Will we qualify for the CL?

[andyh]

I'm not sure I can watch on Sunday. I might just wait to see the final scores rather than go through the stress of watching us lead at Old Trafford, then throw it away, while all the other results go for us!

I remember having to escape the TV for the last 20 mins of the West Ham relegation game....I couldn't stand it, so just had to get outside and away from all updates.
it was bloody horrible.
     

[AV82EC]

I don’t know why there is confusion about the Conf League place as it’s Newcastle’s currently as the League Cup Winners unless they qualify for a higher competition in which case it gets given to the League. Whether Chelsea win the Conf League seems neither here nor there to that equation. Unless there is some obscure UEFA competition regualtion that forbids this?

Newcastle secured at least Conference League football when they won the League Cup. However, should they finish in the top six, they would qualify for the Champions League or Europa League and the League Cup holder's Conference League place would not be used, instead it would pass to the seventh placed team.

The Conference League winners qualify for the following year's Europa League, unless they have otherwise qualified for the Champions League.

So, if Chelsea finish seventh and win the Conference League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams would all qualify for the Europa League.

The discussion is what happens to England's Conference League spot in those circumstances. Does England lose it, or does it pass to the eighth placed team? The suggestion now seems to be that the latter is the case.

Which is what I’d thought all along but someone, somewhere seems to have cast doubt on this hence the confusion. Why would England lose its Conf League place just because Chelsea won it and qualified for another competition? That makes no sense to me, just because a country wins a competition and qualifies for a higher competition should not mean we lose any places all it should mean is we’ve qualified for more teams by winning UEFA competitions which is as it should be, ie 6 teams in the ECL next season 2 or 3 in the EL and one in the UCL.

[VillaTim]

I'm not sure I can watch on Sunday. I might just wait to see the final scores rather than go through the stress of watching us lead at Old Trafford, then throw it away, while all the other results go for us!

I remember having to escape the TV for the last 20 mins of the West Ham relegation game....I couldn't stand it, so just had to get outside and away from all updates.
it was bloody horrible.
     

after they equalised , those were the longest minutes ever since the Derby final when they pulled the gosl back

[Somniloquism]

The discussion is what happens to England's Conference League spot in those circumstances. Does England lose it, or does it pass to the eighth placed team? The suggestion now seems to be that the latter is the case.

Some seem to think it matters where Chelsea finishes. It is either in 6th place, the 7th place is Europa but we don't put anyone in the Conference, but if it is 7th, Chelsea finishes in Europa but the Conference drops a place. Or vice versa.

TBH I have no idea as I can't find anything directly on UEFA to confirm, only what other organisations are stating and most of those thought we could register 4 or 5 players in Jan for Europe.

[cdbearsfan]

Is it better if ManUre win the EL for us?

No. We want a poisonous atmosphere and the players playing to get the manager sacked.

[edgysatsuma89]

It'll be a real shame if Cunha isn't playing in the CL, also.

[ChicagoLion]

Is it better if ManUre win the EL for us?

No. We want a poisonous atmosphere and the players playing to get the manager sacked.

Absolutely.

[PaulWinch again]

They’ll either feel crushed or be on the beach. We’ve got a terrible record against them, but if we don’t beat them we should be pretty embarrassed. They lost at home to West Ham - West Ham.

[VillaTim]

they always turn up against us , its the law .

[PaulWinch again]

Not the last few, the draws and defeats are all about us and not doing what we needed to.

[dorsetvillian]

We have a better team and manager. We are bang in form. They are poor particularly at home. So I'm going up to old Traffird expecting a Villa win..UTV

[Dave]

Is it better if ManUre win the EL for us?

No. We want a poisonous atmosphere and the players playing to get the manager sacked.

Absolutely.

Yeah, the Old Trafford tourists are going to turn the place into a cauldron of hatred in between their selfies, while their players act in a way that footballers don't behave.

In the real world, we'll be better off with a bunch of players who are still a bit hung-over and pleased that their season ended a few days earlier and they don't have to think about it anymore.

Like ours were on the last day of last season.

[cdbearsfan]

It's not the same when you're at home. If we'd played our last game of the season at home last year, we would have carried that euphoria forward and twatted anyone.

[Dogtanian]

To be honest, it would have been awesome if these last two fixtures had fallen the opposite way round.

[DB]

Is it better if ManUre win the EL for us?

No. We want a poisonous atmosphere and the players playing to get the manager sacked.

Absolutely.

Or they win celebrate like mad and are in a right state when they play us.