[betterthanbaird]

Who really want to get in the Europa League anyway?  

Low crowds, huge travelling distances to unknown clubs in the arse end of Europe and usually, it's the kiss of death with many teams struggling in the Prem fixtures.

To compete properly you need a big squad with depth in every position and that's certainly what we haven't got !

Nah, only Europe I'm interested in is a fortnight in Benidorm at the Salana Hotel with Madge !

Personally I'd love to see us get into the europa League, we haven't got near Europe in my lifetime and although it's unlikely this season I can see it being our best chance for a long time. Think it's the point of football to try and compete in competitions like that and I'd much prefer finishing 15th or so with us in Europe than seeing us have a normal midtable season with no real success. Worse teams than us have done respectably in the Europa League and we'd have a shout at making the knockouts imo, and there are normally a few big teams in the Europa so we could get a good draw and get to go to the san siro or another big one.

As we've said though it's unlikely and a long way from an expectation, really hope we reach 50 points though, never done in it in the top flight in my lifetime.