Good Luck to United Today

[Ring master]

Pray for a Southampton bid to take one of those EL places off the table.

Why do you not want Everton to be in Europa league anyway Dave,i want any euro comp no matter how we get it-[know we have few games pos to be in the proper euro league],love playing games and love playing foreign teams etc,off course we all want champions league when that happens,but next step for now is europa

 

[Tubey]

I'm not arsed about the Europa League at all, but even I'd take Europe ahead of no Europe next season. It'll be a transition year anyway with new signings so I expect a strong squad.

So yeah, make 7th a qualification position this year please, and next season just play the ressies in both domestic cups.

 

[davek]

I'm not arsed about the Europa League at all, but even I'd take Europe ahead of no Europe next season. It'll be a transition year anyway with new signings so I expect a strong squad.

So yeah, make 7th a qualification position this year please, and next season just play the ressies in both domestic cups.

The two competitions we have the greatest likelihood of again winning a trophy in and we should basically sacrifice them to play in the football equivalent of trying to conquer Moscow?

Ok.

 

[BurnhamBlue]

We need European football to attract the level of players we need, to take the next step.

However, I never want United to win anything.

 

[ianefc]

Can the thread title of this be changed?

I understand the sentiment, but still...

 

[hktoffee]

If anyone don't want Everton to get an EL place do you think he really supports Everton? If you don't believe in a team entering into a competition and win it eventually why bother with supporting the club?

EL is a superior competition than a domestic competition if you ask me and it helps attracting players than having no Euro.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I'd be surprised if United lose

When Mourinho is this close to a cup he usually sees it through

 

[Stanley Parker]

Hope united stuff Southampton today. I would prefer the Europa League was in a different format, but it is still good for the club to be involved and great for the fans, nothing like Goodison on European nights and those mad European away destinations....

Rostov here we come!

 

[Gwaters]

Can the thread title of this be changed?

I understand the sentiment, but still...

What would you like it changing to?

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

The two competitions we have the greatest likelihood of again winning a trophy in and we should basically sacrifice them to play in the football equivalent of trying to conquer Moscow?

Ok.

Except that the mighty mighty Fulham have been to the final. So it gets less and less "impossible" as you so ridiculously infer when you actually look at the competition history.

You do know we have twice come to the round of 16 ourselves in this competition just within the last decade and a half and if it wasn't for luck on the Fiorentina night and a manager truly out of his depth against Kiev we might've progressed ourselves.

To add our neighbors were just in the final. Do you really think we are that far behind them? I know you were hurt by his sacking but move on. You seem to now begrudge our success. Sad.

 

[ianefc]

What would you like it changing to?

Would a UTD win do us a favour?

 

[Goat]

Would a UTD win do us a favour?

Glory, glory man utd.

 

[Tubey]

The two competitions we have the greatest likelihood of again winning a trophy in and we should basically sacrifice them to play in the football equivalent of trying to conquer Moscow?

Ok.

The FA Cup is now a competition where even Championship clubs play the reserves. So yes, I find them considerably lower down the food chain than the league and Continental competitions. I prefer competitions which give you the chance of advancing your club long term - the Europa League doesn't really offer that, but compared to the domestic cups it certainly offers more.

 

[Goat]

The FA Cup is now a competition where even Championship clubs play the reserves. So yes, I find them considerably lower down the food chain than the league and Continental competitions. I prefer competitions which give you the chance of advancing your club long term - the Europa League doesn't really offer that, but compared to the domestic cups it certainly offers more.

Europa League will help us attract players.

 

[davek]

Except that the mighty mighty Fulham have been to the final. So it gets less and less "impossible" as you so ridiculously infer when you actually look at the competition history.

You do know we have twice come to the round of 16 ourselves in this competition just within the last decade and a half and if it wasn't for luck on the Fiorentina night and a manager truly out of his depth against Kiev we might've progressed ourselves.

To add our neighbors were just in the final. Do you really think we are that far behind them? I know you were hurt by his sacking but move on. You seem to now begrudge our success. Sad.

In the last 30 odd years only Liverpool and Chelsea from England have won that trophy. The squad has to be there.

You have to play 14 games just to reach the final. Actually, we'd have to play a qualifying tie, so make that 16 games. With the two month winter break for Uefa competitions, that works out at a game extra every two weeks - and then there's the domestic cup programme to add on top...say we get through to round 5/6 in each, that's another 6 or 7 games on top of the 16 EL games that get you to the final...or in simple terms: 59/60 games in one season.

To go from the 41 games that we'll have played this season to an extra 18/19 is implausible....to say the very least. Even if we got just to the round of 16 we'd have played 12 more games and our season games total would be in the region of 54/55 games.

Thinking caps on lads: do we really want that albatross round our necks next season?