ReeceofBDTBL
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(Really hope some pig fans see this thread title btw)
Its perfectly acceptable to consider this (as fans, not for the club or the players to not try as hard if we're on the verge of finishing top 4 or anything daft like that.) We're 2 points off 4th place, already played man city and liverpool away and mores the point, we're simply one of the best 7 teams in the country.
English teams in europe are generally much further up the pecking order than they were in the mid 90s, every Premier League club has a bigger income than pretty much every club outside the 20 biggest clubs in europe, although few of them have a top class manager of course.
Another 2 good transfer windows and this club would be in with a chance of getting to the later stages of the europa league and possibly win it. Make no mistake, the team we have right now would comfortably get through the EL group stage and Wolves are absolutely good enough to win it this season. I see no reason why we can't have an even better team than them, Man Utd and Arsenal this time next season.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth re: Champions league but realistically we'd be out at the group stage. Obviously if we did get to CL, drawn with one of the big names, finish 3rd and drop into the round of 32 in the EL then that'd be absolutely smashing cus we'd get our big nights against the giants and then go into a european competition that we'd have a chance of winning.
I'll be delighted if we get any kind of european football, we're already in dreamland, but this manager could absolutely win the europa league and I want to see the club I love finally get the silverware it deserves.
I know that things can change very quickly and certainly don't forget examples like Swansea in the 80s finishing 3rd in the top flight then going down the next season, Ipswich in the late nineties finishing 5th then going down etc. But I believe in the club and the manager and whatsmore, if the glory days don't happen with Chris Wilder, then when? Why not think big?
The team will carry on focussing on the next match, but as a fan, as far as I'm concerned our time has come.
Eyes on the prize.
Its perfectly acceptable to consider this (as fans, not for the club or the players to not try as hard if we're on the verge of finishing top 4 or anything daft like that.) We're 2 points off 4th place, already played man city and liverpool away and mores the point, we're simply one of the best 7 teams in the country.
English teams in europe are generally much further up the pecking order than they were in the mid 90s, every Premier League club has a bigger income than pretty much every club outside the 20 biggest clubs in europe, although few of them have a top class manager of course.
Another 2 good transfer windows and this club would be in with a chance of getting to the later stages of the europa league and possibly win it. Make no mistake, the team we have right now would comfortably get through the EL group stage and Wolves are absolutely good enough to win it this season. I see no reason why we can't have an even better team than them, Man Utd and Arsenal this time next season.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth re: Champions league but realistically we'd be out at the group stage. Obviously if we did get to CL, drawn with one of the big names, finish 3rd and drop into the round of 32 in the EL then that'd be absolutely smashing cus we'd get our big nights against the giants and then go into a european competition that we'd have a chance of winning.
I'll be delighted if we get any kind of european football, we're already in dreamland, but this manager could absolutely win the europa league and I want to see the club I love finally get the silverware it deserves.
I know that things can change very quickly and certainly don't forget examples like Swansea in the 80s finishing 3rd in the top flight then going down the next season, Ipswich in the late nineties finishing 5th then going down etc. But I believe in the club and the manager and whatsmore, if the glory days don't happen with Chris Wilder, then when? Why not think big?
The team will carry on focussing on the next match, but as a fan, as far as I'm concerned our time has come.
Eyes on the prize.
nicer problems
