Sure this has been a topic before, but if we managed to reach the final are we banned from next seasons europa due to financial fair play rules or something?
Not sure if that's good or not, obviously being in Europe would be incredible for a club like ours but it would be an unwelcome distraction from trying to stay in the prem next season as well. We probably won't win it, but if we get in the final against either Man City/ Arsenal don't we qualify since they'll finish top 4?
I would rather miss out in Europe and be banned from it. The squad isn't ready for it, and a European campaign always seems to mess up your league form.
Yeah "In the event the FA Cup winners are qualified for the UEFA Champions League the FA Cup runners-up will qualify, but in the place reserved for the lowest ranking Barclays Premier League representative."
Europa is a form ****er, and would indeed hamper us next year, but could you imagine going to City's first ever competative away european tie? Christ alive that'd be brilliant, even if it was in the arse end of eastern europe. Worth it
Agree with this - Swansea haven't been as good this season in the Premier League thanks to their Europa League Commitments. I'd just be happy to get to a major Cup Final for the first time in our history
We can't be fussy. We might never have a chance to play in Europe again. Without wanting to sounds negative there's a strong possibility we'll get relegated next year so we really should be desperate to take any opportunity to get into Europe. It'd be amazing to see City play in Europe. Imagine thousands of us piling on the ferry to go to Holland/Belgium. It'd be ace.
Sorry but it's the way I see it. Second seasons are always hard but the comments from within the club worry me. Allam thinks if we stay up once then we won't need to improve the team to do it again. I'm also convinced that if we look in danger of being in the bottom 5-6 he'll sack Bruce. He won't be able to understand why we'd go backwards. Hope I'm wrong but it seems likely. We can't realistically improve much on where we are now. Look at Swansea who have a better squad than us, keep the ball brilliantly and have a few goalscorers yet for some reason they can't get into the top half. This league is too strong for the lesser teams to be able to guarantee continuing improvement year on year and owners think that's failure.
I'll be surprised if we get through tonight's game. Working on the basis some players are likely to be rested for reason or another, with a potential shortage of senior pro's at centre half being available, I fear Fayes distinct lack of pace and general cavalier approach could be our downfall. Hope I'm wrong and we give em a Fulham style thrashing!
It's unclear if we'd be prevented from competing or not, it does seem that we've breached the rules, but it's up to UEFA to decide if we'd be allowed to enter. I'd love to see us competing in Europe, whatever the consequences. And PLT is right, AA's got it into his head that only the first season is difficult, once you get through that, he thinks it's easy to stay up.
We need to get Livermore on a perm at the end of the season....so that means spending some money? I do think SB has spent the summer budget already (Long & Jela) ..but that was good business. I reckon SB will make good use of the loan/free tansfer market again in the summer.
Provided we lost to either Arsenal or Manchester City, Hull City would be in the Euorpa League next season.
If we did make it to the europa league then Steve Bruce would improvbe the squad to cope with it. No reason why Hull could not get to the same stage as Swansea have for starters.
People seem to be forgetting the only man who Allam seems to listen to, Steve Bruce, will let him know otherwise.
