We have qualified for the CL.

[cdbearsfan]

Having only two possible opponents also makes draws much more boring than they should be. It also makes it more dull knowing who you will play in each round. I would just do a new draw each round with the highest remaining teams seeded and the lowest remaining seeds not seeded. Pretty simple and makes it worth finishing, say, third rather than fourth as it could affect your seeding later on in the tournament.

Genuinely mental that anyone would be more excited by playing Man U than Real Madrid, Barcelona or even fairly recent opponents like Bayern Munich or Juventus, tbh.

[eric woolban woolban]

Back when it was a straight two legged knockout affair, in the 78-79 season defending champions Liverpool were knocked out of the first round by Nottingham Forest, who went onto win it that season.

[Flamingo Lane]

You'd hope that Everton will be fired up for the game v Chelsea this weekend, given the different nature of the punishments meted out to the two clubs by the PL. Everton have hardly turned their new home into a fortress though, as yet.

Dwight McNeill is as thick as pigshit so i doubt he could join the dots plus he wanted to move to Palace in January. I doubt the rest of them give a fuck, either.

I was thinking more that the Everton fans would get them up for it.

[Somniloquism]

Back when it was a straight two legged knockout affair, in the 78-79 season defending champions Liverpool were knocked out of the first round by Nottingham Forest, who went onto win it that season.

And even then, you were drawn out in brackets and knew your potential opponents all the way through to the final. I suspect UEFA do it like that partly because I think the charter calls for club representatives to be present at the draws and especially back in the day, travel was limited and expensive.

[cdbearsfan]

Back when it was a straight two legged knockout affair, in the 78-79 season defending champions Liverpool were knocked out of the first round by Nottingham Forest, who went onto win it that season.

That was rubbish, too. Forest could have won the league and then been knocked out of Europe without ever leaving England. Nonsense.

[PeterWithesShin]

Fri
Bournemouth v ManU

Sat
BHA v Liverpool
Everton v Chelsea
Leeds v Brentford

Sun
Villa v WHU

[Duncan Shaw]

Wouldn't 4 home wins be nice!!

[Somniloquism]

One of the few times we know what we need to do playing after everyone else. Downside is it might put even more pressure on us to get a win.

[Percy McCarthy]

Wouldn't 4 home wins be nice!!

5 would be nicer.

[Brazilian Villain]

Wouldn't 4 home wins be nice!!

5 would be nicer.

Yes, 5 home wins would be ideal.

[PaulWinch again]

Opportunity knocks again - win the game tomorrow Villa

[Ianu]

Everything is going our way. If we can’t make it either via Europa or the league, it’s on us. Nobody else. Nothing to do with VAR, PSR, big six bias.

Let’s get it on. The time is now.

[Rudy65]

Everything is going our way. If we can’t make it either via Europa or the league, it’s on us. Nobody else. Nothing to do with VAR, PSR, big six bias.

Let’s get it on. The time is now.

spot on

[PeterWithesShin]

Everton putting themselves into the convo.

[cdbearsfan]

I could live with Villa and Everton qualifying at the expense of Liverpool and Chelsea.