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[BlueLlama]

Long distance travel ? Why is it harder on a Thursday travel than a Wednesday?

I give up

 

[ijjysmith]

Is 25m not an incentive?

You said all those things that Tubey said could be said about the Champions League too.

 

[jinkyali]

I give up

If you could be so kind as to actually state why it's so much more difficult to travel on a Thurs eve and play Sunday than traveling on a Wed eve to play Saturday I would be eternally grateful .

 

[jinkyali]

You said all those things that Tubey said could be said about the Champions League too.

Ok poor wording on my part.

 

[bluestevon]

You definitely can't apply the lack of financial incentive to the Champions League.

The money on offer in the Europa has increased about two fold mate, the eventual winners now will take home about 30m+ compared to sevilla earning roughly 19m

 

[ijjysmith]

The money on offer in the Europa has increased about two fold mate, the eventual winners now will take home about 30m+ compared to sevilla earning roughly 19m

That's not the point we were making mate.

 

[Goat]

These last few pages have made my head melt.

Sort it out lads.

 

[ggooggooggoo]

nah worthless bin it or play U23'S

 

[Catfish Blues]

EL DOES have a neg effect on teams PL placings (weirdly, CL does not (due to squad size I presume)

Club Europa League games played in season Change in league position (places) Season
Newcastle 14 -11 2012-13
Newcastle 12 -9 2004-05
Bolton 10 -9 2007-08
Everton 2 -7 2005-06
Middlesbrough 15 -7 2005-06
West Ham 2 -6 2006-07
Newcastle 12 -6 2006-07
Tottenham 10 -6 2007-08
Portsmouth 6 -6 2008-09
Fulham 19 -5 2009-10
Blackburn 8 -4 2006-07
Everton 10 -3 2009-10
Swansea 12 -3 2013-14
Aston Villa 2 -3 2010-11
Bolton 8 -2 2005-06
Manchester City 16 -1 2008-09
Fulham 14 -1 2011-12
Stoke 12 -1 2011-12
Tottenham 12 -1 2012-13
Millwall 2 0 2004-05
Tottenham 10 0 2006-07
Everton 2 0 2008-09
Aston Villa 10 0 2008-09
Aston Villa 2 0 2009-10
Everton 10 1 2007-08
Liverpool 14 1 2010-11
Tottenham 8 1 2011-12
Liverpool 12 1 2012-13
Manchester City 12 2 2010-11
Blackburn Rovers 4 3 2007-08
Tottenham 8 3 2008-09
Middlesbrough 10 4 2004-05

• If you look at Evertons first stint, we played twice and finished -7 (7 league places worse off) than the previous season.
• There appears to be a massive correlation between the more you play and the more league positions you drop.

I can't be arsed compiling the stats, but it would be vaguely interesting to see how the team that finished one spot below the Europa League place in the Premier League fared the year after. It might just be that some teams outperform a bit one season, finish somewhere between sixth and eighth and then fade away the following season, so the actual effect of playing in EL might not be as much as it first appears.

 

[micknick]

I dont get why we wouldnt go for the Europa league. You want your team to do as well as they can in every competition- otherwise whats the point?!

I hate this 4th place trophy rubbish- set out to win everything and if you cant take the next thing on offer and if you cant win that take the next.

our club havent wont anything in 22 years and you get people moaning about qualifying for an additional competition that would could win. I just dont get it.

 

[jinkyali]

I dont get why we wouldnt go for the Europa league. You want your team to do as well as they can in every competition- otherwise whats the point?!

I hate this 4th place trophy rubbish- set out to win everything and if you cant take the next thing on offer and if you cant win that take the next.

our club havent wont anything in 22 years and you get people moaning about qualifying for an additional competition that would could win. I just dont get it.

It's the ROI init!

Madness I agree.

 

[Goat]

I dont get why we wouldnt go for the Europa league. You want your team to do as well as they can in every competition- otherwise whats the point?!

I hate this 4th place trophy rubbish- set out to win everything and if you cant take the next thing on offer and if you cant win that take the next.

our club havent wont anything in 22 years and you get people moaning about qualifying for an additional competition that would could win. I just dont get it.

Jokes innit fam.

 

[COYBL25]

I dont get why we wouldnt go for the Europa league. You want your team to do as well as they can in every competition- otherwise whats the point?!

I hate this 4th place trophy rubbish- set out to win everything and if you cant take the next thing on offer and if you cant win that take the next.

our club havent wont anything in 22 years and you get people moaning about qualifying for an additional competition that would could win. I just dont get it.

Spot on.

Plus the trips abroad are what it's all about.

If it hadn't been for Everton in the mid Eighies my trainer collection wouid've looked a lot less healthy

 

[Catfish Blues]

I dont get why we wouldnt go for the Europa league. You want your team to do as well as they can in every competition- otherwise whats the point?!

I hate this 4th place trophy rubbish- set out to win everything and if you cant take the next thing on offer and if you cant win that take the next.

our club havent wont anything in 22 years and you get people moaning about qualifying for an additional competition that would could win. I just dont get it.

I think some people would rather type stuff on the internet about us than watch us.
Weirdos.

*logs off guiltily*

 

[jinkyali]

I still need to know why its much more difficult travelling on a Thursday evening to play a game 60 odd hours later than it is to travel on a Wednesday evening to play a game 60 odd hours later.

I can reconfigure my holiday/travel plans based on such info.