Speaking as an Evertonian it is fucking fantastic.One English team out of the tournament, that not good.![]()
Liverpool is owned by a couple of chancers who thought that the club were locked into the automatic euro money trough. The annual Moyes miracle of getting Everton into contention on a shoestring was never going to be able to get past that barrier and move them into 4th spot. The one year we did make it to 4th Liverpool moaned for inclusion and got it from 5th spot, so we didn't get a cash advantage over them that season.
I'm very interested to see what will happen if Liverpool do not make the 4th spot this year. They are servicing an awful lot of debt. Without the euro money that 4th position brings they are going to be pretty vulnerable. Arsenal, Chelsea and Man U are already looking safe for the top 3. Liverpool are there for the taking by Spurs or Villa: doubly so if Gerrard and Torres do not stay healthy.