12 Dec 2017 16:26:25
Hi Eds, just wanted to ask your opinion, at the moment everyone's priority is top 4, do you see that shifting to top 3 anytime soon. The reason I ask is this was the only year with top 4 and Europa league winners going into champions league, if memory serves me correctly, in the future, if an English team wins the Europa league, they qualify at the expense of the fourth placed team. With the strength of the likes of city, United, Chelsea, us, Tottenham and arsenal, and the fact that any third place finish in the group stages go down to Europa, I think we will start to see English teams winning the Europa more often so top 4 is no longer a guarantee.

{Ed002's Note - Clubs will continue to do the best they can. Liverpool's target is first place.}

1.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 17:49:29
Fair enough reply ed, thanks for your time.

2.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 18:18:53
Clubs should be looking to win all trophies on offer regardless. If its the incentives they are after, such clubs don't deserve success. The Europa should be treated as a worthy competition in its own right, not just a backdoor to qualifying for UCL.

{Ed002's Note - Other countries and many EPL sides have taken it seriously.}

3.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 20:36:59
Chelsea will do next season.

{Ed002's Note - if the need to I am sure that they will. That is way they have been so successful in the last 10 or 12 years and clubs like Liverpool haven’t.}

4.) 12 Dec 2017
12 Dec 2017 22:06:22
Liverpool is the only team I follow will all my heart and passion, but that comment by Ed2 is right on the money! We (including players, owners and fans) have all been too complacent to challenge for any serious trophies in the last decade or so. I largely think it's a mentality thing as well. Every time we have been close to getting our hands on a trophy, we have bottled it for some reason or another. Say what you may, clubs like Chelsea and City have not thrived just cuz of the money pumped into the teams (though that has largely helped) but they have induced a winning mentality and anything less than that will NOT be entertained. Yes, they switch out managers often and sell players which perplexes a lot of teams, but it's all done keeping a goal and objective in mind and that goal is to WIN, not just a few game, but Trophies! Really hope we can count ourselves amongst the elite soon again.

5.) 13 Dec 2017
13 Dec 2017 08:23:15
Ed2 drops the mic.