Pencil in the date as it will be the start of our season. If we don't win on Sunday away to Stoke and Saints and Spurs do win their games, we will suffer the ignominy of having to play in the first qualifying round for the europa. With a tour to Asia and Australia organised for those dates it could hit the club hard. If this happens I fear any hope brendy has of keeping his job is surely gone.
To expand on the OP: 5th + CW - Group stage 6th - 3rd qualifying round FP - 1st qualifying round But even in the worst case that we don't win and the others do, if Arsenal win the FA Cup 7th gets a place and we don't qualify via FP The CW place would be Group stage but if passed to 7th then 5th and 5th would be Group stage and 7th would be 3rd qualifying round So the OP needs Aston Villa to win too
That and our bunch of fannies not being able to do it on a sunny day in Stoke as opposed to a rainy night in Stoke.
We have to finish 5th. We're practically in EL so going straight into the Group Stages will make a big difference - and it can be used to help attract some new players.
yeah i couldn't believe you fell for that line either... you really must feel dim but hey its monday.