# Are Saints deliberately avoiding the Europa League?

**URL:** <https://www.sotonians.com/t/are-saints-deliberately-avoiding-the-europa-league/1076>\
**Category:** Southampton Football Club\
**Created:** [15 May 2015 10:34 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/are-saints-deliberately-avoiding-the-europa-league/1076 "2015-05-15T10:34:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2015 12:47 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/are-saints-deliberately-avoiding-the-europa-league/1076/21 "2015-05-16T12:47:29Z")

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Doesn’t look like we’re trying to avoid it atm. 5-1.

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**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2015 16:50 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/are-saints-deliberately-avoiding-the-europa-league/1076/22 "2015-08-19T16:50:51Z")

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Let’s see how we handle tomorrow and next week, then we will know!

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**Author:** ![Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/barry-sanchez/32/76_2.png) [@Barry-Sanchez](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Barry-Sanchez)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2015 18:14 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/are-saints-deliberately-avoiding-the-europa-league/1076/23 "2015-08-19T18:14:14Z")

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Spurs in the short term will not threaten the top 4, they are dreaming if they think they can get in there, Liverpool can’t get in there and their budget is consistent (consistently shite) and they are 5 times the size of Spurs easily.

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**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2015 07:12 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/are-saints-deliberately-avoiding-the-europa-league/1076/24 "2015-08-20T07:12:47Z")

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Pochettino had one target last year - to reach the top four.

He failed, I see him repeating that feat, and probably getting replaced next summer by another manager who will also fail.

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**Author:** ![Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/sfcsim/32/88192_2.png) [@Sfcsim](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Sfcsim)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2015 07:17 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/are-saints-deliberately-avoiding-the-europa-league/1076/25 "2015-08-20T07:17:28Z")

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Fully agree. The top 4 will be

Man City

Chelsea

Arsenal

Man U

This will not be broken for a while. Spurs and Liverpool will probably make up the top 6. It seems that teams are finding harder and harder to break this trend. We gave it a bloody good shot, maybe Swansea could challenge it this season?

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