Quote Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE View Post
I am sorry, but you are all in denial.
People disagreeing with you doesn't make them deluded.

But there are only two trophies better than the trophy they won
Is that true? It's certainly true that not all trophies are of equal value. But it's also true that the prestige of trophies varies over time.
The rise of the CL has devalued the FA Cup, for example. I still love the FA Cup but there's no doubt that FA Cup Final Day is less of a "thing" than it was when I was a kid. As for the Europa League - the issue with it is, again, the rise of the CL. So many sides qualify for the CL now and this season with teams not dropping from there into the Europa League (which I don't think they should anyway), there's no doubt the quality of the teams in that competition is much lower than the CL.
I reckon any of the CL semi-finalists would have easily won it. It's a second rate trophy for second rate teams. You can only compete in the competitions you're in of course but they won a competition we are too good to play in.

By their extremely low standards, this season has been a success
Yes. By their standards. But we have much higher standards and that's why I wouldn't swap. Can you imagine being a season ticket holder this season and seeing your team only winning 6 out of home games? Overall they lost 22 games, I heard it's the most anyone has ever lost and not gone down. They got 38 points which in many seasons would relegate you.

For us this has been a poor season but that in itself tells you that we are at a much higher level than them. We finished 2nd and got the CL semi-final and we are disappointed. Spurs finished 17th and they're doing cartwheels because they won a trophy by beating the Norwegian champions (lol) and then they just about snuck past the worst Utd side in a generation. They can have their moment but there's no way as a whole I'd swap with them. If you would then OK, we agree to disagree.