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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 14:20:30 GMT
why do they keep on meddling they should have a champions league made up of champions of that countries league. ridiculous that arsenal could finish 4th and then go onto win the champions league
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Nov 28, 2012 14:22:21 GMT
I see that this aftrnoon the media are saying that we would get 7 places not 6.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 14:37:52 GMT
league cup winners would HAVE to get a place surely?
absolutely no point in it even existing any longer if not,it's already a Cup that most see as "second fiddle" and don't take too seriously in terms of the teams they put out so if no european place was available then it would just die a death very quickly which IMO would be a real shame......we see the FA cup as a realistic chance of silverware but many clubs see the League cup as being their ONLY chance of a trophy and they deserve the european adventure if they win it. if we take that away from the "Smaller clubs" out there then they have bugger all to go for and it's really just showing the arrogance of Premiership clubs and to hell with everyone else!
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Post by dozintheseventees on Nov 28, 2012 14:50:03 GMT
For me, there are two things wrong with the current Europa League format....
1. I preferred the old knock out competition, even if it meant a short run in the competition. There are just far too many fixtures which have a huge effect on the domestic leagues.
2. Teams eliminated from the Champions League in the first round of games should simply be OUT of European competition for that season and NOT given a 'second chance' in the Europa League.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Nov 28, 2012 15:35:50 GMT
league cup winners would HAVE to get a place surely? absolutely no point in it even existing any longer if not,it's already a Cup that most see as "second fiddle" and don't take too seriously in terms of the teams they put out so if no european place was available then it would just die a death very quickly which IMO would be a real shame......we see the FA cup as a realistic chance of silverware but many clubs see the League cup as being their ONLY chance of a trophy and they deserve the european adventure if they win it. if we take that away from the "Smaller clubs" out there then they have bugger all to go for and it's really just showing the arrogance of Premiership clubs and to hell with everyone else! As a compromise they could allow the League Cup Winners entry into the 4 team playoffs outlined in previous posts. So, assuming there are 7 places available: # Teams finishing 1st to 5th qualify automatically # FA Cup winners qualify # Teams finishing 6th to 8th plus League Cup winners (or the 9th placed club if the League Cup winners finished 8th or above) play off to decide the 7th qualifier. Complicated - but that never stops UEFA. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 16:03:13 GMT
but the problem with that is that you can then have a team that win a national trophy not getting into the Cup and a team that finished 8th in the league getting in? that still completely destroys the point of winning a national torphy IMO
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