New CL Format Thoughts

Sorry if covered, how is the qualifying games selected, is it just a random draw, can teams from the same league play each other. TIA
 
thegoatsthegoat said:
Sorry if covered, how is the qualifying games selected, is it just a random draw, can teams from the same league play each other. TIA
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it is determined as per below.

no country restriction at all, in can be all English tie in playoff round and then also in last 16 etc.

league stage positions set our fate somewhat for all tournament.

eg for below if we finish any of 17 or 18th, we deffo get either 15th or 16th in playoff round. and then comes the surprise of getting whoever finished 1st or 2nd in league stage in last 16.


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Damanino said:
it is determined as per below.

no country restriction at all, in can be all English tie in playoff round and then also in last 16 etc.

league stage positions set our fate somewhat for all tournament.

eg for below if we finish any of 17 or 18th, we deffo get either 15th or 16th in playoff round. and then comes the surprise of getting whoever finished 1st or 2nd in league stage in last 16.


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Thanks both, whilst it looks messy at first we at least know our fate straight away don't we. thanks again
 
mexico1970 said:
It's like the last time the scousers won it, beaten 4 times in the group stages and beating spursy in the final.
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I don’t think that’s right. They wouldn’t progress from the group with 4 defeats from 6. Do you mean four defeats in total?
 
cmcm0808 said:
Looking at that you'd be better off finishing 21 or 22 rather than anywhere between 15 to 18.
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The organisers weren't taking into account that high ranked teams like PSG, Madrid and ourselves would be as low in the standings.
The teams looking like they will finish in 21 to 24 are probably better than the ones in 9th to 12th.
 
Hard to gauge as to whether the format has added more jeopardy, or if that's down to our poor form!

If we do a jammy dipper special though and scrape through before coming up against the dog and duck in the final then it will be universally criticised by rival players, pundits and fans alike. Which would be lovely. Yon pisseth pot doth boileth over.
 
I don't get why they don't simply do 9th vs 24th, 10th vs 23rd etc (as they do in the EFL playoffs) rather than this pairing system of 9 or 10 vs 23 or 24? I know it's only a minor difference but it seems weird that you could finish slightly below another team yet still get a theoretically slightly easier draw than them. If you finish 9th, you should be rewarded with the on-paper easiest opponent in the play-offs that is 24th.
 
RegisteredToSeePhotos said:
I don't get why they don't simply do 9th vs 24th, 10th vs 23rd etc (as they do in the EFL playoffs) rather than this pairing system of 9 or 10 vs 23 or 24? I know it's only a minor difference but it seems weird that you could finish slightly below another team yet still get a theoretically slightly easier draw than them. If you finish 9th, you should be rewarded with the on-paper easiest opponent in the play-offs that is 24th.
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Creates another televised draw, 'excitement'/another paid for piss up.
 
levets said:
I don’t think that’s right. They wouldn’t progress from the group with 4 defeats from 6. Do you mean four defeats in total?
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Yes in total mate, my point is that getting beat 4 times in a CL campaign is a lot.

We are what 5th favourites now even though we have been awful and have a CL league position of a submarine.
 
mexico1970 said:
Yes in total mate, my point is that getting beat 4 times in a CL campaign is a lot.

We are what 5th favourites now even though we have been awful and have a CL league position of a submarine.
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Yes totally agree. When we won it in 2023 we were unbeaten, hardly even recognised by the media.
 
The current squad is not capable of winning it, not sure our domestic season and trying to get top 4 would be benefitted by the extra games.
 
I am quite liking the new format of the CL from a football perspective. In fact, I think it is brilliant. Some of the match ups and games are crazy and it is eliminating all the boring group stage draws and defensive games.
 
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