New CL Format Thoughts

Too many games.....full stop.

The physical overloading of players - 70+ games per season - is dangerous for the health and condition of players.

Not sure how the new format games schedule can be reduced, but less game will help or other competitions - League Cup - will be junked to academy games.

The xtra cost to fans is now un bearable for so many, unless our club sets admission prices at £1 & £5 and targets young Mancunian families !!
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)
 
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)
FA Cup
League Cup
Internationals....they soon add up !!
 
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)
Add the domestic cups, plus pointless international friendlies/qualifiers and the shit nations league and you aren't far off 70 plus games.

We as a club usually go deep in most competitions so inevitably our players play the most games.
 
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)
No chance as we were one of the drivers with FIFA to get it done.

It may well be the target for the season to win that.

UEFA/FIFA are killing the sport with greed.

Players needs proper rests or we will never have the longevity of the next Messi as they will be retired before they reach 30.
 
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)
I suppose you could easily have 10 cup matches and, presumably, the rest would be international matches, of which almost all our squad are involved.
 
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)

15 is the minimum number of games to win the Champions League.

17 if you go through the knockout round.

23 is it in the unlikely event you have to qualify in the first place and go all the way?
 
No chance as we were one of the drivers with FIFA to get it done.

It may well be the target for the season to win that.

UEFA/FIFA are killing the sport with greed.

Players needs proper rests or we will never have the longevity of the next Messi as they will be retired before they reach 30.
Whilst not disagreeing, the players need to take some responsibility here. They constantly want more and more cash and that has to come from somewhere. We don’t want to pay even more for tickets (and rightly so) therefore, the broadcasters become even more powerful and demand ever more matches.
 
Whilst not disagreeing, the players need to take some responsibility here. They constantly want more and more cash and that has to come from somewhere. We don’t want to pay even more for tickets (and rightly so) therefore, the broadcasters become even more powerful and demand ever more matches.
Fair point.

I think the suggestion of getting rid of extra time next season is broadcaster driven.
 
15 is the minimum number of games to win the Champions League.

17 if you go through the knockout round.

23 is it in the unlikely event you have to qualify in
15 is the minimum number of games to win the Champions League.

17 if you go through the knockout round.

23 is it in the unlikely event you have to qualify in the first place and go all the way?
15 games, you are correct :0(
But I prefer this new format :0) IMO
 
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)

We need the revenue to replace the lost revenue from ballsing up the CL. £250/300 million for winning it and I'd like us to be the first team to win it. CWC is very important to Pep and the owners.
 
A lot of same league ties early on, last season the madrid and bayern ties wouldn't have been allowed at this stage.

I'm a strong advocate for an entirely open competition from the very start so I'm not complaining but I can see a situation where this becomes boring very quickly. The competition is dominated by 3 or 4 league's so the teams in those leagues will regularly play each other and in a couple of seasons time when the tedium sets in of playing domestic rivals in this competition, I can see widespread complaints.
 
Club needs to Drop the FIFA Club World Cup competition, will reduce the game load on players and give them a chance to properly recover in the summer!!!

New format adds 2 extra games!!!

70+ games a season???

38PL games
12 CL games, if you make the final without playoff games

Not really sure of the make up for the other 20+ games??!!

Just my opinion :0)

I'd rather bin off the league cup and play kids in 4 of the 8 champions league first stage games. just make sure you win against the smaller teams.
 
We need the revenue to replace the lost revenue from ballsing up the CL. £250/300 million for winning it and I'd like us to be the first team to win it. CWC is very important to Pep and the owners.
Where does the figure of £250/£300 million originate? I would be astonished if that was the case (personally would sack it off but can understand why the club would play if the sums involved are so massive).
 
Where does the figure of £250/£300 million originate? I would be astonished if that was the case (personally would sack it off but can understand why the club would play if the sums involved are so massive).

50 million entering, 100 million for winning it, 9 and a bit million a win. Just double checked and it is Euros not Sterling. Still it's a fucking few quid we cannot turn out noses up at.

Source - Google.
 
fuck dippers they did end up with harder last 16 opponent than
2. Barca vs Benfica
3. Arsenal vs PSV
4th Inter vs Feyenoord
or even than 7th Lille or 8.th Villa

having said that I dont think PSG is great at all, we made them look like world beaters. wouldnt surprise me if Liverpool can keep them on scoring only 1-2 goals in 180 mins.

Real on the other hand got brutal draw.

City in playoff, then Atletico, then Arsenal possibly. to beat these three opponents just to get to semis is sick.

in comparison Barcelona can get to semis by beating Benfica and then the winner of Dortmund-Lille haha.
 
I'd rather bin off the league cup and play kids in 4 of the 8 champions league first stage games. just make sure you win against the smaller teams.
I'd rather bin off the extra 'UEFA' games and play as many kids as practical in the League Cup with cheap ticket prices and a ground full of young, boisterous Mancunians.
 

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