30 Aug 2024 13:01:13
This new europa and cl format is going to kill european football. Stupid set up with stupid fixtures. The tried and tested group stage was far better. Teams like us are going to suffer hugely from this set up. And of next season we will be in the confrence league tho so maybe it will get easier for us but i fear for where we are heading right now. we are a million miles away from where we should of been after 55 and the europa final.
30 Aug 2024 13:07:10
Nice positive first post. If we qualify for the champions league it’s better for us if we’re in the europa it makes it tougher. We should be getting into the playoff no matter what the draw is.
30 Aug 2024 13:18:34
Quite a negative view on it in my opinion, tough draw but big games to look forward to, what European football is all about, maybe we will prove some wrong and hold a good account of ourselves, a lot of players left but could be a lot of players heads were elsewhere and was having a bad effect on the squad, the new squad will be raring to go with a few fresh faces and new challenges ahead for some, seen progress at Ross county game so we may well be heading in the right direction, a wee bit of positivity and confidence can go a long way.
30 Aug 2024 13:19:57
I agree about the format, any fair and sensible competition has teams playing each other home and away not some random fixtures . This was brought in to appease the CL clubs who wanted less games against the smaller teams in the groups and more against each other, to make even more money of course and widen the gap. There is no reason that the other two competitions have to be the same, in fact its a selling point if they are different. Can`t understand how we are seeded in Pot 1 and get harder games than the other mob got in the CL where they were seeded in Pot 3 or 4 . We can only see what it ends up like but is seems too complicated to me.
30 Aug 2024 13:35:03
Personally o think playing 8 different teams is better than playing 3 teams twice.
Unlike Rangersforlife I can see us getting to the playoffs.
Great positive posts rangersforlife.
30 Aug 2024 13:37:10
Wsl gers we don't have a harder draw than celtic. Leipzig and dortmund strong sides. Atalanta just won europa hammering leverkusen. And aston villa are also a good side. don't matter which pot your in now u still draw 2 teams fron every pot regardless.
30 Aug 2024 14:09:47
Paul we have a harder draw than Celtic no doubt about it.
30 Aug 2024 14:23:24
Rangersforlife, your basically bang on mate some don't want to hear it or believe it for some reason.
30 Aug 2024 14:25:17
Not too sure how the new set up will work in Europe but will be in a better position to judge at the end of the tournaments. Change is hard to accept sometimes but you need to give it time.
30 Aug 2024 14:26:29
Love the draw! Bring them on!
30 Aug 2024 13:45:19
It gives smaller clubs a better chance to progress.
30 Aug 2024 13:45:37
I can see us getting 5 or 6 points as a maximum from they games i genuinly hope i'm wrong but the signings we have made and lack up first 11 ones more to the point give me the fear for this season as a whole. Negative yes but a big win in the league isn't enough to convince me we've turned a corner just yet.
30 Aug 2024 13:45:52
Agreed jfm and we'll have a better opinion next season.
30 Aug 2024 13:56:17
A think the New format will be better, eight teams to play instead of three can only be a good thing, as close to a European league as you will get.
30 Aug 2024 14:31:00
Was watching g a UEFA person explain the reasoning behind the new format, to have more glamour games at the group stages as previously the bigger clubs can have a fairly routine path to the next stage due to the seedings, and the hope is the big clubs from the bigger nations can have more glamour ties and to avoid any temptation of breakaways.
It also allows the lesser clubs to have more games, extra gate income and prize money.
30 Aug 2024 14:47:41
We'll destroy spurs at ibrox ?.
30 Aug 2024 14:55:14
Don't think it matters who we draw against it's going to be a tough campaign. Man utd and spurs are not average as someone said earlier they'll both be too strong for us at this stage we need to bring in as much money as we can the club certainly need it.
30 Aug 2024 15:32:42
They are far from it ows united have players worth as much as out whole squad as do spurs its complete fantasy to think we stand any chance against that level of team.
30 Aug 2024 16:20:59
This new format to me is just like a European super league, only suited for the rich teams.