What the fuck is this shit? Where are the groups? Who asked for this?
groups are for shit teams to go further than they deserve
>>144502918Good take. I think bad teams are bad and they should work for it.> t. Supporter of a team that hasn't been in the Champions League in 10 years
looks fun desu. Groups were trash for a decade or so
>>144503020There's like zero jeopardyReal dropping points today means nothing`
>>144502821We're a one group continent now.
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the fuck does that even work? there are 36 teamsit's not like they play everybodyare they just play random teams at random?
>>144503181yes, the parity is beyond dumb
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>>144502821Eyes off thirdie!
Villa's taking home number two
>>144503107they'd actually already scored when I posted this so you can't (you) me
>>144503181seeded draw, you play so many teams from each potIt makes sense in chess which is where it came from but the CL adopted it because it heavily favours pot 1 teams to keep all the big names in the knockouts
>>144502821i don't hate it desu
>>144502821imagine messi or ronaldo playing "group stage" vs slovan dinamo waxtap or feyenoordthis is beyond retarded, Champions League is dead.
>>144503663>Champions League is dead.This. Unless my team wins it of course.
>>144502918it's the same in this format though>>144503040no because seeding matters. 9th gets to play 24th in the knockout round, for example
>>144503181pot 1,2,3,4. each pot has 9 team. every team play 2 teams from each pot, 1 home and 1 away>>144503663dude, that's exactly what they did. there's the same amount of teams basically so the lowest competition is the same. the only difference for Messi and Ronaldo is that they would have had 2 extra games against pot 1 teams
>>144503473>it heavily favours pot 1 teams to keep all the big names in the knockoutsit's the opposite of that. each team gets 2 extra games against their own pot so the smaller teams get games against smaller teams, making it easier for them
>>144503663can't tell if this is serious.
>>144503260All this accomplished is that now is almost impossible for a "big team" to drop out
>>144503984bad teams play more games against bads and good teams play more teams against goods, this is true. In general a bigger sample size makes it less likely that bad teams advance. People complaining that small clubs need to earn it
