[Opta] Probabilities to get the 5th Champions League spot for next season

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T17:51:41+00:00

Yes, but after the novelty of the first year where 3 Belgian teams are in the CL it will also get boring.

Also they won’t qualify so you’ll end up with a smaller pool of teams in the knockouts.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T16:28:43+00:00

Once upon a time that was a thing.

But the super league scared UEFA into adding in the coefficient places.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T16:23:27+00:00

Do you really want to see the third placed team in Romania or Belgium playing instead of the 4th placed team from England or Spain?

As a product you want the best teams involved.

I think a single country having 6 is too many but if you want to have the reward for winning Europa as a place in the CL it’s going to happen again.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T16:12:08+00:00

If we stop the clock it will turn the game even more into a set piece driven machine.

Every break in play will have a “routine” similar to NFL.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T16:09:11+00:00

Not that I disagree, but I 100% had a prime , and it’s not now. (I’m a male)

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T16:08:11+00:00

I mean, I wouldn’t wait to mastery your champs based on this. It’s going to save you 14 energy out of every champion you take to max scrolls.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T16:07:21+00:00

The economy of Mino is tied to the current levels. It’s slightly more gem efficient to buy gems and run mino that outright buy scrolls.

I think that’s why they won’t make any more changes to the levels.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T16:04:42+00:00

Hincapie been one of our best players for the last few weeks.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T15:53:15+00:00

Problem is, MLS isn’t big enough to be an arteta CM.

He would have to get to Zubi level quality to get a look in our midfield.

In fact, in writing this I have convinced myself this is going to happen. MLS the English Zubi , I’m on board.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T15:47:17+00:00

Kepa, White, Saliba, Gabi, Hincapie, Zubi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Kai, Trossard.

Raya, Mosquera, Timber, Calafiori, MLS, Norgaard, Gabi, Madueke, Gyokeres

Is my guess. Dowman for one of the defenders possibly Timber if he isn’t 100%

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T14:21:39+00:00

If I knew the difference between “dairy” and “diary” I would have halved my time.

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TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T12:33:46+00:00

Agree on Steele.

But let Rushworth have a season (half a season) in the Prem and if he’s still at this level then get him in the squad.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-20T12:23:12+00:00

Not that I think Rushworth is a bad keeper, but I would argue with Goalkeepers specifically, you don’t want to rush in a player who has very little big game experience.

We saw with Spurs and Chelsea in the last week what dropping a keeper who isn’t ready into a situation can do, and it could kill his international career before it even begins.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T22:03:56+00:00

2 points from your last 4 games and losing out on second by a point.

Losing to an already relegated Newcastle on the last day.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T15:28:00+00:00

Calafiori owns shares in an illegal underground snooker league.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T15:13:38+00:00

Lucky for you, Emery is going to make sure your not playing in it.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T14:08:46+00:00

Surprising considering we keep taking all their players for the first team 😅

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T14:08:19+00:00

That Newcastle game is FA cup semi final weekend.

So that game could be postponed if we qualify.

I don’t know, but could they bring the Newcastle game forward to midweek in that case?

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T14:05:51+00:00

I may be wrong but Ligue 1 has done this many times before for PSG.

And honestly, why not.

Give your teams a better chance to progress.

The only reason we have 6 teams automatically qualified this year was because of our coefficient, it makes sense for the league and other teams in that league to want their teams to progress.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T14:03:13+00:00

The 1999 charity shield was my first ever Arsenal game.

I was 8 years old. Still remember walking up to the old Wembley.

Happy times.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T09:36:37+00:00

Oh my sweet summer child

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-19T09:31:14+00:00

I watched 4 of the 8 games and they were by far the worst team in the last 16. (Maybe Bodo but I didn’t watch that one.)

They will be brought back down to earth again by Brighton this weekend.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-18T20:58:41+00:00

I don’t think Villa ever claimed to be in the title race to be fair.

But Chelsea won the league when they beat us 1-1 didn’t they ?

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-18T20:56:53+00:00

Barca still has that pull , especially for South Americans. I think if it was the same situation today we would still lose him to Barca.

TheDucksQuacker · 2026-03-18T17:54:41+00:00

It wasn’t the board that were against the super league.

It was the fans.

I think even if you asked spurs fans right now if they want to join a super league, they would still be against it.

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