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Jah Lush Wrote:

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> You didn't really say that about the Arsenal did

> you Quids? Jeez! Down with that sort of thing.

> This weekend I am mostly supporting Birmingham

> City.



I certainly want Arsenal to win the premiership. The thought of Chelsea or you lot winning the CL is too hideous to contemplate and the FA Cup is, of course, the Hammers. But tomorrow it's Brum for me.

I'm all in favour of the current champions league format, but it would still be very odd if a team like Spurs were to win it having never been champions of their own league in the last 40 years. It would be good for Spurs but bad for a competition that seeks to find the best team in europe.
Not sure how you can be in favour of a CL format that allows for the majority of qualifying teams to be non-champions and then say it would be bad for one of them to win it. Maybe there should be a UEFA vetting panel at the semi-final stage. "So, when exactly were you last champions?" "Oh."

kpc Wrote:

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> Not sure how you can be in favour of a CL format

> that allows for the majority of qualifying teams

> to be non-champions and then say it would be bad

> for one of them to win it. Maybe there should be a

> UEFA vetting panel at the semi-final stage. "So,

> when exactly were you last champions?" "Oh."


Exactly - you can play but you can't get to the final, you don't mind if we put another English team in the final in your place, how about your friends from North London, the red and white team. ;-)



No. my point is that the format is good in that its not just the previous years cahmpions that get into the competition, however to win the CL and never to have won your own league, is not a good result for the competion.

No. my point is that the format is good in that its not just the previous years cahmpions that get into the competition, however to win the CL and never to have won your own league, is not a good result for the competion.


I *think* that this wouldn't have been the case for any English team that's ever qualified

kpc Wrote:

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> So would you put a limitation of say 10 years, or

> 20 at a stretch, on the validity of winning the PL

> for qualification to CL? This is getting quite

> Platini-esque.



Not validity - just whether its good for the competition, given its name/history etc.

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