knock out rounds should be between non champions imo
henrik Larssons early form was quiche
thatspart of the problem mate.
No splitting hairs bridie but 4+2+36 ain't 40.funny when yir names bridie and yir maths mince,innit HH
We all dream, Bridie bhoy, but as good as the Idea is of increasing the numbers is the big boys will knock it down as it would cut the pie too thin. It's not in their nature to be charitable to us we nations.
Ta - in too much of a hurry and heid is full of mince these days. I'll edit it! HH
Won’t happen ,the money men control the proceedings,not eufa,who think they do ,only idiots would come up with the current scheme ,,hh
I know, I know. And if they did try to increase the numbers it would be so the English, Spanish, German and Italian 5th & 6th places automatically entered the group stages as well.
Another great post/link to the Celtic star WC. It's how do European national champions force through a change? I've loads of ideas as many as everyone else I won't bore you with but UEFA are a law unto themselves. The way I see it is we will be further and further marginalised from the cl if UEFA are left to their own devices. I honestly believe it would take the ECA and it's member clubs like celtic ajax steaua red star and the like to come together and refuse to take part in the nonsense of qualification for season or 2 at least. As the piece said clubs aren't rewarded for their successes, ajax cl semi finalists and Europa league runners up in 3 seasons having to negotiate rounds and rounds of qualies shows the utter contempt UEFA has even for the clubs who've won it. This will get worse until the ECA members puts aside for a season or 2 the potential earnings the group stages brings. Infantino promised change , liar, just another platiniin disguise. Also can clubs afford to not take part and recieve nothing but a fine ? For many clubs id say no, thats where the ECA can help compensate the clubs for taking a stance. Cl is turning into the SPL for the big 5s clubs playing the same opponents over and over. They've stripped any excitement away from the challenge of qualifying.It's the uncertainty that makes it good. That Celticstart before maccabbi tel Aviv is just ridicoulous we have made a European tourney group stage every season during our 8iar run and Scotland beat Israel to win the nation's league
both of you are right here. Celtic can match the market place but not in sky's money land. we've lost (looks like ) sawyers to Wbrom for only a small amount of money it would seem. if Celtic were prioritising in that market they would know if an English club counters we won't compete. in Europe we can , loads of good players outside the big 5 and if we're competing with clubs not from those leagues we'd probably be favourites to get the deal done. I think Celtic have upped their structure (spending if not wages) that's reflected in the money we've spent, not a lot by big 5 standards but amounts many big clubs from smaller countries can only dream about. If as a club we've realised that we have to pay more now for transfer fees it would stand the club must also realise that the wages will be higher too. Celtic have broken the wage structure before when it suited us , Robbie Keane an example. he was worth it though as for sawyers to west Brom, evenif Celtic bid more than them chances are they'd have responded with an improved offer themselves and we can't be in a bidding war with a club that's been raking it in for years. we are strong in that dept anyway. so I think you're both right. The fees these days are off the charts and don't reflect the true value of a player.
