Comments for Where do we stand on European football for next season? at http://www.avfcblog.com , comment 1 to 48 out of 20 comments http://www.avfcblog.com Mon, 12 May 2008 09:41:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17795 England are currently top of the Fair Play League. If they win the Uefa Cup place, it is given to the team placed highest in the Premier League Fair Play League that has not qualified by other means. Tonebone, sorry mate. - Arrlui Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:19:04 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17792 i dont think pompey will over come us.with mwarwari gone they cant put goals in our net, - labu the villan Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:55:31 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17721 if Portsmouth were to finish 5th(unlikely i know) and play cardiff in the final then the european place from the cup would have to go to the 6th place team - c.b Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:02:33 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17720 if Portsmouth were to finish 5th(unlikely i know) and play cardiff in the final then the european place from the cup would have to go to the 6th place team - c.b Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:01:55 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17708 its whoever finishes top of the fair play league. At the moment the top are looking like qualifying for euorope so it goes to Man city in 6th. It has nothing to do with league position. hence how how nearly got in last year finishing 11th in the league. Yes if derby finished top of the fari play they would get in. - tonebone Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:42:10 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17705 Isn't it whoever finishes the highest in the league after the automatic quals. for the fair play? Or do you mean Derby could be top of the fair play league, hypothetically, and qualify for europe? - Arrlui Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:55:10 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17704 @ Arrlui - i said the only way we can get automatic is finishing 5th. The intertoto is not automatic qualification. It really isnt hard to understand all this!! - tonebone Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:49:18 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17703 @ another james - like every other year the runners up will get the place in europe - not league posistion. This is the ruling that the fa have mad and stuck to for the past decade. Its not going to change. - tonebone Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:47:30 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17701 Or from Cardiff winning the cup... (it's up to the FA whether they would give the extra spot to 6th in the premiership or the cup runners-up - and unless its portsmouth i think that would be unlikely and unfair anyway). - anotherjames Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:25:57 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17700 Or through the intertoto... - Arrlui Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:22:47 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17697 Look guys - we cannot get in uefa through any means by finishing 6th. Its not a hard system to understand. england has 3 places for the uefa. 2 have gone with the cups and one is left for 5th place in the league. The only way we can gain another is through fair play standings. But that will go to the team in england top of our fair play league. we are in 14th place so that wont be us. The only way we can get automatic uefa cup is finishing 5th. - tonebone Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:45:33 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17696 If you win the UEFA Cup, you don't get a Champion's League spot. That's why Sevilla won it twice in a row - they never even made it to qualifying for the Champion's League. - Jeremiah Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:17:44 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17695 i think if you win the uefa cup you qualify for the champions league, because i am pretty sure thats what porto did a good few seasons back - Kieran McGrath Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:18:20 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17694 Deja Vu!!!! Doah!!!! not again - this happened last bloody time we were 6th. - monsoon Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:39:16 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17693 Ah the fair play route could be a simpler one - If England tops UEFA's fair play table, then there is an extra spot for an English team in the UEFA cup. Now I think most countries give this spot to the 'next' place down in the league (eg. 6th), but it could end up going to the team with the best fair play record in the premiership instead. To add to the craziness, if England doesn't finish top of UEFA's list, but in the top 12 or so, we with the other 11 go into a draw for 3 extra UEFA cup spots. I think. Let's just avoid all the maths & regulations and aim for 5th (or even 4th if Everton can't cope with their tough remaining games)! - anotherjames Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:11:43 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17692 So if Cardiff won the FA cup then the UEFA spot would go to the FA cup runners-up and not 6th place? - Tommy Ross Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:06:47 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17691 even if cardiff win the facup then the runners up will qualify. its not relevant to us. the only way we could qualify was if 2 teams already in europe or not able to compete were in the final. that cant happen - tonebone Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:03:31 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17689 The fairplay berth goes to the top ranked team in the associations fairplay table who have not already qualified for europe. That wont be us this season. There is no uefa cup place for the winners, although the national association can request a place so if everton finish 6th and win the uefa cup they may still get a place in the uefa cup next season. There is no place either for the 6th place team should liverpool win the C.L and finish 5th. The bottom line is that the ONLY way we can qualify for europe is if we finish 5th. 6th place will be good enough for qualification to the inter two bob. - c.b Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:50:24 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17688 Lets get a few things straight... 1 - Cardiff cannot enter the UEFA cup regardless of whether they win the FA cup or not. If they do WIN the cup then the RUNNERS UP shall go into the UEFA cup NOT 6th in the league. 2 - If Liverpool win the champions league and DO NOT finish in the top 4 then 4th place will only qualify for the UEFA cup, with Liverpool still entering the champions league. 3 - The highest placed team who has NOT qualified for Europe can enter the Intertoto cup (6th place in the league) 4 - England are currently top of the UEFA Fair play league and will get another entry into the UEFA cup if we are still top on May 31st. This will goto the team TOP of the Premier league fair play table who has NOT already qualified for Europe. Villa are currently 14th so we have no chance of this, but Liverpool or Everton would currently still qualify if they came 6th in the prem. If they came 4th and 5th and qualify automatically then Man City would qualify as they are next in the fair play league. Therefore 6th place will not get anybody directly into the UEFA cup, but if we come 6th we will definately be in the Intertoto. - Andy_Bale Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:41:23 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2250/70/#comment-17687 My brain hurts a bit now. Let's just head for a 4th spot finish. - Astonguerilla Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:22:58 +0100