Football 18/19

[lost]

Yeah utd are doing Liverpool proud. 7 - 9 men immediately behind the ball when city in possession. They haven't had a sniff

[jyoung]

Bernardo Silva is class. Some talent that has left Monaco in the last five years!

[Hugh Jass]

What’s happened to De Gea?

[pink_triangle]

Impressive performance from City. They didn't get frustrated in the first half, stayed patient and took their chance when it came.

[The Nal]

13 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

What’s happened to De Gea?

Cant just be that guy for 7 or 8 years or whatever with no reward. His heads down. 

The non Utd fan in me would love to see him part of Madrids rebuild. 

[ThomThomDrum]

Valiant effort in ways by Utd but City’s class very much shone through. 

 

[lost]

30 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

What’s happened to De Gea?

I put him in my FF team a few weeks ago thats what.

Beaten on his near post for two goals though. He was saving those in his sleep a couple of years ago

[kaosmark2]

Noone wants top 4.

[jyoung]

1 minute ago, kaosmark2 said:

Noone wants top 4.

Laughable really that one of Chelsea, Arsenal or United will qualify for CL. What a state.

[CRW5252]

9 minutes ago, jyoung said:

Laughable really that one of Chelsea, Arsenal or United will qualify for CL. What a state.

Three teams that have all reached at least the last 8 of a European competition this year. Not that bad of a state really.

Edited April 24, 2019 by CRW5252

[Hugh Jass]

10 minutes ago, jyoung said:

Laughable really that one of Chelsea, Arsenal or United will qualify for CL. What a state.

There’s still a chance both Arsenal and Chelsea will be in the CL next year.

[thetime]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

There’s still a chance both Arsenal and Chelsea will be in the CL next year.

Chelsea get a point sunday they should get 4th, I would be surprised if Arsenal get more than 5 points rest of season.

[jyoung]

3 minutes ago, CRW5252 said:

Three teams that have all reached at least the last 8 of a European competition this year. Not that bad of a state really.

Quality of teams in the Europa League is far below that of Chelsea and Arsenal so that's no huge achievement. The domestic form of all three clubs has been tremendously bad at times this year.

5 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

There’s still a chance both Arsenal and Chelsea will be in the CL next year.

Possibly a Europa final before then as well.

[CRW5252]

2 minutes ago, jyoung said:

Quality of teams in the Europa League is far below that of Chelsea and Arsenal so that's no huge achievement. 

Yes but that shows that they aren't out of place in the CL. 

2 minutes ago, jyoung said:

The domestic form of all three clubs has been tremendously bad at times this year.

This is always the case for team's that finish 4th and below. Equally they have all had times when they have been on impressive form.

[Hugh Jass]

6 minutes ago, jyoung said:

Quality of teams in the Europa League is far below that of Chelsea and Arsenal so that's no huge achievement. The domestic form of all three clubs has been tremendously bad at times this year.

Possibly a Europa final before then as well.

Exactly one could finish 4th and the other could win the EL.

Nice of everyone to give Spurs some breathing space ahead of their CL Semi.

[thetime]

Keano ?

[Gnomicide]

[thetime]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

You getting desperate now?

[CRW5252]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Exactly one could finish 4th and the other could win the EL.

Nice of everyone to give Spurs some breathing space ahead of their CL Semi.

If that did happen (the team that won EL finished outside top 4), would that not mean than the team in 4th doesn't get CL? This happened a while back with Tottenham (Chelsea won EL so Tottenham didn't get CL despite finishing 4th). 

[Gnomicide]

1 minute ago, thetime said:

You getting desperate now?

Yes. Brendan next week.

[The Nal]

5 minutes ago, thetime said:

Keano ?

Man of the Match yet again at Old Trafford.

[Wooderson]

Easty well in. Soon as the Reds drew with Everton I knew our chances were over in fairness. Have my issues with the standard of the league but 42 points from 42 is just a remarkable run.

[zahidf]

Will ole be going into his Alex ferguson biography to find more stuff from the past to help Utd?

[jyoung]

33 minutes ago, CRW5252 said:

If that did happen (the team that won EL finished outside top 4), would that not mean than the team in 4th doesn't get CL? This happened a while back with Tottenham (Chelsea won EL so Tottenham didn't get CL despite finishing 4th). 

No. Chelsea won the Champions League. That's what stopped Spurs qualifying. 

Here's what I believe the rules to be:

If one of Arsenal or Chelsea win the EL and the other finishes 4th, both qualify for CL.

5th gets Europa. League Cup and FA Cup winners also get Europa.

As City won the League Cup and will probably win the FA Cup also, we would see 6th and 7th in the Europa as well although they would enter at an earlier stage than the groups.

Should say Arsenal win Europa but finish fifth whilst Chelsea finish forth, I believe we would then see 6th, 7th and 8th in Europa next year but that is the one I am least sure on.

Edited April 24, 2019 by jyoung

[CRW5252]

7 minutes ago, jyoung said:

No. Chelsea won the Champions League. That's what stopped Spurs qualifying. 

Ah, fair enough. I remembered wrong! 

 

7 minutes ago, jyoung said:

Here's what I believe the rules to be 

If one of Arsenal or Chelsea win the EL and the other finishes 4th, both qualify for CL.

5th gets Europa. League Cup and FA Cup winners also get Europa.

As City won the League Cup and will probably win the FA Cup also, we would see 6th and 7th in the Europa as well although they would enter at an earlier stage than the groups.

Should say Arsenal win Europa but finish fifth whilst Chelsea finish forth, I believe we would then see 6th, 7th and 8th in Europa next year but that is the one I am least sure on.

That's good news for English teams then. I wonder how they decide who misses out due to the extra CL spot from the winner of the EL. I always assumed it would be that a team from the winners country misses out.