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Grumbledook
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| think every club would take a top 4 slot over making it out of a europa group |
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The Dean
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:17 am
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| Grumbledook wrote: | | think every club would take a top 4 slot over making it out of a europa group |
Of course they would but unfortunately life isn't quite that straight forward and you can get knocked out of a Europa League group and not finish top four and then not taking the competition seriously backfires on you. Or you can take the competition seriously and still make top four and the predicted negative effect of playing extra games never materialises.
Spurs have a big enough squad to handle both competitions and they also had good enough sides on the pitch in the group games that they played but they didn't do the job. Spurs didn't go into that competition with the intention of being knocked out of it.
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Checkov
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:20 am
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| Grumbledook wrote: | | The Dean wrote: | | a last eight without an English team......when was the last time that happened??? |
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Looking like three poor seasons, the coefficients are calculated over five, could be losing the 4th CL spot. The Europa League also counts towards the coefficient. Come on Stoke!
edit: Maybe not, we've been in top 2 for each of the last 5 seasons. |
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Nem
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:32 am
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| The Dean wrote: |
Didn't Spurs fail to qualify from an easy Europa League group
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we didnt take cup seriously.
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The Dean
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:05 am
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| Nem wrote: | | The Dean wrote: |
Didn't Spurs fail to qualify from an easy Europa League group
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we didnt take cup seriously.
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I knew that was coming 
For the record Nemesis......Arsenal WERE capable of beating Milan of which the match odds from all of the major betting firms can confirm. It is easy to say that they were never capable after seeing a 4-0 thumping but they just had a bad day at the office. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.......shame you didn't post that BEFORE the game.
My earlier post referred to Arsenal not being capable of winning the trophy which is also wrong because it is a cup competition but what I should have said was "highly unlikely" but they had a clear chance against Milan before this tie and you should know it if you take your Spurs coloured glasses off for a sec
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:22 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:22 pm
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[] In before Chelsea fans tell City that is how to beat Napoli  |
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Indestructible
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:23 pm
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Checkov
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:37 pm
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| Gary Neville's commentary demonstrated he hasn't watched any Italian football since CH4 stopped showing Serie A. |
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Nem
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:28 am
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FAO OF SUNDANCE, EYE AND GANDALF
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Indestructible
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:45 am
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| Last nights performance backed up my view that Napoli are a good side. |
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The Dean
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:21 am
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| Indestructible wrote: | | Last nights performance backed up my view that Napoli are a good side. |
Of course they are, results over the past year have proved that. They will probably not win the event but they are dark horses for sure. I think Chelsea are really struggling now despite the away goal. A lot depends how Napoli treat the second leg. If they sit back and defend then Chelsea have a chance but if they go for Chelsea then I think they will score at the Bridge.
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Grumbledook
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:18 pm
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| aren't they sixth in serie A? |
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The Dean
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:30 pm
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| Grumbledook wrote: | | aren't they sixth in serie A? |
Depends on how you look at league tables which don't always tell the true story when assessing chances in cups. Napoli have only lost one game more than the leaders Milan and have a goal difference that isn't substantially worse than the leaders. But they have drawn too many games to be contending for the title similar to Barcelona in La Liga at this time. But drawn games in two legged cup ties don't have the same handicap especially if the draw comes in the away game or even a 0-0 at home.
League football and cup football are totally different and a side that sets themselves up to be difficult to beat may drop points in the league but go very deep in cups. Napoli have played very well and one cannot really argue the point. Also league positions are season long averages which can be wildly skewed based on teams going through sticky periods during some part of the season but who could now be playing at a level akin to the league leaders.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:45 pm
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| COYB! Bit of a strange feeling knowing the whole country is behind us tonight as the last left in, I know we can do it |
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