Guest Geordiesned Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Sorry if Giggs - I didn't notice at the time but been reading that Ba went up to collect a medal despite having inelligible to play for Chelsea in the Europa! Surely will be made to hand it back. He can hardly have "Europa League winner" on his CV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stozo Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 @pkelso 16m Expect #Uefa to confirm tomorrow that from 2015-16 Europa League winners qualify for Champions League. Could be 5 teams from one country Interesting. Gives teams a reason to compete in the Europa League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Big fan of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 They'd be far better re-allocating some of the wealth to the Europa League from the CL. Would encourage higher levels of participation from big clubs and also stop the ruining of leagues by having the same CL qualifiers every year hoarding money. Small steps though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Would be a step forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Would be a step forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Split on this. In one way I think its another step towards devaluing a historic competition that used to hold huge value, but I guess its the only step considering the beast they've turned the CL into. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Great idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
small_paul Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Doesnt involve us. We dont do Europe anymore.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thank God for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 So just like this season Chelsea could get knocked out the CL, drop into the Europa League and then sack off the rest of the league season and ensure they win the Europa? Its a decent idea but only if its coupled with abolishing the Champions League drop out farce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 So just like this season Chelsea could get knocked out the CL, drop into the Europa League and then sack off the rest of the league season and ensure they win the Europa? Its a decent idea but only if its coupled with abolishing the Champions League drop out farce. Completely agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Just make one European cup knockout competition from the top 3-5 clubs of each country. No daft mini leagues, no 2nd chances for the knocked out big guns, no clubs sweating on financial meltdown because they finished 5th instead of 4th one season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 They badly need to make the CL smaller IMO, 2 places for each country max. Then those other clubs go into the Europa and make it better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 They badly need to make the CL smaller IMO, 2 places for each country max. Then those other clubs go into the Europa and make it better. Not at all, they just need to reduce the wealth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 They badly need to make the CL smaller IMO, 2 places for each country max. Then those other clubs go into the Europa and make it better. Not at all, they just need to reduce the wealth. Just like how the PL should prop-up a much bigger payment pool for the FA cup imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 UEFA has confirmed winners of the Europa League will qualify for the next season's Champions League from the 2015/16 season onwards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Seems fair enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 So long as the Champs league dropouts remain, continues to emulate the Champs league group format and even keeps it's rubbish sounding name, the Europa League will remain a joke of competition. How I long for the old UEFA Cup knockouts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Came to the conclusion that on the whole, this is a bad move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Think it's pretty inconsequential myself, a lot of teams that won the EL qualified for the CL that season, might work better if they removed all the CL dropouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Came to the conclusion that on the whole, this is a bad move. Why? It's a step in the right direction imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Came to the conclusion that on the whole, this is a bad move. Why? It's a step in the right direction imo. It devalues the competition even further. The UEFA Cup used to be a prestigious competition that teams were desperate to win and often had line-ups that were as strong or stronger than the European Cup. But the expansion of the CL, the ridiculous changes to the format and the tacky rebranding have all contributed to making it a naffer competition than it was. Then you take into account the lack of prize money in the modern game and you're left with a shell of a competition. They'd be better off improving the actual competition (less bloated format, spread the CL money out) but instead they've tacked on the prize of playing in the real competition that UEFA cares about. They've basically admitted its rubbish rather than trying to fix it, and stuck on an incentive as an easy fix. When WINNING A TROPHY needs an incentive of playing in another competition to make it worthwhile surely that should tell them that they've fucked it up completely somewhere along the way. Over the next few years it status will fall to being no more than a 4th place finish equivalent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Came to the conclusion that on the whole, this is a bad move. Why? It's a step in the right direction imo. It devalues the competition even further. The UEFA Cup used to be a prestigious competition that teams were desperate to win and often had line-ups that were as strong or stronger than the European Cup. But the expansion of the CL, the ridiculous changes to the format and the tacky rebranding have all contributed to making it a naffer competition than it was. Then you take into account the lack of prize money in the modern game and you're left with a shell of a competition. They'd be better off improving the actual competition (less bloated format, spread the CL money out) but instead they've tacked on the prize of playing in the real competition that UEFA cares about. They've basically admitted its rubbish rather than trying to fix it, and stuck on an incentive as an easy fix. When WINNING A TROPHY needs an incentive of playing in another competition to make it worthwhile surely that should tell them that they've f***ed it up completely somewhere along the way. TBF before the rebranding UEFA was still a pretty shit cup, the rules have been the same for a long long time except it's not knockout phase anymore. I do agree with your sentiment, but it was still the same problem with the UEFA Cup and I think it's an extra incentive to teams, so in my opinion it's a step in the right direction. It's either this with knockout phase or give it up completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 This makes more sense than winning it and having to go through the whole arduous process again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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