Championship clubs in Europe

[worthingseagull123]

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014...ose-idea-to-put-championship-clubs-in-europe/



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...s-plan-European-competition-Charles-Sale.html


Whether it would be the biggest clubs chosen, or open to all, or some on merit I don't.

Would be good though.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Second tier in Europe is not particularly high standard. Only a few clubs in Segunda A in Spain would hack it in our Chamionship.

 

[Husty]

Second tier Russian and Dutch clubs? With all due respect to those nation's leagues. The likes of QPR, Leicester and Forest would shit all over them with their squads. Also it's more unwanted fixtures, few clubs would want to travel and even fewer would take the matches seriously.

(Await's someone getting wound up because the article calls teams with lower home attendances than us bigger clubs than us.)

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

Second tier Russian and Dutch clubs? With all due respect to those nation's leagues. The likes of QPR, Leicester and Forest would shit all over them with their squads. Also it's more unwanted fixtures, few clubs would want to travel and even fewer would take the matches seriously.

(Await's someone getting wound up because the article calls teams with lower home attendances than us bigger clubs than us.)

Very much this. Wasn't there some sort of Anglo-Italian thing going on at one stage which was rather short-lived ?

 

[downham seagull]

The reason why clubs struggle to fill stadiums is the price of tickets. If you get people into the stadium they will spend in other area's. There is no desire for this type of competition in my opinion.

 

[worthingseagull123]

Very much this. Wasn't there some sort of Anglo-Italian thing going on at one stage which was rather short-lived ?

I think it would be fun. An away day at Foggia or Dynamo Dresden.

 

[Husty]

I do like that second articles suggestion that only the 'biggest' clubs would be allowed to enter this competition and it wouldn't take be done on merit, in which case Sheffield Wednesday wouldn't ever get close to it.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

I think it would be fun. An away day at Foggia or Dynamo Dresden.

An April semi-final in Foggia would be a splendid weekend. Although Dresden would be better for sight-seeing. It's left a strange hyperthetic scenario running in my head as to who I would want to win that Quarter Final.

 

[Philzo-93]

Second tier Russian and Dutch clubs? With all due respect to those nation's leagues. The likes of QPR, Leicester and Forest would shit all over them with their squads. Also it's more unwanted fixtures, few clubs would want to travel and even fewer would take the matches seriously.

(Await's someone getting wound up because the article calls teams with lower home attendances than us bigger clubs than us.)

Completely agree. European football is for the finest in the country not for the hell of it! Football League need to review the fixture congestion here let alone introduce our own!

 

[Bladders]

There's enough rubbish in the Europa League thanks.

 

[Durlston]

The Anglo-Italian Cup was a disaster in the mid-nineties with low crowds, financial losses and Serie B teams being over physical, spitting and diving. Birmingham City players were attacked after winning a match over there and Barry Fry said he'd never play a team in the competition again.

 

[BensGrandad]

I think that a condition of aceptance in a European competition should be that you play in the top tier of your national league whilst playing in Europe?

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Its like an even shitter Europa League - which is already borderline quite shit.