LegendofCoop 17,254 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I think it's more to do with making sure some of the English, Spanish and French teams don't go bust and out of business. There's no way they can sustain the wage bills relying solely on ticket money and sponsorship from the domestic leagues. They also need the revenue from the CL Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BF1 167 Posted July 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2019 It's a disgrace what UEFA have done to European competitions, all to pander to the 'big' leagues. For me the knockout stages (and most of the CL group stage games) of these competitions are getting so boring, seeing the same teams playing each other year after year. Last season Ajax brought back the magic and showed what European football should be, shame it's such a rarity. GlasgowsBlue, Kaydubya11, Ibrox_Nights and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave30 8,698 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 hours ago, left winger said: Why do those, so keen for the rich to get richer in every other field, take the huff when it's football we're talking about? Probably because the competition is tilted massively in favour of the bigger clubs from the bigger leagues, the seeding system and the way the draw is fixed so that teams from the same country have a reduced chance of being drawn together is a joke. The tournament is corrupt and that’s why people take the huff. They should re brand it ‘The rigged money grabbing bastards league’ Ibrox_Nights and Kaydubya11 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertzLoyalRSC 18,055 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 4 hours ago, left winger said: Why do those, so keen for the rich to get richer in every other field, take the huff when it's football we're talking about? Get yourself to fuck. Rambo1872 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
left winger 14,125 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 5 hours ago, AlbertzLoyalRSC said: Get yourself to fuck. I presume you don’t know, then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
left winger 14,125 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Bigdave30 said: Probably because the competition is tilted massively in favour of the bigger clubs from the bigger leagues, the seeding system and the way the draw is fixed so that teams from the same country have a reduced chance of being drawn together is a joke. The tournament is corrupt and that’s why people take the huff. They should re brand it ‘The rigged money grabbing bastards league’ Yeah, I know all that. Doesn’t really answe the question, though. It’s surely because we’re not in it, and it’s now much harder for us to get in it. If we were in it, I doubt we’d see many folk complaining we were playing Juve, Barca, Real Madrid, Liverpool, etc every year but it was harder for the champions of the Czech Republic to qualify. Rambo1872 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 When it was the European cup it was played for by the champions of each country, now it is the Champions League it is played for by the team that finishes 4th in some "elite" leagues, go figure. when the league champions of some countries have to jump through all sorts of hazardous preliminary hoops to get anywhere near the business end where the elite have already got a free pass. Ibrox_Nights and Kaydubya11 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave30 8,698 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 hours ago, left winger said: Yeah, I know all that. Doesn’t really answe the question, though. It’s surely because we’re not in it, and it’s now much harder for us to get in it. If we were in it, I doubt we’d see many folk complaining we were playing Juve, Barca, Real Madrid, Liverpool, etc every year but it was harder for the champions of the Czech Republic to qualify. It’s a loaded question. I would be complaining like I do every year regardless if we are in the competition or not, Imagine being drawn in a group with Club Brugge, PSV and AEK and having half a chance of progressing out the group stages and in another group you have Juve, Real, Bayern, and PSG all cutting each others throats at an earlier stage. Instead of any excitement for the smaller clubs we are all left going “I wonder if we’ll get a point” “oh well we can get that Europa league spot” Ibrox_Nights and Kaydubya11 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backup 4,724 Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 It is obvious some chaps do not understand that the spfl is seen as a diddy league, just above the LOW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brubear 2,905 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 43 minutes ago, backup said: It is obvious some chaps do not understand that the spfl is seen as a diddy league, just above the LOW. I think most of us recognise the spfl is well down the pecking order of leagues in Europe. What I object to and suspect others do to, it is the way UEFA have organised the CL and now the EL which has split the elite leagues (in UEFA's eyes) from the others and made us a diddy league. I suspect Scotland has suffered more than others due to our proximity to the EPL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,718 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 The Champions League is utter shite. Same teams are always in the later stages. Only good thing is the money. Bigdave30 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don81 2,837 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 We need to make the Atlantic league a reality imo. Only way the teams from the smaller countries are ever going to compete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
left winger 14,125 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Bigdave30 said: It’s a loaded question. I would be complaining like I do every year regardless if we are in the competition or not, Imagine being drawn in a group with Club Brugge, PSV and AEK and having half a chance of progressing out the group stages and in another group you have Juve, Real, Bayern, and PSG all cutting each others throats at an earlier stage. Instead of any excitement for the smaller clubs we are all left going “I wonder if we’ll get a point” “oh well we can get that Europa league spot” Of course it's loaded 😁. So it's mainly the seeding you don't like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jintybear 8,536 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 On 05/07/2019 at 11:49, .Williamson. said: Not something we need to worry about anyway considering we aren't in the competition On 05/07/2019 at 12:32, TMB said: We’re in the Europa. It might not effect us this year but next year we’ll be in the Champions League. At least we’ll be there on merit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave30 8,698 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 4 hours ago, left winger said: Of course it's loaded 😁. So it's mainly the seeding you don't like? What are you after? 🤔 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
left winger 14,125 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Just now, Bigdave30 said: What are you after? 🤔 Dunno, but I doubt you'll ever provide it 😏 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave30 8,698 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, left winger said: Dunno, but I doubt you'll ever provide it 😏 Whatever tickles your pickles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,019 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 5 hours ago, jintybear said: It might not effect us this year but next year we’ll be in the Champions League. At least we’ll be there on merit! Not with this squad we won't Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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