Platini head of UEFA, What changes do you expect?
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 Jan 27 2007, 02:43 AM, updated 19y ago
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So what do you expect? I personally dont know.
I just hope qualification for UEFA Euro competitions is more sensible instead of pitting David vs Golliath every time that it becomes a farce. as for Champions League, I agree with Platini's format about all knockout rounds but disagree that England and Spain and Italy should have 3 representitives. they are too big a league to have 3 if i am being honest. |
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Jan 27 2007, 11:03 AM
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QUOTE(verx @ Jan 27 2007, 10:29 AM) I personally think 3 is fine as well. Having 4 has always been the "farce" so to speak since u're talking about the "Champions" League after all. Allowing representation from more European countries is a better move for the long term. Otherwise u would see the gap growing even larger between the G14 clubs and the rest which isn't good for UEFA. increase the number of teams then....make the Champions get a bye in first few rounds (since platini is making it a KO tournament through and through) whereas the rest will get to grind it out. I think we have to accept the fact that certain leagues are bigger than others. Not seeing a Liverpool or a Arsenal next season will be farcical. not seeing Sevilla or Valencia will be equally farcical. its not about QUALITY and QUANTITY.The format will stay as it is. The money involved will see to that. And to suggest that reducing the 3 top leagues' participants to 3 will reduce the quality of football is abit moot since the big clubs almost always feature in the latter stages anyway.  i doubt we should sacrifice one for another. |
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Jan 27 2007, 12:39 PM
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QUOTE(verx @ Jan 27 2007, 12:29 PM) The format won't be changed to a Cup KO competition like the old European cups. Platini has already said that there was no way that was happening. even with the FC Basels, the Copenhagens and the other "champions" facing off, they will never win the Champions League.. and I still do believe that Platini is slowly wanting a change in format of the Champions League. If I remembered correctly, Platini was not a fan of the "league" format and wanted to be "Cup". and as for not having valencia and liverpool there is ok, i cannot agree. we want to see the best in Europe. and not the "best of the rest". And yes 32 is a big number but give "byes" to the Champions of the respective leagues? and still mantain the number of 32 by giving places to teams from "other leagues" I am no planner for UEFA and I guess that teams will disagree as a lost of revenue but less matches =more chances to win the Champions League for me .And increase the number of teams to what? 32 is already a large number. We already have qulification stages that involve alot of teams as well. And despite your claims that not having Arsenal, Liverpool, Valencia in the competition is farcical...i beg to differ. They aren't the champions of their respective leagues and the original idea of having a European competition in the 1st place is to have the champions squaring off against each other. Having 3 teams to represent a country is more than enough. Quality won't be sacrificed anyway because u still have the top 3 teams from the top leagues and most of them if not all will still end up in the latter stages. Besides won't this improve the quality of the UEFA Cup a notch as well? EDIT: the quality of UEFA Cup will still be OKAY if/when the third team in each group goes down to the UEFA Cup. so we could still have big teams down there. This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Jan 27 2007, 12:41 PM |
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Jan 29 2007, 05:54 PM
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QUOTE(Soulsareworthless @ Jan 29 2007, 05:43 PM) I always want to see the best football; so definitely no to just having 3 teams from each country in the CL. as for homegrown, i am with it. sorry. although homegrown players have inflated fees (most prominent in england but its a lie to say spain or italy dont suffer as well), we want to see the best english players in england and not in other countries. besides for some clubs, the players are good enough but the team doesnt field them because they are not star enough or they rather BUY talent than groom one. so yes to homegrown. its only faulty when a team doesnt groom players properly. In the end money will call the shots and I doubt Platini will be able to implement any changes in club football. He'll be doing a great job by just keeping everything together and eliminating racism. I think Platini will try to tighten up football laws against EU labour laws. Putting 5-7 homegrown players in a team is really a faulty and poor idea. I just hope football players are not allowed to choose which national team they want to play for. Since when do you choose your nationality?  as for 3 teams. i say stick with 4 but give the champions a bye. that way, the "not so good"  teams can play in the league round and get a chance. thats what i thinkEDIT: choosing nationality is under FIFA, no? This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Jan 29 2007, 05:55 PM |
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