Kenneth Miller
New Member
Of course all new ideas are going to be unpopular, as people are loving the current system. But us one or two system re-thinkers of the world do like exploring other ideas. Here's a new idea that is designed to allow more teams from more countries the realistic chance of attaining the grandeur and excitement of a European cup final. Keep this in mind, and judge only whether this idea achieves this:
Cup A: 16 top teams from the 4 top leagues only, rising to 5, 6, 7, 8, then 4 again then 5 again .... leagues in later years. 4 groups of 4, then QF.
Cup B: a 32-team (31-game) knockout tournament for other teams from these same leagues.
Cup C: the next-best 8 countries' leagues's top two per league.
Cup D: the next-best 8 countries' leagues's top one per league.
Cup E: all other countries' leagues in Europe, top one per league.
From year to year, the one strongest best-performing league from the group in C, D and E go up to A-D.
Also, the winners of Cups A, B and C go into Cup A next year. So over each 5-year cycle we would see loads of clubs winning a cup and moving up a level, and presumably quite often proving themselves as worthy there too. We also skip over many of the current fixtures in which one team has way less than 10% chance of winning against its (London, Madrid, Munich, Manchester) opponent. The new cups are not intended as a battle of shite-est, they are more like a reason to celebrate being brought into parts of Europe that have been reduced to the fringes under the current system.
Cup A: 16 top teams from the 4 top leagues only, rising to 5, 6, 7, 8, then 4 again then 5 again .... leagues in later years. 4 groups of 4, then QF.
Cup B: a 32-team (31-game) knockout tournament for other teams from these same leagues.
Cup C: the next-best 8 countries' leagues's top two per league.
Cup D: the next-best 8 countries' leagues's top one per league.
Cup E: all other countries' leagues in Europe, top one per league.
From year to year, the one strongest best-performing league from the group in C, D and E go up to A-D.
Also, the winners of Cups A, B and C go into Cup A next year. So over each 5-year cycle we would see loads of clubs winning a cup and moving up a level, and presumably quite often proving themselves as worthy there too. We also skip over many of the current fixtures in which one team has way less than 10% chance of winning against its (London, Madrid, Munich, Manchester) opponent. The new cups are not intended as a battle of shite-est, they are more like a reason to celebrate being brought into parts of Europe that have been reduced to the fringes under the current system.