UEFA Conference League Starting 2021

[RonnieTodger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Europa_Conference_League

 

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/uefa-europa-conference-league-third-competition-europa-champions-explained

 

Sounds absolutely pointless and probably the first step to ring-fencing the Champions League. England only get one spot anyway.

Edited 27 September 2019 by RonnieTodger

[Ric Flair]

What a horrible, horrible tin pot name

[ScouseFox]

be scrapped by 2025 i reckon 

[stripeyfox]

Ah for the days when it was:

European Champions Cup (you actually had to win your domestic league to get in this)

UEFA Cup

European Cup Winners Cup

 

Splendid!

 

[RonnieTodger]

Bring back the UEFA Cup, put about 500 teams in and just do straight knock out,

thanks

[Samilktray]

Bring back the intertoto 

[RoboFox]

1 minute ago, Samilktray said:

Bring back the intertoto 

Was the first thing I thought. This is basically what it is, right? Slightly different format, infinitely shittier name... 

[CosbehFox]

We are taking the opinion from fans of an English club team. 

 

For teams from lesser nations, it's an important trophy which gives them a competitive shot. 

 

The worst symptom however will be that it will make teams from those countries even stronger. For example, the likes of Celtic and Rangers will get more money and widen the gap between them and the rest. 

[urban.spaceman]

I'd actually be happy for Spurs to win this one.

[ozleicester]

27 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

I'd actually be happy for Spurs to win this one.

are you a dvd manufacturer?

[Dan LCFC]

Load of old toss.

[Stinkenzo]

So none of you would be interested in us participating?

[Leicester_Loyal]

8 minutes ago, Walkers said:

So none of you would be interested in us participating?

If it gets us a European tour of some kind, I would. I don't like the competition as an overall, but would give us some decent trips.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

33 minutes ago, Walkers said:

So none of you would be interested in us participating?

Given the fact we could conceivably win the whole thing, I'd be happy if we were in it. Like mentioned above as well it gives the chance of the European Tour part 2, even if it is less glamorous. 

[ScouseFox]

46 minutes ago, Walkers said:

So none of you would be interested in us participating?

would be a slight step above a decent pre-season tour somewhere. be a bit of fun for those who want an away piss up, but we would play the youth and nobody would bat an eyelid if we won or lost. 

[RonnieTodger]

51 minutes ago, Walkers said:

So none of you would be interested in us participating?

From what I can tell, there aren’t actually any extra European places on offer. They’re reducing the Europa League to 32 teams and it’s still Carabao Cup winners / 7th who get into this.

 

absolutely pointless tournament 

[KrefelderFox666]

23 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

From what I can tell, there aren’t actually any extra European places on offer. They’re reducing the Europa League to 32 teams and it’s still Carabao Cup winners / 7th who get into this.

 

absolutely pointless tournament 

Europa League is being reduced from 48 to 32 to match format of CL.

 

This new competition also holds 32 teams, therefore an extra 16 teams from lower nations will get in.

 

I actually think this is a decent idea. People probably moaned about the CL and EL over the years so it's no different. Change is not always bad.

 

It would be nice to see a League winners and Cup winners competition like the old days but I guess it dilutes the quality of those competitions. Man City vs the winner of Luxembourg's league may not be the most interesting match...

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

I have said it before -- Bring back the Cup Winner's Cup, but make it concurrent with the other competitions, so you could win a European double. If you remove cup winners from the Europa League, that frees up 55 (!) spots under the current format - that's a lot of teams from smaller countries.

[Stadt]

The idea I think is to give the champions of places like Malta, Finland, Andorra, Kosovo a tournament to play it because they always get knocked out early in the Europa League qualifiers, imo it's a decent idea but top ranked league's like England, Spain and Germany shouldn't have teams in it.

[Nalis]

Problem with bringing back the Cup Winners Cup is that its quite common for 2 FA Cup finalists to have already qualified for the champions league.

[StanSP]

Spurs struggling. Losing against Mura and a man down... 

[spacemunky]

Would love those Mura kits for Notts.

[Super_horns]

56 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Spurs struggling. Losing against Mura and a man down... 

Classic Spurs !

[adam]

Tottenham

[KingsX]

Sorry, Spurs do not allow this link to be embedded.

But just change .*** to .com and enjoy the best two minutes of your day.

 

https://www.youtube.***/watch?v=LXACWbgilR0