Europa League

The Europa league give the youths and fringe players a decent, and competitive run outs. In the CC and FAC you're likely to get 2, maybe 3 lower league teams but the games are so far and between. Whereas, in the Euro's at least they'll get more chances. It may benefit us too, look at Livermore for example

We have to try and win every competition that we are in because not being able to see the future we cannot guarantee that we'll get top 4 or win the FA cup so we have to try and win the EL. Being in Europe is better than not being in Europe. As for Chelsea well can they guarantee anything also? Will they be top 4 for certain? Suppose they're not and they're 10 or 11th and dropping? Will players then want to go there,who knows?

What doovde said

Seville are the perfect example of how winning the EL doesn't propel you into the upper echelons of the game. They won it twice in a row but where are they now? Where are their best players? If they were consistently in the C League they'd be a bigger team, despite not having won a trophy. Our priority is the league and a 4th place finish.

fridge, I dont think we were saying that the Europa does propel you forward, just look at how Porto have had their best players (and manager) stripped from them.

I just think that its a prestigous piece of silverwear worth winning, and if we cant manage being in the Europa and the PL then we dont deserve to get fourth

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Edinspur

Good point. The top teams manage to juggle both. We need to learn to.

It's precisely the attitude that some teams/fans have towards the carling cup that has made it interesting again. Anything can happen because some prem club turn their noses up at it so what you actually get is a more interesting competition.
In some ways I rate the carling cup over the fa cup because it is less predictable.

In some ways I rate the carling cup over the fa cup because it is less predictable.

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Me too. For instance, When Arsenal were fielding their talented youth players against the starting 11 of lesser prem and championship clubs it made for entertaining competitive fixtures. Then you had the early final in Feb, and of course the earlier rounds are over before xmas so there's no clash with the all-important end-of-season run-in which happens with the fa cup.

Its certaintly carved out a nice niche for itself.

The FA cup is riding off the past too much. it needs an overhaul.

It gives a club like Tottenham a realistic chance of winning the highest level of European competition it is ever likely too.