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Can we win the Europa League?

durham.mackem

durham.mackem

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What’s everyone’s opinion on this then?

Had we got into the conference league I’d have given us a great chance of lifting the trophy next year. However the Europa league is clearly a big step above and now I’m just immensely excited to come up against some top European teams with great pedigree.
I think we can beat anyone in the competition on a given day but of course over a season the games quickly add up and quality isn’t always the main decider in the outcome of games.
Maybe a bit of luck in the draw to get us out of the league will do nicely, getting a top, top team at home would be great too.
A great summer window and we could go very strong imo.
My prediction right now is quarter finals.
 

durham.mackem said:
What’s everyone’s opinion on this then?

Had we got into the conference league I’d have given us a great chance of lifting the trophy next year. However the Europa league is clearly a big step above and now I’m just immensely excited to come up against some top European teams with great pedigree.
I think we can beat anyone in the competition on a given day but of course over a season the games quickly add up and quality isn’t always the main decider in the outcome of games.
Maybe a bit of luck in the draw to get us out of the league will do nicely, getting a top, top team at home would be great too.
A great summer window and we could go very strong imo.
My prediction right now is quarter finals.
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Course we can wether we will another matter
 
Of course we can. Some big hitters in there this year though. Leverkusen, Milan and juventus so far. Dunno if there was that calibre of opponent the season gone.

I just hope we make the knockouts for now. Don’t want to fall at the first hurdle. From there anything could happen
 
My immediate reaction is no, but that's probably what I've been conditioned to think. We have some very, very good players already and with the right recruitment could have an extremely strong squad. Let's see what happens, because realistically we had no expectation of being where we are now, that's take that into Europe and see where we land
 
durham.mackem said:
What’s everyone’s opinion on this then?

Had we got into the conference league I’d have given us a great chance of lifting the trophy next year. However the Europa league is clearly a big step above and now I’m just immensely excited to come up against some top European teams with great pedigree.
I think we can beat anyone in the competition on a given day but of course over a season the games quickly add up and quality isn’t always the main decider in the outcome of games.
Maybe a bit of luck in the draw to get us out of the league will do nicely, getting a top, top team at home would be great too.
A great summer window and we could go very strong imo.
My prediction right now is quarter finals.
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Aye
 
Some massive teams in there this year, but clearly they aren’t the same quality as are used to them being, hence why they are in this competition. Just the fact we are about to go head to head and really see the quality of these European teams for ourselves is so exciting i cant bloody wait for it!
 
We are the 7th best team in the best league in Europe. We gave most of the big teams in our league a game this season, and will be likely to improve our squad this summer.

So of course we have a great chance and shouldn't fear big name teams who at best finished 3rd or 4th in their generally inferior leagues. But it's a knockout competition so always unpredictable.
 
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