Champions League revamp

[TheWinslowBoy]

This is it. It's the risk of the lack of regulation that's resulted in this. The game needs a reset, desperately. Top 4 and champions league is the holy grail for 99% of domestic clubs, these lot piss all over it. F em. Sling them out and restart. And let's remember city were irrelevant little over a decade ago, as were spurs, and chelsea/arsenal 20 years ago. Times change. They think they're bigger than English football let them go but they dont get to compete in English football competitions. See how that works out for them. To keep the game alive in the short term, redistribute the prize money and champions league money those clubs would have got back into the game.

Totally agree with this.

The idea of Everton, Villa, Leeds and Wolves fighting for the title has only appeared barmy in the last 25 years.

For most of English football history that would be perfectly reasonable and it will be again.

 

[Goat]

The Italian ultras will be licking their lips. Queuing up to brawl with travelling English fans on a weekly basis

As others have said, games will be played in neutral venues.

There wont be tickets available for ultras.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Wat Tyler]

I just cant see it not going ahead now - the only question is will the domestic leagues have the guts to kick them out?

Fully expecting to wake up to “PL agrees LFC to get three penalties per half from now on.’

 

[TheBigIguana]

I see no reason why this season cant be completed.

If its null and voided that means a massive revenue hit.

Well that's part of why they're doing this now, they know most of the clubs can't take even more losses after COVID but to me if they can find some way to survive they should take the short term hit.

 

[Oh how the maggots taste]

The Italian ultras will be licking their lips. Queuing up to brawl with travelling English fans on a weekly basis

Only if they fancy travelling to Bora Bora for one of the "sporadic neutral-venue matches."

 

[TheBigIguana]

As others have said, games will be played in neutral venues.

There wont be tickets available for ultras.

No chance they can just turn their backs to local fans completely. I'd say some games may be done that way, but largely it'll still be home and away imo.

 

[Goat]

No chance they can just turn their backs to local fans completely. I'd say some games may be done that way, but largely it'll still be home and away imo.

Why have 40,000 at Allianz for Juve v Real when you can have 90k elsewhere?

These people do not care about local fans.

 

[RomanReigns]

Hey dad what was it like during the covid times?

Well son, Liverpool won the league in June 2020 then got expelled from the league less than 12 months later. There was no parade and it was glorious.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Fully expecting to wake up to “PL agrees LFC to get three penalties per half from now on.’

Whats interesting is if the domestic leagues accept a compromise - they are essentially screwing over UEFA who will lose big money on the big hitters leaving the CL/EL.

It may come down to loyalty to UEFA where the domestic leagues have to act and remove them.

The more you think about it how could it work if they remained? Say top 4 places all taken by 4 of the "big 6" none of them can qualify for the CL so how does that work? lol

 

[Oh how the maggots taste]

I don't think they would join because they're 50% fan owned. The investors can't make decisions without the fans input.

Aren't Real and Barca ran by presidents who are supposed to act based on a mandate given by the fans? Doesn't sound like they had much say, but of course it sounds a bit more complicated in Germany.

 

[summerisle]

Unanimous.

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[TheBigIguana]

Why have 40,000 at Allianz for Juve v Real when you can have 90k elsewhere?

These people do not care about local fans.

I don't think you're getting 90k in New York every week

 

[GwladysBlue]

Totally agree with this.

The idea of Everton, Villa, Leeds and Wolves fighting for the title has only appeared barmy in the last 25 years.

For most of English football history that would be perfectly reasonable and it will be again.

That’s actually a very good point.

The likes of City and Chelsea benefitted because of the Premier League. They were nothing before it.

Spurs have always been nothing. Huddersfield have more league titles.

 

[The binman chronicles]

The Italian ultras will be licking their lips. Queuing up to brawl with travelling English fans on a weekly basis

I doubt fans will travel that much, 10 team mini league is a lot of matches and within the first few games you could be out of contention but no risk of relegation. meh.