WHUDeano 9:14 Tue Apr 6
Will we or won't we....
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Given the football world seem to be willing us towards 4th place, with 8 games to go I thought it would be interesting to see what the WHO world predicted....no debate, no explanation, just copy and paste with your answers I'll go first:
1) Champions League(2-4th): No
2) Europa League (5-7th): Yes
3) Final position: 7th
4) Reason for prediction: B&C
*Options for 4:
A) Moyes and the boys are taking us to Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Turin etc etc
B) Injuries will hold us back but we'll still go on a piss up to Sofia, Seville & Budapest
C) Injuries will eventually kill the dream & the board should have properly backed Moyes in January
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joyo
10:24 Thu Apr 8
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Feed Me.... No only 5 teams in CL if that happens we go into Europa league, but if spuds win league Cup and Southampton FA Cup then 4th doesn't get European football... Highly unlikely l know, but this is West Ham!!!!
We'll finish 4th and City with do us a favour by winning everything
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Feed Me Chicken
9:59 Thu Apr 8
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Apologies of this has been answered before but i have a working question IF we do finish 4th.........
Liverpool/Chelsea win CL and don’t finish in top 4 and the gooners win the Europa, can we have 6 teams in CL next season or are we going to suffer what happened to spurs that time?
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grasshopper
9:28 Thu Apr 8
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Unlikely with Bowen up front for the rest of the season.
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Slim Shady
9:26 Thu Apr 8
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Glen, I don’t think it matters this season. We can have 5 teams in the CL
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fraser
7:31 Thu Apr 8
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Straight into group stage apparently.. We won't finish 4th
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Gaffer58
7:29 Thu Apr 8
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We’ll finish 4th, have to play some obscure Eastern European team in a qualifying game, lose it to away goals and have to play in the Europa league every other Thursday and basically bugger up our league form, it’s 5he West Ham way.
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Glenn Roeder
6:19 Thu Apr 8
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If we somehow manage to finish 4th will we need either Man City or a foreign team to win it if Chelsea or Liverpool finish out side the top 4?
C) Injuries will eventually kill the dream & the board should have properly backed Moyes in January - more to the point will they back Moyes in the summer regardless of where we finish?
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epsom
5:22 Thu Apr 8
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nychammer
Average earnings over the last few years for english teams qualifying for champions league is £75M. Large part is the coefficient which we would not be eligible for.
The difference in premier league earnings by position is about £2M per place. £33M for 4th.
If the club finish 4th in PL and qualify for last 32 of Champions league its worth around £50M, with wins and TV rights in the CL on top of this.
https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/how-much-liverpool-chelsea-man-city-spurs-have-earned-from-the-19-20-cl/
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Mike Oxsaw
3:45 Thu Apr 8
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nychammer 3:29 Thu Apr 8
I think it's about a million per position in the league (one of the more knowledgeable posters mentioned it a while back).
The issue facing the board is one of cash flow - they need to buy players up front, but money from European games comes in once the finances are worked out (and games are, hopefully won).
They probably need an additional "float" of 100 million just to drag the squad up to the lowest viable level for European football.
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nychammer
3:41 Thu Apr 8
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Then again in the Antonio news looks likely we won’t have the fire power for top 4 this year. If only we had a squad (sigh)
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nychammer
3:29 Thu Apr 8
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“ I'm sure GSB are burning the midnight oil to try to ensure we miss out on Europe. The Champions League would mean that we need to buy a squad and move heaven and earth to a sign Lingard”
Yes but how much more do we get for finishing 4th and qualifying for CL instead of lower mid table? Isn’t that substantial in itself?
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goose
3:02 Thu Apr 8
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No Rice for a month or so.
Likely no Antonio again this season.
Massive opportunity pissed up the wall by the owners (again).
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Tomshardware
11:14 Thu Apr 8
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We always seem to finish 7th in a 'good' season.
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Pedro
12:19 Thu Apr 8
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Will do well to finish 6th but that’s more to do with the quality of the teams around us.
Gut view is
4th Leicester
5th Liverpool
6th West Ham
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LeroysBoots
12:06 Thu Apr 8
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WBA, Brighton, Burnley, Newcastle, Southampton & Everton
6 wins
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Problem Child
9:29 Wed Apr 7
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You’re on drugs mate.
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LeroysBoots
9:12 Wed Apr 7
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3rd
4th Liverpool
Chelsea to miss out, Leicester to capitulate
We will win 6 of our last 8 games
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joyo
8:35 Wed Apr 7
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Isn't it wonderful that we can discuss a possibility we could finish in a champions league position....the added bonus for me how much this is pissing off the doom and gloom merchants
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Mike Oxsaw
5:14 Wed Apr 7
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Media pundit (and UEFA) heads will explode if one or more of Liverpool, Tottenham or Chelsea fail to qualify for Europe.
I expect that words in the fight ear-holes have already been had.
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ChillTheKeel
5:09 Wed Apr 7
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I'd have given us a decent shout before Rice got injured. It's not impossible though.
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Mike Oxsaw
4:59 Wed Apr 7
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A Covid outbreak at the club would be very convenient for them, just before the Chelsea game...
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