Whisper it...

TBH I think we're mental if we hang in the Europa this season.

Pros
Its a trophy
You can qualify for the CL by winning it (we'll qualify via league this year anyway)

Cons
Cup comp, and a long one - can waste a lot of time and effort to not win it
Potentially long travel
Moves league games to Sunday when playing in it
Squad Fatigue
Its not a well respected trophy

Originally Posted by tatty

Trying to wring the any bit of positivity out of tonight;

It gives us a kick up the arse again before the next league match

It might spur on spending in the window

Henderson looked good

It might spur spending

We ve got 2 untried kids to add to the squad on the right wing - how many more Dan James’s do we need?

Press are all over him already. First defeat in 7.

https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/1346934187178287108?s=19

https://twitter.com/sistoney67/status/1347088924984930304?s=19

https://twitter.com/TeleFootball/status/1346942868313796615?s=19

None of that is sensationalist IMHO. Ole gets it wrong in some of the big games.

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

None of that is sensationalist IMHO. Ole gets it wrong in some of the big games.

And he's also got it right in plenty of big games



Simon Stone is one odd bastard

Originally Posted by Whip Hubley

And he's also got it right in plenty of big games

Beat the best team in football history 6-2 not long ago

Did they mention klopp losing 6 finals on the spin

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

None of that is sensationalist IMHO. Ole gets it wrong in some of the big games.

How did he get it wrong last night?

As the night follows the day , the second he loses the vultures circle. I don't think he got anything wrong last night. Simply outplayed by a better team who have notched their game up a gear.

Games like these really highlight the problem areas in the squad. Ole is working miracles nqat.

Originally Posted by Jethro

As the night follows the day , the second he loses the vultures circle. I don't think he got anything wrong last night. Simply outplayed by a better team who have notched their game up a gear.

Games like these really highlight the problem areas in the squad. Ole is working miracles nqat.

A fair assessment.

We were beaten by the better team

Can’t really blame Ole for that.

Originally Posted by armchair

I wanted to win tonight but league/fa cup are the top two for us this season. I honestly wouldn't mind going out soon in the europa either.

this. no excuse for the defending, though.

Originally Posted by barca99

Well not going great this season

City - draw and a loss
Chelsea - draw
Arsenal lol - loss
Spurs - loss
Leicester - draw
Liverpool - pending

You would think they will be our rivals for the title (top 4)

seems incredible that we could be three points clear before we play liverpool. if we can actually beat some of those teams in the second round of games, presumably we will walk it.

we'll probably lose to burnley.

Originally Posted by Whip Hubley

Simon Stone is one odd bastard

one of the great mysteries of football how this irritating absolute £#%&!wit has a job. but then, look at the rest of them.

Originally Posted by Whip Hubley

And he's also got it right in plenty of big games



Simon Stone is one odd bastard

Name 3.

Ole doesn't seem to be able to bank any goodwill.

There's a grudging acknowledgement of any run of form but one bad defeat and he's back on skid row.

I'm talking about the media not on here.

Originally Posted by tatty

Ole doesn't seem to be able to bank any goodwill.

There's a grudging acknowledgement of any run of form but one bad defeat and he's back on skid row.

I'm talking about the media not on here.

he's not as clever as pep, klopp or bielsa, so they don't get to show how clever they are by appreciating that. because they are all jolly clever.

Originally Posted by barca99

Name 3.

really you £#%&!ing idiot .. can name 10

Originally Posted by barca99

Name 3.

Last season home and away vs city. We have probably beaten Chelsea away more times since Ole was appointed than in the previous 20 years.
In Paris x 2 etc. etc.

Loads of big game wins against coaching £#%&!ers, but sadly no semi finals yet.

Originally Posted by puressence

really you £#%&!ing idiot .. can name 10

Go on then

Originally Posted by puressence

really you f***ing idiot .. can name 10

Go on then.

Yeah that City game in March last season, huge game, massive, those 3 points in March, god they were huge. Cant believe how big that game was .

Take out the fact these are derby matches and its 3 points.

Quarter finals are hardly big games.

Waiting....

Originally Posted by barca99

Go on then.

Yeah that City game in March last season, huge game, massive, those 3 points in March, god they were huge. Cant believe how big that game was .

Take out the fact these are derby matches and its 3 points.

Quarter finals are hardly big games.

Waiting....

What you actually mean is that you're having a whinge and you're setting the parameters of what you class as a big game and judging it based on that so that you can justify your whinge. Cool. On that basis we've only played 4 big games in 4 years.

Originally Posted by dunk

What you actually mean is that you're having a whinge and you're setting the parameters of what you class as a big game and judging it based on that so that you can justify your whinge. Cool. On that basis we've only played 4 big games in 4 years.

Probably about right yeah. Big games for the fans are slightly different to actual big games for the clubs. As managers have said its only 3 points blah blah blah. Nothing will be won or lost next week vs Liverpool. Big game for the fans, yes absolutely huge. For the club, in reality no. Could it put us 6 clear of them, yeah with what 60 points still to play for...

And actually if you go pre Ole we didn't do that great at times, although got a few trophy's along the way.

What was the ridiculous Champions League stat, 2 knockout game wins in 9 years or something?