In December it was a stark reality...
For the first time since 1995 Man Utd will participate in a European competition other than the Champions league, for those of you who have been oblivious to this competition....(Probably every United fan :-p) here are the main differences
The Logo
Is this an issue for me? ... Ofcourse not
The Theme
"Zadok the Priest" (don't lie you didn't know what it was called) will not be heard when Man Utd step up to face Ajax
Is this an issue for me? ... No
The champions league theme tune kicks ass, you know its a big game when you hear it and it makes the hairs stand on the back of your neck...but its only a theme tune.
Lesser Competition
As would be expected, it is less prestigious than the Champions league, it is the second tier of european competition, Man Utd are too big of a club to be in it. It has been given numerous, slanderous names in the past
- The Micky Mouse Cup
- The Channel 5 Cup
- The Liverpool Cup
Is this an issue for me? ... No
It may be the little brother (or sister) of the champions league, but it is still a trophy which we have not won, and its a still a European trophy, winning it would be as proud and achievement as winning the FA Cup in my opinion.
Thursday Nights
Instead of the expected Tuesday/Wednesday nights Europa league matches take place on Thursday nights.
Is this an issue for me? ... YES!
This is the main reason I'd rather have gone out of Europe all together. Playing on Thursday nights can seriously mess up a teams weekend games, to be honest Utd's staff and players should all be used to managing more than one game a week, so hopefully this won't really be an issue. Though with the league being such a tight race this year any negative effects from Thursday nights could have a massive effect on the outcome.
Having said all this leads me to the main debate, which started in December....will Fergie go for it or will he send out the reserves? Here is the offical squad as announced;
De Gea, Amos, Evans, Rafael, Fabio, Jones, Ferdinand, Valencia, Nani, Carrick, Young, Park, Rooney, Hernandez, Welbeck, Scholes, Cleverley, Pogba, Smalling and Fryers
The squad seems the be the best of both worlds....it should be a competitive squad no matter what and on top of this it could be the return from injury for Smalling, Jones and Nani. There have also be rumours that Paul Pogba will be handed a start.
My thoughts on the matter are...I don't want us to be here....but we are....and if we are here we may as well go for it....having said that if it effects our results in the league I'd rather we got knocked out sooner rather than later.....BUT lets face it....we are MANCHESTER UNITED, we don't aim for 2nd place and we always go out to win.
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