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This is an interesting take on the Europa League. What do people think?
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I can see the point on the conference.

Chelsea have won the conference leagues with like eight times the budget of anyone other team in it. Any English team in the Prem has a Champions League budget and can attract Champions League players (we did). English teams in the conference are just far too rich for the competition, which is how even David Moyes can win it.

I can see the argument that if the prem (and la liga) get an extra CL place that should come at the expense of the conference league place. It wouldn't reduce the prestige much, cos the prestige is already very limited, but it would make it more open. And eight teams qualifying for europa through the league is stupid.

Remove that place, if the top 5 go to the CL, and make it the top 7 get europe and I have no complaints.

The Europa League OTOH has Milan, Leverkusen, Juventus, Marseille etc in it, they can f***ing cope with having to play us or Palace or Bournemouth.
 
Someone is a bit bitter that their team didn't make it into Europe who wrote that article, or they don't like who have qualified for it.
 
The same argument can be used to ban Man Utd, City, Arsenal Chelsea from the premier league...they just have such a financial advantage it isn't fair. (Yet we did beat Chelsea a few days ago).

And they'd be happy to go..start their own super league.

Money talks. If European teams wants more cash they should make their leagues more appealing to a global audience,
 
sofatester said:
100 percent that was written by someone from the mag online fanzine :lol: :lol: :lol:
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You’d be 99% wrong
What the bloke is saying is the disparity in wealth between the vast majority of European clubs and English clubs is making a mockery of euro cup comps.
Other than PSG, Bayern, 3 Spanish clubs the rest are comparative paupers
Bournemouth are 26th richest club in the world
It isnt a level playing field
jcrossan said:
The same argument can be used to ban Man Utd, City, Arsenal Chelsea from the premier league...they just have such a financial advantage it isn't fair. (Yet we did beat Chelsea a few days ago).

And they'd be happy to go..start their own super league.

Money talks. If European teams wants more cash they should make their leagues more appealing to a global audience,
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The German model means that German clubs will never get taken over by eg Saudis

Nothing wrong with that
Too many shonky people out there
 
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martinsmithsonofpele said:
I can see the point on the conference.

Chelsea have won the conference leagues with like eight times the budget of anyone other team in it. Any English team in the Prem has a Champions League budget and can attract Champions League players (we did). English teams in the conference are just far too rich for the competition, which is how even David Moyes can win it.

I can see the argument that if the prem (and la liga) get an extra CL place that should come at the expense of the conference league place. It wouldn't reduce the prestige much, cos the prestige is already very limited, but it would make it more open. And eight teams qualifying for europa through the league is stupid.

Remove that place, if the top 5 go to the CL, and make it the top 7 get europe and I have no complaints.

The Europa League OTOH has Milan, Leverkusen, Juventus, Marseille etc in it, they can f***ing cope with having to play us or Palace or Bournemouth.
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Think another benefit of removing a Conference League place from PL would mean another European team gets into Europa the next season by winning it - probably helps to balance things out further rather than just having that as another route for PL teams to get into Europa League
 
Mboma said:
Seen this last night and thought it's been written by a mag or some salty fan who's team has just missed out.
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contrarian said:
You’d be 99% wrong
What the bloke is saying is the disparity in wealth between the vast majority of European clubs and English clubs is making a mockery of euro cup comps.
Other than PSG, Bayern, 3 Spanish clubs the rest are comparative paupers
Bournemouth are 26th richest club in the world
It isnt a level playing field

The German model means that German clubs will never get taken over by eg Saudis

Nothing wrong with that
Too many shonky people out there
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It's been like that for years and years why didn't he write that years ago ?
 
I'm over the moon that we've made Europe, but there are WAY too many English clubs in European competitions.

Should be a maximum of 2 in the CL, 1 in the EL and 1 in the EC imo. And an extra place to defend your trophy if you win it. Maybe EL / EC places for winning the FA / League cup too, incentivise clubs to take those competitions seriously again.

Spurs and Newcastle stunk out the UCL, and flooding the other two competitions with English teams is pretty brutal on the other leagues. I'm pleased for Villa and everything, but they have 4 times the spending power of Freiberg.

Europe for an 8th place finish is stupid.
 
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