Topic: The Push Square Football (Soccer) Thread

@Bazza78: 4-3 to the reds. Well done. I actually want you guys to win the cup and kick the Arsenal out of the champions league.

What a game last night!!!

@themcnoisy: So you think Arsenal will finish 4th?? If City and Liverpool win, isn't that the only way the 4th spot is 'lost' as a CL spot?

@BAMozzy: If you win the eufa cup you qualify for the champions league. This is the first season its awarded. 4th place in the prem will be booted.

@iDangerMouse_: Its a touch different. Tottenham missed out on a cl place after finishing 4th when Liverpool won the cl if you can remember. The UEFA cup just adds more teams and has the option of playing tons of pre competition rounds.

@themcnoisy: I thought that if Man City win and finish outside the top 4, they too would qualify for the CL via the cup success. IF LFC also win the Europa, that grants them qualification BUT no country can have 6 CL spots - Maximum has increased to 5 since the Europa cup can now be a way in. If LFC and MC get in via their cup success, that only leaves 3 more spaces - therefore 4th will not be enough to qualify for the CL. If City don't win but LFC do (or vice versa), then the top 4 will still qualify as that's still only 5 spots. The only way 4th won't be sufficient is if both City and LFC win their respective cups - meaning only 3 more spots are available.

Edit: When Spurs lost out to LFC's success - the maximum allocation for any country was 4 for the CL. Now though a country can have 5 teams in the CL because of the new ruling allowing the winners of the Europa to play in next seasons CL.

Its explained here - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2215121.html

If both LFC and Man City win but don't finish in a CL qualifying space, then 4th will go to the Europa league

Divock Origi looks like he will develop into a real gem! Dortmund were terrified of him... I thought he outshone Aubameyang over the two legs.

I thought the Premiere league was in danger of losing its 4th champion league spot due to how badly our teams perform in the Champions League.

Hoping it will be Athletico Madrids year for the Champions league they are such a well organised side and are always overshadowed by their wealthy neighbours. They did a fantastic job against Barcelona.

Such a good game last night, probably one of the best I've ever watched. Villarreal is a very tough draw though - 4th in La Liga, plus they've beaten Atletico and Real Madrid this season. I've got belief, though - that win against Dortmund made me realise how lucky we are to have gotten Klopp as a manager.

In all honesty I've given up on the Premier League this season considering our awful position, but we still need to do well this weekend against Bournemouth. If we don't win the Europa League and our league position is bad, there's a big chance that we won't be in Europe at all next season, which'll make it very hard to attract new signings. Bournemouth are a very high-energy team, so we'll definitely have to play some fresh youngsters, but I still think that we need to play a strong squad if we want to do well. Wait until the Newcastle match to rest players

@iDangerMouse_: Boy I hope not. He may not be consistent, but he's our best player by far. Getting in the Champions League is essential if we want to keep our best players

@dryrain: We are in 'danger' of losing the 4th spot but as Italian teams are not performing worse than we are, we have secured 4th. Every round we have an English team get through, gives us an extra point towards are allocation and its all averaged out over a 5 year period. We are currently only 4pts above Italy but the fact Italian clubs haven't done well, means we keep the 4th spot for next year at least. Spain top the list, Germany 2nd and England are 3rd.

Liverpool will sign Gotze anyway. Regardless if coutinho leaves/stays

why? Gotze's preferred destination is liverpoool he's worked with klopp before . You obviously have inside knowledge of liverpoool claiming that coutinho is certain to leave, i'm suprised you haven't heard the substantial gotze rumours . Liverpool is a wealthy club rich in history and jurgen klopp is a great manager with pulling power(especially with ex players) so why do you think l'm a "comedien" when talking about gotze ?Ps . You seem to have a negative attitude towadrs liverpoolfc, i'm guessing You're a teenager who doesn't support his hometown club:)

Interestingly you profile says "probably off talking nonsense" yep you know yourself seemingly too well lolol

What team do you support?

@Bazza78: It's hard to see Gotze moving from a trophy-dominant Bayern to a Liverpool who may not even be in the Champions League next year to be fair. You'd have to imagine that he'll want to move to a club that's both in the Champions League and has a good shout for major trophies next year....so he's clearly going to move to Leicester!

How does everyone think Man City will do against Madrid then? I really don't fancy City to go through to be honest, though they're not out of their depth - Madrid have tons of quality and a very deep squad, but their full backs are the weak point of their team, which could be opened up by a nippy City winger. De Bruyne could easily produce a moment of magic, too

Yes but gotze has only been warming the bench for bayern.

Bayern will win the Champions League.

Villarreal will win the Europa League.

Man Utd will win the FA Cup.

Tottenham will win the league on goal difference.

Middlesbrough and Burnley will win promotion.

Northern Ireland will reach the semis of the European cup with Belgium winning.

Bayern facing City in the finals could be interesting...

@iDangerMouse_: But Northern Ireland are a great 'Team' individually you have some good players in my opinion. But as a group they are really strong. Hopefully they dont have a drop in form prior to the cup.

@themcnoisy: Some interesting predictions there...

Bayern have to be favourites for the CL but Villarreal over Sevilla - the team that has held the trophy for the past 2 seasons? I think it will tough for LFC to reach the Final but I do think they could if they play at their best. In a one off match on neutral ground, its difficult to pick a winner regardless of who gets there from the 4 remaining.

I really can't see Tottenham winning it. Its virtually impossible whilst it maybe mathematically possible - wishful thinking??

I kind of hope LVG does enough to stay at Man Utd but I expect that's how most football fans who are not utd fans feel! I don't know who is left in the competition as I stopped following it a few months ago.

Belgium maybe the highest ranked team but I can't see them winning it. A good strike force of Lukaku and Origi may help them get far and Courtois in goal may help too but you can't rule out the strength of the German team. I think the Spanish aren't the team they were - now the best are 'older' and some of those have had a tough, long season too. France and home soil could punch above their weight too. Of course a lot can happen between now and the Euro's - injuries to key players so who knows...

@BAMozzy: I was only joking haha, but lets do this its actually a good idea.

1) Who will finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Prem?
2) Who will will the FA Cup?
3) Who will win the Eufa cup?
4) Who will win the Champions League?
5) Who will win Euro 2016?

7 Points up for grabs if you get them all right.