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Why the Champions League?
Why is the European Cup called the Champions League - a double misnomer?
It is not just for champions: we have four English teams in the quarter-finals at the moment, only one of which was last year's Champion.
It is not a league, a contest in which all competitors form a table with points deciding their places. It is a knock-out tournament.
European Cup is the right name. Who changed it?
It is not just for champions: we have four English teams in the quarter-finals at the moment, only one of which was last year's Champion.
It is not a league, a contest in which all competitors form a table with points deciding their places. It is a knock-out tournament.
European Cup is the right name. Who changed it?
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Yes, I agree with your view that it should revert to the old format because as it stands at the moment your team might not lose a game in its group but still fail to qualify for the last 16.
And I do believe that it "cheapens" the competition by allowing non champions to compete. After all, there are enough leagues throughout Europe to come up with enough teams for it to be competitive enough.
Personally I get bored to the back teeth seeing the same teams year in, year out. It'd be great to see some "new faces" in the competition if only in the early rounds.
And, who knows, we might even get a few upsets using the old system - great!
Yes, I agree with your view that it should revert to the old format because as it stands at the moment your team might not lose a game in its group but still fail to qualify for the last 16.
And I do believe that it "cheapens" the competition by allowing non champions to compete. After all, there are enough leagues throughout Europe to come up with enough teams for it to be competitive enough.
Personally I get bored to the back teeth seeing the same teams year in, year out. It'd be great to see some "new faces" in the competition if only in the early rounds.
And, who knows, we might even get a few upsets using the old system - great!
One of the biggest problems is the fact that, for example, there are several "elite" clubs in England nowadays who can obviously afford to pay top bucks for the best players, and everyone else is only making up the numbers.
So, as long as they keep letting several clubs from the same country enter, and there are others besides England, you will have champions from so-called lesser footballing nations at a massive disadvantage before a ball is even kicked.
It's as bad nowadays in England as it always has been in Scotland where only the Old Firm win the SPL.
Who else in England in the forseeable future outside of Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal can compete? Perhaps Man City now that they've got "oil money" but how long will that last?
So, as long as they keep letting several clubs from the same country enter, and there are others besides England, you will have champions from so-called lesser footballing nations at a massive disadvantage before a ball is even kicked.
It's as bad nowadays in England as it always has been in Scotland where only the Old Firm win the SPL.
Who else in England in the forseeable future outside of Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal can compete? Perhaps Man City now that they've got "oil money" but how long will that last?
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