Could be a blessing for the next manager (nay: head coach).
European football next season | United - Europa League, Chelsea - Conference League, wee club in the north-east - feck all!
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Squad of 22, our average number of players injured each week this season is 9 so that’s 13 players nabe your 11 plus 2 subs, for reference look at Palace bench last night compared to ours, they have a squad of 27/28 in the PL nowadays that’s the bare minimum with the current injuries pl teams have
8th place is secured 
8th place is secured
Get in!!!
8th place is secured
West Ham and Brighton can still overtake us...
Our worst ever finish in the premier league era with no European football.
A new low. Extremely disappointing.
A new low. Extremely disappointing.
It’s not8th place is secured
They probably will. It’s the fact that we can now finish no higher than 8th.
Get the right man who can actually coach a team and things might improve with a week on the training pitch.
But it won't get better than 8th, which is the point. It doesn't really matter if you finish 8th or 10th
Mission Accomplished
Missing out on the new champions league format"s debut is fecking annoying and is a sackable offence for ETH.
It's probably a blessing with the squad we've got tbh.
We don't have the squad to compete in the expanded format with extra games
Anyway we could still qualify for the Europa league as bad as that is
Going to peel the UCL patch off my away kit in protest.
Not sure if you’ve misread the league table or just mean “realistically”
Can't see us getting anything from Newcastle and cannot see Chelsea not getting something at Brighton. 8th it is.
It's going to be very strange. It's been a dark decade but there was still always European nights to get a bit excited about.
Next season it's just league, league, league. A bad result lasts the week, no midweek game to take your mind off it.
Next season it's just league, league, league. A bad result lasts the week, no midweek game to take your mind off it.
Can we do a Chelsea and loophole around some FFP rules because we’re not in Europe?
I thought that, think it is more realistically. All we have now is a cup final coming up with an injury hit squad, cannot see anybody risking injury in last two league games.
Ah. Yeah I saw that we still have a chance, but it’s very, very slim.
Crap for the new manager next season but at least (at least I hope so) this will give sleepy Ratcliffe enough reason to sack EtH
No european football should allow for a smaller squad size. Meaning we can move on some of the bigger earners without having to worry to much about depth. Add a few solid players and more time on the training pitch and we can try a fresh start.
ETH is sackable, but this no standout alternatives available I guess we give him another year, but treat him purely as a head coach.
ETH is sackable, but this no standout alternatives available I guess we give him another year, but treat him purely as a head coach.
Well that's not a fact. Would need 2 wins and other results.
Realistically probably 8th, fact it isn't
Thank god. Conference league would have been embarrassing to get knocked out of by playing in the middle of bum feck nowhere. Still a chance of EL if united have players standing in the FA Cup. Slim chance but oh well. Might be the best thing that happened too. Less games and we can get an advantage over others with more rest. Could be a blessing in disguise
Next year try to finish Top 6 to qualify for Europa League. Good times ahead.
No big loss if we don't make europa. Its a slog of a competition.
Between all the domestic games it should be enough given our team is made of glass
Between all the domestic games it should be enough given our team is made of glass
Does the runner-up of the FA Cup get into Europe?
If the winner of the FA Cup has already qualified for a European competition, then the Europa League place goes to the runner-up. If the runner-up has also qualified for a European competition, then the Europa League place goes to 6th or 7th place, depending on who won the Football League Cup.
If the winner of the FA Cup has already qualified for a European competition, then the Europa League place goes to the runner-up. If the runner-up has also qualified for a European competition, then the Europa League place goes to 6th or 7th place, depending on who won the Football League Cup.
Conference league is embarrassing. I get we've fallen off hard but playing in that competition is a real joke. Would rather finish outside whatever position it is to qualify for that
At least it will mean we can trim the squad right down. With only playing once a week we can clear out a few extra bodies
We can though
Safe enough I’d say
8th place is secured
West Ham can go above us if they win their last game and we lose our next two which is very believable.
Whenever I read such statements I think that fans like you deserve that United never wins anything again.
It's just embarassing not wanting to try to win what still is a European competition.
Right I am confused now I have read this, contradicts what I found earlier.
Can you get into Europe through the FA Cup?
The winners of the FA Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If Manchester City (who have qualified for the Champions League) beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup final, then Europa League would go to sixth place, and seventh goes to Europa Conference League.
Can you get into Europe through the FA Cup?
The winners of the FA Cup also qualify for the Europa League. If Manchester City (who have qualified for the Champions League) beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup final, then Europa League would go to sixth place, and seventh goes to Europa Conference League.
Winning Wednesday vs Newcastle is very important, it’ll at least take it to the last day then.
Or a draw and then a win vs Brighton will do if Chelsea decide to abandon their excellent form and lose their last 2 games to help us out
Yeah I think you are right.
Not too bad, our new manager will have more time on the training pitch
No, if the FAcup winner is already qualified it just goes back to the league table.
“We can focus on the league and have plenty of fresh players, really focus on building the team”
….. man I remember that optimism… just make sure you hire better physios than ours….
7th or 6th, no?