25/26 - Non Saints Games

[sfc4prem]

5 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Go on Palace...

Gives me hope we can get back into that Euro contender position one day...

Weirdly, if anything, Palace and Villa's successes don't fill me with hope.

They fill me with anger and frustration. We wasted our good years under Poch and Koeman. Nothing to show for it. Fuck.

[St Chalet]

To be fair, Poch pissed before we were in Europe. Puel had a campagn.

[Dr Who?]

Was saying earlier when loads of Palace fans were on our flight to Berlin that it is much easier to win the lower level European trophy than a domestic one. 
West Ham winning a couple of years back, a semi final this year between Villa and Forest with Villa winning it, and now Palace looking like winning in Europe today as it stands. There are some dross sides in Europe outside of the elite that play in the champions league, but this has only became a wider gap with so many more teams making the champions league, meaning that there are more in Europe that are very easy to beat in the European lower competitions. 

[John Boy Saint]

2 out of 2 - Well done Palace - just Arsenal to make it a full set. 

[Turkish]

7 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said:

2 out of 2 - Well done Palace - just Arsenal to make it a full set. 

Indeed. However much people might say the premier league isn’t a good standard now 3 European finalists and two winners so far. 
 

can’t help but feel a bit jealous of clubs like Palace winning things and playing in Europe. 

[James]

44 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Weirdly, if anything, Palace and Villa's successes don't fill me with hope.

They fill me with anger and frustration. We wasted our good years under Poch and Koeman. Nothing to show for it. Fuck.

Agreed, if anything I’m just angry that these clubs we were miles ahead of, even recently, are now so much further ahead of where we are. The team we had at the end of this year was looking like a step back towards good times but this almighty cock up will set us back.

I feel similar to when we lost to Derby in the playoffs in 2006/7, the disappointment of not getting promoted was nothing compared to the knowledge that the team we’d see the following season would be stripped of all talent. Feel similar right now. 

[Whitey Grandad]

45 minutes ago, St Chalet said:

To be fair, Poch pissed before we were in Europe. Puel had a campagn.

Puel took us out of Europe. He played no part in getting us into it.

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, Dr Who? said:

Was saying earlier when loads of Palace fans were on our flight to Berlin that it is much easier to win the lower level European trophy than a domestic one. 
West Ham winning a couple of years back, a semi final this year between Villa and Forest with Villa winning it, and now Palace looking like winning in Europe today as it stands. There are some dross sides in Europe outside of the elite that play in the champions league, but this has only became a wider gap with so many more teams making the champions league, meaning that there are more in Europe that are very easy to beat in the European lower competitions. 

Not sure how accurate this is, but I’ve read somewhere that Burnley getting relegated has got them more money than Inter Milan winning Serie A.

Mental if true.

[skintsaint]

11 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Not sure how accurate this is, but I’ve read somewhere that Burnley getting relegated has got them more money than Inter Milan winning Serie A.

Mental if true.

 

It has FACT with a little siren so must be true.

Edited 5 minutes ago by skintsaint

[CB Fry]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Indeed. However much people might say the premier league isn’t a good standard now 3 European finalists and two winners so far. 
 

can’t help but feel a bit jealous of clubs like Palace winning things and playing in Europe. 

If it was us there would be about 30% of this forum desperate for us to play the kids/reserves and get knocked out of the Conference League at the earliest possible opportunity.