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Fans of all clubs are having the exact same conversation as we are about this I suspect.
Terrible idea. If this happened think this would alienate a lot of football fans.
Can’t see the average fan travelling around Europe every other week to watch games, The grounds will be full of the tourist fans particully from Far East and Middle East. Maybe that Is the market these clubs are trying to appeal to now a days rather than the domestic fan base. I guess Looking at the clubs on the list to set this league up it won’t really bother them though if the hardcore domestic fans don’t like the idea or won’t be able to travel to many away games. You just have watch many of these teams games to see that already there grounds are already packed every other week with the tourist fans.
I don't think there was any seeding in the European Cup, so you could get big matches at any stage.Wouldn't work on it's own. The teams are just too unbalanced now. No fun in watching Man City destroy Dinamo Tblisi, Anderlecht etc until they finally get some competition in the semi finals. You'd need to get the league back on a more equal financial footing too.
But if you had it these days there'd probably only be four actual contenders in any given year. Nobody outside England, Spain, Germany, Italy or France is going to win it, and in an average year one of those five will have an odd league winner who's not likely to contend either. A tournament with four contendors and fifty teams making up the numbers isn't going to be fun no matter how you organise it. It used to work as the champions of different leagues were far more equal. Red Star could win the European Cup. Those days are gone for now sadly.I don't think there was any seeding in the European Cup, so you could get big matches at any stage.
Can’t see the average fan travelling around Europe every other week to watch games, The grounds will be full of the tourist fans particully from Far East and Middle East.
They look at it from this perspective:It’s the English clubs that I don’t get being involved. The Premier League is the goose that laid the golden egg. Are they really going to risk killing it?
Out of the 5 English clubs proposed to be part of it, 3 are American owned, 1 Russian and 1 Abu Dhabi...we know how the Yanks love the relegation free franchise system, and I doubt Chelsea and City's owners would be against it.It’s the English clubs that I don’t get being involved. The Premier League is the goose that laid the golden egg. Are they really going to risk killing it?
Funny how its not the top story anywhere