Exactly. If constant top 4 finishes means more money and means to win trophies down the line then great but in issolation winning say the FA cup is better than finishing 4th ahead of 5th. Nobody will remember who came 4th 10 years on but they'll probably remember Wigan's cup win last year. What doesn't make much sense as well is the teams in the E.L (but with little chance of getting top 4) fielding weak teams in the E.L to give them a better chance of a higher finish in the league; in order to qualify again for a competition they clearly don't care about trying to win!!
yes! Exactly, this is why i was perfectly happy for us to have a decent crack at it last year. It may have dented our league form marginally (which is a shame considering we marginally lost out) but i would have LOVED to have won the EL Maybe you should count it out backwards in your head and let us know?
It makes sense at one level. You get cash by finishing higher in the league and some more by being in the EL. Winning the EL doesn't really affect your cash as much.
trouble with us is we don't have the resources to get top 4 and win a trophy. (not for about 30 years anyway) Last season we had a great chance to win the EL, yet at the vital moment (Basle) we played Friedel and Gallas and effectively threw the tie away. We should have played our best available XI, if we were seriously intent on winning it, we didn't and paid the price.
Arsenal are a unique case though, you would expect Levi to use the extra money each season. If you were an established champs league club Moutinho and Damiao might well be in your squad...
When we first got into the champions league we hardly improved our squad aside from the fabulous signing of VDV, we have never strengthened at the right team to help us try and sustain success so this is why every year we're always playing catch up and keep missing out on the champions league. Even this year we break our transfer record twice and 2 weeks before the season starts we're faced with having Zeki Fryers at centre back.
I'd like to that John chap over here, and then let him loose on the Chelsea board. He'd sort out Ozzie and Robbie(number of brain-cells=)102 in a trice. Mind you, he'd be banned in double-quick time - far too witty.
Seems like we are interested in another of your players here in Cardiff...at this rate we will not know which team is yours and which is ours. jck
there's been loads of these on twitter recently! so ****ing annoying when you're on the receiving end of it!
Now that Moyes has finally realised that Fabregas simply is not interested in joining United under him, he is set to plunder his own club, by making a joint bid for Fellani and Baines, according to latest press reports. Of course, if both those players were to leave Everton, it would completely ruin their season. Still, at least the press seems to have piped-down over at that "Bale to Real" bollocks.
doesn't that (£30m reported) equate to £6-7m for Baines based on Fellaini's release clause? Not a chance
