Europa League 2025-26

[AV82EC]

Full points from 2 of our more difficult games. Wins against Go Ahead Eagles and Maccabi Tel Aviv would put us in a strong position to finish top 8.

In theory our two toughest games are now the last two. Do enough in the next four and we could rest players at the end, especially as one is our furthest away trip.

Be nice to be in a position to “play the kids” when it comes to the last two games but I’d quite like us to go and stuff one right up Fenerbache in that atmosphere.

[Somniloquism]

We would have just come off the busy Xmas period and away to Newcastle the following match. If we happen to be on 18 points then I would prefer the resting. Obviously different players and teams but unlike the CL where 16 points scraped through auto-qualifying, 14 +GD was enough for most.

[Somniloquism]

After the second round of matches, England are 2nd in the 5th place coefficient, just behind Portugal and between 0.6 and 1.5 points ahead of our normal rivals.

[Dave]

After the second round of matches, England are 2nd in the 5th place coefficient, just behind Portugal and between 0.6 and 1.5 points ahead of our normal rivals.

Still feels like if we're going to be in next season's Champions League it'll come via the Europa League, so I think this season I'm comfortable going back to hoping all the English teams but us get funeralled in every game they play.

[cdbearsfan]

Though it isn't beyond the realms of possibility that we qualify for Europa or Conference League by league position, in which case England getting an extra Champions League place would help as it moves the other qualifying spots one place down.

I'm with you, though, for now. Don't really mind Palace doing okay or even Forest if we are knocked out. The rest can fuck off, though. Liverpool, Man City or Chelsea adding another European Cup would be bad enough but the thought of Arsenal, Newcastle or, *vomits*, Tottenham joining our club would be beyond repulsive.

[LeeB]

FT: Feyenoord 0-2 Aston Villa

Since they returned to major European competition in 2023-24, only Real Madrid (19), Paris St-Germain (18) and Bayern Munich (17) have won more games in those competitions than Aston Villa (16): six in the Conference League, eight in the Champions League and two in the Europa League.

I think we can now consider ourselves 'crack European opposition', which is nice.

[Somniloquism]

After the second round of matches, England are 2nd in the 5th place coefficient, just behind Portugal and between 0.6 and 1.5 points ahead of our normal rivals.

Still feels like if we're going to be in next season's Champions League it'll come via the Europa League, so I think this season I'm comfortable going back to hoping all the English teams but us get funeralled in every game they play.

I agree with you and CD, but just posting for coefficients for info really. It could well be 6 English teams in the CL next year.

[Drummond]

Though it isn't beyond the realms of possibility that we qualify for Europa or Conference League by league position, in which case England getting an extra Champions League place would help as it moves the other qualifying spots one place down.

I'm with you, though, for now. Don't really mind Palace doing okay or even Forest if we are knocked out. The rest can fuck off, though. Liverpool, Man City or Chelsea adding another European Cup would be bad enough but the thought of Arsenal, Newcastle or, *vomits*, Tottenham joining our club would be beyond repulsive.

I laugh and enjoy them losing when I'm focusing on specifics, see Forest and Ange last night, but overall I'd be quite happy for our teams to get to the late rounds in all comps, get the coefficient up and then all lose the important games.

[cdbearsfan]

It's a gamble, though. If they all get to the latter stages then they're quite likely to win trophies.

[Dave]

It's a gamble, though. If they all get to the latter stages then they're quite likely to win trophies.

And even if they don't, to get to the latter stages they're inevitably going to have their fair share of "famous European nights at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium / St James' Park", and nobody wants to see that.

Safer for them all to just all end up broken and humiliated, and Bodo Glimt finish top of the league.

[Drummond]

Good points. I accept I was wrong. Fuck 'em all.

[Demitri_C]

As long as spurs and Newcastle  go out in group phase im happy. With newcastle especially  they will be in massive trouble next year without CL

[ADVILLAFAN]

Last season, 15 points was a top 8 finish (one team got in with 14 points). So 3 wins from our remaining 6.

Kinda hoping we may be able to rest players in the later League phase games.

[dorsetvillian]

Is it correct that if we finish 1st or 2nd we get second leg home games through to the semis?

[Flamingo Lane]

As we are now hoping to compete with the likes of Newcastle, Spurs and Chelsea in the PL, and perhaps the FA Cup as well, I'd have thought it in our interests for them to remain in the CL for as long as possible.