I liked it better when teams represented the style of play of the country they are based on. Now every team is full of foreign managers and foreign players. I think the foreign player limit maintained a sense of identity associated with each club. It forces you to develop your own talent, and the fans are always going to be more into it when players are from the same country as them. Now we rarely ever see teams develop talent.

  • makie51@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The Champions league, it should be for champions only. Not 4th place teams that aren’t good enough.

    Also bring back the cup winners cup.

      • 7Thommo7@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Just like the organisers did in the past, hence the entire point of this thread.

        • yajtraus@alien.topBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          They never though, because it was called the European Cup. The word “champions” wasn’t there to take literally or not.

          • 7Thommo7@alien.topBEnglish
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            11 months ago

            You went too far back, as did anyone else downvoting me. You’re welcome to look into the entrant teams of the 1992/1993 CHAMPIONS League and get back to me.

          • feldgrau@alien.topBEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            You do know that the official name of the tournament was European Champions’ Club Cup?

    • alexovicc@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Not 4th place teams that aren’t good enough.

      Real Sociedad and Newcastle are better than 90% of the teams in the competition.

    • Finn_Survivor@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      How many teams do you want in it? If it was only champions the like of shamrock rovers would be getting pumped 15-0 by city and Madrid