Will we qualify for the CL?

[cdbearsfan]

I'm not sure. If they finish in a Conference League qualifying place and win the Conference League it opens up a spot in that competition it opens up a place in that competition, I think. Not sure about if they finish in a Europa spot.

[cdbearsfan]

Doesn't look like it opens up an extra Europa place. Roma won it in 2022 but Serie A still had two Europa spots.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Serie_A

[Somniloquism]

Read your first sentence three times and still don't understand it.

Do you mean if 5th is not a CL place? I think it was confirmed today it will be.

I meant that teams who normally have extra teams in the competition don't normally qualify for the extra place the following season. So IF 5th place gives CL spots AND we don't get in it this year, it might mean we don't get 5 spots in the CL the following season. Of course if the English teams going in there do well, or if we are not competing we might do better in the league next season so it could be a moot point.

[jwarry]

Ideally this weekend..

Ipswich v Forest ....Ipswich win
Man C v Brighton...Draw
Bournemouth v Brentford...Brentford win
Arsenal v Chelsea....Arsenal win

Almost the perfect weekend so far

[Demitri_C]

We need to forget  forest now they too far ahead we need to be targeting  4th and 5th.

Forest i think will have done incredibly well to get CL but they are not going to be able to cope with that and league thats for sure

[ChicagoLion]

We need to forget  forest now they too far ahead we need to be targeting  4th and 5th.

Forest i think will have done incredibly well to get CL but they are not going to be able to cope with that and league thats for sure

I am not sure, they have a very tricky run in and have been incredibly lucky with injuries.

[Meanwood Villa]

Read your first sentence three times and still don't understand it.

Do you mean if 5th is not a CL place? I think it was confirmed today it will be.

I meant that teams who normally have extra teams in the competition don't normally qualify for the extra place the following season. So IF 5th place gives CL spots AND we don't get in it this year, it might mean we don't get 5 spots in the CL the following season. Of course if the English teams going in there do well, or if we are not competing we might do better in the league next season so it could be a moot point.

I'm not sure if we can use the phrase "normally" when we are in the first season that it has happened. I note that Italy's points total is higher than Spain's overall but their coefficient is lower because of the division by 8 rather than 7. However, the flip side of this is that having 8 teams gives more opportunities for points to be gained. I'd file this concern under overthinking things, although I thank you for prompting me to think about it.

[brontebilly]

We need to forget  forest now they too far ahead we need to be targeting  4th and 5th.

Forest i think will have done incredibly well to get CL but they are not going to be able to cope with that and league thats for sure

Will struggle to hold onto likes of Gibbs-White in the summer.

[PeterWithesShin]

Twice in the last 8 seasons England didn't finish in the top 2. Both of those were the 2 seasons there were 8 teams in Europe.

[Meanwood Villa]

Twice in the last 8 seasons England didn't finish in the top 2. Both of those were the 2 seasons there were 8 teams in Europe.

When was the time other than last season?

[PeterWithesShin]

2015/16.

[paul_e]

15/16 was a funny season though with all of the top 6 in a slightly 'transitional' state.

This season has a similar feel.

[Demitri_C]

We need to forget  forest now they too far ahead we need to be targeting  4th and 5th.

Forest i think will have done incredibly well to get CL but they are not going to be able to cope with that and league thats for sure

I am not sure, they have a very tricky run in and have been incredibly lucky with injuries.

.i think the opposite.  They have a lot of midtable sides to play that dint really have much to play for. I think our run in is tougher than theirs

[PaulWinch again]

On the whole very useful results are his weekend.

[Meanwood Villa]

2015/16.

Thanks. That's the last nine seasons rather than the last eight but the point still stands, if not more so.