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Those are single tied tournaments, Europa League is two-tied, not easy to fluke here.Nah bollocks to that mate, look at Wigan winning an FA Cup, Greece winning a EC etc
A cup is a random luck of the draw sometimes, not to mention you only have to beat the team in front of you once. The league is a true show of a team's strength. Roma might be better than us, but we have more chance of either avoiding them or beating them than you guys do of toppling Chelsea.
At the time Rangers and Celtics were massive clubs, Scottish football was pretty good, Scotland used to among the best 16 teams of the world then. Hence, Scottish league was quite prestigious and big European players used to play in it, so Fergie's success in it was indeed a major thing at that time.
Not nearly as good as the Spanish sides in Europa League and Roma and Ajax, hence it will be a fluke nonetheless.
Two legged ties are still affected far more by random chance events like a red card or a hamstring strain to a key player than a full season. Not as much as a straight knockout match but it still can make for some unpredictable winners.,
The biggest drawback English sides have in Europe is that there's winter break. Clubs like Everton who have much inferior resources than bigger clubs suffer in Europe largely because of that reason. It also affects your national side.
You may be right, you may not about the impact of the winter break/finances but we'll just have to deal with the situation we find oursleves in. Which is in the last 32, having had good performances in the group phases and a decent upcoming opponent.
Roma are a top team. Ajax have got lots of talented young players but lack balance. They sold one of their best players Daley Blind and frankly he wouldn't be good enough to get into our reserve CM side. (we also have 3 left backs better than him). So not sure they are that strong.
I agree it is capitalistic. The problem is though, in leagues where they have a winter break the teams just go off and play lucrative and financially rewarding friendly's across the world. The very essence of capitalism.
For all the bluster, United will do well to match Everton's points tally of last season. This is a very good Everton team and we are a lot stronger than the likes of Ajax.
We haven't even got going yet. Breezing through that group stage without getting out of 2nd gear. We might not be playing good football right now but if we can start building a bit of moment in the league, keeping players fit and building some confidence, we will enter that knockout phase on the top of our game.
