New Champions League format

[Bill]

if this goes through the likes of Everton , Villa etc may aswell pack it in.
disgraceful .

 

[RandomJ]

Adding several more carriages to the Gravy Train. That's all this is.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea. 2 more away trips than at present and hopefully not playing the same teams every season.

We'll see how it turns out I guess.

This 10 fixtures in a 36 team league with a set number of spots for the knockouts is in no way open to manipulation...

City: Barca (H), Real (A), Rags (H), Dippers (A), PSG (H), Atleti (A)...
Dippers: Leipzig (H), Benfica (A), Ajax (H), Lyon (A), Porto (H), Inter (A)...

etc.

 

[HelloCity]

The EFL Cup will most certainly be killed off to make room for these extra games.

I wouldn’t mind but these league/group games are the most boring part of any cup competition.

They never get good until it’s knock out.

 

[malg]

Doesn't bother me, can't fucking stand the competition anyway. The club cares about it but I'd rather be Champions of England all day long.

The CL is bent as fuck.

 

[blueparrot]

This 10 fixtures in a 36 team league with a set number of spots for the knockouts is in no way open to manipulation...

City: Barca (H), Real (A), Rags (H), Dippers (A), PSG (H), Atleti (A)...
Dippers: Leipzig (H), Benfica (A), Ajax (H), Lyon (A), Porto (H), Inter (A)...

etc.

They could, but it would be pretty obvious, same as they could fix groups and draws now, but evidently don’t as all our groups and draws are good, or have been for a few years now.

 

[moggymoz]

If this is true and goes ahead I'm out, why couldn't they have just left the game my forefathers and myself have loved...

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Utter shite

 

[manclad]

If this is true and goes ahead I'm out, why couldn't they have just left the game my forefathers and myself have loved...

Does your mum know about your four father's ??

 

[WestGorton]

Does your mum know about your four father's ??

Haha

 

[cleavers]

May be it just me but I like the sound of 10 games in a league of 36, seems far more interesting than the current group stage. I’m not against an 18 team premier league either, think it was an original plan when it was formed.
Not a fan of wildcards, but 2 is less than I feared.

That was how I felt to be honest, and I'd rather be on the inside than the outside.

A European super league won’t take long now. I predict within 5 years. The top clubs want too much money and most of them also need it (Barca,Madrid). The fact is these clubs don’t wanna be playing the likes of sheff Utd, West Brom, Eibar, Huesca etc. They want a franchise NFL style league where can absolutely rinse the fuck out of it for money

For that reason I'd also prefer to be on the inside, even if I don't like it, but this might be the best way to avoid it.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea. 2 more away trips than at present and hopefully not playing the same teams every season.

Good point about playing the same teams, but it depends how it's stitched up, and I've no doubt it will be if it can be.

 

[WestGorton]

I am no nationalist but it would be interesting if the English league amalgamated and said only English players. Cardiff and Wrexham etc would go in the Welsh league who can have solely Welsh. The Scots would play in Scotland and Ireland would have to stop supporting the rags or the dippers and support a club on their own turf.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

May be it just me but I like the sound of 10 games in a league of 36, seems far more interesting than the current group stage. I’m not against an 18 team premier league either, think it was an original plan when it was formed.
Not a fan of wildcards, but 2 is less than I feared.

Who picks the wildcards, do we know?

 

[deano ou812]

Who picks the wildcards, do we know?

Representatives of the rags and red scousers..

 

[BillCarlisle]

I've been getting more & more pissed off with this competition as the past few seasons have gone on. If this goes through then it'll be the final straw for me. All this co-efficient business has always been about protecting the chosen few and it seems like it's about to get even worse.

 

[blueparrot]

Who picks the wildcards, do we know?

Don’t know but I’d guess it’s the 2 teams that finish outside qualifying positions across europe with the highest coefficient.

 

[Damanino]

to be fair current format is getting boring, 32 clubs in 8 groups almost zero surprises in group stage. maybe 1 really unnderperforming strong club fails and 1 overperforming defies the odds to go through but thats is.
United failed this season haha Thursday night that is yours.

then in knockout stages again unless there is a big tie in last 16 like Barca-PSG there are rarely exciting ties.
Often you can call the teams going through after first leg.

Bayern, Pool, City, Chelsea, PSG, Real, Dortmund, Juventus, thats the last 8 for you...
maybe 1 surprise in Porto/Juve game but is not likely...

 

[WestGorton]

I actually think it might be better as it freely admits it's about the rags dippers the German rags the Spanish rags and the Catalonian dippers.

 

[WestGorton]

I actually think it might be better as it freely admits it's about the rags dippers the German rags the Spanish rags and the Catalonian dippers.

Oh and Juventus.

 

[cleavers]

if this goes through the likes of Everton , Villa etc may aswell pack it in.
disgraceful .

They are in the body supporting it Bill, the ECA, its not just UEFA.