Post by runie on Oct 12, 2017 10:25:15 GMT
Oct 12, 2017 8:02:21 GMT @manlystanley said:
The concern with losing games on purpose to get into league 'D' would be losing seeding/ranking status for the uefa world cup qualifying groups in between the uefa cup.
Yes its very european this - very 'EU' like should I say - over complex/bureaucratic for the heck of it. Its like people needing to justify their jobs by changing things around all the time.
if they wanted to go this route (sounds harsh) but this way it would guarantee a higher quality tourney - just pick the top 24 teams in league A and B and let the other 31 miss out. - in the future teams will have a chance of getting promoted and relegated for the future
It would create big international games that truly mean something. and we wouldn't need the uefa qualifying as well on the side.. which would cut down international games and domestic clubs would be happier.
the lesser 31 could go into a separate competition and maybe that the winner of that could be elevated into league A which would guarantee qualification to the main finals next round.
Off course we should just go back to the top 16 !! but no - UEFA wants more international games being played and more control on players and more revenue and this is a way to get what they want.
So if the two last placed teams in any of the groups of 4 (or 3) play each other in the final game of the 3rd division, both at rock bottom, I'm not sure if they'll care about losing that one extra game and it costing them a small amount of ranking points if it gets them into the easier 4th tier next time. Might be some very interesting dynamics!