- Apr 16, 2005
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The manager insists they will set their sights on glory in the Europa League.
Read the full article at Daily Mail
Read the full article at Daily Mail
I say the same thing, we can win EL. Difference between Pochettino and me is, I actually sincerely mean it when I say so.
I can remember when qualifying for the (then) UEFA Cup was seen as a good thing. We'd be mad not to give everything to win it although it's a huge ask. We can't play the kids like we did in the group stages a few years ago, we need our best eleven in every game and it's possible. Let's be honest, if we had got through in the Champions League it was maybe two ties at best. In this competition there's the chance to go all the way. If we could pull it off it would be our best achievement since 84 so let's go all out for glory.I have beat this drum to death on here - we cannot talk about players developing a winning mentality until we actually win something.
We have wasted numerous chances in recent years to win a trophy and I fear we will overlook the Europa this season too.
Clubs on the continent take the competition seriously and have used success in it as a platform to develop for the CL. We should too.
I would rather finish fifth and win the Europa Cup to qualify for the CL than to finish third or fourth in the league and qualify through our league position.
Right now winning the Europa Cup appears a more realistic option than finishing above Chelsea, City, Liverpool and Arsenal.
I would make the Europa a priority. If not, then it must be made clear that the competition will be used for developing the fringe and youth players. I can support that as a fan, but in truth I want to win the Europa.
Spot on. Save for Leicester, historically speaking most PL winners won a trophy – any trophy – the season before.I have beat this drum to death on here - we cannot talk about players developing a winning mentality until we actually win something.
We have wasted numerous chances in recent years to win a trophy and I fear we will overlook the Europa this season too.
Clubs on the continent take the competition seriously and have used success in it as a platform to develop for the CL. We should too.
I would rather finish fifth and win the Europa Cup to qualify for the CL than to finish third or fourth in the league and qualify through our league position.
Right now winning the Europa Cup appears a more realistic option than finishing above Chelsea, City, Liverpool and Arsenal.
I would make the Europa a priority. If not, then it must be made clear that the competition will be used for developing the fringe and youth players. I can support that as a fan, but in truth I want to win the Europa.
Arguably he's already proved it with the team he put out in our final CL group game.The proof of that will be in the side he fields in the next EL gane.
The Europa League has benefited many squad developing players in the past, such as Kane. I suspect/hope this could be the chance for N'Koudou, Winks, Carter Vickers, Lopez, Omomah, Carroll, Trippeir and Jansen to show what they can do. Sprinkle that bunch with a rotation of first team players and we have a good chance of a semi-final. From there, push on with the first team[/QUOTE
No way. We need to play a first eleven sprinkled very lightly with a Winks, Dier and Nkoudou otherwise we will be out as soon as we meet anyone any good.