Will we qualify for the CL?

[Dave]

Perry article in the Telegraph about us being in pole position again for the CL.

https://archive.ph/MI6ch

[brontebilly]

Perry article in the Telegraph about us being in pole position again for the CL.

International break possibly coming at wrong time after momentum of past week. McGinn coming back with an injury would be a disaster.

[LeeS]

Perry article in the Telegraph about us being in pole position again for the CL.

International break possibly coming at wrong time after momentum of past week. McGinn coming back with an injury would be a disaster.

At least most of our players are only playing in friendlies. I think the break overall is positive. Give several players a well earned rest before the big push.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Perry article in the Telegraph about us being in pole position again for the CL.

International break possibly coming at wrong time after momentum of past week. McGinn coming back with an injury would be a disaster.

You can spin this both ways, the likes of Chelsea going in on the back of downwards momentum have 2-3 weeks to stew on their recent shitness.

[john e]

The way I look at it is there’s 3 spots up for grabs and 4 teams going for them

If you take the starting 11s of all 4 teams I think we’re OK,
 if you take the squad depths of all 4 teams we’re the weakest, mainly because the other three have spent hundreds of millions and we’ve spent fuck all

But we have by far the best manager of any of those four teams, in fact, the other three managers are under pressure to even be in their current positions next season
So for me that makes up for it and swings it in our direction

[eamonn]

Chelsea have enough quality players for at least two teams so I’m not going to lament their lack of rest over the summer, but hay, they’re world club champions aren’t they. So it’s all been worth knackering your players for the season ahead at what is no more than a friendly tournament makes it all worthwhile. Mugs!

The £100m-ish in prize money probably helped them a lot though but yeah, the competition is clearly bullshit.

Christ, was it that much? Similar to a CL campaign.

[paul_e]

Chelsea have enough quality players for at least two teams so I’m not going to lament their lack of rest over the summer, but hay, they’re world club champions aren’t they. So it’s all been worth knackering your players for the season ahead at what is no more than a friendly tournament makes it all worthwhile. Mugs!

The £100m-ish in prize money probably helped them a lot though but yeah, the competition is clearly bullshit.

Christ, was it that much? Similar to a CL campaign.

Yep, it was obscene - https://www.si.com/soccer/2025-club-world-cup-prize-money-full-list-earnings-every-team