Push for a) high-Prem Finish or b) European Glory ?

[elgin eeagle]

Uefa actually want Premier League teams participating in this new mickey-mouse competition. Just to give it some credibility and gravitas.

We are now the big boys that everybody wants to beat.

I know, it's a weird feeling going to these places (or anywhere really) as favourites. Doesn't sit well with me if I'm honest. I prefer feeling like the underdog. In fact I think part of the reason we have struggled in this competition is because despite having zero experience of playing in Europe, we are expected to steamroller the opposition who are always right up for it, whilst we rarely are. It's part of the reason we lost to Macclesfield too, although there were other factors like burnout, confidence, unbalanced side, Glasner, Mateta etc involved too. But the mindset and attitude has to be right first doesn't it. Does 2026 Glasner extol that virtue? I'm not sure.

 

[CrazyBadger]

Would rather win a Cup to gain European entry than finish 7th in the League,
So, so long as we stay in the Prem, I could be bothered if we finished 7th or 17th!

Saying that, the higher up the league, the more likely we are to 'keep' our place in the tournament.... as we saw last year 🤐.

I think the chance to be in europe for a 2nd year running allows us the opportunity to correct our mistakes of this year. whereas if didn't get it, then fall back to where we 'were' for a couple of years and THEN managed to get into europe again with the next generation team, I dare say we'll see a repeat of the squad issues again.

Can we just agree to do both?!

 

[BigGcpfc]

Anyone who watched us on Sunday must realise we are not safe yet. We got lucky against a very poor side with 10 men. It's hard to see who we think we can beat in the last few games. I could be wrong but I think we will be targeted by the sides below us as a probable 3 points to them. Won't be happy until we are mathematically safe.

 

[Willo]

When west ham won the conference league I believe they finished 14th on 40 points in the 22/23 season. No one remembers their league season.

We could we looking at a similar result.

Indeed they did.
We did the 'Double' over them that season.

 

[cryrst]

Indeed they did.
We did the 'Double' over them that season.

Olise last minute I think.
Funny as f*** on the way out next to the fence 😁