Scoot Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 If Man City win the cup and we enter the Europa conference league, is there a playoff or do we just enter straight into the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Just now, Scoot said: If Man City win the cup and we enter the Europa conference league, is there a playoff or do we just enter straight into the league. Playoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I'd love an Inter Toto competition this summer. Competitive pre-season but not overly taxing in terms of teams we'd face. I put a lot of the league position in 2001/2002 to being match sharp from game 1 after the Inter Toto run Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 38 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Dunno about the pots but yes it's one big league as opposed to groups. Six different opponents as opposed to eight - three at home, three away. We'll enter at the play-off stage, 22nd and 29th August. Draw on 5th August. First league stage game is 3rd October. Hadn't realised this ludicrous new CL format had trickled down into the other two competitions as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) Is this the way to Lithuania, Shamrock Rovers, Hearts, Nicosia Geordie boys are taking over Europa Conference waits for me. Edited May 20 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 If we'd just beaten spurs away we'd have finished 5th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny1403 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 We will almost definitely be seeded. Our coefficient is already higher than Hoffenheim, Lens etc. I only see Betis so far as one with a higher coefficient. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Good thing with the play-offs is that they're after the season starts, so there will be no way we'll be half cooked which could cause issues. I'm fully expecting Man United to win the final on Saturday, it'll be the most Newcastle thing possible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 32 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said: If we'd just beaten spurs away we'd have finished 5th. If Arsenal had beaten us at SJP, they’d have won the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 minute ago, Coffee_Johnny said: If Arsenal had beaten us at SJP, they’d have won the league. That mm of white line will haunt them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 21 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said: If Arsenal had beaten us at SJP, they’d have won the league. They should have tried to score then , instead of having one shot on target and playing for a draw . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, NEEJ said: Hadn't realised this ludicrous new CL format had trickled down into the other two competitions as well. Fingers crossed it only lasts a season or two. It's fucking shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitude20 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 8 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Fingers crossed it only lasts a season or two. It's fucking shit. The new format was designed to prevent ESL from ever getting launched. They filled the calendar with games so there’s simply no place for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Think there are still group/league games after Christmas into January with the new format as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 3 hours ago, Yorkie said: Dunno about the pots but yes it's one big league as opposed to groups. Six different opponents as opposed to eight - three at home, three away. We'll enter at the play-off stage, 22nd and 29th August. Draw on 5th August. First league stage game is 3rd October. Yeah, they thing to remember is that if we get into it, and obviously assuming we get past the play off round, we’ll play the same amount of games as an English team in the Champions League or Europa League will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 With these new formats will there be no more of teams dropping out the champions league into the europa or europa into conference? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) 3 minutes ago, jack j said: With these new formats will there be no more of teams dropping out the champions league into the europa or europa into conference? Teams no longer drop down at all post qualification rounds. Edited May 20 by 54 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 2 minutes ago, jack j said: With these new formats will there be no more of teams dropping out the champions league into the europa or europa into conference? Think that’s gone now yeah. I think the top 8 in the league progress with 9th to 16th having a play off to see who plays the top 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/news/0287-1964b9e98427-5f4f03309ec1-1000--2024-25-uefa-conference-league-matches-final-key-dates/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 This might look nice alongside a Fairs Cup and three Championship trophies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 A chance to win any trophy is a good thing. I won’t poo-poo European competition regardless of the caliber of the tournament…one of the few bright spots of the Ashley/Pards era was that EL run. It would be a great opportunity to get the younger players match time and tournament experience as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 How come champions league and europa league have 8 games but conference only 6? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 3 minutes ago, jack j said: How come champions league and europa league have 8 games but conference only 6? Less teams I believe. In reality I think this will be the starting point, test to increase the amount of teams in Europe. We’ll end up like rugby has done, where you have to be unlucky not to enter Europe. I can easily see the top 5 leagues having all their top 10 teams in some format of European competition in future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 2 minutes ago, Stifler said: Less teams I believe. In reality I think this will be the starting point, test to increase the amount of teams in Europe. We’ll end up like rugby has done, where you have to be unlucky not to enter Europe. I can easily see the top 5 leagues having all their top 10 teams in some format of European competition in future. All 3 competitions have 36 teams in according to the uefa website like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramirez Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 minute ago, jack j said: All 3 competitions have 36 teams in according to the uefa website like I think thats right and would make what someone has said above is correct about qualifying positions etc. The only reason I think there's less games is nobody starts in thr group stage, unlike the other two competitions, every team making it to the group stage would have played a qualifier of some description. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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