Champions League Restructure

[Minimeister]

As long as I can watch Galatasary v Arsenal for the 14th time I'll be delighted.

 

[chrismpw]

Irrespective of Everton's involvement or absence thereof it's a second rate overhyped competition to me. I'm more interested in the progress of traditional fixtures with a history going back over a century than any new competition with no stature other than a blatant plan to collect money from the public.

It doesn't contribute to sport, its parasitism by the media moguls and the greedy who run the football associations.

 

[TheBigIguana]

It's not to benefit anyone but the people in position to make tons of money from the TV deals which is a shame. The "Big 6" should be opposed as they already make too much money and someone is getting left out, at least to start, but greed takes over again. Tits.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Difficult to understand so they still play in the Premier League but more games in the CL?

 

[degsy]

The format of the Champions League is set to change in 2024 with plans now reportedly at an advanced stage.

The new format will consist of four leagues with eight teams in each league. The bottom two clubs each year will be "relegated" and replaced by the semi-finalists from the Europa League and four sides who have registered high-placed finished in their domestic league.



This could have serious implications for Everton and English football as a whole.

Full story here (via The Independent)

What a surprise.

 

[Everton1970]

The CL has been devalued for years. Real Madrid have been the last great team to win it...and they were only great about five yeras ago....and kept on winning it when they were well past it.

Barca 2015?

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

This is exactly why they put the group stages in the European Cup and rebranded it as the Champions League. More big teams playing each other more often with second chances if they stuff it up.

 

[davek]

Barca 2015?

That was past peak Barca. Peak Barca was against Man Utd in 2011.

The last great side was the Madrid team that beat Atletico in the first final against them in 2014. IMO.

 

[Everton1970]

Barca team v Juve 2015

GK	1	Marc-André ter Stegen	23
RB	22	Dani Alves	32
CB	3	Gerard Piqué	28
CB	14	Javier Mascherano	30
LB	18	Jordi Alba	26
RM	4	Ivan Rakitić	27	90+1'
CM	5	Sergio Busquets	27
LM	8	Andrés Iniesta (c)	31	78'
RF	10	Lionel Messi	28
CF	9	Luis Suárez	28	90+6'
LF	11	Neymar	23

Apologies, I stand corrected. And they went on to beat that ‘last great’ Madrid side you speak of, to the title that same season. Well past their peak.

 

[Papa Shango]

So when your big teams miss out on qualification because they drop the ball it won’t matter because they’ll just enter later on? People will give up with this farce eventually

I gave up on it ages ago. I have not watched a Champions League since about 1998.

 

[KaiserEFC]

I gave up on it ages ago. I have not watched a Champions League since about 1998.

I started watching it in recent years because Everton have been so wretched. It’s just convinced me that there are good individual players in the world but very few spectacular teams.

 

[kahuna]

Instinctiively it didn't sound great but the thing is the CL is already dull as [Poor language removed] as most leagues are predictable borefests, I reckon something does need to change.

Think the format needs more tweaking, the farce that would be the PL winner being denied access can't be allowed to happen for instance. I think if it wasn't as much of a closed shop as they're currently proposing it would be acceptable.

I'd love to see Benfica, Celtic, Red Star Belgrade etc having a chance of winning the thing.

 

[Papa Shango]

Instinctiively it didn't sound great but the thing is the CL is already dull as [Poor language removed] as most leagues are predictable borefests, I reckon something does need to change.

Think the format needs more tweaking, the farce that would be the PL winner being denied access can't be allowed to happen for instance. I think if it wasn't as much of a closed shop as they're currently proposing it would be acceptable.

I'd love to see Benfica, Celtic, Red Star Belgrade etc having a chance of winning the thing.

It sums it up that the final this year was contested between two sides who have not won their league championship for a combined 88 years.

 

[barneygumble]

The format of the Champions League is set to change in 2024 with plans now reportedly at an advanced stage.

The new format will consist of four leagues with eight teams in each league. The bottom two clubs each year will be "relegated" and replaced by the semi-finalists from the Europa League and four sides who have registered high-placed finished in their domestic league.



This could have serious implications for Everton and English football as a whole.

Full story here (via The Independent)

So you can be Champions of a major european league, and still not qualify for the CHAMPIONS League?

Football is ruined.

 

[dead_soft]

So you can be Champions of a major european league, and still not qualify for the CHAMPIONS League?

Football is ruined.

Yes, semantics is what is ruining football...