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Originally Posted by zoraster
Being fair to UEFA that wasn't the reason they started it, although it is the root cause. That is why the big clubs wanted it, but UEFA stood firm. UEFA only caved when the Project Gandalf breakaway league was put on the table by the group that was to become G14. The ECL was going to happen regardless of UEFA, it was just up to them if they still wanted to be in charge of it.
Platini is our great hope as he is a traditionalist, but he has already had to compromise his vision in a big way to get elected. Two years ago he was still mooting the 64 team straight knockout European Cup - pretty much the tournament all purists want - but he seems to be facing reality now.
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Personally I think it's too late to change it, the big teams wont like it if they have less of a chance to dip into the honey pot and could take their ball home if they can't get into at least the qualifying rounds. I miss the nights were you'd get back from Anfield (£1 on the coach and £5 to get in
) after watching a European game to see who else had won that night and you'd hear names like Trabzonspor, Honved and Red Star and you'd wonder where half these teams came from.