Aston Villa v Olympiacos - UECL Semi Final First Leg Pre Match

[Somniloquism]

its the 6th most important competition we play in.

I would put it joint 3rd with the League Cup although I'm not sure what other two you are putting ahead to come to 6th. You can't mean the other Euro competition as we can only play in one a season now.

[Somniloquism]

Is it only me that really enjoyed winning the Intertoto?

Not saying it was our greatest achievement, but it wasn't the Peace Cup either.

Anyways the Conference League is a proper competition. If we win it we will have faced Ajax, Lille, Olympiakos and we should be proud of it.

It got us into that season Europa so yes, winning it was fun.

You can also add one of Brugge or Fiorentina in the final as well as big teams if we win it.

[Brazilian Villain]

its the 6th most important competition we play in.

I would put it joint 3rd with the League Cup although I'm not sure what other two you are putting ahead to come to 6th. You can't mean the other Euro competition as we can only play in one a season now.

Maybe he's including the FA Youth Cup and Birmingham Senior Cup, and thinks beating Racing Club Warwick will be a bigger deal than winning a European trophy in Athens.

[Lsvilla]

Surely it's on a par with the FA Cup as the prize for winning it is the same.

[coreyfeldman]

It's on par with finding 2 quid in the car or doing a very long wee.

[Dogtanian]

It's on par with finding 2 quid in the car or doing a very long wee.

I do embarrassingly long wees, I’m happy to trade one in if it would translate to some sort of on-field success.

That’s right, I’m a selfless bastard.

[ChicagoLion]

its the 6th most important competition we play in.

I would put it joint 3rd with the League Cup although I'm not sure what other two you are putting ahead to come to 6th. You can't mean the other Euro competition as we can only play in one a season now.

Maybe he's including the FA Youth Cup and Birmingham Senior Cup, and thinks beating Racing Club Warwick will be a bigger deal than winning a European trophy in Athens.

Steady on I have played against Warwick.

My preference
Champions League
Premier League
FA Cup
Europa League
League Cup
Conference  League.

[Drummond]

its the 6th most important competition we play in.

I would put it joint 3rd with the League Cup although I'm not sure what other two you are putting ahead to come to 6th. You can't mean the other Euro competition as we can only play in one a season now.

Maybe he's including the FA Youth Cup and Birmingham Senior Cup, and thinks beating Racing Club Warwick will be a bigger deal than winning a European trophy in Athens.

Steady on I have played against Warwick.

My preference
Champions League
Premier League
FA Cup
Europa League
League Cup
Conference  League.

That's a reasonable list and there won't be many differing greatly I'd have thought. The FA Cup is the holy grail for some, the Premier League over Champions League for others, but what it doesn't do is take anything away from each competition. Win one and you're ahead of a club that wins nothing.

What would be interesting/contentious would be how 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Premier League would fare in that list.

[Risso]

Well you obviously can't play in all of the 6 competitions at once, so that's a bit daft. I'd put the Conference League ahead of the League Cup, and probably on a par with with the FA Cup. Given how we've treated the competitions, I'd guess Emery ranks it slightly ahead of both of them. Also, being in the Conference League means you've done quite well to qualify for it; you get entered into the domestic cups automatically.

[claret+blue ed]

I can't believe that it seems people don't see it as important to try to win our first trophy since 1996

Any European Competition, whatever they are called are a big deal to me

[VillaTim]

Surely it's on a par with the FA Cup as the prize for winning it is the same.

I know the FA Cup has been devalued down the years but for me the Conference isn't anywhere near it . It's 4th in the pecking order after the League Cup .

[ChicagoLion]

Well you obviously can't play in all of the 6 competitions at once, so that's a bit daft. I'd put the Conference League ahead of the League Cup, and probably on a par with with the FA Cup. Given how we've treated the competitions, I'd guess Emery ranks it slightly ahead of both of them. Also, being in the Conference League means you've done quite well to qualify for it; you get entered into the domestic cups automatically.

But they are all competitions we could play in and would feature in most clubs lists of trophy's.
So not daft at all.

[PeterWithesShin]

We rightly look down on fans of the Sky clubs that don't stay to watch their side lift a trophy, and they've won loads recently. We've won fuck all for nearly 30 years, and not a fat lot for a century, and some are acting with a similar distain. I really don't get it.

[Pat Mustard]

I thought the reason lots of people were prioritising 4th place over the Conference League was the financial reward on offer?  If so then the Conference League is far more important than either the FA or League Cups, as we will have earned 9 or 10 times as much from it as we would have from either of those.

[VillaTim]

I thought the reason lots of people were prioritising 4th place over the Conference League was the financial reward on offer?  If so then the Conference League is far more important than either the FA or League Cups, as we will have earned 9 or 10 times as much from it as we would have from either of those.

The Champions League is a game changer in terms of sponsors deals etc .
None of the others are  .