Not sure if posted already, but give this watch
Partly determined? What’s the other criteria?To strengthen the synergy between the league and knockout phases, and to provide more sporting incentive during the league phase, the pairings of the knockout phase will also be partly determined by the league phase rankings, with a draw which likewise determines and lays out the route for teams to reach the final.
Partly determined? What’s the other criteria?
This format is growing on me other than the extra games. Every game matters. Playing for a draw is a waste of time. If you don’t want even more games you must finish top 8 and, in theory, one gets the easiest route to the final. Knockout phase is just like the Copa Libatadores.
No playing the Academy in this format! Not that Pep would.
With the new CL format and the new FIFA World Club every 4 years, how long before the PL is forced to copy most other countries and reduce the league to 18 and ditch the League Cup? English teams were at a disadvantage before but now it looks a bigger problem for them.
The idea is that the pots are determined by club coefficients over five years. It works on the principle that a team doing well in European competitions over a five year period is more worthy of a pot one place than a flash in the pan team such as Leicester in 2016.I was just looking at Aston Villa's fixtures and wondering why they weren't playing anyone that actually won their leagues. So I checked out the pots, and noticed they've quietly got rid of the rule that if you win one of the top leagues, you're automatically in pot 1.
Pot 1 included us, Real Madrid, Inter and PSG, who actually won their leagues. Meanwhile, 3 German teams are in pot 1, none of which won the title, while Leverkusen at in pot 2. Liverpool are somehow in pot 1 for finishing 3rd, when they weren't even in the competition last season, and Barcelona complete the top seeds after winning absolutely fuck all last season. Meanwhile, the German champions and Europa League winners are in pot 2, and the Portuguese champions (Sporting) are in pot 3 behind a team that finished 10 points behind them (Benfica). So only 4 of the 'top-ranked' teams actually won anything last season.
If there was any doubt this whole thing was about favouring established teams, it's basically a return to the bullshit seeding system of the past, where big clubs from the big leagues will be given an easy ride regardless of their actual performance on the pitch.
I was just looking at Aston Villa's fixtures and wondering why they weren't playing anyone that actually won their leagues. So I checked out the pots, and noticed they've quietly got rid of the rule that if you win one of the top leagues, you're automatically in pot 1.
Pot 1 included us, Real Madrid, Inter and PSG, who actually won their leagues. Meanwhile, 3 German teams are in pot 1, none of which won the title, while Leverkusen at in pot 2. Liverpool are somehow in pot 1 for finishing 3rd, when they weren't even in the competition last season, and Barcelona complete the top seeds after winning absolutely fuck all last season. Meanwhile, the German champions and Europa League winners are in pot 2, and the Portuguese champions (Sporting) are in pot 3 behind a team that finished 10 points behind them (Benfica). So only 4 of the 'top-ranked' teams actually won anything last season.
If there was any doubt this whole thing was about favouring established teams, it's basically a return to the bullshit seeding system of the past, where big clubs from the big leagues will be given an easy ride regardless of their actual performance on the pitch.
It was 8am last year but no real ideaHas anybody got any idea what time tomorrow the dates of the fixtures will be confirmed?
It looks like that stipulation has gone.Morning all.
Does the new format prevent us playing teams from England in the last 16 still?
I know under the old format is was only permitted from last 8 onwards
People continually moan about the clear corruption of UEFA, the 100% money driven nature of the whole organisation, the clear and obvious agenda against our unwelcomed team, the snide on pitch refereeing decisions given at big moments to knock us out (what felt like) every year, the weird VAR calls against us, the favouring and protection shown to the 'European Royalty' clubs, the eyebrow raising fines, ...etc...etc...etc, yet somehow can't bring themselves to see that it's a big circus and that it's a fucking joke of a competition.You can only say it after winning it. Otherwise it just sounds like sour grapes. But yeah, nice to win it merely to stop the “Champions of Europe, you’ll never sing that!” Songs. But I much prefer a Premier League win. Sorry, but there it is.