UEFA Europa League

World Football
#2822

The Europa League should be below us because weā€™re the third most successful team in English football history. We have the third highest turnover in the league and the sixth highest in the world.

There is no way we should ever be championing this competition and itā€™s a sad state of affairs for the club that we are even in it to begin with. This isnā€™t the 90s where the UEFA Cup was a genuinely good competition to win because the Champions League wasnā€™t so saturated.

But because of how far weā€™ve fallen this competition has to be a priority for us this season unfortunately.

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#2823

Still we are in it. Itā€™s that every English club that plays in the EL thinks itā€™s beneath them.

Thereā€™s 6 clubs and only 4 CL places so two are gonna end up in it every season. No other country thinks like this.

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#2824

Exactly. Iā€™ll go back to giving no fucks about it when we get back into the CL.

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#2825

I donā€™t give fucks about the CL when we arenā€™t in that tbh. Of course you only care about the one your team is in

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#2826

Finally a trophy Spurs can win

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#2827

:slight_smile:

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#2828

Stop lying :henry2: :arteta:

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#2829

So 2021/2022 is the first season of this competition I assume ? Hopefully itā€™s never relevant to us.

#2830

Really donā€™t think I could take another season in this haha.

Was happy being in this last season for the novelty and the fact Wenger was embarrassing us in the CL. But I really want us back in the CL haha jealous watching Liverpool and the scum going through to the knockouts again

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#2831

So it seems Napoli are the main threat from those that dropped down. Much nicer proposition compared to last season.

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#2832

Whilst they are having a very solid season in the Serie A I think we are favorites against them. The only team whom against we arenā€™t is Chelsea in my opinion. Seeing how their season is developing that match-up should be more 50/50 than I thought at the beginning of the season anyway.

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#2833

I think us vs Napoli would be a legit 50-50, I agree that the top 3 favs are Chelsea, Arsenal/ Napoli.

#2834

Whilst Napoli deserves a lot of credit for their consistent top three finishes in Serie A, especially looking at where they came from, they never really impress as a team to be fearful of in Europe. They just lack quality or something like that when it comes down to it. Of course now with Ancelotti he might be able to put everything together, but Iā€™m not so sure thatā€™s a team we shouldnā€™t win from.

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#2835

Theyā€™ve got a stronger defence and midfield though thatā€™s for sure. And if Meret is half the keeper heā€™s supposed to be (weā€™ll see about that) then theyā€™ve probably got a better stopper than Leno too.

But the midfield of Fabian, Allan, Diawara, Zielinski, Rog is a very strong midfield and the wide men Insigne and Callejon (if Napoli decide to revert to 4-3-3) are a strong set of wide men to have. Plus defensively Koulibaly is considerably better than any defender we have and the full backs are strong options too.

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#2836

If we would break it down player for player a lot might go their way indeed. But I donā€™t feel like they reach(ed) a level as a team of which we should be fearful of, not on an European level at least. But like I said this is where Ancelotti comes it. Maybe he is the one to turn that around for them.

#2837

I think, at this moment in time, he is better than any defender anyone has!

But yeah, agree with what you said. We canā€™t write them off.

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#2838

Got the Rangers game on the TV in the background, that seems to be one of the current games of importance.

#2839

Giroud just scored a great free kick for Chelsea haha

@Phoebica :wink:

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#2840

See, his locker is so big. He can do anything :heart_eyes:

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#2841

Not only his locker, amirite :ramsey: :henry2:

AC Milan losing 3-1 to Olympiakos :arteta:

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