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

[JUAN PABLO]

https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co91/england-premier-league/standings-calculator/


Just  abit of saturday morning fun while the Villa get a rest


3rd  Manure 71
4th  Villa      69
5th   Liverpool 60
6th   chelsea   57



Spurs down  35 pts

I put Villa to do the  red scouse  and draw at 115

[OCD]

If that turned out to be true, we would only need 1 win and 1 draw for CL.

[PaulWinch again]

Not sure that’s correct.

[Baldy]

Thanks Juan Pablo, great fun. My guesses:

Arse 88
City* 85
Man U 70
Villa 66
L'Pool 61
Chel* 60
Everton 56

Spuds 34
W Ham 31
Wolves 22
Burnley 21

[aj2k77]

I think it will be close and we'll do it by 1 or 2 points.

[paul_e]

Not sure that’s correct.

Which bit? If you're replying to OCD then he's right, if Chelsea cap out at 57 points then 4 points for the rest of the season would be enough for us to get 5th.

57 points is about what I think they'll end up on as well because they have tough run-in.

[Mellin]

Last weekend was such a big deal. I didn't see it coming at all. Not so much our win, although the performance itself was a massive shot in the arm, but the rate at which everyone else dropped points. It's also becoming pretty clear that Liverpool and Chelsea, despite picking up form as we collapsed, have reverted back to the mean and probably aren't going to finish with any real consistency.

Really shifted the probability in our favour. So chuffed. I was raging after Old Trafford last season. It felt at the time like a massive opportunity missed and possibly terminal due to what it was destined to do to the summer. Emery and the players have done an incredible job considering the obvious shortcomings in the squad in a couple of positions. If we can get this over the line and get the next 2/3 windows right, we can really set ourselves for another phase. Think we need both though. Qualification and a batch of transfers similar to the two year run we had when the majority of the current squad was built.