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Author Topic: We have qualified for the CL.  (Read 468143 times)

Offline TaxDodger

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4935 on: May 09, 2026, 07:28:54 PM »
Lose tomorrow and I’ll be concerned. Even a draw and we’ll almost certainly be fine.

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4936 on: May 09, 2026, 07:31:39 PM »
Yes, we will

Offline eamonn

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4937 on: May 09, 2026, 07:42:14 PM »
Really hope we don't throw the Liverpool game. We've been ahead of them for so much of the season, would be a real shame not to finish 4th this season.

And I don't want any jeopardy with Bournemouth coming up on the rails.

Online PaulWinch again

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4938 on: May 09, 2026, 07:43:05 PM »
Really hope we don't throw the Liverpool game. We've been ahead of them for so much of the season, would be a real shame not to finish 4th this season.

And I don't want any jeopardy with Bournemouth coming up on the rails.

We need to win tomorrow and then I suspect it’ll be pretty comfortable.

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4939 on: May 09, 2026, 08:07:29 PM »
A big win for us tomorrow and it’s done. No way Bournemouth are winning both and bridging the GD gap.

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4940 on: May 09, 2026, 08:12:34 PM »
A big win for us tomorrow and it’s done. No way Bournemouth are winning both and bridging the GD gap.

If it comes down to goal difference unless we like 10-0 tomorrow I think we’ll miss out. Because they’ll have two games improving goal difference and we’ll have two detrimental to goal difference.

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4941 on: May 09, 2026, 08:23:18 PM »
A big win for us tomorrow and it’s done. No way Bournemouth are winning both and bridging the GD gap.

If it comes down to goal difference unless we like 10-0 tomorrow I think we’ll miss out. Because they’ll have two games improving goal difference and we’ll have two detrimental to goal difference.

Man City will beat them. It will all be fine.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4942 on: May 09, 2026, 08:25:34 PM »
If we win tomorrow, aren't we in a 1982 Germanic friendly draw territory when we play Liverpool?

Offline Behind Bluenose Lines

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4943 on: May 09, 2026, 08:37:33 PM »
And then there were two.
Win tomorrow and we'll definitely see off Brighton: we'd be on 61 points and they can't catch us then.

Offline Mellin

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4944 on: May 09, 2026, 09:43:58 PM »
If we win tomorrow, aren't we in a 1982 Germanic friendly draw territory when we play Liverpool?

Think Liverpool had to beat Chelsea though for that. You'd take our position over theirs all day long. Point behind. Game in hand against the bottom three. Home advantage when we play them.

Wasn't there a Sweden/Denmark 2-2, which had to be 2-2, to knock out Italy(?) in...erm, Euro 2004?

Offline Mellin

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4945 on: May 09, 2026, 09:54:23 PM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/3787527.stm

Yep. Noted that Aston Villa player Olof Mellberg hit the post of Aston Villa player Thomas Sorensen's goal, whilst Aston Villa players Marcus Allback and Martin Laursen watched on. Love a good Scandi don't we.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4946 on: May 09, 2026, 09:55:57 PM »
I think so. Basically, I'm all over that if it's possible and I'll throw in a romp of open-minded otters if it gets the deal done.

Offline Mellin

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4947 on: May 09, 2026, 09:59:30 PM »
A draw would mean they finish above Brighton, so if we can provide guarantees we'll win the Europa League, they should play ball.

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4948 on: May 09, 2026, 10:00:58 PM »
It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we could qualify twice in two days.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Will we qualify for the CL?
« Reply #4949 on: May 09, 2026, 10:01:14 PM »
A draw would mean they finish above Brighton, so if we can provide guarantees we'll win the Europa League, they should play ball.

Did you mention the otters? I know for a fact Szoboszlai's into that.

 


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