I've been panicking for months and even I think this is done.
I think we'll beat Chelsea on Thursday.
Race for top 4 | Finito.
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I think we'll beat Chelsea on Thursday.
To be absolutely precise: up until that point if the Champions League winner didn't qualify for next year's competition via their league finish, it was left up to the domestic league to decide which team they want to nominate. For example, Real Madrid finished 5th in La Liga in 2000 but won the Champions League and La Liga fecked fourth placed Real Zaragoza without a moment's hesitation.
In 2005, the Premier League didn't want to screw over Everton so Liverpool would have been out but for a massive campaign that saw UEFA relent and allow Liverpool to start in the first qualifying round. Technically they weren't counted as an English club that season, hence getting drawn in the same group as Chelsea. At the same time, UEFA clarified the rule: the CL winner always qualifies for the competition but if they come from an association that already has 4 CL places, that association won't get a 5th slot even if the CL winner doesn't finish in the top 4. Thus if Spurs had finished fourth in 2006 but Arsenal won the CL (neither happened obviously but bear with me), Spurs would have been fecked.
This got changed a few years ago and now the top leagues can have a maximum of five participants. Now the only way the 4th placed team in the Premier League can miss out is if both the Champions League and the Europa League is won by a Premier League club that finishes outside the top 4. Which theoretically could have happened, for example, in 16/17 where Arsenal were really close to a CL win while we won the Europa League. And by really close I mean they shipped ten in two games against Bayern in the round of 16.
Maybe I'm a debbie downer , but finishing fourth and celebrating just feels wrong to me.
It's in the bag, if we can't get 1 point from 2 home games, we don't deserve to be in the top 4.
Yes, you're a debbie downer.
It was always highly unlikely, but what do you expect on RedCafe. Everyone is a doom-monger.
Hope we finish the job on Thursday night, want to have one matchday where I can relax!
We should be aiming for 3rd. But watching our neutered attack led by our 80 mil wing wonders of Antony and Sancho is churning.
We lost 1 game at home in the league this season. And it's opening game. We don't look like crumbling at home if we're talking about getting 1 point
@Leftback99
Please reply in the thread and we are waiting for your acurate prediction
Please reply in the thread and we are waiting for your acurate prediction
Unnecessary context, I feel.
That’s the spirit.
We just scraped 6th last season and did feck all in the cups. It’s a big step up for us.
Stop stop stop. If we are not able to get 1 point from two home games against two teams who have nothing to play for, then we have anyway nothing to do in Champions League no matter how many new players we buy.
Type of neighbour you don’t want to live next to.
After our start to the season to finish in CL is a great achievement. Also fecking over pool who will be hurt financially by no CL is fecking great.
I stopped reading at the first word. I’m really curious to know what you said.
It’s really something that Spurs could be looking at a potential 9th place finish, behind the likes of Brentford, Brighton and Villa. Imagine predicting that at the start of the season.
A top four finish will be progress. It's not worth celebrating but should certainly be acknowledged.
How Kane still plays for them is a fecking joke. Why on earth did he sign that last contract?
It's done AFTER we are mathematically safe and not before. Remember the shame of 2012.
Even after the start, they had their best start in ages and we're still one of the favourites when Conte was sacked
Makes me sick watching Liverpool like. Didn’t have a clear chance and one mistake and they score. Not to mention 10 mins added on time hahaha must have got a World Cup referee in just incase.
But anyway, fight for top 4 is pretty much buried now but interesting to see who gets third.
But anyway, fight for top 4 is pretty much buried now but interesting to see who gets third.
It did feel a little mean-spirited, kicking you lot while you're down.Unnecessary context, I feel.
Damage was done before penultimate game during that season we actually won our last two games . I believe you can relax now .
Mental midgets? I wouldn't go that far. There was pressure on today, but we got it over the line. Give the players some credit.
Liverpool are amazingly wonderful and extremely good, you can’t count them out. They could easily get 6-7 more points in the remaining 1 game.
I probably should have quoted the post who said that the race for top 4 was far from over, but that is what I was referring to. It is over, or if not then there is something seriously wrong which cannot be solved by just buying more players. That is what I meant.
they are still in the title race
It means progress. It means ETH can bring in any player he wants, within budget. It's a big step in the right direction.
You’re fun I’d say
Hey Debbie
As I said we should be good from here. Shame Liverpool got the equaliser but if you told us they'd draw today and we would win then we'd have taken it so happy days.
He needs to sack his advisors. He didn't even get a fat contract.
Yeah, can't complain about Liverpool result even if they scored towards the end, them drawing is still brilliant result.
His adviser is his brother.
I feel we have it now. Chelsea are awful so we should get a point at least.
I say go full strenght vs Chelsea and rest tired key players like Casemiro, Bruno and Rashford final day if they need to rest and we have secured top 4.
I say go full strenght vs Chelsea and rest tired key players like Casemiro, Bruno and Rashford final day if they need to rest and we have secured top 4.
Where’s all the wet wipes that said we were going to bottle top 4 to Liverpool like it was factual?
In fairness, they still could mathematically