Equally look at where Liverpool, Spurs, Man U and Arsenal are now.
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[Albion] Europa League
- Thread starter BluesRockDJ
- Start date
nevergoagain
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Christ, I've waited 40 years to see Brighton play a competitive game overseas. To be able to take my lad with me would be just perfect!.
Albion at Freiburg, Frankfurt or Mainz …. would be interesting for you.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
- 11,094
If we win the FA cup our league position doesn’t matter (unless we also finish top 4)
Arkwright
Arkwright
Surely any European competition is what we've dreamed of for years.
Let's worry about it once we've qualified.
My biggest concern is getting the time off work and telling Nurse Gladys that I'm going away for a few nights to watch the Albion.
Let's worry about it once we've qualified.
My biggest concern is getting the time off work and telling Nurse Gladys that I'm going away for a few nights to watch the Albion.
GT49er
Well-known member
Winning the FA Cup wouldn't get us into the Conference either.........................
......................................It would be straight into the Europa League.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
- 11,094
Which is exactly what the post you quoted said?
- Nov 11, 2009
- 11,366
Agree not so much........ but still, Roma and Jose didnt look too disappointed winning it last season after beating Feyenoord in the final.
Some of the teams in this seasons last 16 other than West Ham are Lazio, Fiorentina, Nice, Villareal, Anderlecht etc.
For fellas that were travelling to Scunthorpe, Aldershot and Hartlepool not so long ago, those oppostion all sound mouth watering and I'd fancy us against them.
Dunk lifting it with a beaming RDZ and Bloom on the pitch in some obscure european corner with thousands of Albion on tour......... Yes please, Where do I sign!
Interesting how the markets rate us so highly on our budget, to me Brentford/Fulham are similar and annoyingly this season beat us.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Winning The FA Cup gets us a Europa League spot. Finishing 8th is nothing more than an improvement on last season and combined with the Cup win would make this season our greatest ever.
studio150
Well-known member
Thought it was top 10 as opposed to 10th.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 11,366
Given the choice of 5th/6th (europa league) and falling short in the FA cup, or winning FA cup (europa league) and finishing 8th, I would take the latter on paper.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
It's what I would gladly take as well and it would be the greatest Albion season ever. Grimsby will be a sell out (I bought my ticket this morning) meaning cup fever is about to become endemic in Sussex.......
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
- 7,904
bloom has employed a champions league manager, selling the job to rdz with a dream in mind
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
- 4,847
If you only have 11 good players, then maybe, but our squad is brimming with talent that wants to be involved. Plus, if we did qualify we'd strengthen further.
GT49er
Well-known member
Agree, it would be great for us and the club ...... but would it look so good to, say, Mac or Moises?
Europa League is very entertaining, usually with a lot of goals. Brighton would also be a top 5 favorite to win it, which would probably be the easiest way to win a competition (and also the easiest way to get into the Champions League, which would change everything).
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 5,644
Definitely adds extra pressure to the squad, but I for one would love to see us play in Europe for the first time in our history. We have to have ambitions like this and even if it was only the conference league I'd take it to just have that experience. Who knows when we'll get another chance.
Red Squirrel
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We already have a large number of players on our books. Some of them just happen to be out on loan. IF we qualify for Europe we can bolster our numbers by sending less out on loan. Some of those players will already have experienced playing in European competition. David Weir has said we want to be a destination club. Europe is part of the plan, it always as been.