Thread 150870307

Since they introduced the new format I have no more interest in the first phase of the CL, literally all the matches seem like filler until the first knockout round

>>150870307 (OP)
yes

>>150870307 (OP)
Yeah

Indeed.

affirmative

>not too bad of a game
>we will beat them at home
There is no home game
...

>>150870307 (OP)
Yeah but muh fairness

>>150870307 (OP)
and why were you interested in the old CL group stage when teams were qualified with 2 games to spare most of the time?

its bragging rights. are you saying you wouldnt like to see your team at the top of the league just for the epic memes?

the only way to make the group phase matter is to make the top 8 teams choose who they play

>>150870307 (OP)
>But dude don't you wanna see Real play Man city for the fifth year in a row duuuuude

ive enjoyed it so far

it sucks. first 24 of 36 qualify? uneven schedules? this is some Argentina tier shit

>>150871257
>the groups were dead rubbers most of the time
>but look at this one group from 12 years ago

i suppose that's the strongest argument presented for the old format which is scary

>>150870307 (OP)
Yeah but you also aren't a third world shitskin. That's who this is aimed at.

>>150871520
>dude aren't you excited about who of Brügge, Slavia or Bodø is going to get the coveted 24th spot on the last matchday?

>>150871571
same question to you, what was so interesting about the old format?

>>150871579
It was a classic group format. It doesn't have to be exciting, it's for weeding out the riffraff.
At least it had a proper home/away tie unlike this rigged shit.

>>150871571
for the supporters of those clubs its exciting

>>150871579
>>150871605
it was created for the same purposes, berlusconi got tired or bbilan getting dicked out of the first ko round so he had uefa come up with a group stage

>>150870509
THIS

>>150871605
>It was a classic group format
it wasn't though, the european cup started in 1955 and the group phase started in 1992. no other competition has 4 teams playing each other home and away either.

>>150870307 (OP)
It's really not that different at all. The biggest change was removing the impact of the draw. Incredible how much it's filtered people.

>>150870307 (OP)
pretty much, it's peak slop for third worlders

>>150870710
>>150871579
You had to be there

>>150870307 (OP)
as Bayern fan, I find this format much mor exciting.
In the old format, we would rape the other three opponents times and qualify with 18 points and then choke in the next rounds, because we face actually opposition there.
now we get at least 2-3 serious opponents and suspension for all 8 games trying to get into the top 8

It should be straight knockouts with 64 clubs. I want to see Chelsea job to Macedonian olive farmers in the first round.

should still be 32 teams
none go to europa league
play 4 teams home and away [one from each pot]
there i fixed it

>>150873975
and only 8 for knockouts obviously

>>150873975
>>150873985
>I fixed it by reducing the proportion of matchups among similarly strong teams

Why do Americans keep offering their unwanted opinions on football?

>>150870307 (OP)
Same. I don't watch CL at all now anymore, I only watch the final because it's free on tv.

>Before
You HAVE TO win 2 out of 3 matches to get out of group stages or else you have to luck out with goal difference other results etc. Dynamo Tractor can throw a spanner in the works ruining everything for FC Petrodollar.

>Now
You have to play 16 matches and just not end up at the absolute bottom. Zero upsets, all the big clubs go through even if they play subpar.

Modern football became so fucking lame so fucking fast. I think the football bubble is about to burst desu. Kids don't play or care about this sport. It's somehow getting more expensive all the time.

>>150874270
There's a big difference between top 8 and the next 16

Why do we need 9163868163618 teams in the CHL?

Just remove all the garbage and only have the big teams. Have the smaller teams compete for like 4 meme spots with 999999 qualification rounds to make sure they’re decent.

>>150874270
post so retarded i have to assume it's satire but you never know with these le old good new bad mongs

>>150874321
that would be so kino, we could even call it the super league, and watch liverpool vs real madrid and barcelona vs psg every single night with all our favourite storylines and characters

>>150874363
Or just bring back the old groups of 4 and stop fiddling with the format and trying to add every team in the galaxy to the tournament?

The only game that matters is the final, all previous games are irrelevant

>the last smaller team to make quarters was benfica in 2023
>the last small team to make quarters was roma 2018
grim

>>150874380
or wolfsburg 2016
>the last team outside the big 7 leagues to make quarters was galatasaray in 2013
GRIM, why even let them play?

>>150871559
I'm a third world shitskin and my interest i the UCL has been steadily decreased over the course of the last 10 years, to the point I don't even know who's playing who anymore. Don't blame me.

>>150870307 (OP)
I don’t either desu, and yeah as others have said the groups were usually non-factors but dumb shit like Madrid losing to Sheriff was good fun and you had things like a big team finishing second and having to play another big team straight away, now it hardly matters since a team just needs to do well enough and they’ll get through

>>150874344
No one cares about CL anymore. It's not even on tv anymore, you have to scroll down for like 45 seconds to find an article on news sites.

Only people like this guy still cares. It fell off.

>>150874538
The modern football watcher sits through league games from Portugal and Sweden. VIEEEEWing less popular leagues on IPTV with commentary in a language you have no grasp of is the new meta. And then when Arsenal sign a young AIK talent you'll be the first to say he's a fraud.

>>150871579
Actually exciting

Unseeded straight knockout. Group stages are for cowards.

>>150874493
I blame Mexicans and Asia as a whole, really.
Souf Americans have their own proper football culture.

>>150874893
King. Also, champions only.

For me its playing different teams instead of the same draw every year. I kneel.

>>150874377
*tips fedora*

>>150875522
Kind of. Viewership is still very high here and you'll see the disgraceful imagery of people walking down the streets of Rio or Buenos Aires in Real Madrid or Man City shirts. But interest in the UCL tends to grow only in the knockout stage. South America is a bigger part of the problem than you'd think.

>>150870307 (OP)
The last champions league was the in years.


With this format all matches are important and big teams cross paths more times.

In older mode always two teams trash all other and you know who is gonna win the champions league by first round.

Last year psg was eliminated and end up win it destroying eveybody.

Is ten times better now >>150870710
>>150871257
>>150871839
>>150874270

Part of me thinks it should be champions-only with straight knockouts from start to finish, which was basically what the pre-96/97 European Cup was. But then so many leagues are turning into one horse races and the sheer amount of money means you'd just see the same fixtures you do now anyway. I don't think there's any one good solution for European football.