Originally Posted by Mark F:
“Think that was the case thankfully.
Sevilla showing you can have a decent league season and do well in this competition.
I am not sure why our clubs dislike it so much but maybe Sevilla and others just have more overall quality than some of the English teams that get into it?”
It is very very poor management by our managers in this country, before there was the excuse that financially it wasn't worth the hassle, but that excuse is not there anymore, with the reward of a Champions League place for the winner.
If Champions League teams can manager football during the week, then so should Europa League sides, it should not be beyond the wit of a manager to draw up suitable training schedules to suit their own squads in the Europa League.
Our attitude to the Europa League has been a disgrace for a while, with a Champions League spot on the line,it is even more embarrassing.
Hopefully Southampton, Liverpool, Spurs, West Ham and possibly Villa try their best next season, and that their managers don't once again just put out the reserves.
If these teams want to crack the top four, well this is another way to do just that, without trying to overhaul one of those sides.
Originally Posted by
slacker17:
“Do Valencia still qualify for the CL now Sevilla won the EL? Seems strange if this is the case to allow 5 teams from one country yet when the winner of the CL finishes outside the top 4 as when Chelsea won the 4th spot was sacrificed.
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Valencia are in the play-off's, with the rest of the Spanish teams in the group stages.