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

[Keeper!]

The premier League is TOP PRIORITY for my wife and I.

One should always priorities the PL ;)

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Chubby Robbie from AFTV isn't a fan now after the last round of results, they've began "we are going to win fuck all" pretty early this season.

“We are going to win fack all”

 

[East Level 2]

I think that the problem is that UEFA said every game would have jeopardy. Yet after 4 games there are at least 5 teams who cannot qualify for the KO stages. I think that livarpool only need 1 more win to guarantee being in the KO phase.

All teams can still qualify for the play-off round and could then progress to the full knock-out phase.

 

[East Level 2]

Eighth place team has nine points after four games so the requirement could be eighteen points if there was equal difficulty in the first four games. We have seven points so three wins could be tight and three wins and a draw might not be enough.
Some clubs may not be able to make the play-offs when the final two games are played and could field weak or experimental sides thus giving their opponents a huge advantage. This is unlikely to include PSG and Brugge.

 

[Craig]

Exactly, it's like the Nations League of club football. Dull and utterly uninteresting.

Don’t know what the answer is but the group stages had been fucking wank for years. At least you play some varied teams in this and a couple of decent ones. Obviously it’s many a money grab with the extra games. Football is fucked though anyway as we all know. Our club prove it regularly by constantly shitting on their diehard fans.

 

[jrb]

It isn’t working.

There’s no jeopardy in such a big league table, regardless if you play the best teams and worst teams. Even finishing in the expanded play off section of the table still gives you a chance to go through to the final stages, but it means people have to pay for another game, on top of paying for more games at this stage of the CL. That’s what it’s about, more games, fans paying more money, they aren’t.

2100 tickets left.
With CBL3 still greyed out.

 

[Damanino]

never thought we cannot make top8 after I was delighted with the draw we got. right now its more likely we wonnt do top8. 16 points is about the get in mount of points. we have 8 points and 3 games left. beating PSG and Juventus both away from home is not possible in current form. beating Brugge should be simple as was Feyenoord. origanlly calculated with 3 points in Sporting game and Feyenoord allowing us two draws vs PSG and Juventus. but now these games turned must wins.

unlikely 15 points is enough maybe in some rare scenario with the best GD if there are only 7 teams are on 16+ points. we cannot finish on 16 points anyway now either 17 or 15 the best possible points.

but go to Juventus next gamee with the need of a win they will happily sit back and counter us and that we wont like as they wont concede 3 like Feyenoord but can score from 2 as well from 3-4 shots vs Ederson.

having said that the table will be extremely close on the bottom end as well around 24th place, 11 points may be enough to reach that but could be 12 too. beating Brugge and not losing both harder ones gets that sorted for us but being anywhere between 20-24th in this system is a sucker, we start at home and decide the tie away vs a club that just missed out on top8. all this exercise just to get into the last 16. with the risk of fucking up and playing 10 games not even get there.

 

[city2]

Still a shite format even if we were top of the table.

 

[mayo31]

We won’t qualify for the knock out stages so for me it don’t matter what format they use

 

[WestGorton]

It's crap. It wasn't great before but now it's crap.