Its just like VAR.I hate the new format. A single league stage including all teams will now take place, with clubs guaranteed to play 10 matches against different opponent.
How is that fair you only play selected teams in a league.
Us- PSG,Real,Juventus,Bayern etc etc
Dippers- Benfica, Seville, Nantes etc etc
The greatest period of European Competition was when all the competitions were simple cup competitions where it was the luck of the draw who played who.I think we can all say that the real excitement of a competition like this comes from the jeopardy, the thrill of win or lose.
Group stages are, not boring, but less important. To expand a group stage expands the feeling of less importance,less risk, less interest from the fans.
But, crucially, more money.
A league shoes who is best over a full season and is rightly revered for that. It shows the best team consistently rather than in a knockout. But when the gap between teams is larger then the table will become separated faster, and it becomes a bit of a pointless exercise on the sporting sense. Personally I don't think having a domestic league and a European one will do anything for me. Domestic means more because it's is who we are, where we are from, as a club and mostly as fans.
No idea where all these extra games will fit. Maybe I'll be proven wrong, and it's inevitable as the money men want it, but I really can see fans giving up if the number of games keeps increasing. It just won't feel as special.
But maybe that's preferred, they don't want fans but casual subscribers watching on telly in droves?
Had hoped there would be more opposition to this, and that the plans would be quietly shelved but sadly not. The co-efficient places make a mockery of the competition's integrity, and no football fan wants to see MORE group stage games.
Why the fuck do they even call it the Champions League anymore?
the money in PL means we'll always get extra spot thats why arsenal spurs and rags will vote for itThe "club history" coefficient place has been scrapped.
Now they're giving one to the country that did best in Europe the previous season. So the Netherlands and England would get one this season.
Presumably England will get one pretty much every season though. Does it just automatically go to the 5th placed club, or the team with the highest co-efficient in the country?The "club history" coefficient place has been scrapped.
Now they're giving one to the country that did best in Europe the previous season. So the Netherlands and England would get one this season.