21 Mar 2018 07:27:54
Aside from the financial benefit, I have enjoyed the EL this season compared to the CL, where we often seemed to play the same teams.
I belive that the CL should only feature 2 teams from the top leagues and one team from more minor leagues. The EL would be better played by the teams finishing 3rd and 4th in the major leagues and those finishing 2nd in the minor leagues, without Any teams joining the competition as a prize for failure in the CL.
The CL group stages have been reasonably predictable, with the strongest teams more often than not going through and the last 16 weeding out the weaker teams that have managed to get through the group stage.
Rant over! Thoughts fellow gooners.


1.) 21 Mar 2018
21 Mar 2018 09:21:48
I think they should give cl to the first 3 teams and give the 4th spot to the fa cup.
It would make the fa cup a lot better.


2.) 21 Mar 2018
21 Mar 2018 09:24:58
The europa league is our standard whether people like it or not in the champions league we are simply partisapants but in the Europa we are challengers.

A bit like Newcastle, in the premier league they are always swimming against the tide but in the championship they are a huge fish and secretly it's got to make a change for their fans to be winning most weeks in the championship apposed to constantly struggling in the premier league.
Newcastle fans want to be a premier league force and Arsenal fans want to be premier league and champions league challengers but deep down inside both sets of fans know there is not the will from. within their clubs for that to happen.
At United City Chelsea being the best is everything while at Spurs and Liverpool champions league qualification is enough for now it won't be forever as both sets of fans ultimately will demand that Klopp and Poch deliver real title challengers if not titles themselves within 5 seasons of being in charge and if they don't the fans will want a change of management.
At Arsenal it's become acceptable for our manager not to challenge as long as we take part in the champions league but that bubble has burst and the next manager will be under the same pressure as Klopp and Poch is from Spurs and Liverpool fans from Arsenal fans.
Ultimately our time in the Europa league will turn out to be much more of a benefit than a hindrance.


3.) 21 Mar 2018
21 Mar 2018 10:14:36
On the format for champions league qualification I'd love to see it changed but it's not going to happen unfortunately.
If only champions qualified we at Arsenal would never have lost our ambition but because of top 4 gaining access to Europe's elite competition it allowed Arsene and Arsenal to invent the 4th place trophy which inadvertently became enough for our club and manager plus most players and fans.

For Arsenal football club top qualification has ultimately been our undoing without anyone realising it until it was too late.
I used to think it was a stepping stone to bigger things but it became a destination for us and I for one am glad it's over.


4.) 23 Mar 2018
23 Mar 2018 15:48:33
4th place is locked in now for us 4 spots guranteed no matter what.