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

[East Level 2]

I think the positives and negatives of the new format even themselves out. The main positive being that a team with ten points finishing third in a group doesn't go out while a team finishing second with eight (or fewer) points goes through as happened in our first CL season. The main negative is that pot one teams have to play other pot one teams and don't gain any benefit from winning their domestic leagues.
From a City perspective, we have too many fans who just can't be arsed with the tournament. I'm convinced I've gone to the wrong seat at every CL home game as I hardly recognise anybody sat near me.
Finally, I think a win v Bruges will give us enough points to finish in the top 24, so that's another game to fork out for in January.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Last night’s result doesn’t even really matter. Finish in the Top24 and you go through to the KO preliminary round anyway. The format rewards shitness.

By 10pm tonight, even with how shit we’ve been in this competition so far this season, we could still be 22nd. We only really need one more win from the 3 remaining games, we can be absolutely shite in two others. Yet that will probably still see us through comfortably to the KO prelim round.

That’s no good. Being as shit as we’ve been we should be crashing out yet we’re afforded the chance to still get through. That’s not elite competition.

To be honest I’d rather finish 25th this season, go out, and concentrate on finishing 4th in the PL so we’re in the CL for any new signings next Summer. Whether we get in the 24 or even sneak the 8, we aren’t winning the CL this season. Although it would be funny as fuck if we finished 24th and, despite not being very good, going on a mad run of random wins out of nowhere and winning the whole thing, would make a mockery of the competition.

 

[Roachy]

I think the positives and negatives of the new format even themselves out. The main positive being that a team with ten points finishing third in a group doesn't go out while a team finishing second with eight (or fewer) points goes through as happened in our first CL season. The main negative is that pot one teams have to play other pot one teams and don't gain any benefit from winning their domestic leagues.
From a City perspective, we have too many fans who just can't be arsed with the tournament. I'm convinced I've gone to the wrong seat at every CL home game as I hardly recognise anybody sat near me.
Finally, I think a win v Bruges will give us enough points to finish in the top 24, so that's another game to fork out for in January.

I mentioned it earlier in the thread, and that is it will be interesting to see the points total for the 8th placed team with this format. I'm unsure what it will be at the moment.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

One possible benefit (and certainly my last straw to clutch) is that our injury issues might have improved considerably by the time we reach the Last 32 and hopefully provide some impetus

Otherwise my opinion hasn't changed.
UEFA will continue to meddle with the format until eventually it resembles a European Super League with more teams separated by promotion and relegation

 

[East Level 2]

I mentioned it earlier in the thread, and that is it will be interesting to see the points total for the 8th placed team with this format. I'm unsure what it will be at the moment.

I estimated 16 points at the start of the season and I'm sticking to that guess. I might increase it to 17 if Dortmund and Villa win tonight.

 

[ShedDweller]

Keep playing like we have been and we won't care next season!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Just in passing, as it were… not a few people on here were distinctly irritated that we ‘only’ drew our first game against Inter. I thought and said at the time that it was a high quality precision game between two very good teams who were sort of playing chess with each other, grandmaster level.
I note where Inter are now in the table. They are amongst the two or three favourites for this cup. We, sadly, are not at present.

 

[Roachy]

I estimated 16 points at the start of the season and I'm sticking to that guess. I might increase it to 17 if Dortmund and Villa win tonight.

I've tried to keep an open mind but that will be it I suspect. Tall order now for us to get up there.

 

[hallsteve62]

Last night’s result doesn’t even really matter. Finish in the Top24 and you go through to the KO preliminary round anyway. The format rewards shitness.

By 10pm tonight, even with how shit we’ve been in this competition so far this season, we could still be 22nd. We only really need one more win from the 3 remaining games, we can be absolutely shite in two others. Yet that will probably still see us through comfortably to the KO prelim round.

That’s no good. Being as shit as we’ve been we should be crashing out yet we’re afforded the chance to still get through. That’s not elite competition.

To be honest I’d rather finish 25th this season, go out, and concentrate on finishing 4th in the PL so we’re in the CL for any new signings next Summer. Whether we get in the 24 or even sneak the 8, we aren’t winning the CL this season. Although it would be funny as fuck if we finished 24th and, despite not being very good, going on a mad run of random wins out of nowhere and winning the whole thing, would make a mockery of the competition.

It's a mockery when the winners aren't even champions of their own domestic league.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

It's a mockery when the winners aren't even champions of their own domestic league.

Not really.
Do you think it would be better if the champions of Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland were in this years competition instead of Barcelona, Arsenal or Bayern.