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rodders999 wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 7:58 pm
Limerick Gooner wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 7:56 pm
Bodo Glimt are a Conference League level side.

Bilbao would go out in the last 16 of any Europa League over the last decade.
A championship side would piss this competition. Rangers are 50 points off Celtic in a pub league and should have beaten Bilbao
Don't matter how you spin it. It won't show in the record books who was in the tournament it will however show one of those bastard teams are champions of Europe

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For some reason this feels worse than when spurs and scouse were in the final

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The Champions League has become harder to win and the Europa and Conference League have become easier to win. I get that it won’t matter to the c unts giving us a load of abuse but it’s a fact.

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Limerick Gooner wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 8:24 pm
The Champions League has become harder to win and the Europa and Conference League have become easier to win. I get that it won’t matter to the c unts giving us a load of abuse but it’s a fact.
With 36 clubs now qualifying for the champions league and nobody dropping down you’re left with the absolute dregs of Europe in this shit.

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rodders999 wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 8:29 pm
Limerick Gooner wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 8:24 pm
The Champions League has become harder to win and the Europa and Conference League have become easier to win. I get that it won’t matter to the c unts giving us a load of abuse but it’s a fact.
With 36 clubs now qualifying for the champions league and nobody dropping down you’re left with the absolute dregs of Europe in this shit.
And 6 of those 36 will be English clubs.

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A club called Viking are currently top of the Norwegian league. Bodo are 4th.

What the actual fuck.

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I think you might find a few clubs who have missed out on qualifying for the Champions League next season raising their concerns with UEFA over how finishing 17th in a league can get you into the competition for the following season. If you finish 4th in the Netherlands, 5th in Italy or Germany, you don't qualify yet, we have this pathetic situation happening. It's beyond a joke. All part of UEFA's plan though and we'll soon have the winner of the Europa LDV Vans getting in too.

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Come to think of it now, the cynic in me thinks this might be part of UEFA's plan to create a second tier of the Champions League up the line with places 5-7 in a league plus the winners of the Europa Carabao Cup going in there.
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rodders999 wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 8:32 pm
A club called Viking are currently top of the Norwegian league. Bodo are 4th.

What the actual fuck.
Think they only played 2 games though, and some bloke called odergaard is top scorer

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Perryashburtongroves wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 8:33 pm
I think you might find a few clubs who have missed out on qualifying for the Champions League next season raising their concerns with UEFA over how finishing 17th in a league can get you into the competition for the following season. If you finish 4th in the Netherlands, 5th in Italy or Germany, you don't qualify yet, we have this pathetic situation happening. It's beyond a joke. All part of UEFA's plan though and we'll soon have the winner of the Europa LDV Vans getting in too.
It’s an absolute joke that the winners of this shit get a CL spot but the reason UEFA had to do it is because with this competition jam packed with pubbers clubs wouldn’t take it seriously and just throw out the stiffs.

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With Forest losing I reckon that is us in the top 5 when you must assume we win away at Southampton on the last day. Don’t see us doing anything against Bournemouth, Scousers or Newcastle.

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The goat herders scored, sums it up.

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rodders999 wrote:
Thu May 01, 2025 8:53 pm
The goat herders scored, sums it up.
And can here a pin drop in spurs stadium....bet you won't get fat scouse Rooney saying fans let the club down

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It has looked odds on for months that one of these two shithouse clubs would win this sham of a competition. No doubt the chavs will win the European Autoglass Trophy too.

I'm afraid that Linighan is bang on....how ever you try to spin it, two of those three will have a trophy and we'll be potless again and be laughing-stocks.

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It’s a crazy situation now where it is easier to get into the Champions League via the Europa League, rather than via the Premier League.

Imagine how Forest fans will feel if they miss out and Spurs get in!

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