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Originally Posted by Wolfetone Hibee
Used to love the old uefa cup format but it's been a bit of a mickey mouse cup in more recent years, you used to get the 2nd and 3rd best teams from all the leagues in it but now they're in the champs league more often than not. the issue of it being a financial safety net for champions league losers is its biggest flaw.
the group stage has robbed the tournament of a bit of its excitement too.
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Sums it up for me really.
No real players (in the club sense) want anything to do with it. eg - even madvlad romanob is desperate for the champ league! Thats were the cash is. It was a good competion, with a much higher standard, when there were less teams in the European Cup.
GGTTH