UEFA Europa Conference League

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With the announcement of Project Big Picture (aka Project Manchester 1 - 6 United and Liverpool) and the rumoured threat of a breakaway league, I wanted to comment on the new UEFA Europa Conference League starting next season.

Does anyone else see the possibility that this is part of a transition to a 'European Super League' happening under our feet?

It is a conceivable that a proposal of the top 4 or whatever clubs from each major country join a new "Champions League" that uses a more traditional league format with no knockout rounds, with relegation to the Europa League (and so on), and that the domestic leagues mutate in to something very different (that may or may not include the big clubs participation in some way).

The structure is being put in place imo. What do others think?
 
Can anyone even imagine who the third place team in the 50th ranked country would be?

OK, had to look it up ... right now it is FK Iskra Danilovgrad from Montenegro.
 
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It's for the little teams. Nothing wrong with having a third tier of European football. Although it's starting to look more and more like tiny steps towards a super-league of some sort - and you can bet that if some teams have their way, it would be a closed shop.
 
I don't see the need for it personally, but then again I don't see the need for the Nations League either.

With 3 tiers of European football it is certainly looking like a more formal structure to European competition. I was against the Europa League winners getting a Champions League place (seemingly the only person of that opinion) - as I didn't want the entire Europa League being viewed as a qualification round for the Champions League. Anyway that's where it is now, I guess the winners of this shit get 'promoted' to the Europa League next season?
 
Erik Edman said:
With the announcement of Project Big Picture (aka Project Manchester 1 - 6 United and Liverpool) and the rumoured threat of a breakaway league, I wanted to comment on the new UEFA Europa Conference League starting next season.

Does anyone else see the possibility that this is part of a transition to a 'European Super League' happening under our feet?

It is a conceivable that a proposal of the top 4 or whatever clubs from each major country join a new "Champions League" that uses a more traditional league format with no knockout rounds, with relegation to the Europa League (and so on), and that the domestic leagues mutate in to something very different (that may or may not include the big clubs participation in some way).

The structure is being put in place imo. What do others think?
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No its just a competition to involve more smaller nations clubs in European competition.
 
Biff said:
I don't see the need for it personally, but then again I don't see the need for the Nations League either.

With 3 tiers of European football it is certainly looking like a more formal structure to European competition. I was against the Europa League winners getting a Champions League place (seemingly the only person of that opinion) - as I didn't want the entire Europa League being viewed as a qualification round for the Champions League. Anyway that's where it is now, I guess the winners of this shit get 'promoted' to the Europa League next season?
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The winner does indeed earn a spot in the following season of the Europa League.
 
Steed_Train said:
What a car crash it would be qualifying for that.

Does it also have the silly drop down mechanism that CL -> Europa has for third place in group?
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Yep...

From CL:
  • 17 teams eliminated from Champions League first qualifying round
  • 3 teams eliminated from Champions League preliminary round

From EL:
  • 8 group third-placed teams from Europa League group stage
  • 10 teams eliminated from Europa League play-off round
  • 3 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round for non-champions
  • 5 teams eliminated from Europa League third qualifying round for champions
 
Ends all the bollocks about people wanting to finish low enough to avoid the Europa if we miss out on the CL, doesn't it?

Ironic that the fan culture from the only nation with 2 domestic cups is so adamantly against more than one European competition. England is too big for 1 cup, but Europe isn't?
 
Biff said:
I don't see the need for it personally, but then again I don't see the need for the Nations League either.

With 3 tiers of European football it is certainly looking like a more formal structure to European competition. I was against the Europa League winners getting a Champions League place (seemingly the only person of that opinion) - as I didn't want the entire Europa League being viewed as a qualification round for the Champions League. Anyway that's where it is now, I guess the winners of this shit get 'promoted' to the Europa League next season?
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I don't mind the Nations League. I think it's especially good for the lower nations. Instead of getting spanked in meaningless friendlies against teams 10/20 places above them, they get to play against nations of similar standings. Making there games more interesting, competitive (to both players and fans) and they can geta nice little trophy at the end of it along with promotion.

Same goes for the top nations, they'll learn more playing against similar ranked teams rather than having easy wins against minnows.
 
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