13 Apr 2025 19:04:48
Closing in on our worst ever premier league points tally and quite possibly a 17th place finish. We play West Ham and wolves soon so that's a distinct possibility. It's been said before but this season has been the worst I've seen, absolutely atrocious. What I say next will no doubt annoy some but I mean it when I say I'm not sure that winning the Europa league and getting UCL is a good thing. Yes it is financially but this lot will be an embarrassment in that competition and will humiliate us all. I'm not going to comment on ra as I'm torn, what I do know is that this squad is terrible. The recruitment over the last 5-10 years has been woeful, looking at the team I see a collection of random individuals with no vision, plan or cohesive strategy that links them, most just there to get paid and little else. Things could get better but there's so much to do and so many holes to fill that I fear it won't happen any time soon. Rant over!
13 Apr 2025 20:48:48
It's imperative we get Champions League, how else do you change the players without funding?
13 Apr 2025 21:39:13
There’ll be plenty of transfers in/ out whatever happens this season. But the emphasis will be on free/ young/ development players if there’s no European football next season. And in that scenario I struggle to believe we’ll improve vastly if at all. At least with the golden carrot and extra finances provided by CL I hope we could supplement the signings with some better more experienced players. Not even worldies but players who can try to help us make a go of things. Who’s teaching Rasmus/ Delap or whoever if they are the best striker at the club? These best in class coaches?
13 Apr 2025 21:44:22
Win the Europa we attract better players to replace this stinkers.
13 Apr 2025 21:55:05
Sorry, Tim. I can't get my head around the idea of not wanting us to win a trophy.
13 Apr 2025 22:00:44
Im not saying I don’t want us to win just that i'm not sure if being in next seasons champions league is a good thing. Yes it helps us financially and maybe it helps attract players but can you imagine the majority of this lot facing the cream of Europe. It will be carnage. Let’s face it 2/ 3 if this group will still be here next season whether we like it or not.
13 Apr 2025 23:19:59
You're wrong Tim. A lot of these players are departing, and some of those playing week in week out are in that bracket. They aren't playing for their future, they are gone.
Having UCL for instance would allow us to complete certain transfers, i. e. frimpong.
14 Apr 2025 05:41:09
But jimbo if most of these players know they are gone are they going to bust a gut to get Europa wins needed, it’s fine line between professionalism or not!
I would love to win Europa but reality says different, we have no strikers, 2 dodgy keepers poor CBs Midfielder in Ugarte who can’t pass a ball 10 yards… it’s going to be so so tough to win it, that’s before we even consider players knowing they are gone, busting a gut or risking injury, some will have professional pride, but these days it’s more about self preservation, then rolling your sleeves up.
But let’s stick with RA get him players he wants let him mould a team, ETH got virtually 3 years, so if the idiots above make another change they are more stupid then anyone could dream.
15 Apr 2025 12:18:44
Winning the Europa League would be a huge thing rather win that than the FA Cup far more prestige be a confidence boost as well and turn an awful season in to a half tidy one don't no why anyone wouldn't want it i'd go further and say the pressure will be huge on Amo start of nxt season if he looses it spends a couple of hundred million in the summer and is stuck in mid table by Oct/ Nov think Jim will sack him if that's the case.
15 Apr 2025 17:06:32
More prestigious than the FA Cup? ?.