Battle Of 4th, 5th, 6th Position

[Bobby G]

We are definitely underdogs as we need two teams to slip up for us to finish 4th.

Cant see it happening.

After todays games, Im fairly certain that Spurs will scrape through to 4th place and Arsenals CL run-in will count against them.

Lets just make sure of a UEFA Cup place and everyone can be happy.

[krislu]

Spurs three next games are

Everton away

ManU at home

Arsenal away

Spurs wont be 4th after those three games. Arsenal is my bet..

Edited April 9, 2006 by krislu

[Bobby G]

I think Spurs will take a point at Arsenal and that game will be the difference between 4th and 5th.

[dillo_dillo]

  Bobby G said:

Lets just make sure of a UEFA Cup place and everyone can be happy.

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at least I'm NOT HAPPY. I think players not so happy.

and I don't forget very low attendance (UEFA 02/03,03/04 Home games ; except Celtic game)

[philipl]

Sorry to interupt the doom and gloom but is that a 6 point gap I see between us and 7th place?

4 Tottenham 33 15 58

5 Blackburn 33 6 54

6 Arsenal 32 28 53

7 Bolton 32 7 48

8 Wigan 33 -2 48

[Bobby G]

UEFA Cup football is GREAT when you see that we have been battling relegations for two seasons. Ive been following Rovers since 92 and I would be happy with it and if you told me at the start of the season we would finish 6th, I would have taken it.

[Bobby G]

6 points but potentially 3 if Bolton win their game in hand. Bolton should turn around their bad form any day now. But lets hope we get a couple more wins on the board to cement our top 6 position.

[Ozz]

  philipl said:

Sorry to interupt the doom and gloom but is that a 6 point gap I see between us and 7th place?

4 Tottenham 33 15 58

5 Blackburn 33 6 54

6 Arsenal 32 28 53

7 Bolton 32 7 48

8 Wigan 33 -2 48

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Aye Phil, we eating wit big boys now!

Bowltown and Wigin can suck my balls, we're outta here on a fast plane to Gretna.

[Nayef]

I would like a simple yes or no here:

If Arsenal win CL, Spurs finish 4th, Arsenal 5th and us 6th....do we still get into the UEFA cup through the league?

[tony gale's mic]

  Nayef said:

I would like a simple yes or no here:

If Arsenal win CL, Spurs finish 4th, Arsenal 5th and us 6th....do we still get into the UEFA cup through the league?

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yes.

[Nayef]

good.

Merci.

[joey_big_nose]

To be honest anything in the top half would have done me. We have been excellent this season and should never forget it. Onwards and upwards!

[robbojohnno]

If we dont get in the Uefa Cup now I will be dissapointed and if we get champions league somehow I will be estatic like the rest of us, Can we do it(champions league), honestly no.

[BRFC4EVA]

Its still game on gents, although we are relying on other teams to do us a favour. Spurs could easily loose their next 3 games, although i hope they loose the next 2 and then draw with arse, as that will give us a chance to steal thru. We should seal up 6th place as a minimum this yr, but its difficult to predict anything, notlob have some pretty decent fixtures after chels!

[philipl]

RFW is talking up the Mancs' title chances. I don't know about that after ten man Chelsea destroyed West Ham yesterday but our game against Chelsea could be interesting. The remaining fixtures of the top two are of course disrupted by our Chelsea fixture being delayed by the FA Cup semi-final.

REMAINING GAMES

CHELSEA

Bolton (a)

Everton (h)

Man Utd (h)

Blackburn (a)

Newcastle (a)

MAN UTD

Sunderland (h)

Tottenham (a)

Middlesbrough (h)

Chelsea (a)

Charlton (h)

Of course, it is handy for us that Chelsea are going to Bolton and the Mancs going to Spurs with both of them having to win (yes, I am discounting Sunderland getting anything except relegated at OT).

Run that fixture list forwards and Chelsea will come to Ewood either as Champions if they have beaten or drawn with the Mancs at Stamford Bridge or just one point ahead of the Mancs and the whole country willing us to beat them if RFW conjures a win down there in the Chelsea v Mancs game.

Of course if we beat or draw with Chelsea to keep the Championship alive on the last day then Alan Shearer's farewell will be over-shadowed by Chelsea beating Newcastle to win the Prem at St James' Park or Newcastle handing an unlikely Premiership trophy to the Mancs. Either way, it would seem to be a rich metaphor for the end of his career.

Edited April 10, 2006 by philipl

[brfcshabba]

May not affect us but the Intertoto cup draw is made today.

Format change

Last September, the UEFA Executive Committee approved a change in format for the summer competition, which dates back to 1995. From this year, three rounds will be played, instead of five. The eleven victorious teams from the UEFA Intertoto Cup third round will go through to the second qualifying round of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup.

No Portuguese

The 49 participating associations will each have one entrant, with Portugal not choosing to take part and no side involved from either Liechtenstein or San Marino. As a result of the Portuguese absence and given the rankings list below, Belgium will enter in the third round and Hungary in the second round. The identity of the clubs involved will not be confirmed until the end of the 2005/06 season.

Geographical draw

Monday's midday ceremony will see the matches decided for all three rounds, with the countries divided on a geographical basis for draw purposes. The first round, which will be played over two legs on 17/18 and 24/25 June, features 26 nations. Another 13 countries will join in the second round, to take place on 1/2 and 8/9 July, before the eight seeded contestants come in for the decisive third round on 15/16 and 22 July.

Uefa

Hopefully it won't affect us

[T4E]

That must mean that we would be entering in round three and only have 1 tie to win?

[brfcshabba]

Seems so but we would have to win the Uefa cup qualifying rounds

[Presty On Tour]

  krislu said:

Spurs three next games are

Everton away

ManU at home

Arsenal away

Spurs wont be 4th after those three games. Arsenal is my bet..

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if everton doo spuds this weekend, i will fancy us to beat liverpool.

at home this season we have been awsome and with that mental knowledge that the spuds have lost will be a great help.

those spuds fixtures ain't pretty

[bellamy11]

When I say "us" I mean the Premiership representitive, which may or may not be us.

Us Vs Norway/Iceland/Northern Ireland

Full draw here

[Ronin]

So, if "the Premiership Representative" wins their match, it's straight into the UEFA Cup First round. Happy days (if it's us)!

[greggyk]

Why dont you read other peoples posts!!

And not in a stalker 'reading the neighbours post while their on holiday' way

Edited April 10, 2006 by greggyk

[Manchester Blue]

Apparently despite what we all thought 7 premiership teams applied, but only 3 publicly. Bolton have indicated they are one of the teams who have applied. Hopefully won't need it but nice trip to Norway and all the beers on Bjarte would be good ;-)

[brfcshabba]

The site contradicts itself

  Quote

From this year, three rounds will be played instead of five, with the eleven victorious teams from the Intertoto Cup final round going through to the UEFA Cup second qualifying round.

Then

  Quote

2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round

First leg: 15/16 July

Second leg: 22 July

Winners enter UEFA Cup first round on 15/29 September

Now do they go into the first round or the second qualifying round

[Manchester Blue]

According to the BBC the Norwegian team would play is Lillestroem. They are pretty handy are they not? I know we're hoping we will avoid the intertoto but would any of our Norwegian contingent fancy our chances against these?