Other games (2024/25)

[Nobody]

23 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

All the matches are irrelevant is a shocking statement man. My goodness 

Obviously that was hyperbole, man howay  

Uefa stated that the point of this was to have more big games and more games that mattered, and they've failed massively with both. Even what could have been their saving grace tonight has turned into a wet fucking blanket, and a bunch of Europa League level teams will eventually have been knocked out. Sure some teams will have had a good time playing in the CL with the big boys, but if you can't see that this whole thing has been an exercise in getting more of their favourite teams through easily enough and just making more money, then I've got some FFP and PSR sell you. 

[Fak]

But I can search Kaka saying.. “my goodness”.

 

It takes a little while.

 

There: one thousand, three hundred and two matches.

 

 

I just click on one at random:

 

Aargh there. Pata must be punished for finding the CL group games irrelevant. Now, you don’t punish anyone - Pata or otherwise - for finding the group games irrelevant. 

 

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Fak

[mighty__mag]

1 hour ago, SteV said:

They’ve just increased the number of teams that ‘qualify’ from 16 to 24, so there was always likely to be someone like Celtic, that don’t usually make it, manage it this time.

 

True, but you'd get what I'm saying, if as things stand a favourite dropped out.

 

Plus they had to do something, adding four extra teams.

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by mighty__mag

[KaKa]

17 minutes ago, Nobody said:

Obviously that was hyperbole, man howay  

Uefa stated that the point of this was to have more big games and more games that mattered, and they've failed massively with both. Even what could have been their saving grace tonight has turned into a wet fucking blanket, and a bunch of Europa League level teams will eventually have been knocked out. Sure some teams will have had a good time playing in the CL with the big boys, but if you can't see that this whole thing has been an exercise in getting more of their favourite teams through easily enough and just making more money, then I've got some FFP and PSR sell you. 

 

Fair enough if it was hyperbole 

 

We've seen more top teams go head to head more often and earlier in the competition and therefore more competitive matches across the board right from the outset.

 

And so there have been more big games and more games that mattered throughout. It didn't just come down to last night.

 

Top 8 teams bypass the first knockout stage and go through to the last round.

 

Teams 9-24 play in the first knockout stage. Where 9-16 are seeded and get to play the return leg at home against teams from 17-24.

 

Teams are going to be fighting to get into those 9-16 spots next week as that is quite open still. Some can still sneak into the top 8 to skip the next round altogether and there's a few that are still in with a chance of qualifying altogether with a bit of luck.

 

There's still a lot going on. And we're going to see a good number of teams that are more unfancied feature past the first stage.

[KaKa]

17 minutes ago, Fak said:

But I can search Kaka saying.. “my goodness”.

 

It takes a little while.

 

There: one thousand, three hundred and two matches.

 

 

I just click on one at random:

 

Aargh there. Pata must be punished for finding the CL group games irrelevant. Now, you don’t punish anyone - Pata or otherwise - for finding the group games irrelevant. 

 

 

 

 

 

My God man. Get a life 

[Yorkie]

4 hours ago, KaKa said:

4 hours ago, Yorkie said:

It just feels (even more) like a token exercise to remove the no-hopers whilst facilitating as safe as passage a possible for the big hitters. At least Brest have provided at least one surprise. 

 

Brest, Lille, Monaco, Feyenoord, Celtic, and Club Brugge are all going to be in the next stage. 

 

If the format provides greater opportunity for progression for teams who wouldn't typically do so, then I'd say that's objectively in the list of pros. But I'm not sure if what you've said there disproves my statement.  

[Hovagod]

5 hours ago, KaKa said:

 

My God man. Get a life 

He’s thrown a kettle over a pub. What have you done?

[Lush Vlad]

10 hours ago, Erikse said:

 

They'll go above Club Brugge if they beat them anyways. So it will be atleast 23rd.

I did not clock that they were above City with a game to go  

[Kilcline]

Shame they'll be at home but here's hoping the table and draw work out so they're playing Real Madrid at home three days before we play them. Or might even be better if they end up having to play Villa or another team that play at a higher intensity, run them into the fucking ground before we turn up following a week off and having had hopefully not too stressful (lol) a game at Birmingham.

[toon25]

9 hours ago, Fak said:

But I can search Kaka saying.. “my goodness”.

 

It takes a little while.

 

There: one thousand, three hundred and two matches.

 

 

I just click on one at random:

 

Aargh there. Pata must be punished for finding the CL group games irrelevant. Now, you don’t punish anyone - Pata or otherwise - for finding the group games irrelevant. 

 

 

 

 

 

That's work

 

[toon25]

9 hours ago, KaKa said:

 

My God man. Get a life