Liverpool would do a parade for it
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New CL Format - Thoughts after 1 game
- Thread starter MCFC1993
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And so they should do if they are top after playing everybody home and away. The idea of the top six trophy being more important than the full league season is absolutely stupid.Liverpool would do a parade for it
Citizen of Legoland
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That doesn't work with the fact that teams only play a selection of other teams in the league, it would be farcical to award anything when a team could have an easier set of games than anyone else.They should give a trophy and shit tonne of money to the team that wins the league stage. That would make the top clubs go for top spot.
Don’t some leagues already have a ‘half way through the season trophy’ where clubs play the same teams in the same order in the second half of the season.
EDIT: But hold on ... "farce", "UEFA" ... it'll probably happen.
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The old format had a total of 96 games in the group stage and at the end of all that, 50% of the participants (16 out of 32) were eliminated. The new format has a total of 144 games in the league phase and after they are all played, only 33% of the participants (12 out of 36) are eliminated.
The new setup just feels bloated and ungainly with less jeopardy than we had before. I've said elsewhere that there will still be seeding to play for in the last games amongst teams that have already qualified but I'm not so sure that's going to be such a huge factor now.
UEFA's primary goal seems to have been to substantially increase the total number of games so they can sell an enhanced 'product' to the broadcasters.
The new setup just feels bloated and ungainly with less jeopardy than we had before. I've said elsewhere that there will still be seeding to play for in the last games amongst teams that have already qualified but I'm not so sure that's going to be such a huge factor now.
UEFA's primary goal seems to have been to substantially increase the total number of games so they can sell an enhanced 'product' to the broadcasters.
Roll the clock back 20 years and City would have loved more places to be available to clubs like ourselves to be part of the Champions League.
Now we are top table regulars we don’t hold the same view. We just want to get to the quarter final stage as quickly as possible.
Now we are top table regulars we don’t hold the same view. We just want to get to the quarter final stage as quickly as possible.