All the new format had done is to get rid of dead rubbers on match day 5 and 6 quite a lot of the times and replace with dead rubbers on match days 7 and 8.Not particularly our groups are always shite these days
Yeah, totally agreeAll the new format had done is to get rid of dead rubbers on match day 5 and 6 quite a lot of the times and replace with dead rubbers on match days 7 and 8.
I hope once we've qualified if it means resting players we do so, Pep has always had the integrity of the competition at heart, even when it meant other clubs were battling for 3rd to get in the Europa League he would field a competitive team, something had to give this season.
Shite competition got even shiter.All the new format had done is to get rid of dead rubbers on match day 5 and 6 quite a lot of the times and replace with dead rubbers on match days 7 and 8.
I hope once we've qualified if it means resting players we do so, Pep has always had the integrity of the competition at heart, even when it meant other clubs were battling for 3rd to get in the Europa League he would field a competitive team, something had to give this season.
I thought that only applied to the two countries with five teams in the tournament?Yes all countries with four or more qualifiers can get another club from their own country.
I know what you mean but I quite enjoy the games, especially on this winters evenings when there's not much to do, enjoy going and the craic with the lads.Shite competition got even shiter.
Money, money, money and fuck the fans.
I'm not sure that's true for match day 7, but might be true for a couple of teams on matchday 8.All the new format had done is to get rid of dead rubbers on match day 5 and 6 quite a lot of the times and replace with dead rubbers on match days 7 and 8.
I hope once we've qualified if it means resting players we do so, Pep has always had the integrity of the competition at heart, even when it meant other clubs were battling for 3rd to get in the Europa League he would field a competitive team, something had to give this season.
I just like seeing us play against different opponents every so often.I know what you mean but I quite enjoy the games, especially on this winters evenings when there's not much to do, enjoy going and the craic with the lads.
The one thing they cannot fix is how shite the final is.
Sadly the only thing that needed an overhaul is not touched.
Lower ticket prices and more tickets for the fans in the final to start withWhat are you suggesting to make the final less shite?
Would we get fined for playing weaker teams, if not that will soon be brought in by the FA to discourage itI know you have quoted "group stage" but there's another 16 play off games after the initial League phase, groups don't count anymore. I think this is where the problem lies, 4 extra games for those teams in 9-24th position is an absolute killer especially if it concerns a team from the most competitive league in Europe, the Premier League.
The Competition could have been a 36 club Champions League League, split into 3 x 12's for coefficient purposes, use the criteria we're now following, each team plays one home and one away from each seeded group, total 6 games, top 12 go through, next 8 play off. That should have proved exciting up to match day 6, with 8 match days there's going to be a lot of dead rubbers with the top teams already qualifying, there will be some shenanigans as teams already through rest their players.
England's teams wi be disadvantaged as there's games in January after a busy December schedule and no mid winter break next season. Depending on our CL position in the League format we may have to play a second string in the FA Cup and the League cup will have to be forfeited from match one by playing an out and out EDL team, no point in not doing so, get the EDL Manager to take care of the game as well.
Golden goalWhat are you suggesting to make the final less shite?
The other thing is that during the period Madrid have won 6 CL they have won just 4 La Ligas.Hard one to call really. The staggering success uner Pep in the league has probably impacted negatively on our performance in the CL and FA Cup which has been comparatively inferior.
In the early years we were outstanding in the LC so that kind of debunks your theory. Clearly the most recent disaster at Wembley was at least in part caused by the supreme effort in the last two months of the season to overcome the dippers and gunners.
The Madrid results really do my head in, particularly two years ago, a collapse not fully erased by the thrashing we gave them last season. Fine margins have fallen in our favour 3 or 4 times now in the final stages of the league and I would argue that maybe good fortune has not smiled upon us in the later stages of cups.
Not to sure what you can do to alter a final ?The one thing they cannot fix is how shite the final is.
Sadly the only thing that needed an overhaul is not touched.
Topless women Goalkeepers.Not to sure what you can do to alter a final ?
Unless the Rags/Dippers are in it - then it changes to Golden Shower.Golden goal
And if it goes to extra time, remove more kit, all the way up to them being naked for penaltiesTopless women Goalkeepers.
Only for the final tho.
Golden goal