TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted Friday at 17:11 Share Posted Friday at 17:11 29 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: There are no groups anymore. Eh? Really? Tell me what’s happening. Save me googling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Onion Posted Friday at 17:21 Share Posted Friday at 17:21 8 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: Eh? Really? Tell me what’s happening. Save me googling. 64 teams in a hat, straight knockout football. No groups, no seedings. Luck of the draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted Friday at 17:22 Share Posted Friday at 17:22 9 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: Eh? Really? Tell me what’s happening. Save me googling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted Friday at 17:27 Share Posted Friday at 17:27 3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: That must be the simplest ever flowchart that I don’t get. Normally a flowchart has to be far more complicated for me not to get it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted Friday at 17:28 Share Posted Friday at 17:28 6 minutes ago, Spring Onion said: 64 teams in a hat, straight knockout football. No groups, no seedings. Luck of the draw. Imagine it could be like that. The premier European completion being a straight knockout. That would never happen. Oh……wait a minute…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted Friday at 17:29 Share Posted Friday at 17:29 No groups. But groups. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted Friday at 17:29 Share Posted Friday at 17:29 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: No groups. But groups. Exactly what I was thinking 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted Friday at 17:32 Share Posted Friday at 17:32 7 hours ago, Busta Nut said: I'd have 8pm Saturday (or Friday) night games too Yon Saturday night cup tie we had up in Dundee a few years back was one of the messiest games I've been at for a long time, blootered folk everywhere. I was among them, but only to the extent that I could still enjoy the game then finish the job with more drink on the bus home. I'm all for more of that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted Friday at 17:35 Share Posted Friday at 17:35 (edited) So…my understanding… It actually is groups, just bigger groups but the results from those groups all count towards one big group? Bonkers! Next question. What determines which teams you play? A draw presumably. A draw that puts teams into groups. Next question. Once you know the 8 teams you’re playing, do you play them all home and away, or 4 at home and 4 away. If the latter, again bonkers! what a crock even by UEFA’s high crock standards. Edited Friday at 17:36 by TPAFKA Jersey 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted Friday at 17:37 Share Posted Friday at 17:37 The draw doesn't put teams into any sort of groups, the 8 teams you are playing will all have a totally different set of fixtures. Every club will play 4 teams at home and 4 different teams away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted Friday at 17:39 Share Posted Friday at 17:39 (edited) 4 minutes ago, craigkillie said: The draw doesn't put teams into any sort of groups, the 8 teams you are playing will all have a totally different set of fixtures. Every club will play 4 teams at home and 4 different teams away. Who the f**k came up with that? What keeps it fair in terms of the teams everyone plays (seeding I assume) and who you play at home and who you play away? ETA - Also, what perceived benefit does this new set up bring? Edited Friday at 17:43 by TPAFKA Jersey 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted Friday at 17:44 Share Posted Friday at 17:44 Yes, it is seeded into 4 pots of teams, and the fixtures will be seeded based on that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted Friday at 17:50 Share Posted Friday at 17:50 19 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said: That must be the simplest ever flowchart that I don’t get. Normally a flowchart has to be far more complicated for me not to get it. Aye it's all a bit "the big clubs want a Super League but we said they couldn't create so here's our version" tbh, it's just step 1 to a proper UEFA super league I'd imagine. 4 pots, 8 teams in each pot. Every side plays 2 sides from each pot for 8 fixtures. After 8 games the 8 teams to pick up the most points go to the quarters, while the next 16 get drawn against each other with the winner of each tie also going into the quarters. Losers are straight out of Europe with no drop to another competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted Friday at 17:50 Share Posted Friday at 17:50 If it wasn’t for UEFA the SPFL and SFA might look incompetent. Praise be to UEFA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted Friday at 18:36 Share Posted Friday at 18:36 46 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Aye it's all a bit "the big clubs want a Super League but we said they couldn't create so here's our version" tbh, it's just step 1 to a proper UEFA super league I'd imagine. 4 pots, 8 teams in each pot. Every side plays 2 sides from each pot for 8 fixtures. After 8 games the 8 teams to pick up the most points go to the quarters, while the next 16 get drawn against each other with the winner of each tie also going into the quarters. Losers are straight out of Europe with no drop to another competition. So there’s no advantage in being 9th rather than 24th? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted Friday at 18:40 Share Posted Friday at 18:40 3 minutes ago, Nowhereman said: So there’s no advantage in being 9th rather than 24th? Second leg at home, and you're seeded for the "Playoff" Round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Scotia Posted Friday at 18:47 Share Posted Friday at 18:47 They need to rename the champions league or bring back champions only to compete for it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted Friday at 18:48 Share Posted Friday at 18:48 10 minutes ago, Nowhereman said: So there’s no advantage in being 9th rather than 24th? You go into the same round, and in theory you'll have an easier tie of going through, but yeah it's not anything huge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted Friday at 18:50 Share Posted Friday at 18:50 1 minute ago, RandomGuy. said: You go into the same round, and in theory you'll have an easier tie of going through, but yeah it's not anything huge. Extra games for extra games sake. Why not just the top 16 go through? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted Friday at 19:08 Share Posted Friday at 19:08 17 minutes ago, Nowhereman said: Extra games for extra games sake. Why not just the top 16 go through? Then you'd be saying "So there’s no advantage in being 1st rather than 16th?". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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