MauditYvon Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) The two associations who obtain the most coefficient points in the 2023–24 season will each have one European Performance Spot into the league phase. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League cannot fill the European Performance Spots. No UCL for Roma Edited May 23 by MauditYvon Obinna and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, MauditYvon said: The two associations who obtain the most coefficient points in the 2023–24 season will each have one European Performance Spot into the league phase. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League cannot fill the European Performance Spots. No UCL for Roma Yet... (Not sure I understand your reading.) They get a base 4 spots + 1 for Performance Atalanta won the Europa league - they get Champions League no matter what. (We got Europa League and the Premier League an extra European spot because we won the Conference League last year and finished well down the table.) That last sentence says they do not take the performance spot. So it is still out there. So if they finish 5th (outside normal Champions League places) there would still be: 1) the top 4, 2) plus them, 3) plus the Performance spot (which they can't fill). 6 spots. Edit: That is how I have seen it explained in a few places at least. https://football-italia.net/why-atalanta-do-not-roma-champions-league-yet/ https://onefootball.com/en/news/what-roma-need-to-qualify-for-champions-league-39514286 https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/atalanta-seriea-champions-league-teams-32872947 Edited May 23 by WestHamCanadianinOxford GasPed and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 If Atalanta finish 5th in the league, there will be 6 Serie A teams in the Champions League. Also if Fiorentina win the Conference League, there will be a total of 9 Serie A teams in Europe, almost half of the league. Even as a Serie A fan, I think that is absolutely ridiculous. johnyb, Unnamed Trialist, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 1 hour ago, masster said: If Atalanta finish 5th in the league, there will be 6 Serie A teams in the Champions League. Also if Fiorentina win the Conference League, there will be a total of 9 Serie A teams in Europe, almost half of the league. Even as a Serie A fan, I think that is absolutely ridiculous. But they still can't touch the Leagues Cup, an official Concacaf competition where every team in two leagues gets in. I too prefer to see those modest teams struggling to get through qualifying rounds to have a better chance at Champions group play. Sometimes it is very entertaining, and it is excellent experience for them. Thinking of Royal Antwerp this year, Young Boys, Copenhagen. Winning your league and having to go through multiple qualifying rounds in the summer is harsh compared to getting a spot based on a coefficient. Of those three, only one came last in their group. Then, in the case this last season with Spain having 5, Sevilla was embarrassing, but even of 4 EPL teams, 2 came last in their group. Just leave it as maximum 4 + Europa League winner, I'd say. narduch and The Real Marc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 frmr, GasPed, Ottawafan and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 That's some elite company for David. Kane has a bunch of PKs for Bayern. Would be interesting to know what the PK contribution is for those players. David only had a few this season. jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) Man if David could just smooth out his dry patches he would have absolutely elite production. All of this scoring for Lille (minus maybe last year) came from a half-season at a time. edit: but even last season he wasn't really scoring from open play for half the season, but was still producing from the penalty spot, so the point stands. Edited May 25 by frmr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoops__ Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Even the best strikers have dry spells. The fact that he always regains form is impressive. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Roma is the latest team interested in David. narduch and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdog Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 16 hours ago, Stryker911 said: I haven’t been able to watch much soccer in general the last year so I’m surprised scoring was so relatively low this season. Really impressive to be in that company though. jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 19 minutes ago, Bdog said: I haven’t been able to watch much soccer in general the last year so I’m surprised scoring was so relatively low this season. Really impressive to be in that company though. I think that's "2024", not "the 2023-24 season". Bdog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Atlético Madrid are the latest interested, if rumours are to be believed. TGAA_Star, Obinna, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil03 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 4 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: Atlético Madrid are the latest interested, if rumours are to be believed. Could make for some nice promotional nights for Athletico Ottawa: the local prodigy, who is now playing with a massive club, comes back home during vacation to support their local affiliate. Obinna, johnyb, narduch and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 6 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: Atlético Madrid are the latest interested, if rumours are to be believed. David to Atleti I would love that jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 15 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: Atlético Madrid are the latest interested, if rumours are to be believed. At this point it may be more efficient for us to track the clubs he hasn’t been linked with. WestHamCanadianinOxford, The Real Marc, An Observer and 8 others 7 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I have really been settling into the idea of David going to Milan with Fonseca. Would Atletico be a bigger/better move? Arguably a better league, but maybe less of a chance for silverware? European prospects would roughly be the same, I imagine. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 And as mentioned, Atletico would be a cool marketing opportunity, potential. However, I think Milan are the bigger club historically, with a bigger reputation and more trophies. jhoops__ and Canuckia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 16 minutes ago, Obinna said: David going to Milan with Fonseca. If Fonseca does move to Milan that would be a big factor for David, assuming he had a choice btw the 2 clubs no? Canuckia and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Not sure if this was ever posted. I know the podcast has been shared but I didn't realize they had a Youtube channel as well for it. narduch and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 5/25/2024 at 6:16 AM, MtlMario said: Roma is the latest team interested in David. Here is the report of the Roma interest in David. It still says Villa are the favourites. https://www.calciomercato.com/news/lille-che-bagarre-per-david-aston-villa-in-pole-si-inserisce-la--71920 Roma would make sense for a lot of reasons. They will need a replacement for Lukaku who they will not be purchasing from Chelsea. Azmoun is just on loan from Leverkusen and Roma are not expected to pick up their buy option. I think David could make a very good partnership with Tammy Abraham. In addition, Roma's new sporting director is coming from Nice, so he would be very familiar with David. Now the bad...money. This is the 3rd season in a row where Roma have finished in 6th place in Serie A, so there will be no extra Champions League money which they desperately needed. Roma are currently under a settlement agreement with UEFA which runs until the end of the 2026-27 season. That is why so many of their new signings have been either free transfers or loan deals in the last couple of seasons. If David costs around 40 million, that is equal to the record for highest amount Roma has ever spent on a player. If they can find a way to afford him...I think this would make a lot of sense. jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 As for the other Italian sides that were reportedly interested... Napoli was going hard after Gasperini to be their new manager. I would have loved to see David work under him given his record with strikers. But Gasp has decided to remain at Atalanta, so Napoli are shifting to Antonio Conte. David does not fit the mold of a central striker that Conte usually likes. I do not see them being a legitimate option anymore. Plus, they won't have any European football at all. All indications are that Milan will announce Fonseca as their new manager. They are still in the running. jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoops__ Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I like the Atleti fit the best… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borjans Sweatpants Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Move to Atletico, stay there for the career and become a club legend, then come home to Atletico Ottawa to finish the career off InglewoodJack and jhoops__ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 5/24/2024 at 4:44 PM, Stryker911 said: Let this sink in what David is doing for his club at Lille and if he were to go elsewhere, would he even be scoring as many goals for his new club? I doubt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 31 minutes ago, TGAA_Star said: Let this sink in what David is doing for his club at Lille and if he were to go elsewhere, would he even be scoring as many goals for his new club? I doubt it I think it will be same as last time he moved. 1st season: 13 goals (or around there) 2nd season: 15-18 goals 3rd season: +20 goals ................. When you look at his stats, that's how things played out at Gent and Lille. And wherever he goes to next (Atleti, Milan, etc.) the step up from Lille to those clubs will roughly be the same as moving from Gent to Lille. As such, I expect a similar trajectory. jhoops__, Canuckia and TGAA_Star 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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