- Oct 1, 2005
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Are you forgetting we sold possibly the best player in the history of the club in the summer? If you remember many pundits and fans alike thought we would be lucky to end the season in the top half as a result.Can't see anything but 5th now - which I think considering the squad we have and the money we've spent will be a disappointing result.
The problem with the Europa League is we never seem to play well in it. It always seems to be a grind where we eke out some ok results but never put in a performance. Add that to the pretty dismal performance we put in to the domestic cups this year and the prospect of EL doesn't excite me at all.
At least the players seem to raise their game for the Champions League. We've got much closer to winning the CL than the EL over the last decade or so. I think the idea some people have that we're better in the EL because we're not ready for the CL is probably just a coping mechanism for the poor performance we've had over the later part of the season.