Didnt they mention plans to make the UEFA better last year?
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The biggest mistake they made was to get rid of the ECWC. That was a cup for cup winners, obviously.
By folding that into the UEFA Cup, they have devalued the FA Cup.
That was a cup well worth winning.
By folding that into the UEFA Cup, they have devalued the FA Cup.
That was a cup well worth winning.
I think the CL teams filtering down into the Europa League is dumb. If ur in one comp u shouldn't get a parachute tournament to end up in - if ur out of europe ur out of europe. For the teams that are going well in the Europa it's like moving the goalposts if u suddenly see a couple of big boys dumped into the comp.
Stupid thing is the CL teams don't even ever seem to want to drop down ruining the whole integrity of the competition completely.
MKYid said:
have always thought this. I really can't understand why it's not the case
Completely this! only, I can't see how they're gonna work in more games to the tourney, the qualifying knockouts are packed, and if you're gonna bring one extra team into the group stages you kinda have to change the way the group system works... Either increase or decrease group size, or even make an entirely new group, but that leaves winner and runner-up of that group with opponents for the first knockout and so on... getting a headache already!MKYid said:
The way I see it, the offer of a CL place should not be given to the winners of the Europa League, but instead to the winners of the UEFA Super Cup. This would make this fixture massively competitive, especially if the winners of the CL were not already entitled to an automatic place (A la Chelsea from last season). The winner would get an automatic place in the group stage draw. If this spot was not taken by either of these teams it could get handed down via the league of the CL winner. Simple :avblol:
zin said:
Here's some quotes:
As president of Uefa it is my duty to give thought to the future of the different competitions," Platini said at Uefa's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
"We have begun to consider this at an administrative level, but not at a political one."
Platini said the outcome was fully open.
"That we are given this some consideration does not mean that something will really change," he said.
"But of course we ask ourselves, what is better for the Europa League, what is better for the Champions League? It's clear that we have to upgrade the Europa League.”
What exactly is that supposed to mean?
What they need to do is fuck the league bit off and make it a two leg knockout. Schedule it for Wednesday's when there are no CL fixtures so domestic games don't get shunted to Sundays and the competition gets full attention. Don't let CL drop outs in and give the winners a CL place. Sorted
I'm getting the impression we're going to play a much stronger team then anyone thinks...
SSN say Adebayor is injured for this game :jenaswtf:
Marshy said:
I agree totally, especially when you consider there are two additional routes for CL-dropouts: one at the play-off stage and another at the group stage.
It should be "when you're out, you're out".