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2nd or 4th in the CL Group

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posted on 27/11/23

I'm inclined to agree.

Oh well, third place it is then.

posted on 27/11/23

comment by Jalisco Red - Losing My Reguilón (U4195)
posted 9 seconds ago
I'm inclined to agree.

Oh well, third place it is then.
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Knowing our luck yes.

posted on 27/11/23

The club want Euro revenue so anything less than the Europa will be a massive failure and an embarrassment to the club

posted on 27/11/23

I'd rather not be in the CL either as it massively distracts us throughout the league season in our bid to qualify for the CL, which we should really be wanting to be in as a club of our size.

posted on 27/11/23

Can't see us winning either of our last 2 tbh, which would most likely leave us 4th

comment by Pun (U21588)

posted on 27/11/23

comment by Franko Cantona (U22187)
posted 39 minutes ago
The club want Euro revenue so anything less than the Europa will be a massive failure and an embarrassment to the club
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Not getting second in this group and letting Barry roam free is already a massive failure and embarrassment to the club

posted on 27/11/23

2nd, and we get an easy draw next round before being smashed by a good side the round after

posted on 27/11/23

comment by Frank van Eijs (U1734)
posted 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
I'd rather not be in the CL either as it massively distracts us throughout the league season in our bid to qualify for the CL, which we should really be wanting to be in as a club of our size.
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Indeed. CL qualification is a Sisyphean task for us and a good few other clubs.

posted on 27/11/23

comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
Can't see us winning either of our last 2 tbh, which would most likely leave us 4th
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This. Not meaning to make negative predictions but I'd be gobsmacked if we won either game.

posted on 27/11/23

Do you guys realize that we need the revenue from either competition? We are already at the FFP limit and any additional income will help.

posted on 27/11/23

comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted 3 minutes ago
Do you guys realize that we need the revenue from either competition? We are already at the FFP limit and any additional income will help.
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Joel? Avram? Is that one of you?

posted on 27/11/23

comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted 16 minutes ago
Do you guys realize that we need the revenue from either competition? We are already at the FFP limit and any additional income will help.
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There's not a great deal of revenue from playing a few rounds of Europa League football. Granted it's more than nothing at all but that won't even touch the sides.

And if we are being ultra positive and we managed to come 2nd....how long do you expect us to stay in the competition? Could well be a last 16 exit given we'd face a group winner which isn't much more revenue for the club anyway.

posted on 27/11/23

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted 16 minutes ago
Do you guys realize that we need the revenue from either competition? We are already at the FFP limit and any additional income will help.
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There's not a great deal of revenue from playing a few rounds of Europa League football. Granted it's more than nothing at all but that won't even touch the sides.

And if we are being ultra positive and we managed to come 2nd....how long do you expect us to stay in the competition? Could well be a last 16 exit given we'd face a group winner which isn't much more revenue for the club anyway.
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Very few top sides in Europe right now.

If we do go through our potential opponents can be and are in some cases highly unlikely to be

Real Madrid or Napoli
Lens or PSV
Real Sociedad or Inter
Atletico, Lazio or Feyenoord
Dortmund, PSG or Milan
Leipzig
Porto, Barca or Shaktar

Other than Real and Barca who are both still a shadow of past sides and maybe PSG on their day there really isn’t a lot to greatly fear in the CL.

Having said that we are struggling in a group with Gala and Copenhagen.

posted on 27/11/23

comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Garnacho cheese (U5318)
posted 16 minutes ago
Do you guys realize that we need the revenue from either competition? We are already at the FFP limit and any additional income will help.
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There's not a great deal of revenue from playing a few rounds of Europa League football. Granted it's more than nothing at all but that won't even touch the sides.

And if we are being ultra positive and we managed to come 2nd....how long do you expect us to stay in the competition? Could well be a last 16 exit given we'd face a group winner which isn't much more revenue for the club anyway.
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Very few top sides in Europe right now.

If we do go through our potential opponents can be and are in some cases highly unlikely to be

Real Madrid or Napoli
Lens or PSV
Real Sociedad or Inter
Atletico, Lazio or Feyenoord
Dortmund, PSG or Milan
Leipzig
Porto, Barca or Shaktar

Other than Real and Barca who are both still a shadow of past sides and maybe PSG on their day there really isn’t a lot to greatly fear in the CL.

Having said that we are struggling in a group with Gala and Copenhagen.

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The fact we don’t seem able to even make it into that list is a stark reminder of where we are at

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 28/11/23

If we win by one goal and draw vs Bayern, with the assumption that Copenhagen or Gala win in the final game,

We’d have a situation where we’re level on points and H2H results (inc goals for and against) with Gala/ Copenhagen.

Who would qualify?

posted on 28/11/23

4th

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 28/11/23

guess it'd come down to goal difference?

posted on 28/11/23

A win v Gala and draw v Bayern would take us to seven points and, at worst, a GD of -1. Because we've scored quite a few then Gala would have to win their final game by at least 3 goals and Copenhagen by at least 2 goals (unless they're involved in high scoring games). If we beat Gala by two then a draw v Bayern means we'd finish above them on head to head.

To me the Gala game seems very pivotal. We've been poor away from home under Ten Hag in the tough grounds so we could really do with reversing that fortune this week.

The spanner in the works, of course, would be Copenhagen getting something v Bayern!

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