by Stranded » 11 Sep 2018 11:47
by Stranded » 11 Sep 2018 12:10
Old Man Andrews Isn't the Europa League treated as a complete irrelevance as it is? Wish FIFA and Uefa would just leave football alone, its not broken so don't try to fix it.
by Sutekh » 11 Sep 2018 14:28
by Green » 12 Sep 2018 10:12
by Green » 12 Sep 2018 14:10
by BR0B0T » 13 Sep 2018 14:21
by leon » 13 Sep 2018 23:35
Green Feels like the golden goose is slowly being throttled to this former fan.
The more European football there is, of any flavour, the more it cheapens the product. "Less is more", someone should tell UEFA et al. (Although I get it that it's probably more commercially attractive to have more games of lower quality)
by Sanguine » 14 Sep 2018 13:49
Old Man Andrews This will sound really outlandish and probably unpopular but I would like the Champions League to become exactly that. A league of just the Champions from Europes top league. Have a league of 12 - 16 teams who play eachother twice over the course of the season. You are guaranteed some huge games on a regular basis that way and it also eliminates the chaff that manage to get into it in its current form. Keep the Europa League and the new competition in the knock out format.
by Sutekh » 14 Sep 2018 14:18
SanguineOld Man Andrews This will sound really outlandish and probably unpopular but I would like the Champions League to become exactly that. A league of just the Champions from Europes top league. Have a league of 12 - 16 teams who play eachother twice over the course of the season. You are guaranteed some huge games on a regular basis that way and it also eliminates the chaff that manage to get into it in its current form. Keep the Europa League and the new competition in the knock out format.
Thing is, the 'chaff' are the champions of Russia and Switzerland and Belgium and Austria, not Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico and Napoli.
Your format would simply see the same four or five teams play off against each other for who can score the most goals against Red Bull Salzburg. At least the current format can generate some different QF and SF teams (few would have picked Roma and Liverpool last season).
For all the romanticism around the old European Cup, it is harder now to win.
In 1980-81, Liverpool beat OPS, Aberdeen and CSKA Sofia by a combined 21-2 to reach the semi-finals.
by Snowflake Royal » 15 Sep 2018 16:15
Old Man Andrews This will sound really outlandish and probably unpopular but I would like the Champions League to become exactly that. A league of just the Champions from Europes top league. Have a league of 12 - 16 teams who play eachother twice over the course of the season. You are guaranteed some huge games on a regular basis that way and it also eliminates the chaff that manage to get into it in its current form. Keep the Europa League and the new competition in the knock out format.
by Snowflake Royal » 15 Sep 2018 16:17
SanguineOld Man Andrews This will sound really outlandish and probably unpopular but I would like the Champions League to become exactly that. A league of just the Champions from Europes top league. Have a league of 12 - 16 teams who play eachother twice over the course of the season. You are guaranteed some huge games on a regular basis that way and it also eliminates the chaff that manage to get into it in its current form. Keep the Europa League and the new competition in the knock out format.
Thing is, the 'chaff' are the champions of Russia and Switzerland and Belgium and Austria, not Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico and Napoli.
Your format would simply see the same four or five teams play off against each other for who can score the most goals against Red Bull Salzburg. At least the current format can generate some different QF and SF teams (few would have picked Roma and Liverpool last season).
For all the romanticism around the old European Cup, it is harder now to win.
In 1980-81, Liverpool beat OPS, Aberdeen and CSKA Sofia by a combined 21-2 to reach the semi-finals.
by Stranded » 17 Sep 2018 09:04
Snowflake RoyalOld Man Andrews This will sound really outlandish and probably unpopular but I would like the Champions League to become exactly that. A league of just the Champions from Europes top league. Have a league of 12 - 16 teams who play eachother twice over the course of the season. You are guaranteed some huge games on a regular basis that way and it also eliminates the chaff that manage to get into it in its current form. Keep the Europa League and the new competition in the knock out format.
Assuming you don't mean a breakaway league and it's in addition to domestic competitions, that's a hell of a lot of games for each team. I'd split it into two groups, where within each group you play each other twice and then the top two of each go into a semi and then final. And I'd include the winners of a cup winners competition and a third competition for major nation runners up and minor nation champions.
by Sanguine » 17 Sep 2018 10:22
Snowflake RoyalSanguineOld Man Andrews This will sound really outlandish and probably unpopular but I would like the Champions League to become exactly that. A league of just the Champions from Europes top league. Have a league of 12 - 16 teams who play eachother twice over the course of the season. You are guaranteed some huge games on a regular basis that way and it also eliminates the chaff that manage to get into it in its current form. Keep the Europa League and the new competition in the knock out format.
Thing is, the 'chaff' are the champions of Russia and Switzerland and Belgium and Austria, not Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico and Napoli.
Your format would simply see the same four or five teams play off against each other for who can score the most goals against Red Bull Salzburg. At least the current format can generate some different QF and SF teams (few would have picked Roma and Liverpool last season).
For all the romanticism around the old European Cup, it is harder now to win.
In 1980-81, Liverpool beat OPS, Aberdeen and CSKA Sofia by a combined 21-2 to reach the semi-finals.
You mean like the same four - six teams competing to beat a random assortment of shit at the bottom of the Premier League?
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