I don't want another season of Europa League football. There, I've said it.
Neither do I Ray. But there's no escaping it.
We could always forfeit it. Seriously, I cant see what would stop that.Only way we don't get it realistically is to finish 7th, and hope one of Villa, Blackburn, Reading or Bradford win the FA Cup rather than Arsenal or Liverpool. But if we do that and Arsenal or Liverpool DO win the Cup, we get to enter the Europa in July.
All I can say is, I hope to fuck we dont qualify for that load of dog shite lousy comp. The more I think of it, the more I realise how shit it is and the more I hate it. CL reject scum dropping into it, and we have such a slim chance of winning it anyway, I think we should have a season out of Europe and focus on the league, I mean if CL is our ambition. I think I might be saying the same even if Europe still had its proper 2nd tier in the UEFA Cup.
Wrong - the rules changed for this season. If the winners of the FA Cup are already qualified the place will now go to the next best placed League team/
Problem is when you play a cl team on a Sunday that get a Tuesday / Wednesday game. That makes a massive difference imho.
And even if you leave your best team at home the coach is still away from the training pitch for 2 days and given the state of our defence we can ill afford that.
Plus I hate driving back to Devon late on a Sunday night!
No for me.