benitez

yeah if you get to the final I can see you taking at least 76 fans over to watch it

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We're gonna win It,if only to shut up those sad snivelling scousers.

Europa league is about as good as an FA cup win in my world, maybe a bit better.

PL
CL


Top four (££££
Europa
FA Cup

C1 Cup
CWC = Super Cup


Charity shield

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Europa is higher profile than the FA cup though, even if i'd prefer to win the FA cup itself

Europa is much harder than the FA Cup to win! TCW has it in the right order in my opinion

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Thing about winning the Europa is... Even as champions you are still second placers. I'd rather be a losing semifinalist in the CL than win the Europa.

TCW

you're spot on there. But........does the opportunity to become the only English Team ever to have won all 3 not add to wanting to win this?

I'd rather win the Europa than not win the Europa now we're in it. I prefer being the first London club to have won the CL to be honest. Being the first English team to win all 3 is only sort of an honour when we already have the two which aren't second place trophies

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But we have won the other 2.

I understand there is a certain completeness to it, but that's where it ends. Decent trophy, decent opposition, bridesmaids trophy

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Exactly my feelings about it

It's a trophy at the end of the day and if we win it we get to face the European champions. Hope we succeed

IT's a joke because chelsea got chuted into this tourney after being knocked out of the CL. Time to end that setup and make the two tournaments completely different entities, as well as give the champion a pass into the champions league group stages

You're just a Johnny come lately Flash, wanted us to win the Europa since we entered into it.

The fact it's a competition we'll rarely get the chance to participate in provides it's own little prestige. We'd be given a second chance to right one of this season's worst performances with a consecutive Super Cup appearance. We'd become only the 4th team to complete the European clean sweep of CL, EL, CWC (cup winners cup) and SC. It would continue a trophy per season average in the Roman era.

4th place should remain a higher priority, but the Europa shouldn't be disguarded as a preemptive measure, only in the case of a direct either or choice.

"Johnny come lately"? Care to back that up TP?

Cos I can back me up on this one

I didn't create many articles devoted to the subject, commented on quite a few of Biggish's where he stated 4th as the priority.

http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/172612

That's the only article i can remember I've created where i mentioned it in passing. Created approx 6 months ago.

TP

Will top that in the morning am on a $hitberry at this moment.

But I declared at end of last season and also before 3afa's 1st game in Europe, I wanted to win Europa.

As I recall Frankie (Superb) backed me up.

Another even went on to say we the English treat the Europa with disrespect.

Yr quote 'now to come so far and not win it' lead me to believe you placed value on our progress rather than the competition itself - hence you'd have been a Johnny come lately