[Albion] More important - Premier League or Europa

[dwayne]

I keep seeing comments indicating that the Premier League is more important than Europa.

I don't see it that way. We can't win the epl. We could finish top 5 but that just means we go in the champions League. We can do that by winning the Europa.

Europa more important this season for me...

 

[BadFish]

When all this ridiculousness is over I want a shining trophy or two to show for it.

Neither is more important though. We need to compete on all fronts as has been suggested.

 

[TheCheekyBlinder]

Much more likely we’ll qualify for the Champions League through top five than win the Europa League - even before the defeat on Thursday.

Shouldn’t be risking our upward trajectory and letting the league form slip. Consistently playing in Europe would be a huge achievement

 

[el punal]

In my opinion the Premier League is more important, that sets the standard of how far we’ve progressed, and the recognition that goes with. Remember the Premier League is the most viewed football competition on TV throughout the world. The Europa League, although a real bonus to be in, is small fry until you reach the latter stages.

 

[Icy Gull]

I don’t see us winning any silverware so as high as possible in the PL for me, Europa could be fun, and delighted we are in a group with big clubs, but with the CL teams coming in later, no chance imo

I have already cancelled my Dublin hotel

 

[BN9 BHA]

PL for me, I had almost zero interest in the Europa League until we qualified, to be honest I’ve never really been a fan of Euro football, even when I was a kid.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Win the prem, and then the CL - that’s the target.

Aim for the top, why bother with anything less?

 

[Mike Small]

Good question. Would much rather finish 4th or 5th than have a gallant run in the Europa getting knocked out in the quarters and finishing 8th or so in the PL because of all the energy taken up by Thursday night games.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Europa League will also have a number of CL failures dropping into it after the group stage, so I don't see it as being as easy to win as say, the Carabao cup.
Should we be making the Carabao cup our priority?

 

[HangletonGull]

More chance of qualifying for champions lge winning this, im desperate for a decent European run

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Would love to match or better Palace's highest ever finish.
That would really piss them off.

 

[Live by the sea]

I keep seeing comments indicating that the Premier League is more important than Europa.

I don't see it that way. We can't win the epl. We could finish top 5 but that just means we go in the champions League. We can do that by winning the Europa.

Europa more important this season for me...

It would be extremely difficult to win the Europa league. Statistically harder than winning the FA cup because there’s no league one standard teams in the competition. I would much rather do well in the PL and finish in the top 6 again than try to win a series of difficult knock out games

So for me the PL is the bread and butter and Europa is icing on the cake .

 

[Hamilton]

Bill Shankly always used to say that the league was the bread and butter. Europe, the icing on the cake.

 

[The Grockle]

Both important but the focus should be on the league IMO.

I was very disappointed by the AEK result, I'd sort of got caught up in our hype and believed we'd win comfortably. I think it was a much needed reality check that will benefit us in the end.

It seems the whole footballing world has been blowing smoke up our backsides and it would be hard for this not to have rubbed off on team and coaching staff, Thursday was a reminder that we're good but if we're not excellent we'll be punished.

 

[Bod]

Next season the new format for the CL creates even more money for the qualifiers. The 4 (probably 5) teams that qualify for it from England have an opportunity to pull away from the rest.

If, and it’s a massive if, we could scrape into the the top 5 it would be game changing for us.

So whilst I’m enjoying the Europa League I think the pragmatic priority for this season should be to finish as high as possible in the PL. Which is actually a sad state of affairs.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I keep seeing comments indicating that the Premier League is more important than Europa.

I don't see it that way. We can't win the epl. We could finish top 5 but that just means we go in the champions League. We can do that by winning the Europa.

Europa more important this season for me...

Loving the word 'just', like it was nothing special

 

[dstanman]

Got to be the Premier League. Seen tò many teams suffer their Premier League status through chasing Europe. Will still enioy the European journey while it is there

 

[Bridcutt]

I'd take a trophy and 15th in the PL.

 

[pb21]

More likely to finish top 5 than win the EL.

On that basis PL.

 

[dwayne]

Fascinating stuff I’m truly in the minority here.