Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete
blues_funk_reggae
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mastermind
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Where will they be able to cram 4 to 6 more first round games in an already hellish schedule ?
We byke
Who are the 12 ? I read that the PL clubs aren't with it.
How you feel about Roman putting up the club for sale. Y’all never gonna have another like who’s willing to spend billions in the club while genuinely looking to win every year….
Where will they be able to cram 4 to 6 more first round games in an already hellish schedule ?
They'd have to shrink a couple of qualifying rounds ... maybe.
Teams at the top of the table gonna start load management later in the group phase?
The whole thing seems seems crazy to me. 100 more games
They'd have to shrink a couple of qualifying rounds ... maybe.
Teams at the top of the table gonna start load management later in the group phase?
Are we really fiends like that ? Maybe they'll start all the leagues 2 weeks earlierI feel optimistic. Chelsea are a global brand and anybody capable of buying the club would have to do a lot wrong for them to fall off massively from this position.
Everybody talks about the stadium but they fail to mention the amazing facilities at Cobham, the world class youth team structures in place, the women's team etc. I think we'll be alright long-term. We'll definitely spend less but hopefully that just means we'll spend smarter. No more midget goalkeepers with tiny arms for 72m etc. Genuinely hope the first thing the new owners do is get rid of the entire first team scouting department.
Trajan
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The whole thing seems seems crazy to me. 100 more games
Quality gonna suffer. They're gonna dilute the product
Between this, EL, Europa Conference, Nations League we're gonna have football fatigue
Not to mention the players phoning it in. I read grumblings from some players and managers but players need to go on strike
These organisations are insatiable
Kunty McPhuck
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They'd have to shrink a couple of qualifying rounds ... maybe.
Teams at the top of the table gonna start load management later in the group phase?
The whole thing seems seems crazy to me. 100 more games
Going off the current football calendar. With the internationals fortnights it's basically games every week up till Christmas. Which means all the domestic cups start will have to be moved to into the new year and there will be no midweek league games from Sept-Dec for teams in the CL/Europa. So yeah like Liu said the league's are going to have to start at the beginning of August. Looks like the PL CL teams will be exempt from playing in the league cup for that season.
The fixture congestion
apart from PL because I just don't see a majority vote for 18 team league even tho they should. I can see Italy and Ligue 1 moving to 18 teams. La Liga will depend on the T&C's on that investment money they took.
Going off the current football calendar. With the internationals fortnights it's basically games every week up till Christmas. Which means all the domestic cups start will have to be moved to into the new year and there will be no midweek league games from Sept-Dec for teams in the CL/Europa. So yeah like Liu said the league's are going to have to start at the beginning of August. Looks like the PL CL teams will be exempt from playing in the league cup for that season.
The fixture congestion
Maybe if the knockouts in the CL went to single leg this wouldn't be so bad ... but this is crazy. Almost makes me surprised they ever went away from the 2nd group stage that they used to have.
