MKSpur
Christian Ziege
Think the clubs surrounding us will likely qualify automatically and we are quite a way clear of Leicester, but if we do miss out this year we’d need to be making Europa minimum to keep the advantage before it kicks in.
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European Super League - Dead on arrival
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mephitis
Niko Kranjcar
I like John Barnes. He generally talks a lot of sense. Unusual in today's World..
We only 'lose' 10 points though when the seasons move forward 1 year and the most historic year drops out. Its the following couple years which are more important. But as you suggest, we need to keep clocking up the points
https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/#/yr/2021
The way the domestic cups have gone this year is helpful in that respect given that if we lose on Sunday, 7th in the league would make Europe, albeit the new Conference thing. But from a long-term perspective, I think we still want to be in that even if we field weakened teams
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Luka Modric
What sort of thing like this has Daniel Levy actually ever 'won'?
I remember Lasagnegate.... Levy making all sorts of noises about legal action. He rolled over and had his tummy rubbed.
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Luka Modric
I'm not sure that was Levy v West Ham?....
Levy wanted the Stratford site and lost out to West Ham.
Mikey10
Jimmy Neighbour
There will be a lot of Spurs fan who will be comforted by that on their death beds.
"I never saw us win a significant trophy, but by GHod we were a big club."
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Although without our interest they would have been able to make much bigger changes and have had more of a monopoly on it.
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Luka Modric
That's interesting actually.... UEFA could now change the terms of the CL, the Euro Also Rans Bowl and the Euro Minnows Never Were's Shield competitions to ensure more equitable distribution of places and funds across Europe... They won't do this however as now they've seen it could happen they'll be even more scared of their golden goose being cooked.
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Luka Modric
I've spotted a slight flaw in that with our 20/21 performance.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
There will be a lot of Spurs fan who will be comforted by that on their death beds.
"I never saw us win a significant trophy, but by GHod we were a big club."
I honestly would rather that than be a small club that picked one up due to the incompetence of others.
I need to feel like total domination is around the corner, I'm a long term glory hunter.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Exactly, it's that kind of levelling that has caused the SL creation anyway.
This has been happening in Spain on a smaller scale for a long time, Barca and Madrid (and more recently Atletico) feel they should get more of the broadcast rights money than the other teams.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Being a bigger club will give us more opportunities to win thingsThere will be a lot of Spurs fan who will be comforted by that on their death beds.
"I never saw us win a significant trophy, but by GHod we were a big club."
That’s how it works
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Luka Modric
In theory.... The biggest 4 in England (Man Utd, Liverpool, Emirates Marketing Project, Chelsea) leaves us and Arsenal outside. I think Arsenal have a higher coefficient than us? (and certainly will do by the end of this season with their better run in the Europa). That puts us at risk of a club from Italy or Spain not qualifying.... How does our coefficient compare with Seville or Roma for example?
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glasgowspur
Luka Modric
Didn't know porto refused.
Also those three clubs are all but sure of CL every year.
PSG need no one's money. Probably also worried about fifa sanctions on the Qatar World Cup.
Bayern are in a closed league of two, in all but name. All promotion to the binders league means is a chance to earn money on Bayerns coat tail while they thump you. Would have been interesting to see what the clubs below bayern and psg in their leagues would have said if they had been offered the chance.
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Luka Modric
Thanks mate, I didn't realise it was as few as that..... At least we have a chance of finishing in 7th now with a new manager. I also wonder how coefficient points will work in the new minnows competition? I think CL and Europa games are considered equal for coefficient points, if that is also the case for the new competition then it could be a good way of racking up a good points total?
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Bayern are in a closed league of one imo, they seem to sign Dortmund's best player every year.
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Luka Modric
Yes. I agree, us taking part in and losing the "Battle for Stratford" was a very lucky break for us and an unlucky one for West Ham.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
knowing Uefa we'll lose two points for every game we play
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
I’m sure there was a clause that meant they couldn’t redevelop it and had to retain the running track inserted after Levy kicked off?
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Luka Modric
They actually DID get FAR greater broadcast rights than the other teams for a good while. The clubs there could negotiate their own TV deals and this did cause huge disparity with the top 2 to Atletico and then Atletico to the rest. I think that was abolished recently with the other clubs using some sort of rule that they would disagree to be broadcast (i.e. so that the games of the top 3 against each other only could be shown). I think they ended up compromising on a deal that still sees the lions share go to the biggest clubs but not as skewed as it was previously.....
Although I could've dreamed all of this?