Who knows?
We won thats what counts at the moment. But if it is confirmed I'd be a happy man.
Jelavic has been a wonderful signing I must say.
I just heard something interesting. Technically Everton are back in Europe because we won this match and reached the semi-final, and we make Europe based on a technicallity-can someone confirm this?
We need to reach the final.
Well FA Cup winner gets Europa don't they? And the remaining teams are going to be in Europe. Is that why?
I honestly don't know. I'm hearing a lot of conflicting things so don't know. I thought the FA Cup winners went into CL.
No the team that finishes 4th in the PL gets into UCL.
Hope you go on and win it!
I honestly don't know. I'm hearing a lot of conflicting things so don't know. I thought the FA Cup winners went into CL.
The winners get Europa, if the winners are already in the CL, then the runner up goes into Europa. If the winner is already in Europa by finishing 5th, then the runner up doesn't get it and the spot goes to 6th place. Liverpool are already in Europa because of CC, Spurs should get CL, so if they beat Chelsea they the Europa goes to the runner up. If Chelsea win, they should get Europa from their league position if they don't make top 4. There's no reason for Everton to be assured of Europa now AFAIK, only if they beat Liverpool.
Thanks for clearing that mess up lol. So basically, it's in our hands based on Liverpools poor run of form.
It's the way to be assured of it. There's a bunch of permutations for which you qualify though.
To be honest, IF, and I mean IF, we make EL, after the start we had, and the money we spent, it just sums up all the work that DM has done, and just gives a slap in the face of all the moronic doubters. It may be sound biased, but I would say the same of any manager who accomplished the same feat. And also proves the point I made before, about the void he would leave when he goes.
Yeah, it may get mocked by some, but it'd be a great competition for a club like Everton to be competing in, considering all of the circumstances.
Exactly. Obviously for me being an Evertonian-fantastic. But for any club it would be just as equally a fantastic achievement. If it happened to a club like Bolton or whoever I would have no hesitation in heaping such praise. In my opinion, it just proves that there's too much emphasis in spending a huge amount of money to achieve success. A club doesn't need to do it. That's my opinion any way-Fulham proved it
Success is relative. For a club who spends most seasons staving off relegation or languishing in mid table, expanding horizons and merely playing in a new competition is a success and brings the same amount of joy to a fan of a team like United who regularly deliver trophies.
That's the thing. Is languishing mid-table in the Premiership such a bad thing now? I wouldn't call it languishing. With the quality of teams coming up from the Championship, with the likes of Swansea and Norwich-surely that proves that the gulf between the Prem and the Championship is vastly narrowed now? Or is the quality between the two diminishing? Both division are now pretty now equally as tough (imo anyway). People say that the quality of the Prem in the lower half is much poorer, but I disagree. There's some really really good quality emerging fom the lower leagues now. Or am I being too lovey dovey with the Championship? Norwich and Swansea have such tight budgets-but still continue to astound all plaudits with the style of football-not the quality of players. Surely that's more important than spending?