UCL Draw Thread

[Fernando 6,454]

21 hours ago, Yeboii said:

And took 6 months off work! Also "couldn't board a train" until recently.

All stunt for trying to get money out of this, nothing more. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

A year-long exile from Europe's elite competition is expected to cost #CFC up to £45m when broadcast and matchday income are factored (ESPN)

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

you should all be happy we are out of the champions league.

 

boycott every little and big fucking thing owned and runned by UEFA and FIFA. that includes domestic and international tournaments.

i don't want my chelsea involved in the cancer that is UEFA and FIFA tournaments.

all england club teams and england should boycott and quit that shitehole of FIFA and UEFA runned events.

 

DEATH TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / EUROPA LEAGUE / CLUB WORLD CUP / UEFA SUPER CUP / FIFA WORLD CUP / UEFA EUROPEAN CUP (EURO CHAMPIONSHIP).

 

FUCK EVERYTHING THAT INVOLVES FIFA AND UEFA.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

13 minutes ago, KevinAshburner said:

you should all be happy we are out of the champions league.

 

boycott every little and big fucking thing owned and runned by UEFA and FIFA. that includes domestic and international tournaments.

i don't want my chelsea involved in the cancer that is UEFA and FIFA tournaments.

all england club teams and england should boycott and quit that shitehole of FIFA and UEFA runned events.

 

DEATH TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / EUROPA LEAGUE / CLUB WORLD CUP / UEFA SUPER CUP / FIFA WORLD CUP / UEFA EUROPEAN CUP (EURO CHAMPIONSHIP).

 

FUCK EVERYTHING THAT INVOLVES FIFA AND UEFA.

WHAT?

[Last Sicarius 610]

2 hours ago, xPetrCechx said:

WHAT?

illuminatii, conspiracy, Uefalona etc. I dont get what someones thinks...

[kmk108 1,186]

We will all go down, with our noses up high.
We will leave this world, while our souls will rise.
We will all go down, with our noses up high.
We will look back to our failures, but at least we could say we’ve tried.

There aint no time to waste.
There aint no time to sit around and wonder how.
And wonder how things could be.
Well spare me your excuses, your reasons, your illusions.
It all makes no sense.
While the clock is ticking, closer till the end.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Who's unpinning this until September 2017, then?

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[The Chels 2,502]

Interestingly, in the new CL format being proposed we would have taken City's place this year despite finishing 10th. http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2016/08/25/champions/1472081081_320295.html

 

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[BlueLyon 9,359]

1 hour ago, The Chels said:

Interestingly, in the new CL format being proposed we would have taken City's place this year despite finishing 10th. http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2016/08/25/champions/1472081081_320295.html

 

The new format of the ''top'' teams always play is rubbish. I mean I know people like to watch Real-Chelsea more than Real- Legia, but the only magic that is still present in football is when smaller clubs surprise.

If big clubs had guarantee to play CL every year, while smaller would have 1% chance, it would ruin fun for everyone. Just more dominance from same clubs and less competition. But I guess sooner or later UEFA will go with it, because it will bring them more money. Chelsea in CL brings more money than Legia and thats the only reason greedy cunts want this super league.

[kmk108 1,186]

55 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

The new format of the ''top'' teams always play is rubbish. I mean I know people like to watch Real-Chelsea more than Real- Legia, but the only magic that is still present in football is when smaller clubs surprise.

If big clubs had guarantee to play CL every year, while smaller would have 1% chance, it would ruin fun for everyone. Just more dominance from same clubs and less competition. But I guess sooner or later UEFA will go with it, because it will bring them more money. Chelsea in CL brings more money than Legia and thats the only reason greedy cunts want this super league.

It's not just about money. It's great to see a small team beat a big team, but at the same time, those games are the ones that draw the smallest audience. People love to hear about Legia beating Real, but more people will actually watch Chelsea play Real.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

48 minutes ago, kmk108 said:

It's not just about money. It's great to see a small team beat a big team, but at the same time, those games are the ones that draw the smallest audience. People love to hear about Legia beating Real, but more people will actually watch Chelsea play Real.

Trust me in few years of watching same clubs every year, people would get bored. First time barca was champion everyone was happy, then few years later of their dominance and everyone got tired of their game, bar their fans. This super league would be same thing but on bigger scale.

And I get your point people like to watch chelsea real more than chelsea legia, but from uefa perspective, they dont care about that IMO. Its all about money. Bigger audience on tv, bigger stadium, more talk, more clicks, promotion=more money. 

It would divide elite from rest even further and I doubt thats good idea for football in general. If you are good you will play, if not you wont. 

We for example played absolutely rubbish and hence we are not in CL. If we got there at expense of lets say porto or monaco, just because we are bigger, I think only we would be happy with it. Not to mention that without CL, the club will improve our team so that we get there next year. If we had guaranteed place, team could stay the same, as long the money goes through. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

The new format of the ''top'' teams always play is rubbish. I mean I know people like to watch Real-Chelsea more than Real- Legia, but the only magic that is still present in football is when smaller clubs surprise.

If big clubs had guarantee to play CL every year, while smaller would have 1% chance, it would ruin fun for everyone. Just more dominance from same clubs and less competition. But I guess sooner or later UEFA will go with it, because it will bring them more money. Chelsea in CL brings more money than Legia and thats the only reason greedy cunts want this super league.

I think if we are to truly enjoy the occasion of smaller teams taking on the bigger ones and beating them, the competition format probably needs to be changed to a knockout stage or even a 3-game group stage. While it's nice to see Legia take on Real Madrid, for instance, possibly even beating them, it's unlikely that fans will feel that excitement, shock, unforgettable feelings because it won't impact Real's chances of progressing from the group stage. They will likely still win the other 5 group games. Need the format to be 1 game or 3 because then the consequences of losing or even drawing can be pretty damaging. There's a reason after all why we enjoyed Euro 2016 and cup competitions like FA Cup.

[The Chels 2,502]

2 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

The new format of the ''top'' teams always play is rubbish. I mean I know people like to watch Real-Chelsea more than Real- Legia, but the only magic that is still present in football is when smaller clubs surprise.

If big clubs had guarantee to play CL every year, while smaller would have 1% chance, it would ruin fun for everyone. Just more dominance from same clubs and less competition. But I guess sooner or later UEFA will go with it, because it will bring them more money. Chelsea in CL brings more money than Legia and thats the only reason greedy cunts want this super league.

The proposed changes don't seem too bad to me. According to the article the top 4 leagues (England, Spain, Germany, Italy) would be guaranteed 4 teams in the group stages. Of these, 3 will be those that finished in the top 3 of the respective leagues and the 4th will be the team with the highest UEFA coefficient ranking. For England then, since our ranking is greater than fourth-placed City's we'd have been replacing them this year.

In the graphic below, green shows teams in the top 50 that qualified for the group stages this year under current rules and blue shows missing teams who would've qualified under the new rules (obviously at the expense of other teams like us with City).

[BlueLyon 9,359]

3 minutes ago, The Chels said:

The proposed changes don't seem that bad to me. According to the article the top 4 leagues (England, Spain, Germany, Italy) would be guaranteed 4 teams in the group stages. Of these, 3 will be those that qualified in the top 3 of the respective leagues and the 4th will be the team with the highest UEFA coefficient ranking. For England then, since our ranking is greater than fourth-placed City's we'd have been replacing them this year.

In the graphic below, green shows teams that qualified for the group stages this year under current rules and blue shows missing teams who would've qualified under new rules (at the expense of certain 'green' teams like us with City).

Well I think its not fair to play because of history. If lets say Leicester finishes 4th and us 10th and then we go in CL because of numbers from past, while Leicester would play well all year, then I just cant agree with that. I know we would have Chelsea almost guaranteed in CL every year, but it ruins the fun. 

If you have shit season, consequences must follow. If you have good one, get the reward.

The promotion to CL must be earned, not given. 

[The Chels 2,502]

4 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

Well I think its not fair to play because of history. If lets say Leicester finishes 4th and us 10th and then we go in CL because of numbers from past, while Leicester would play well all year, then I just cant agree with that. I know we would have Chelsea almost guaranteed in CL every year, but it ruins the fun. 

If you have shit season, consequences must follow. If you have good one, get the reward.

The promotion to CL must be earned, not given. 

Yeah that's true and fair enough. I'm thinking of it from a selfish (Chelsea) point of view.

[kmk108 1,186]

1 hour ago, BlueLyon said:

Trust me in few years of watching same clubs every year, people would get bored. First time barca was champion everyone was happy, then few years later of their dominance and everyone got tired of their game, bar their fans. This super league would be same thing but on bigger scale.

And I get your point people like to watch chelsea real more than chelsea legia, but from uefa perspective, they dont care about that IMO. Its all about money. Bigger audience on tv, bigger stadium, more talk, more clicks, promotion=more money. 

It would divide elite from rest even further and I doubt thats good idea for football in general. If you are good you will play, if not you wont. 

We for example played absolutely rubbish and hence we are not in CL. If we got there at expense of lets say porto or monaco, just because we are bigger, I think only we would be happy with it. Not to mention that without CL, the club will improve our team so that we get there next year. If we had guaranteed place, team could stay the same, as long the money goes through. 

I don't think one team being dominant is the same as the same big clubs being in the Champions League every season. There will still be great matches and since the same number of teams would stay, I don't think you'd get the same matchups over and over. I haven't gotten tired of the Champions League and I never bother watching the smaller teams play, unless it's the last 15 minutes of an upset.

Money will come with added interest, which is what I think this would provide. You get more tickets and more TV sets from big matchups. People will not tire of big matches.

I do agree that it should be based on merit, but I would honestly watch more champions league games if more of the group stage matches weren't Grasshopper v. Basel.