Europa League?

[bignev23]

3rd biggest trophy we could possibly win.1st prem,2nd champs league,3rd europa,4th fa cup,5th coc.I would fackin love it if we won it. I know i was gutted when the shiote won it against alaves and didn`t think they where gobshiotes for celebrating it either.

 

[MartSlinger]

Its a European Trophy. Alright, not as prestigious as the Champions League, but its a European Trophy nevertheless. Cant believe im seeing Evertonians saying that they dont want to win it. If we were title contenders season in season out id probably agree with you, but we arent. Evertonians turning down the chance to win a trophy, ffs.

 

[Nails]

I'd prefer to play in the Europa League than the COCup and the FA Cup combined. Play our senior teams in Europe and just get the junior in for the English cups.

Controversial!

 

[LTblue]

If we got Champions League football this season, that would be a significant boost to the coffers, you're then talking about adding £20m worth of investment into the squad we've got in order to be competitive in that competition, that's how close we are. Champions league qualification = change of EFC for a very long time.

 

[Brennan]

How so? The point I'm making is that we always assume that the current trends will last forever and they never do. I remember when we were told confidently that a london club could never win the league or that the top 4 would never be broken or that Rangers would always be at the top of scottish football.

The truth is you can't predict football more than ten years in advance. They'res no guarantee that come 2032 Man Utd won't have gone out of business, the chinese owned Sheffield Utd won't be winning titles and the russian league won't be dominating the CL.

Saying ever or never while talking about clubs who may endure for another 100 or 200 years is just foolish.

Well firstly, Anzhi cannot and will not win the Champions League without:

- Finding an actual fanbase
- Generating actual income
- Attracting players who aren't either good but not great, or over the hill. (Eto'o excluded)

It's not foolish to use the word never or ever, you just need to stop taking things so literally !

 

[Brennan]

If we got Champions League football this season, that would be a significant boost to the coffers, you're then talking about adding £20m worth of investment into the squad we've got in order to be competitive in that competition, that's how close we are. Champions league qualification = change of EFC for a very long time.

Tottenham Hotspur.

 

[Allezfan]

Tottenham Hotspur.

I think it's helped Spurs, to be fair. Maybe not hugely but they've cemented themselves in our old slot as the 5th best team in the country which they never were before and only didn't finish 3rd last year because they ****ed it up massively at the last minute.

 

[steken1]

Tottenham Hotspur.

Don't understand what your getting at here?

Tottenham qualified did OK and used that to keep thier best player an extra season and add to the squad. That meant that they finished in the qualifying places the following season, only a freak season stopped them going into it two years on the bounce.

Surely the next step for us is to qualify and the step after is to become regulars?

 

[Brennan]

Don't understand what your getting at here?

Tottenham qualified did OK and used that to keep thier best player an extra season and add to the squad. That meant that they finished in the qualifying places the following season, only a freak season stopped them going into it two years on the bounce.

Surely the next step for us is to qualify and the step after is to become regulars?

In the two years since they qualified for the CL AND reached the Quarter Finals (so they would have netted about £30m total), they've done what ?

Finished 5th twice, they've won nothing, and they've got a negative £30m net transfer spend. The money hasn't exactly transformed them, he said that qualifying for the CL would change Everton for a very long time.

How ?

 

[ToffeeBlueNose]

In the two years since they qualified for the CL AND reached the Quarter Finals (so they would have netted about £30m total), they've done what ?

Finished 5th twice, they've won nothing, and they've got a negative £30m net transfer spend. The money hasn't exactly transformed them, he said that qualifying for the CL would change Everton for a very long time.

How ?

financially spurs are a different proposition to Everton though, it would be of massive benefit to us spurs are not skint to start with.

I'd still take a trophy though, please football gods bring us some silver.(and gold for that matter)

 

[nigelcoyb]

At least travelling to a cup final in europe improves your chance of getting your trumpet polished by a sexy foreign bird with a tight arse and big tits while away for a night.

If this isn't worth pursuing wtf is the world coming to!!

 

[Brennan]

financially spurs are a different proposition to Everton though, it would be of massive benefit to us spurs are not skint to start with.

I'd still take a trophy though, please football gods bring us some silver.(and gold for that matter)

But then surely if a team who already has more money than us, and then gets to the QF of the Champions League STILL can't cement a place in the top four, how would simply qualifying change Everton for a long time ?

It wouldn't !

 

[steken1]

In the two years since they qualified for the CL AND reached the Quarter Finals (so they would have netted about £30m total), they've done what ?

Finished 5th twice, they've won nothing, and they've got a negative £30m net transfer spend. The money hasn't exactly transformed them, he said that qualifying for the CL would change Everton for a very long time.

How ?

They didn't finish fifth though, they came fourth and were relegated to the EL because of Chelsea's win. How often will a side that finishes outside the top 4 of our country win the CL?

Three years ago players would have seen the likes of the R/S and Arsenal as a bigger proposition than Spurs. Now clubs turn them down to sign for them as they are now considered a top side.

We all know what our manager can do with a bit of money, maybe he could go better again with £20-40m net over the next few years. Also Spurs sponsorships have gone through the roof in that time.

 

[ToffeeBlueNose]

But then surely if a team who already has more money than us, and then gets to the QF of the Champions League STILL can't cement a place in the top four, how would simply qualifying change Everton for a long time ?

It wouldn't !

Oh no I agree, I think fans think qualifying for the CL is the pot at the end of the rainbow it's not. What it could do for Everton is give us a bit more financial stability but in no way shape or form does it guarantee further success that is why i want to win trophies now.

 

[toffeeben15]

Difference between spurs and us is moyes knows how to spend and can spot a bargain. Moyes has already improved the squad with 12 million from rodwell . If we got champions league we could invest a bit into the squad and either clear our debts or save for the future . Champions league will always benefit in the long run