Will we qualify for the CL?

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I'd have fancied us to win it this year with the shite in it.

It certainly helps that CL teams no longer drop down into it.

[Beard82]

I'd have fancied us to win it this year with the shite in it.

It certainly helps that CL teams no longer drop down into it.

Pretty certain we could be in a final against an under 11s side and still not win any silverware.

[Brazilian Villain]

I want Champions League, but wouldn’t mind Europa.

I'd be happy with Europa League as long as we win the F......

[Drummond]

We've a stronger squad now than we had a year ago, and it will hopefully be stronger still next. We will win something.

[Brazilian Villain]

We've a stronger squad now than we had a year ago, and it will hopefully be stronger still next. We will win something.

Yeah, remember it took Klopp 3.5 years to win his first trophy with Liverpool, and 4.5 years to win his first domestic trophy.

[eamonn]

If it's to be the Europa League at least we might win it. It's the Don's specialist competition, we're not winning the CL while the Conference is Blose once you've been in it and then moved-up two levels.

[Percy McCarthy]

Obviously I’d choose them in order of prestige - CL, EL then Conference. And I’d definitely prefer the Conference to no European football at all. Pretty sure we’d end our trophy drought and me and the kids would be able to get tickets.

[Dick Edwards]

Only two years ago we were thrilled at the prospect of qualifying for the Conference League. Our ambitions have been raised after our CL adventures this season but if we make a Europa League spot it'll still be a significant achievement.

[Meanwood Villa]

We've a stronger squad now than we had a year ago, and it will hopefully be stronger still next. We will win something.

I wish I had your optimism. It's not like we all get a turn.

[Drummond]

We've a stronger squad now than we had a year ago, and it will hopefully be stronger still next. We will win something.

I wish I had your optimism. It's not like we all get a turn.

Clubs with great managers, players, infrastructure and teams do.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Have we really gone from being desperate for any kind of European football two years ago to now turning our noses up at anything that isn’t the champions league?

Personally I’d rather win a trophy before I’d start dismissing any competitions.

[Meanwood Villa]

I get that this is your coping mechanism but it ain't necessarily so. Given how few teams win honours these days it's not too controversial to posit that we may not. Truth of the matter is that no one knows, so it can't be stated as fact either way.

[Meanwood Villa]

I was replying to Drummond, to be clear.

[cdbearsfan]

We've a stronger squad now than we had a year ago, and it will hopefully be stronger still next. We will win something.

I wish I had your optimism. It's not like we all get a turn.

Clubs with great managers, players, infrastructure and teams do.

Loads of decent teams have won fuck all. Newcastle in the 90s, Tottenham 2010s, Villa early 1930s, off the top of my head. We are much less likely than Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Man U to win a trophy next season, as is pretty much always the case.

[Drummond]

Yes we're less likely to, but our turn will come.

It's not a coping strategy, it's a fundamental belief. These owners and this manager don't fail.