Borussia Dortmund may have done Spurs a huge favour

[eurodat]

The thing for me is..If we feel we have to 'throw' a game because we cant be successful on 2 fronts, what does this say about our chances in the CL next season?

 

[JimmyG2]

The thing for me is..If we feel we have to 'throw' a game because we cant be successful on 2 fronts, what does this say about our chances in the CL next season?

Well I don't think the expectation is
that we will win it or the Premiership.
Although it will take a season or two for those clubs
that have imploded/exploded this year to recover.
(Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and Man Utd.)
With strategic strengthening (Dier, HK )
we can be thinking in terms of re-qualifying
and challenging for the League.
We are in a learning process and this squad will get better
under Mauricio.

 

[whitesocks]

The thing for me is..If we feel we have to 'throw' a game because we cant be successful on 2 fronts, what does this say about our chances in the CL next season?

Who cares?
If we qualify for the CL, we will have deprived ManU for example of their usual £40m bung, earned a little extra ourselves, plus they'll have the problem of thursday night games in the middle of nowhere. It is all good.

 

[JoeT]

Many believe that Poch fielded a weakened team to escape the Europa. Your "No shit Sherlock" comes hard done.

I believe he fielded a weakened team to escape the Europa, but never came out and said so.

 

[Ausp]

I believe he fielded a weakened team to escape the Europa, but never came out and said so.

He fielded a weakened team away to Fiorentina too. He must have been disappointed that we got pass Fiorentina then.

I don't mean to be crude, but that's what the logic suggests.

 

[Sweetsman]

Is 'prioritized' the new 'thrown'?.
Strategic decisions to focus on where the money and the prestige lie.
Levy couldn't object as he left us short.
Seems to be paying off.
I'm not sure our full squad would have beaten Borussia Dortmund anyway.
Good side who are 2/3 years ahead of us developmentally

Which means that Poch did the sensible things: you have to choose your battles carefully.

 

[fridgemagnet]

West Ham threw the whole qualifying round so they didn't have to play in it.

I don't mind the Europa League up to a point but "The shape of it's wrong and it's much too long" it needs tweaking or keep the name and make it a straight knockout tournament.

 

[Matthew Wyatt]

Which means that Poch did the sensible things: you have to choose your battles carefully.

"If a battle cannot be won, do not fight it." ~ Sun Tzu