New CL Format Thoughts | After GW2 (pg13) | GW3 (pg33)

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Give it a few years and then somebody will suggest promotion and relegation from the CL to the EL
Give it a few more years and they'll call it the European Super League

 

[citizen_maine]

Two extra games were added for more revenue for each team but if you fail to get into the top eight then you have to play another two extra games to qualify - so failure earns more money.

I'm fairly sure you get more money for qualifying via league position than you get for playing the extra games

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Give it a few years and then somebody will suggest promotion and relegation from the CL to the EL
Give it a few more years and they'll call it the European Super League

Remember when they fucked up putting another group stage after the initial group stage? They’ve done it again with this, when they see the dwindling tv numbers they will have to change again.

 

[Roachy]

I'm not minding it too much at the moment but will wait until the league phase is over completely before I make my mind up. It will be interesting to see what points the team finishing 8th get in order to make it to the next stage.

 

[MCFC1993]

Two extra games were added for more revenue for each team but if you fail to get into the top eight then you have to play another two extra games to qualify - so failure earns more money.

Probably a few teams thinking if we finish outside the top 8 we get extra match revenue.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Probably a few teams thinking if we finish outside the top 8 we get extra match revenue.

Don't be giving Soriano ideas!

 

[M23 Citizen]

The league table is too big and with not every team playing every other team in it, makes the table feel like it means nothing.

Before there was just one other fixture you needed to take notice of a week, from your own group. Now you don’t know what’s a good result and what’s not from any fixture on any night.

Its just a load of random games whose results don’t make any sense to anyone or have much meaning because there’s too much leeway to allow the teams well down the table to end up in the KO Phase due to 24 of the 36 teams not being immediately eliminated.

You could be shite for the most part of 8 games, could even rest players or play at 50% effort and just do enough to get enough points to just finish in the 24… then turn up all guns blazing for the eliminator round, earn extra money from a few more games like others have alluded to, and set out on a good campaign after a loads of months where you’ve treated it like pre-season and go from there.

Brest are currently 5th after a good start, but they might come unstuck a few times and end up say 9th. Conversely, Leipzig are currently 31st, but a few wins against the dross they’ll be facing and they could make the 24. Leipzig could get drawn against Brest and turn up for the eliminator round and scrape through after a really poor League Phase showing, whereas Brest who could have loads more points than Leipzig, go out.

 

[MCFC1993]

Don't be giving Soriano ideas!

I know, I just know one chief exec has thought about it though.

I actually thought about something worse last night! Make the group stage hated so much that they can move 2 group games (home and away) to a different continent.

 

[East Level 2]

Too many daft teams in it.

The last 2 we’ve played would get beat by decent Sunday league sides.

The last two we played were national champions. Where does that leave those who say it should be champions only?

 

[MCFC1993]

The league table is too big and with not every team playing every other team in it, makes the table feel like it means nothing.

Before there was just one other fixture you needed to take notice of a week, from your own group. Now you don’t know what’s a good result and what’s not from any fixture on any night.

Its just a load of random games that don’t make any sense or have much meaning because there’s too much leeway to allow the teams well down the table to end up in the KO Phase due to 24 of the 36 teams not being immediately eliminated.

You could be shite for the most part of 8 games, could even rest players or play at 50% effort and just do enough to get enough points to just finish in the 24… then turn up all guns blazing for the eliminator round and go from there.

Bret are currently 5th after a good start, but they might come unstuck a few times and end up say 9th. Conversely, Leipzig are currently 31st, but a few wins against the dross they’ll be facing and they could make the 24. They could get drawn against Brest and turn up for the eliminator round and scrape through after a really poor League Phase showing.

Good points that I agree with. There are just no narratives, the other group games are meaningless.

I think the best compromise for me would have been 4 Groups of 9 (would result in 1 extra gameweek). Top 2 straight through, next 3 make the playoffs with 4 best 7th place teams.

At least you could watch the other games with interest.

This format is just nonsense until gameweek 8.