I like the Europa League. For teams of Celic's standard its a good way to measure youfself against the "2nd division" teams in europe. The league format guarantees 6 games and keeps you interested until christmas. So i think its fine. Its very easy for those who support the top english teams to poo poo the europa league but for the standard of teams that it is aimed at, it is important and enjoyable. As for the teams that drop donw from the CL, I'm not sure they have ever gone on to win it, although that might change this year.