Increasingly looking like we'll miss out on Europe altogether. How long has it been since that was the case?
No European football next season | Unless we win the FA Cup, then we get Europa League
- Thread starter PoTMS
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2014-15 Season. 1981-82 before that but keep the 5-year english ban in mind.
I think it’s for the best, don’t think it did Arsenal any harm being out of Europe for a while.
We finished 7th in 13/14 and had no Europe in 2014/15 season so that was the last time. However 13/14 was good points wise compared to this crappy season.
And deserved that we’ll miss out.
Draw a line and start again under ineos.
Draw a line and start again under ineos.
But they weren't bothered with ffp.
Finishing 8th is preferable to 7th weirdly enough.
At least Nice don't have to worry 
We might have to get rid of some of our high wage players? Oh no...
Oh I’ll be glad to be honest. The Europa league is ok but feck playing in the conference.
Will come back to bite when we go into pot 3/4 the next time we’re in the Champions League.
I suppose in the event ETH is still in charge it means he can't run certain players into the ground twice a week.
But FFP-wise it's bad news.
But FFP-wise it's bad news.
Doesn't matter so much with the new seeding system. At this point, we need to worry about qualifying not competing for it.
Part of INEOS cost cutting on travel. We're not paying for jets anymore.
True, forgot about the new format, I’m sure it’ll lead to harder fixtures. I know what you’re saying but they’re essentially the same thing. I’d suggest most Premier League teams would have gotten out of our group.
Deserved
The Europa league is a nightmare competition from now on. Its 8 group games and the group stage doesn't end till January. 8 games on the Thurs- Sunday schedule is just too much for any club I feel. Plus its become very difficult to win. Us,Arsenal and the scousers were top 3 teams and still couldnt do it.
Seen a post from I think it was Swiss Ramble saying no Europe is better for FFP as we haven't then to meet the UEFA regulations
I'm going to try and look at it as a positive, extra time to fix this mess.
What are you talking about? I'm fairly confident we will beat City in the FA Cup and qualify for EL. We just beat mighty Crystal Palace.
Delighted tbh. At the very least 6 less matches we have to watch.
It's 8 minimum now
I hope so, it's time for a reset mentally and physically.
At least it means we will have to get rid of a lot of players.
Moyes’ season was much better than this. We missed Europe because Hull City qualified for the Europa League as runners-up of the 2013–14 FA Cup (since FA Cup winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League). The rule has changed, if we lose our final to City then the Europa spot will go to the league table.
Who wants to play in Europa League anyway? After we've won it, I lost all interest in that competition. Plus it's not player magnet so who cares...
14/15 was a real drag with no midweek games.
We also need the money.
We also need the money.
Anything that means we have to watch less of this team the better
It’s for the best. We don’t need to sully ourselves with the ignominy of an early exit from the conference league.
Let’s rebuild domestically first.
Let’s rebuild domestically first.
We can stil guarantee Europa League with a cup win, there's a couple of threads already on this ffs
Completely fine with that. Not sure ETH should keep his job over it thought.
We’ve signed our most marquee players while in it
When we finish in the CL places we get complacent and sign a load of old shit
Not even Dr. Strange can find a future where we beat Manchester City in the FA cup final
Thomas 'Tony Stark' Tuchel can. He loves a win over Pep in the cup.
For the best. Interesting looking Swedish ramble post, hope to see a large number of incoming players on the younger side for cheaper this summer. Seems like we will have a good ‘war chest’.
I have a feeling we'll finish 7th and lose the cup final and go to the Conference League.
It's perfectly fine considering the state of our squad. It presents a good opportunity to get rid of some of the excess players we have, since we will have a less busy schedule. Then we can hopefully use the next three transfers windows to add younger and better players.
All European competitions are going to follow the same 8-game group stage format now. CL, EL and ECL are the same exact format.