Chelsea 5-0 West Ham

[Thor 2,392]

3 minutes ago, DH1988 said:

Even if we win the final games, I honestly see it as papering over the cracks we've been aware of all season from Poch. Whilst I agree a manager needs time, we have had time after time to prove methods are sinking in and unfortunately an end of season run with nothing at stake beyond a possible self reporting breach of FFP if we qualify for a Europe competition.

I'm okay with us becoming flat track bullies at the end. 

This is actually the shit we have struggled with this season. Seeing this coming together is promising. 

[dreamcfc 182]

Cucurella in that midfield role man he's so good ahah

[bluesman2610 1,341]

5 minutes ago, DH1988 said:

Even if we win the final games, I honestly see it as papering over the cracks we've been aware of all season from Poch. Whilst I agree a manager needs time, we have had time after time to prove methods are sinking in and unfortunately an end of season run with nothing at stake beyond a possible self reporting breach of FFP if we qualify for a Europe competition.

Disagree this shows this team is capable of and if we can carry this style and form into next season we could be battling for top 4 next year and other silverware 

[Thor 2,392]

Do we get into any comps for coming 6th? Any point fighting for it? 

[Mhsc 876]

Just now, Thor said:

Do we get into any comps for coming 6th? Any point fighting for it? 

Europa League?

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1 minute ago, dreamcfc said:

Cucurella in that midfield role man he's so good ahah

all credit due to Poch for the tinker

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Just now, Thor said:

Do we get into any comps for coming 6th? Any point fighting for it? 

Europa League

and 6th is better mentally than 5th, as we would be raging that the EPL teams cocked up the 5th CL slot

[Mhsc 876]

I think it will only be Europa if City beat Utd in the FA Cup final, but still, it would give us a real shot at it.

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[Mhsc 876]

NJ's all round game is fantastic these days. Top player.

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10 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

I think it will only be Europa if City beat Utd in the FA Cup final, but still, it would give us a real shot at it.

yes, I did not fully explain my short answer, and left some things out

 

Europa League
There are two Europa League places up for grabs. One belongs to the highest-placed finisher not in the Champions League, which will almost certainly now mean fifth place. Of course, a league finish that appeared set to earn a Champions League place but now won’t can only be occupied by Tottenham and that is currently very correctly the case.

The other Europa spot goes to the winners of the FA Cup. If that’s Manchester City, then that spot instead goes to whoever is sixth in the league. If Man United win the cup, it’s slightly messier but they would take the second Europa League spot regardless of their final league position. Were they to finish outside the top six and win the cup, then sixth place would mean a spot in the…

Europa Conference League
As well as all the fizzy pop they can drink, the Carabao Cup winners also receive a place in the play-off stages for the Europa Conference League. Liverpool are in the Champions League and thus will not need the spot they secured after beating Chelsea, so it will revert to the highest-placed finisher not otherwise in Europe. 

That place went to Aston Villa this season and they vanquished Hibernian in the play-off stages to reach the Conference League group stages, from which they advanced comfortably into the knockouts and now the semi-finals.

Should they follow West Ham in winning that competition this season, they will qualify for the Europa League. It is vanishingly unlikely they will need that spot given they are looking good in fourth. The Premier League would only get an extra Europa League spot if Villa win the Conference League and finish outside European qualification via the league, which can’t happen.

Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool have now guaranteed their Champions League spots. Aston Villa are guaranteed at least Europa League football.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

Honestly I don't see where Enzo even slots into this team.

[nyikolajevics 2,577]

I know I always complain but amazing how Mudryk again manages to survive the game without goal or assist..

[TheHulk 1,858]

2 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

Honestly I don't see where Enzo even slots into this team.

Once he is over his hernia and we sack Poch, he will look like a total different player.

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4 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

Honestly I don't see where Enzo even slots into this team.

been thinking that for the past few games

that  £107m sure as fuck would be nice to have to buy 2 solid AF CBs (no clue about our CF plans)

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lol

Bowen hits the bar for the THIRD time today

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

He's onside

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going into Darwin (4 times hit the bar v us) territory