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LeGinge (Northern Branch) wrote:Edit by Chippy. I split this form another thread as it is a topic that will get a lot of air time over the next few days.
Rosie_titters wrote:If Chelsea win the cup - i'd rather give up 3rd and 4th place -
What happens if Chelsea win the CL cup and finish 5th? Does 4th place not get a spot in the CL? If so does 3rd place still get automatic CL qualification or do they have to play in the qualifying round?
Cheers chippy! How strange, usually the mods throw my threads into the basement - now they're creating them on my behalf
By all accounts the scum have a piss easy run of fixtures for their last 4 games - yes I know that they have totally gone off the rails of late but the simple fact is that one point from our last 2 games has left the door open for them and will give them belief that they can still get top 4
The barcodes on the other hand have a tough run in with 3 away fixtures (inc chavs) and their only home game is against citeeh who, with a bit of luck, could be top of the league when that game kicks off
I agree augie.
I still think that Spurs will reach the top 4.
Chelsea dropping further points has helped them. It is unlikely that they will win all remaining games though - I cant see them winning at Bolton
I disagree that the Spurs run in is easier than ours.... At this time of the season the easier games are against teams in mid table security with nothing to play for, not teams in a relegation fight. With that in mind I think our run is probably easier than Spurs and the six point buffer with one more game played should be enough for us to finish above them and also as the top London club. Who here wouldn’t have been over the moon with that in October?
I hope we are in the champs league next year, while the group games are generally dire the knock games often provide some of the best memories of the season. Even this year’s 2nd leg against AC will prob rate as my 4th/5th fav game at the Grove this year (behind Spuds n City/Newcastle in the league n Leeds in the Cup).
some good points. certainly I think it is preferable for us to be visiting Stoke right now than Bolton which is what Spurs have to do.
and yes it is great to be in the Champions League. what sometimes needs to be recognised is that it is very very difficult to actually win this - but to compete as we have done over the past 15 years is remarkable.
I would rather go to games such as the Milan one this season than face Shamrock Rovers in the Europa league like our neighbours have to do.
some good points. certainly I think it is preferable for us to be visiting Stoke right now than Bolton which is what Spurs have to do.
and yes it is great to be in the Champions League. what sometimes needs to be recognised is that it is very very difficult to actually win this - but to compete as we have done over the past 15 years is remarkable.
I would rather go to games such as the Milan one this season than face Shamrock Rovers in the Europa league like our neighbours have to do.
You're not even worried about looking ridiculous when we finish 5th or 6th now are you ?
Stoke 2 Arsenal 0
Arsenal 1 Norwich 1 ("you must give credit to Norwich they defended very well" )
WBA 2 Arsenal 1
some good points. certainly I think it is preferable for us to be visiting Stoke right now than Bolton which is what Spurs have to do.
and yes it is great to be in the Champions League. what sometimes needs to be recognised is that it is very very difficult to actually win this - but to compete as we have done over the past 15 years is remarkable.
I would rather go to games such as the Milan one this season than face Shamrock Rovers in the Europa league like our neighbours have to do.
you remember stoke against us at their place right? dont fucking
matter if stoke were on holidays already, they'd
still be well up for it.
SinghaSong wrote:I disagree that the Spurs run in is easier than ours.... At this time of the season the easier games are against teams in mid table security with nothing to play for, not teams in a relegation fight. With that in mind I think our run is probably easier than Spurs and the six point buffer with one more game played should be enough for us to finish above them and also as the top London club. Who here wouldn’t have been over the moon with that in October?
I hope we are in the champs league next year, while the group games are generally dire the knock games often provide some of the best memories of the season. Even this year’s 2nd leg against AC will prob rate as my 4th/5th fav game at the Grove this year (behind Spuds n City/Newcastle in the league n Leeds in the Cup).
Oh I see what you mean, like er...oh yes Everton at home
Memo to Mods - rather than concentrating on eliminating foul language, could you please block any references to run-ins, predicting results etc etc
SinghaSong wrote:I disagree that the Spurs run in is easier than ours.... At this time of the season the easier games are against teams in mid table security with nothing to play for, not teams in a relegation fight. With that in mind I think our run is probably easier than Spurs and the six point buffer with one more game played should be enough for us to finish above them and also as the top London club. Who here wouldn’t have been over the moon with that in October?
I hope we are in the champs league next year, while the group games are generally dire the knock games often provide some of the best memories of the season. Even this year’s 2nd leg against AC will prob rate as my 4th/5th fav game at the Grove this year (behind Spuds n City/Newcastle in the league n Leeds in the Cup).
Oh I see what you mean, like er...oh yes Everton at home
Memo to Mods - rather than concentrating on eliminating foul language, could you please block any references to run-ins, predicting results etc etc
sorry but i have got to take issue with that - isnt that the point of this forum?
Red Member wrote:He is called Cuneyt Cakir. Is that a real name ?
apparently he likes giving out cards.
during the man city v Kiev europa legue match last season he sent off Balotelli and awarded 8 yellow cards.
what are the odds on a Chelsea player getting sent off?
I have been doing some more investigating.
I knew that there would be some kind of link between Cakir and Barcelona. The following is taken from when he was appointed by UEFA.
"UEFA have appointed Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir. The deputy chairman of UEFA's Referees Committee is Senes Erzik, also from Turkey. Senes Erzik has strong links to UNICEF, for whom he worked as a project manager. UNICEF has partnered Barcelona since 2006"
