UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[SoccerHQ]

Shame Spurs cheated their way to victory yesterday. They still have to go to Anfield and would've probably lost 5-2 with that second half Arsenal had to withstand and been very vulnerable to being caught by us.

For now they have a buffer and have Bournemouth at home next so will probably extend the points over us.

We just need to finish above Brighton now. If we do we make europa conference league at worst.

[ChicagoLion]

Could do with Liverpool losing today. Their run in looks fairly easy after today. Us and Tottenham are their hardest fixtures on paper.

Just checked their fixtures myself. Seems unlikely we'll be able to hold them off unless we're close to perfect

We have a very tough run in, in comparison.

[Toronto Villa]

None of those teams will be wanting to face us.

[Lsvilla]

Results have by and large gone our way over the last couple of weeks. Combined with no-one wanting to play us - and just like the relegation battle where there are quite a few teams involved so they play each other a lot and can't all get points every week - I think we have a big chance. Our recent run has meant we've gone from needing to beat direct challengers to making sure we don't lose to them. Wins we get will be invaluable and decisive. Bring it on !!

[TelfordVilla]

The recent Bournemouth 1 Liverpool 0 result shows that even what looks like an easy schedule can be anything but

[Nunkin1965]

I don't think it matters who Villa play at the moment.
We know Emery will set us up with a chance of winning games.
That may or may not happen but any of those top sides certainly won't want to play us that's for sure!

[Smithy]

We are capable of beating every team we play from now until the end of the season, Liverpool included.  Will we? Obviously not.  Our form will not remain at its current ridiculously high level to the end of the season, it's almost impossible.  The important thing, as others have said, is that no one will look forward to playing us and we should win more than we lose.

[OCD]

Just finishing in the top half would have been viewed as a success so anything over that is a bonus. Talk of catching Spurs is certainly fanciful. It's an amazing run but we're regularly playing better opposition from now. We've certainly made the most of a run of fixtures against lower placed teams, and it's something we've got to do more of in future. Gerrard might not have lost his job if we had done better out of a similar run of games. Luckily for us, he didn't.

[algy]

Just finishing in the top half would have been viewed as a success so anything over that is a bonus. Talk of catching Spurs is certainly fanciful. It's an amazing run but we're regularly playing better opposition from now. We've certainly made the most of a run of fixtures against lower placed teams, and it's something we've got to do more of in future. Gerrard might not have lost his job if we had done better out of a similar run of games. Luckily for us, he didn't.

I think it'll be difficult to catch Spurs, but not fanciful. We still have to play them - win there and there's 3pts difference between us (well, 4pts given their goal difference and ours).

It's in the upper reaches of what we could realistically achieve, but I don't think it's completely beyond all possibility that we beat them and win a couple of games which they end up drawing. That's a good/bad run, not a miracle.

[eamonn]

I think we're a better team than Spurs, had Emery started level with them, we would be leaving them for dust.

[nigel]

Realistically we are looking at the uefa conference competition as our gateway to Europe.
It would be a bad thing as it would give us a better chance of qualifying.
Not sure but it seems to be 3 qualifying rounds and a playoff round before the groups

[Meanwood Villa]

Realistically we are looking at the uefa conference competition as our gateway to Europe.
It would be a bad thing as it would give us a better chance of qualifying.
Not sure but it seems to be 3 qualifying rounds and a playoff round before the groups

English team enter in play off round

[nigel]

Realistically we are looking at the uefa conference competition as our gateway to Europe.
It would be a bad thing as it would give us a better chance of qualifying.
Not sure but it seems to be 3 qualifying rounds and a playoff round before the groups

English team enter in play off round

Thanks, bud 👍

[ez]

I need to swat up on European qualification places as it's been that long since we were contenders.

[AV82EC]

I need to swat up on European qualification places as it's been that long since we were contenders.

Just read back through the thread and pay attention to algy’s posts. Your brain may need resetting afterwards but it’s all there.