Liverpool Season 2009-10

[elephanto]

The winner of the Europa Cup can still enter CL by the backdoor through the qualifying rounds .... similar situation as the year when LFC won the CL but finished 5th in the EPL.

Friend, since when can Europa (ex-UEFA Cup) winner enter CL thru qualifying round?

05/06 Liverpool enter CL thru extra qualifying round although they had finished 5th but they were reigning CL winner.

CL winner can come back & defend ... where got Europa winner got passport into CL action, even if it is qualifying rounds .... u telling me, this is new ruling ?

 

[elephanto]

Pepe Reina commits - statement of faith in Liverpool's future !

In a barren season with:

Rafa morose...
Torres saying the obvious : buy more stars else ...
Gerrard rusty..
Carra saying he can play elsewhere if unwanted ...

Pepe Reina's decision to sign another 6-year extension is proof of his commitment to Liverpool - never mind what is going to happen to the venerable club in the months ahead ....

Well done, Reina ! May your personal National Team career reach new heights in the coming World Cup ...

As a Liverpool fan, even I am amazed at your ..... loyalty &/or courage !

 

[allanlee]

Friend, since when can Europa (ex-UEFA Cup) winner enter CL thru qualifying round?

05/06 Liverpool enter CL thru extra qualifying round although they had finished 5th but they were reigning CL winner.

CL winner can come back & defend ... where got Europa winner got passport into CL action, even if it is qualifying rounds .... u telling me, this is new ruling ?

That guy is rite........ the Europa Cup winner is given one of the 64 qualifying round slots..... this rule has been in place since the beginning but seldom utilized as most of the previous cup winners have qualified directly through their leagues and dun need this backdoor.

 

[elephanto]

That guy is rite........ the Europa Cup winner is given one of the 64 qualifying round slots..... this rule has been in place since the beginning but seldom utilized as most of the previous cup winners have qualified directly through their leagues and dun need this backdoor.

Wow, that's news to me ! Even before I post the above, I went to check out the Format & Regulations of both Europa & CL competition at www.uefa.com, but this info I can't find.

Can anyone else concur & better yet, provide a link to the said ruling ?

 

[elephanto]

after bro allanlee concurred with bro soul_reaper, i went into the pdf copy of the europa & CL rule book at uefa.com & after looking at the relevant clauses, I am now fairly certain that the Europa Cup winner has no access at all to Champions League qualifying rounds by virtue of being Europa Cup winners in the previous season. What is auto for the Europa winner is an auto berth in Europa Group Stage competition.

Perhaps it was so during the UEFA Cup era for 2 bros to hold this view....

Do correct me with the relevant link if i am wrong !

 

[elephanto]

What a night ! What a season !

3 nil-nil draws a night for Man U, Wolves & Liverpool !

Virtually,
Liverpool can kiss goodbye to 4th;
Man U can kiss goodbye to record 4th consecutive champion wins as well as record breaking 19th Top League Winner - joint record with Liverpool lives on ; try harder next season !

And the best news for all soccer romantics !

Portsmouth beat Spurs 2-0 in extra time to enter FA Cup Final !

Walau ! Top in Table to face Bottom in table - what kind of FA Cup Final ?!

Will the Ultimate happen to top a Weirdest Season in Memory - Portsmouth, in administration & relegated, beating Chelsea to win the FA Cup ?

Cheers to season 09/10 !

 

[Ramseth]

Hate to say so, but told you so two months ago. Confused owner + clueless manager = concussed team is bye-bye ECL next season.

FA Cup is crap cup, a.k.a. Fuccup. Man U withdrew in 2000, only to be persusaded and coerced into re-entering. Everything else is also crap. Only EPL and ECL matter.

 

[Baimi]

The last time Liverpool qualified for the CL through back door
because they were cup holder and Everton finished 4th.
The English FA thought that as cup holder they should
defend the title and at last EUFA agreed because that was
an exceptional case and that's the last, no more priority.
Liverpool and Everton had to go through the qualifying
round before they got the tournament proper slot, which
Everton failed to qualify and Liverpool went through.
So now if a team is CL cup holder but fail to qualify
that's their problem.
If i remembered correctly, am i right?

 

[BlueCat]

we will need to prepare ourselves for a season without CL.
but one good news if signed,extra cash from Barclay.

 

[elephanto]

The last time Liverpool qualified for the CL through back door
because they were cup holder and Everton finished 4th.
The English FA thought that as cup holder they should
defend the title and at last EUFA agreed because that was
an exceptional case and that's the last, no more priority.
Liverpool and Everton had to go through the qualifying
round before they got the tournament proper slot, which
Everton failed to qualify and Liverpool went through.
So now if a team is CL cup holder but fail to qualify
that's their problem.
If i remembered correctly, am i right?

What UEFA made an exception is : from england that yr total 5 entries, holder Liverpool who is 5th plus the other 4. By right, including Liverpool should only be 4, Everton must make way. But made an exception.

Now it is in the rules, Holders auto qualify & from which ever league, if they are not in the top 1/2/3/4 qualifiers, they will take up that one place and someone who would otherwise have qualified must make way.

 

[Gallego99]

CARRAGHER: FOURTH PLACE NOT ESSENTIAL
Posted 12/04/10 19:58EmailPrintSave

Barclays Prem To Be in Top 4 Win Outright: Liverpool 14/1
Liverpool veteran Jamie Carragher claims failing to qualify for the Champions League is hardly the disaster it has been painted.

The Anfield club are now starting to accept their hopes of playing in Europe's elite competition for a seventh successive year next season are over.

The Reds lie sixth in the Barclays Premier League after a goalless draw against Fulham on Sunday, six points behind Manchester City in that crucial fourth position having played a game more.

The financial ramifications of missing out on the Champions League could be huge, but Carragher sees no reason why the Reds cannot bounce back stronger next year.

The long-serving defender said: "It is nothing new if we don't get there. We haven't played in it before, people forget that.

"If we don't get there we will just come back next season. People are saying if we don't get there that will be us as if we will never get there again. That is nonsense.

"If we don't get there this year, I'm sure we can't be as bad next season as we have been this.

"The Champions League is a big thing, you want to be in it and the revenue it generates is a massive thing........................................

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Not so long ago, qualification for CL was a do or die mission. With each passing week, the target slipped steadily beyond their reach. Now, no CL no problemo............sheesh!!

 

[shOUTloud]

CARRAGHER: FOURTH PLACE NOT ESSENTIAL
Posted 12/04/10 19:58EmailPrintSave

Barclays Prem To Be in Top 4 Win Outright: Liverpool 14/1
Liverpool veteran Jamie Carragher claims failing to qualify for the Champions League is hardly the disaster it has been painted.

"The Champions League is a big thing, you want to be in it and the revenue it generates is a massive thing........................................

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Not so long ago, qualification for CL was a do or die mission. With each passing week, the target slipped steadily beyond their reach. Now, no CL no problemo............sheesh!!

Carragher is confused

 

[elephanto]

Not so long ago, qualification for CL was a do or die mission. With each passing week, the target slipped steadily beyond their reach. Now, no CL no problemo............sheesh!!

Carragher is confused

LOL ...sigh... what to do ? the human instinct for survival is to accept & adapt to new realities as it unfolds ...
I mean, what would you suggest if u r in his shoes:-
a. rant against everything & everyone - angry & in denial
b. swear to fight to the death - and be accused of refusing to face facts
c. moan & groan - and be accused of being defeatist & whining
d. count blessings, take stock & look forward again - and be accused of being easily contented & lacking ambition.

In a sense, what he said was very true, prior to 2002, Liverpool not playing in Champions League was the norm throughout the 90s ... yeah, unbelievable, come to think of it, 2001/2002 season was Liverpool's first in Champions League history...

Having said that, the priority issue is not even the manager or his spending plans, it is how effective Barclays Capital & the new non-exec Chairman can be in securing a higher class of owners who can take over from the poor-yet-greedy American double goondus...

When that happens, a positive virtuous cycle will start & everything will start to take care of itself - manager, new blood, fresh stadium plans, LIverpool Greatness Reloaded.

Till then..... yeah, Carra this carra that.... liverpool will always be a brand name with history...

 

[po2wq]

... I mean, what would you suggest if u r in his shoes:-
a. rant against everything & everyone - angry & in denial
b. swear to fight to the death - and be accused of refusing to face facts
c. moan & groan - and be accused of being defeatist & whining
d. count blessings, take stock & look forward again - and be accused of being easily contented & lacking ambition. ...

stfu! ..

 

[elephanto]

stfu! ..

u r rite - i miss out one more option : which is to keep mum.

But knowing carra, or for that matter, liverpool players or fans are always opinionated & want to get things off their chest & speak their mind so, even harder to stfu ...:p

 

[shOUTloud]

I think Carragher should just stfu. We have enough of football players speaking to the press. For goodness's sake, Adebayor is front page on Today! knn

 

[elephanto]

I think Carragher should just stfu. We have enough of football players speaking to the press. For goodness's sake, Adebayor is front page on Today! knn

becoming an epidemic now, isn't it , rio ferdinand, carlos tevez, creating ripples on the tabloids instead of on the field ....

 

[Ramseth]

I think Carragher should just stfu. We have enough of football players speaking to the press. For goodness's sake, Adebayor is front page on Today! knn

I thought Africans are tough through guns and fires, corpses and bones. He sounded like an rich SAF NSboy crying for mama and papa.

 

[yellow people]

EPL: Benitez throws in the towel


EPL: Benitez throws in the towel

2010/04/13


LONDON: Rafael Benitez admits Liverpool's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are virtually over after Fulham held the Reds to a 0-0 draw at Anfield.

<center> </center> Roy Hodgson's Fulham battled brilliantly for a draw, inspired by Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, who pulled off a series of outstanding saves to effectively end Liverpool's top-four hopes.

The result left Liverpool six points behind Manchester City, the current holders of the final Champions League qualifying position, and Roberto Mancini's side also have a game in hand.

That was enough to force Benitez to concede that Liverpool will almost certainly miss out on a place in Europe's elite club competition. "I'm disappointed because we had plenty of possession and some good chances and we could have won 1-0 or 2-0 but we couldn't score," he said.

"The next question will be about fourth place and it will be very difficult. It is not in our hands, it will depend on the other teams. "The difference is a bit too much now maybe. I think it will be very, very difficult so we have to be realistic. "As a manager you have to believe and support your team."

To compound matters for Liverpool, they could be without Fernando Torres for the rest of the season after he missed Sunday's match with a knee injury. The Spain striker, who has 22 goals this season, needs to visit specialists for assessment and Benitez admitted he is in the dark as to how serious the problem is. -- AFP

 

[BlueCat]

now then he threw,i already prepared for a season without CL.
but at least there is some good news,the investment by Barclay.
hopefully we can bring in more quality and good players especially strikers.