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    Quote Originally Posted by Flavs View Post
    Ha. That's incredible.

    Overturning a 9 goal deficit - it should be quite easy to spot if it was fixed. Indonesia playing rush-goalie would be the first clue.

    Maybe we have a chance against Milan after all.

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    Not sure if anyone has said this but Champions League should just be for Champions.
    And get rid of the seeding and group stages.

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    Keep the seedings and the group stages

    No one wants to see an FA Cupesque type of Pub Team final with teams the calibre of Millwall, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Southampton, Arsenal etc in it.

    Should be for champions though, i agree

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    If only champions enter, itl last about a fortnight.

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    The main thing which is wrong football is the level of money and the way the whole system is intended to keep the top teams rich which makes it more likely that they stay up there and sod the rest. Seeding and Group stages promote this. Football was a lot better when teams like Coventry and Wimbledon could win the FA Cup against the odds. that was the very essence of the 'magic of the cup' which is sadly lacking now as it's overshadowed by the CL and the top teams usually steamroller the rest and most years one of a small group of teams wins it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dog Toffee View Post
    If only champions enter, itl last about a fortnight.
    You understand that that's how it used to be and it lasted all season?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dog Toffee View Post
    If only champions enter, itl last about a fortnight.
    Like it did in the 70s, 80s and early 90s?

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    How? Do they play each other ten times or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dog Toffee View Post
    How? Do they play each other ten times or something?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dog Toffee View Post
    How? Do they play each other ten times or something?
    No, it was 2 leg knock-outs. They just didn't play every 5 sodding minutes. Do we really need a bazillion games every week? Most of them aren't even very good games.

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