 fewer points in the season they play in Europe compared to the prior year). Excluding Conference League participants, the drop can be steeper (~14 points in some analyses). This often leads to a lower final league position (average drop of ~4 places or 1–2.6 positions in older data).
Obviously from AI but from your own eyes you can see that the likes of Newcastle, Spurs ,Palace , Forest etc have all found it difficult to juggle the two competitions whilst the likes of Man U have thrived by only having to play once a week .
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