The race for... Europe?

[bigmanbob]

Nothing to do with the disharmony caused by him openly criticising the club for selling all his best players?

[Shogun]

Just looking at our fixtures, the good thing about having a tough run in you face teams still in the cups. Obviously clutching a bit but we might benefit from other teams having a packed fixture list.

Arsenal A - They play Bayer Leverkusen 3 days before (away) and 3 days after (home)

Chelsea H - Play PSG 2nd leg at home 4 days before (home)

Brentford A - No advantage

Liverpool H - Poss CL QF 2nd leg midweek before (home) + Likely rearranged PL fixture midweek after if they make the FA Cup SFs (Quite happy for them to be knocked out of both at this point!)

West Ham A - This match likely rearranged to 3 days before FA Cup SF if they make it that far.

Man City H - This is sandwiched between the CL SF dates

Crystal Palace A - This would be 3 days after a Conference League SF 2nd leg.

Sunderland H - No advantage

Tottenham A - Week before CL Final and they'll already be relegated

[TheRam]

Nothing to do with the disharmony caused by him openly criticising the club for selling all his best players?

Not really.

More to do with him not rotating his squad in Europe and the players being knackered.

[Bluedylan1]

Any and all trophies are there to be won until you’re out. I’d be very happy winning any competition we’re in right now.

Also don’t understand people who think it would be a training exercise for youth team and fringe squad members. Play your strongest eleven and bring it home.

Oh you definitely play your strongest team in the latter stages, but it's a piece of piss to get through the group stages. You should absolutely be rotating and using squad players earlier on.

You either finish in the Top 8 and go straight through, or finish in the Top 24 (out of 32!) to get to a playoff game. It's extremely difficult as a Prem team with the resources we all have to get knocked out early on. It takes real effort.

It's not arrogance (as was said elsewhere). It's an acknowledgement of reality.

[Toddacelli]

I don’t think I’ve recovered from Shrewsbury.

[NickNack]

How many signings do we think we need to be able to compete in European competition and the PL?

[Cereal Killer]

How many signings do we think we need to be able to compete in European competition and the PL?

2 x RB
1 x LB
1 x CB
1 x CM
2 x CF
1 x Jack Grealish