Recent content by Gabbiano

Partially I guess it is about whether you're really conceiving of the end of the league phase as the end of the season as a whole. The playoff round is just as much part of the season as the league phase. It's not an equivalent to our promotion playoffs. Having said that, I don't like it. The...

I thought Sunderland had some money these days? They'd probably make a fair go of it. Would love to see Brizzle City come up. My home during university years and a fantastic city, also I believe the largest city never to have had a PL (post 1992) club, so long overdue. And likely one of the...

I read that as the opposite. "What if the winners qualify for the Europa League via domestic competition? If the Conference League winners qualify for the 2025/26 league phase of the Europa League through its domestic competitions, the vacancy created is filled by the club with the highest...

No, Chelsea would only get the extra Europa spot if they failed to qualify by league position. They'd need to finish 8th.

Newcastle have the Conference spot, but will finish top 7, so this is passed on to league position. Man City win FA Cup and finish top 7, 8th gets Conference League. Man City win FA Cup and points deduction, 7th gets Conference League, City get Europa. (But in this scenario we could finish...

We keep starting seasons brilliantly before our form falls off a cliff later in the season. This raises fan expectations. We can all see that the team is capable of getting European football, but for some naivety and a few terrible performances in key games. We are developing a manager this...

Before that, Ipswich were interested in buying him. I'm sure it'll be earlier on in this thread. We said we didn't want a sale, they bought Muric, we loaned Rushworth to Hull.

Its going to happen isn't it. We'll finish 8th then they'll win the cup and take our European spot.

That's completely fair, really. At the start of the season I wanted him to stay and challenge Bart, but to bring him back from a loan when he was finally starting to play, and then not give him any opportunities (yes I know he is cup tied), really is the nail in the coffin. Lest we forget, in...

"What if the winners qualify for the Europa League via domestic competition? If the Conference League winners qualify for the 2025/26 league phase of the Europa League through its domestic competitions, the vacancy created is filled by the club with the highest individual club coefficient of...

Is that right? I thought in that scenario they just take one of the two Europa spots and there would only be an extra spot if they finished too low to otherwise qualify for Europa (i.e. 8th)?

He has pace, stamina and strength. When he's on form he can glide past the defender, he can assist, he can score. He has the potential to play at the very highest level. Given that EPL is the strongest league in the world, top EPL class is world class. If only he can turn learn how to turn his...

He's young, raw and unreliable. Just like Baleba, he has the potential to be world class if he can switch his brain on and start using both feet.

Edit: never mind, answered above.

Both Villa and Newcastle have really come into good form at the right time. If between them they can push Chelsea and City out, great.