billie86 wrote:Does any one on here think that it's better to finish outside the top 4 and Carry on with the Europa League which we seem to be doing ok in? Is it not more enjoyable watching us have a fighting chance in the Europa (2 semi finals in 2 years) than watching us get slapped 10-1 on aggregate as soon as we get through the group stage of the CL and face a half decent team? We are light years away from doing anything of note in the CL or the prem, even with extra revenue from champions League football (which we had for 16 years on the spin) we never pushed on and if anything went backwards despite having the maximum amount of funds available, we never used the money to our advantage and even with it would never be able to compete with the likes of City, Barca, jive, psg etc and their budgets.
We will continue to just make up the numbers in the CL no matter how many times we qualify for it, the last decade is testemant to that. Everyone seems to be really wanting us to qualify for it and to some extent so do I but when I actually think about it the reality is this time next year we will be sat here out of Europe, no excitement bar the race for top 4 again and that's it, like I say at least we have something to look forward to with the Europa League come march/April time.
2 of those 16 years we were in the champions league final and a semi final
I want to win the Europa league and get third this year
And then be in the champions league next season and get back that thing about beating anyone anywhere anytime