Quote Originally Posted by ItsMe View Post
True but that's very rare, being a seed it means you tend to avoid the harder teams. Away goals are a danger for both teams yes, but what a 2 legged tie doesn't allow is complacency, if you have a bad game and get done by a smaller team it's hard to recover from.

You have a point, but I just don't like the idea of 3rd/4th getting in, would rather see a playoff with a cup at the end like the playoff's in lower divisions and a cup winning going into the CL.
Of course it's rare, just like FA Cup shocks are rare, it has happened to Man Utd twice and Liverpool also though (perhaps through arrogance, who can be sure?) Recoveries happen against the smaller teams more than you think. It's 'rare' that a smaller team will win against the bigger team by more than one goal and that's very recoverable.

If there is to be a shake-up in the competition it's not going to have the desired effect you seem to think it will for quite a few seasons down the line, you can't undo the amount of money the bigger clubs make within one summer. And without that Champions League money it will possibly be even harder for a shock two-legged result.