Yeah it seems to be unclear. The bottom 8 definitely don’t drop down but unsure if the play off losers drop down?
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Yeah UEFA’s official site has no mention of what happens to the losers of those playoff ties to decide the last 16.
I found this ESPN article that does mention “Unlike in previous seasons, there is no drop down of teams from the Champions League to the Europa League after the league phase. Once eliminated, your European season is over.”
I believe this is where Airfixx got his quote from too.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37628341/champions-league-revamp-how-competition-work
I think that’s in reference to the bottom 8 but not 100% conclusive. I think both bottom 8 and play off losers drop out
8 league games and 2 play offs (even if you lose), make it a massive money spinner. Lose in the QF and that’s 14 games
The format has changed. There is no more dropping to the UEL.
Obviously always want to be in the top competition but as someone who goes, I prefer the Europa in some ways - play more interesting teams and gives you more grounds to explore too. Plus the loyalty points are handy as not all season ticket holders feel the same!
You always want to be in the CL, but I guess an upside of ending up in the EL next year might be that it’s better for our squad development.
Is the Europa League going to be the same format as the CL?
Is the Europa League going to be the same format as the CL?
Yes, both will have the Swiss System
Stupid fucking thread.
We’re a massive club who should be playing on the highest stage. That’s the CL.
Fuck any of the bullshit reasons for not being in it some of you small time Shirleys have made up.
We’re a massive club who should be playing on the highest stage. That’s the CL.
Fuck any of the bullshit reasons for not being in it some of you small time Shirleys have made up.
If it's even the Europa conference I would like to see us try and win it.But definitely try and get some of these up and coming good kids we got involved.
We should always be aiming to be in the champions league
We came very close to winning it with a shitter team than we have now, once you get to the knockouts anything can happen
You can’t win it if you aren’t in it
We came very close to winning it with a shitter team than we have now, once you get to the knockouts anything can happen
You can’t win it if you aren’t in it
One season out of Europe to reset was probably much needed. As we’ve seen with our squad, it’s currently too fragile (outside the strongest XI) to be playing too many competitions. And the strongest starting XI is always subject to injuries, suspensions and loss of player form.
Missing out on CL would be very bad financially and the best players don’t want to be in the lesser light competitions so bringing in top talent is trickier. We’ve been very canny with recent transfers. VDV was an amazing piece of under the radar business. Same for Destiny & Sarr.
To break through that glass ceiling, we need more of these signings or the safer option of proven talent. The latter profile player are swayed by CL.
No team gets every under the radar signing right. For every Sarr there will be a Janssen
In short, we need Europe to progress.
CL is the pinnacle of European competition.
I wouldn’t be sniffy about Europa or even conference if we actually took the competition seriously. We need this trophy monkey off our back.
Missing out on CL would be very bad financially and the best players don’t want to be in the lesser light competitions so bringing in top talent is trickier. We’ve been very canny with recent transfers. VDV was an amazing piece of under the radar business. Same for Destiny & Sarr.
To break through that glass ceiling, we need more of these signings or the safer option of proven talent. The latter profile player are swayed by CL.
No team gets every under the radar signing right. For every Sarr there will be a Janssen
In short, we need Europe to progress.
CL is the pinnacle of European competition.
I wouldn’t be sniffy about Europa or even conference if we actually took the competition seriously. We need this trophy monkey off our back.
100% a good thing no doubt for me. Proper euro experiences under the lights against the top teams playing a day or two earlier in the week giving more time to recover for league games at the weekend and not travelling to Bratislava to play farmers.
Like someone else said we can easily finish 3rd in any group and end up in the latter europa stages anyway so why would you not want it?
Financially way better too of course and our players need to play against better teams not shite ones.
Like someone else said we can easily finish 3rd in any group and end up in the latter europa stages anyway so why would you not want it?
Financially way better too of course and our players need to play against better teams not shite ones.
Someone else doesn’t know what they are taking about. Quite scary how little they know actually.
No more group stages. One big league now.
No more CL teams into CL either. You either get to the last 16 or you are out.
It shouldn't be... But in this day and age of "you're a CL club or you're nothing" unfortunately it has become the be-all-and-end-all!
If we dont want CL then we lack ambition and accept 2nd best. Thats not acceptable.
I think we should aim to finish mid-table, ensuring there is no chance of qualifying for Europe.
Then next season we can put all our efforts into qualifying for Europe.
Then next season we can put all our efforts into qualifying for Europe.
It’s a bit like Burnley Saying we don’t want promotion to the prem lge because we will just get hammered every week. Oh yes 100m will pay for a new training ground and a new stand plus even more parachute money to come. Go on then, we’ll give it a go,
at least the Europa will be easier to win with no CL drop downs.
Hahaha
