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just adds an extra few boring games to the league phase.Is set to be agreed this afternoon.
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I'm not sure what to make of this, more diluting of the game in favour of the bigger clubs.
Goes against what many fans want
The greed of the big clubs, us included, will be their eventual downfall
Why?Goes against what many fans want
The greed of the big clubs, us included, will be their eventual downfall
Prioritising a more boring format based on the money it will make them initially?Why?
The CL in it's current format is boring and predictable. Big teams generally get an easy ride to the knockouts and like most cup competitions it mostly isn't worth watching until late into the knockouts.Nothing wrong with the current format. This is more boring games in the initial stage & protecting the “big” teams with things like their “wildcard” idea.
Is the format more boring? CL only tends get interesting at the knockouts as it stands currently.Prioritising a more boring format based on the money it will make them initially?
It's a disgrace, particularly the wild card format.
A team could have a horrific domestic season, be out of Europe early and still get CL football, that just isn't right.
If you support a particular team you can watch their game and if you don't there's always a group of death or two, where every game is meaningful or that one game on any given matchday where two top sides clash. Just take Basaksehir vs United as an example. Usually a game no one would bother to watch, but because of the context of the group it was probably the most talked about game of that week.just adds an extra few boring games to the league phase.
for the past decade it’s only been the last game of the group that has generally been interesting.
It’s only when the knockout phase kicks in, that it gets exciting.
that game might have been talked about, but no one other than the fans of those teams would have watched it.If you support a particular team you can watch their game and if you don't there's always a group of death or two, where every game is meaningful or that one game on any given matchday where two top sides clash. Just take Basaksehir vs United as an example. Usually a game no one would bother to watch, but because of the context of the group it was probably the most talked about game of that week.
I find a lack of tension in the group stages. I probably havent watched them properly for ages. Even when we've been involved it's not been the same interest as with PL games. Maybe I've just got CL fatigue.If you support a particular team you can watch their game and if you don't there's always a group of death or two, where every game is meaningful or that one game on any given matchday where two top sides clash. Just take Basaksehir vs United as an example. Usually a game no one would bother to watch, but because of the context of the group it was probably the most talked about game of that week.
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not sure about your last sentence...They got their way with expanding the euros. Got their way with expanding the World Cup. Now getting their way with expanding the CL. Except this is genuinely a dredful idea.
A far better proposal could have been adding four teams and make it six groups of six, top two go through and best third placed teams. Then cut out home and away legs for knockouts and do straight one off cup ties until the final.
Essentially if you win your first 4/5 games you’ve probably qualified.
Meaning you have six more meaningless games. With a massively congested schedule, I’d expect a lot of teams to send second strings out for the final 3/4 games thus causing dilution and games nobody wants to see anyway.
From a personal view point, can’t say I’m too bothered. I think the CL lost its spark years ago. It going over to BT and being removed form terrestrial didn’t sit right with me. I struggle to watch CL games these days. I don’t mind a change but for the good and not transparent shit like this which is purely so clubs like Man United get multiple extra chances to get to knockouts. I genuinely loath the people running our club.
The whole point should be the best teams playing each otherWould be better doing champions qualifying automatically and rest having to qualify and jst luck of draw eg if atletico win Spanish league could have Barcelona v Real Madrid for qualifying same with group stage...... group a -
Barcelona
Chelsea
Man City
Bayern Munich
So 2 teams will be going out and would stop the same teams getting to the latter stages, as it is the now, you can pretty much guarantee who’s getting out the groups.
You like Woodward and the Glazers ? Eww.not sure about your last sentence...
But the rest I agree with. It’s just creating lots of meaningless games. As soon as clubs start sending out the youngsters, then it’s all over.
I didn’t say that, but no I don’t loathe them. But it’s not the thread for that.You like Woodward and the Glazers ? Eww.
If you're a best team, prove it by winning your league. Otherwise tough titties.The whole point should be the best teams playing each other
That is trueI'd honestly rather they just went back to champions being in the CL and 2nd + 3rd going in to the UEFA Cup, and bring back the CWC.
As soon as they started expanding the places for the CL, they killed the second and third tier European competitions.
