CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW REACTION: 'PSG have a difficult schedule' - Gab Marcotti | ESPN FC

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  • @ameng6944
    @ameng6944 2 месяца назад +49

    Gab actully did pretty good.explaining it.

    • @watsoncrick3210
      @watsoncrick3210 2 месяца назад +6

      But his mates can't understand, always complain 😂

  • @ghost5631
    @ghost5631 2 месяца назад +133

    Craig loves to wallow and flaunt his ignorance with pride

    • @jamiecook4288
      @jamiecook4288 2 месяца назад +8

      Totally agree. Makes me embarrassed to be Scottish. Shouldn't be anywhere near this panel. Hopefully they replace him soon with someone less negative and more knowledgeable (willing to read up on the rules). Frightening thing is, he gets paid to have an opinion on something he doesn't even understand!

    • @OneOkRockSamurai
      @OneOkRockSamurai 2 месяца назад

      ​I mean why would you pay to go to a match for work?

    • @OneOkRockSamurai
      @OneOkRockSamurai 2 месяца назад

      ​I mean in Europe most people didn't fight back against the jab also remember ESPN is liberal AF. Lol all these "criticisms" y'all have against him is just being butthurt on stuff he says. Y'all need to get a life none of y'all no him irl no one knows what hes like outside of his little TV character...

    • @ghost5631
      @ghost5631 2 месяца назад

      @@OneOkRockSamurai you need to get some brain cells. We are judging his character online. I could care less if he was a monk at home

    • @jamiecook4288
      @jamiecook4288 2 месяца назад

      @@OneOkRockSamurai the dude gets paid to have informed opinions on things but doesn’t bother to even research it!?
      I’m Scottish but this guy is inexcusable. Clown.

  • @junaid_2107
    @junaid_2107 2 месяца назад +82

    Absolute worst former player pundits who dont even do their homework. There are youtubers who do 100x better analysis

    • @lionface1364
      @lionface1364 2 месяца назад +3

      I agree.

    • @cocob777
      @cocob777 Месяц назад +1

      why are they even there tbh.

    • @junaid_2107
      @junaid_2107 Месяц назад

      @@cocob777 Apparently they think Burley and Stevie are real crowd pullets and Alle and get some South American viewers..🤷‍♂️

  • @eL--RaL
    @eL--RaL 2 месяца назад +179

    This model is way better.. It's the definition of a champions league..You need to play the big boys to prove you're the top dog not sneak behind the back thru small fodder teams.. Besides football needed something new

    • @gabrielcoe-archer8818
      @gabrielcoe-archer8818 2 месяца назад +51

      Wow just like the Superliga that Barça and Madrid wanted to build. What a coincidence🤯

    • @respectallrationalbeings8836
      @respectallrationalbeings8836 2 месяца назад +29

      ​@gabrielcoe-archer8818 they are scared of the super league that's why they copied them in advance 😅

    • @lilbaz8073
      @lilbaz8073 2 месяца назад +10

      So are the small fodder teams no longer in the competition?
      The answer is they are still there and the big clubs will still have to play them.
      As for definition of a champions league? Bologna are champions of what exactly?

    • @jonpool9030
      @jonpool9030 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@JayBrick-zb3or you're making his point man

    • @musagakou903
      @musagakou903 2 месяца назад +2

      It's called superligue

  • @IroonieLA
    @IroonieLA 2 месяца назад +179

    You can thank Super League for this 😂

    • @a-walpatches6460
      @a-walpatches6460 2 месяца назад +9

      No this is called the Swiss model and it was already coming before the super league nonsense.

    • @declanhealy4575
      @declanhealy4575 2 месяца назад +1

      💯

    • @liamconverse8950
      @liamconverse8950 2 месяца назад

      ​@@a-walpatches6460Swiss-system tournaments have been used in chess for a long time but never in European football. This seems like it was inspired by profitable American sports

    • @emojiman5741
      @emojiman5741 2 месяца назад +18

      @@a-walpatches6460Swiss model? 🙄 They should thank the Super League teams!

    • @PaYaB_005
      @PaYaB_005 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@a-walpatches6460 It's not a swiss model.

  • @gozieokotcha7833
    @gozieokotcha7833 2 месяца назад +143

    How’s Craig this clueless and unapologetic about it?

    • @josephajibowo-wp2rw
      @josephajibowo-wp2rw 2 месяца назад +24

      He's a very very idiotic speaker. Honestly.

    • @jonpool9030
      @jonpool9030 2 месяца назад +1

      About what?

    • @Rayunicorn1
      @Rayunicorn1 2 месяца назад +16

      Because his employer doesn’t hold him accountable.

    • @adammchugh5456
      @adammchugh5456 2 месяца назад +3

      Bro, the whole espn set up is just ManUtd tv2... Things havent changed there since the fergie days, they are stuck in time like insects in amber.

    • @TheCrazykicks07
      @TheCrazykicks07 2 месяца назад +4

      Think he’s been drinking too much at hime

  • @StuTheDon17
    @StuTheDon17 2 месяца назад +28

    It's going to be so much harder to win your domestic league and the CL.
    If a club can do a double nowadays, that's a massive effort.

    • @logirex
      @logirex 2 месяца назад +6

      Given that those 9th to 24th place s will have to play 10 matches (2 play-off games) makes it four more matches alone from Champions League. I think some clubs might end up playing weaker squads in either domestic leagues or even in Champions League at times 🤷‍♂

    • @viralviruz8694
      @viralviruz8694 2 месяца назад +1

      and madrid will stilll do it

  • @gmkid387
    @gmkid387 2 месяца назад +37

    Ppl obviously dont like change but I think this system would be more fun

  • @carlerasmus9270
    @carlerasmus9270 2 месяца назад +15

    Not sure why people think its complicated. Pretty simple - 36 teams, 8 games, one league, top 24 go thru, top 8 even better…then knockout stage.

    • @CNS1908
      @CNS1908 2 месяца назад +4

      Not complicated, but you wrong 😂😂😂

    • @GouravKhamari
      @GouravKhamari 2 месяца назад +4

      Top 24 don't go through, Top 8 do and 9-24 go into the playoff bracket. How the playoffs are going to be played I don't know.

  • @daniel_359
    @daniel_359 2 месяца назад +28

    This new format is fantastic. There are so many big games now. For example, As a Dortmund fan we only played Barcelona once in 15 years. We finally get to play them this year.

    • @acchery8910
      @acchery8910 2 месяца назад +1

      We should be getting around 16 points I think

    • @alexanderhowcroft8779
      @alexanderhowcroft8779 2 месяца назад +6

      Yeah, that’s what makes the games exciting. Scarcity is what creates value, they’re diluting the product

    • @lulamabowdenmagwa6803
      @lulamabowdenmagwa6803 Месяц назад +1

      Clubs like Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern and PSG facing each other should be a RARITY. Seeing them play each other on every UCL group day just saturates the product even more.

    • @acchery8910
      @acchery8910 Месяц назад

      @@lulamabowdenmagwa6803 not really. That's like saying domestic league is nothing. Same teams every year

  • @damienp6375
    @damienp6375 2 месяца назад +34

    The new format seems very interesting to me! Gives us more "big games" early on (pot 1 teams being drawn to face each other which wasn't the cas before), is more fair to smallest teams (they have on average the same strength of schedule as the big teams since every team faces 2 teams from each pot), creates more insentives for teams to take every game seriously (seeding matters for the knock-outs AND you can still qualify for playoff round on a lower seeding), stops rewarding bad teams with a chance to win another trophy (no more UCL 3rd group teams going to EL knock-out stage), etc.
    The only downsides I can see are that it's more complicated to follow (which is gonna be fine, we'll get used to it I think) and adds 2 to 4 more games on an already packed schedule (that's honestly the only real problem I could find compared to the old format)...

    • @rexuz2482
      @rexuz2482 2 месяца назад +5

      It's just the format on paper and the draw that is confusing. Once the season is underway it's really easy to follow. It's a straight league table where the higher up you finish you will get a bigger advantage of playing a team from the lower part of the standings.
      So every single game of the 8 games each team plays will be important, no matter where in the standings you are.

    • @mar.c1
      @mar.c1 2 месяца назад +5

      Some people just hate change. I find this exciting. The only downside is more fatigued for the players, but now as squads are getting bigger It will give chances to young players and reserves in those smaller matches

    • @samizayn5666
      @samizayn5666 2 месяца назад

      The only downside is that we face different teams home and away.

    • @logirex
      @logirex 2 месяца назад

      They would have been much smarter to make it an actual Swiss format tournament. You start with seeding and a higher seeded club would face a weaker side but then after that you would after every match have a new draw where those that on the same match points play against one another and so on each round. This would give tons more top matches each round. Instead it is basically similiar to before where they play two matches against clubs from each seeded group no matter previous results in the tournament 🤦‍♂

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад +1

      The format didn't need tampering with. It's basically a money-grab under the guise of _evolution_ , UEFA essentially added 64 additional games to their coffers. The biggest downside is the "unevenness" of the home-away ties and dilution of the 'big game allure

  • @michaelmaccrazy
    @michaelmaccrazy 2 месяца назад +30

    UEFA had it right all along but their greed is in overdrive right now. Clubs like Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern and PSG facing each other should be a RARITY. Seeing them play each other on every UCL group day just saturates the product even more.

    • @ruslb818
      @ruslb818 2 месяца назад +1

      💯

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад +21

      ​@ruslanbabayan326 you complain of trashy teams playing the big teams and you also complain about the big games. What do you want exactly?

    • @tariqomer4678
      @tariqomer4678 2 месяца назад +6

      Yet there are some people who demand that only the top teams should participate in the competition. You can't satisfy everybody.

  • @zerishhailemariam1339
    @zerishhailemariam1339 2 месяца назад +20

    This is the most exciting format ever! So many big games before the last 16. I think footballers are one of the dumbest in understanding things! Craig and Stevie are prime examples of this. Poor Marcoti trying to explain this to these dinosaurs.

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад +1

      The format didn't need tampering with. It's basically a money-grab under the guise of _evolution_ , UEFA essentially added 64 additional games to their coffers. The biggest downside is the "unevenness" of the home-away ties and dilution of the 'big game allure

    • @lulamabowdenmagwa6803
      @lulamabowdenmagwa6803 Месяц назад

      UEFA had it right all along but their greed is in overdrive right now. Clubs like Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern and PSG facing each other should be a RARITY. Seeing them play each other on every UCL group day just saturates the product even more.

  • @dead_r33d
    @dead_r33d 2 месяца назад +31

    if you read into the new format (most won't) it makes some sense. but that doesn't change the fact that it was pointless and unnecessary. couple that with the fact it just adds more games to an already PACKED schedule, and that people naturally hate change, the entire thing is a MESS

    • @Hello-wy2px
      @Hello-wy2px 2 месяца назад +2

      The question isn’t HOW the format works, but rather WHY they made it work this way

    • @davismorgan99
      @davismorgan99 2 месяца назад +4

      @@Hello-wy2pxthat question has the easiest answer ever: money

    • @Hello-wy2px
      @Hello-wy2px 2 месяца назад

      @@davismorgan99 well yeah, lol. I was kind of referring to the fans perspective of things, but money is the only real answer here. No one wanted this is what I was getting at.

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@Hello-wy2px who is no one? Do you speak for other people? Cause I hated the old format.

    • @Hello-wy2px
      @Hello-wy2px 2 месяца назад

      @@nazimbelaidi6486 I can speak for the majority opinion. The fact is the majority were fine with the old format and didn’t even think about changing it. Congrats on being a minority hater, I guess.

  • @duckymorse7377
    @duckymorse7377 2 месяца назад +27

    Just trying to make more money

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад +2

      So is this channel by trying to rage bait.

    • @ArthasDKR
      @ArthasDKR 2 месяца назад

      Why is making more money bad? Don't most of us all want to make more money?

    • @ivonacindric6417
      @ivonacindric6417 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@ArthasDKRit is fine if not done at someone's expense like SuperLeague was planned...There are relegations ,promotions .It is not closed competition.

  • @jimmyzoso6272
    @jimmyzoso6272 2 месяца назад +27

    This model seems way better. A lot more big games and competition until the end to get the higher seeds. Craig and Stevie are just averse to change. It's more complex but it isn't rocket science.

    • @calc1657
      @calc1657 2 месяца назад +2

      Craig and Stevie don't understand the system. 😃

    • @lulamabowdenmagwa6803
      @lulamabowdenmagwa6803 Месяц назад

      But clubs like Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern and PSG facing each other should be a RARITY. Seeing them play each other on every UCL group day just saturates the product even more.

  • @teddycross8549
    @teddycross8549 2 месяца назад +24

    It’s not rocket science figuring it out , pretty straightforward really and way better games every match week . Should have done this a decade ago

    • @carpetbilly
      @carpetbilly 2 месяца назад

      Can you explain it as im lost lol

    • @auhmav04
      @auhmav04 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@carpetbillyits just a league format now like the domestic leagues. Top 8 teams will qualify automatically while those from 9-24th place will go to playoffs from which other 8 teams will go through and the rest will be eliminated. From there on its the same knockout format as previous years. Its not hard to understand as craig put it out.

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад +1

      The format didn't need tampering with. It's basically a money-grab under the guise of _evolution_ , UEFA essentially added 64 additional games to their coffers. The biggest downside is the "unevenness" of the home-away ties and dilution of the 'big game allure

    • @the-nyenz
      @the-nyenz 2 месяца назад

      @@ζυγιάζω if done well this is better ,on paper of course

    • @supermanblackedition
      @supermanblackedition 2 месяца назад +1

      @@ζυγιάζω it did need tampering. The old format rewarded mediocre teams for getting a lucky draw.

  • @anxheloripa449
    @anxheloripa449 2 месяца назад +7

    So why not get the Super League then? Id rather have all the money go to the teams than Uefa.

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад +3

      ... because teams would stop qualifying through their domestic leagues! It would be the same teams forever... also no team outside of the 5-6 top leagues would be invited! This is very very far away from a Super League, no matter how you feel about the new format

    • @OGCHuila
      @OGCHuila 2 месяца назад

      But qualifying as a champion in you Home national league accounts for nothing now...see PSG fixtures in comparison to 2nd/3rd placed teams from other leagues and the resulting easier fixtures they got.

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@OGCHuila This is a totally different argument than what I was talking about. And the answer is yes, but remember that only the champions of big leagues had this advantage before. Was it fair? I’m not sure about that.

  • @callummills8454
    @callummills8454 2 месяца назад +7

    Good lord the way these lot go on you'd think its all written in some unknown alien language.
    It's really not that difficult to understand how this works.

  • @alexanderknaak6608
    @alexanderknaak6608 2 месяца назад +7

    I am really looking forward to this, especially the last matchday of the group should be crazy, all games at the same time, teams fighting for top spots, getting into top 8 or top 24, gonna be fun

  • @jinkiewinkies5915
    @jinkiewinkies5915 2 месяца назад +3

    This is the UEFA TOURNAMENT
    don’t call it Champions league!!!
    CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SHOULD BE PLAYED BY ACTUAL CHAMPIONS OF EACH LEAGUE!!!

    • @venividiviking
      @venividiviking 2 месяца назад +1

      Spot on mate 👌
      There will always be a lot of crappy games, when they allow no. 2,3,4's into the tournament, no matter how the structure is.
      People can call me old schooler, but i prefer the old structure with only champions, and playing 2 games against eachother, then next opponent.

  • @abhilashsathyamoorthi8221
    @abhilashsathyamoorthi8221 2 месяца назад +1

    As a fan, its confusing. But seeing the fixtures, I absolutely love it.
    Players and coaches will find it tough but as fans it will be nice seeing big games early in the tournament

  • @magnusmotor1364
    @magnusmotor1364 2 месяца назад +1

    I dont get Craigs deep negativity. I love this NFL style format. Very diverse and competitive.

  • @Xenix73
    @Xenix73 2 месяца назад +2

    Let’s see how it actually plays out, but on paper it’s a horrible idea. They should bring back the old European cup format. I don’t care if I have to see Real Madrid thrash diddeleng 17-0. At some point it’ll balance out, and it’ll at least make it a winnable competition for smaller and medium sized clubs again.

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@Xenix73 THIS makes it a more winnable competition for smaller and medium sized teams. In the league stage, they’ll face on average the same strength of schedule as the big teams (when it was group stage, pot 1 never faced pot 1 but also pot 4 never faced pot 4)!
      Then on the knockout stage anything is theoretically possible, as it always has been! This stage is the same as the old European cup format and in fact under the same system as last year we got Porto winning over Monaco in 2004! There were “medium-sized teams” on the knockouts like every year! The reason no medium-sized teams are winning anymore is not the format but the widening gap between medium and large-sized teams in the last decade or so

  • @ezraezra2928
    @ezraezra2928 2 месяца назад +1

    I don't even talk about PSG's chances, but there's too many big fixtures. Liverpool gets Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen, while Barcelona gets Bayern Munich. Those are quite banger compared to PSG!

  • @tayoakingold104
    @tayoakingold104 2 месяца назад +1

    It's a really good formart, give it time it's will definitely grow on people and it's will turn out great.

  • @eavyeavy2864
    @eavyeavy2864 2 месяца назад +2

    The rejection of Super League make uefa sures, that football fans do love Establishment, no matter how bad it is

  • @raducora7159
    @raducora7159 2 месяца назад +2

    It is NOT a Swiss System anymore. A Swiss System would have seen each matchday (except for the first 1 or 2) scheduled depending on the live standings.

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад +2

      @@raducora7159 A man of culture! Yeah, they should have called it “modified” Swiss system, but it doesn’t really matter! A true Swiss system would have been too complicated to implement I think

    • @raducora7159
      @raducora7159 2 месяца назад

      @@damienp6375 The main disadvantage would have been the short time between finding your next opponent and the match itself. Less time for advertising, planning trips for away fans, and so on.

  • @MrTrhemp
    @MrTrhemp 2 месяца назад +6

    Old men can't accept change, fancy that. Bigger and better games more often. Much better system plus it delays the super league being a thing.

  • @biniammersha5993
    @biniammersha5993 2 месяца назад +1

    I don't care how the new format works and I don't even have a clue yet but as long as i get to see the big teams face each other this early in the group stages, i won't complain

  • @josephajibowo-wp2rw
    @josephajibowo-wp2rw 2 месяца назад +5

    Even though I'm not an Arsenal fan, can't wait for their games between Inter and PSG. People will finally realise how strong they are.

    • @bolbiitp7850
      @bolbiitp7850 2 месяца назад +1

      💀

    • @Alejandro2oh9
      @Alejandro2oh9 2 месяца назад +1

      People won't rate us because inter and psg aren't strong, I wanted real madrid and barca

    • @shawnmagma7090
      @shawnmagma7090 2 месяца назад +6

      @@Alejandro2oh9you had the worst bayern team in history last year and lost. Behave yourself

    • @josephajibowo-wp2rw
      @josephajibowo-wp2rw 2 месяца назад

      @@shawnmagma7090 And the worst Chelsea team in history was able to beat one of the best Bayern teams in history at their own backyard in a final. It's football and you understand it.

    • @viniciopellicelli7561
      @viniciopellicelli7561 2 месяца назад +3

      You'll finally realise how strong Inter is

  • @nonfungibletracks6199
    @nonfungibletracks6199 2 месяца назад +1

    I think Craig and Stevie are too old school and don't see the incredible change in front of them. This is way more exciting and there's much more on the line than in the previous format. It effectively provides a beautiful solution against the super league

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад

      The format didn't need tampering with. It's basically a money-grab under the guise of _evolution_ , UEFA essentially added 64 additional games to their coffers. The biggest downside is the "unevenness" of the home-away ties and dilution of the 'big game allure

  • @MartinsWells-dl6el
    @MartinsWells-dl6el 2 месяца назад +12

    Craig is right this time. Man I don't understand this I'm too busy to even go read or doing any findings on how it works.

    • @Dazhdaha
      @Dazhdaha 2 месяца назад +5

      Ignoring why each team is in their respective pot, the basis is that every team has to play 2 teams from each pot but cannot play more than 2 teams from the same country and cannot play teams from the same league.

    • @zerishhailemariam1339
      @zerishhailemariam1339 2 месяца назад +1

      Another dumb read that is how you become intelligent enough to understand matters! Birds of the same feathers…

    • @luisgonzalez-bf7qw
      @luisgonzalez-bf7qw 2 месяца назад

      Stop being stupid. It’s the nba format literally. Small brain

    • @mystikkrap
      @mystikkrap 2 месяца назад

      It's not that complicated but other than adding jeopardy to most matches it does more harm than good imo.
      The worst part about it is it's supposed to be one giant table/group but every opponent is playing a different set of fixtures and that's inherently unfair by it's very concept.

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад

      ​@mystikkrap since when the champions league is fair

  • @tobaepebinuade5830
    @tobaepebinuade5830 2 месяца назад +7

    PSG cannot catch a break when it comes to the champions league as I guess they’re about to go another season without winning this competition. Out of all the elite teams, they have some very tough fixtures. In the new UCL format where they’re going to be playing 8 different teams (4 at home and 4 away), 2 teams from each pot, they have some difficult teams: Manchester City Bayern Munich Arsenal and Atletico Madrid. Good luck against those teams and the rest of the teams are favorable games for them, but given how unpredictable the champions league can be, there are games that could be difficult for them to cope with.
    Girona looks much weaker than last season especially since they lost 2 of their best players in the same transfer window, they’ve started this season off very slow, still regardless of how they’re playing they can give them a test, PSV RB Salzburg and Stuttgart could pose them some problems since even if people perceive them as weak teams, games aren’t as easy as you think they are at this level. If they’re able to get a result against one of the better teams even if a draw would be good enough for PSG and they take care of business against teams they should be beating, considering the quality of teams they’re going up against, they would be ok finishing 9th-24th since they’ll have to play a 2legged playoff tie in order to reach the knockout stages.

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад +1

      It could be helpful for them to test themselves against top teams because they won't get any in ligue 1.

    • @OGCHuila
      @OGCHuila 2 месяца назад

      You have both made reasonable assessments on the situation Paris Saint-German find themselves. But it's becoming a bit much that's 3 seasons in a row to which PSG find their team in a Group of Death so called. With the involvement of A.I people will suspect preemptive algorithms preset to bend their ties in this direction. How does psg appear to face 4 challenging teams, while the other champions of their own national leagues face 2-3 on paper perceivable challenging fixtures.

  • @Tacticfreak1
    @Tacticfreak1 2 месяца назад +2

    What they've done is they've just added smaller teams to it that's all. If they really wanted top matches and big matches. They should take the top 7 from England, Spain, Germany and Italy and choose top 3 from France and Portugal and choose the league leaders and runner ups from the other top football nations, Croatia, Czech, Sweden to name a few and it should be at least 10. There is no improvement. Man City is playing Sparta Praha so what's the difference. All they want is money.

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад

      I don't understand what's forcing you to watch this trash game as you would say. You can just watch the best games. The games that wouldn't be possible without this format.

    • @pickle8233
      @pickle8233 2 месяца назад

      The difference is sparta praha can use this CL money and be more stronger next season which will only benefit them. Playing city isn't bad at all lmao, how many time will they even face caliber of team like city ever again

    • @Daniel-nt5gh
      @Daniel-nt5gh 2 месяца назад

      UEFA has tried to make a SuperLeague but including all Europe's underdogs, so the result is a fail.
      Super League makes much more sense, it is much more appealing format, and the clubs can manage 100% of it's investments without a corrupt middelman.
      Epic UEFA fail. although besides making this monster, they will keep milking everyone's investments and getting even more money putting on the shoulders of the clubs an insane calendar, that brings no good for any of us football fans.

  • @ESPNisDEAD7
    @ESPNisDEAD7 2 месяца назад +1

    I like the new way

  • @pseudonym9215
    @pseudonym9215 2 месяца назад

    This format is better in terms it removes dead groups, where one team is the walk away winners and others are teams nobody is interested in, creating a group that nobody is interested in. Now teams have to play 2 games against the same pot which ensures high profile matches in initial round itself.
    The top teams are guaranteed to play each other.
    The matches against the lower teams have more stakes in them as now you are competing against all teams in the competition based on points.
    The opponent difficulty is more consistent for every team, as the picks are made on the basis of coefficient and not qualifying positions removing outliers.
    IMO, this is definitely a better format of group stages.

  • @damienp6375
    @damienp6375 2 месяца назад +2

    I would add that UEFA coming up with this to make more money (which they did and is a bad reason to change system) doesn't automatically makes it a bad system. People can make amazing things with bad intent

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад

      I compare it with going to the gym for looks, but it's still good for health. Also making money is crucial. Without money there won't be any football

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад

      The format didn't need tampering with. It's basically a money-grab under the guise of _evolution_ , UEFA essentially added 64 additional games to their coffers. The biggest downside is the "unevenness" of the home-away ties and dilution of the 'big game allure

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@ζυγιάζω You don’t need to copy-paste the same answer on 2 different comments. Especially on this one it looks silly since your first argument is that it’s a money-grab, which it absolutely is no one argues with that, but we’ve established that something done for wrong reasons (aka, money) isn’t necessarily bad

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад

      @@damienp6375 It's an unnecessary change. The change was solely finally driven, it was not abtthe betterment of anything in anyway. The appeal of big-game fixtures every matchday with nothing on the line until February adds no material value besides pseudo-hyped narratives about "seedings"

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@ζυγιάζω Even if you don’t believe in seeding, there’s still the appeal of top-8 not having to play 2 extra games on an already packed schedule that should convince big teams to take games seriously. But I guess nothing will convince you otherwise, we’ll have to wait and see how it pans out

  • @refigee8752
    @refigee8752 2 месяца назад

    Really excited for this new format. There'll be hiccups ofcourse initially, but we get to see a whole lot more exciting games

  • @10from10
    @10from10 Месяц назад

    My opinion is that if winning it back to back gets more difficult, then its a better system.

  • @mishagelenava2962
    @mishagelenava2962 2 месяца назад

    It's not just bracket depending on the seeding, but it's also that only 8 teams get to completely skeep a whole round. It won't be that easy to clinch top 8 seed early. In the ither hand only 8 teams get completely eliminated without any playoff games. Most teams won't be eliminated from playoff contention that early. So, for most teams later rounds will matter.

  • @christianwag3015
    @christianwag3015 2 месяца назад +1

    Our fav KAYYYYYY 🔥🔥🔥

  • @subbuac7621
    @subbuac7621 2 месяца назад

    Well I'm not surprised someone like ESPN tolerate Craig. I mean if you can't fire him, what are you standing up for? One of the first core value adopted by major companies - is giving respect for others. The way he was getting mad at Kay (tbh if you watch closely, Kay is more intellectual than Craig notwithstanding the invaluable insights he would have as a former player). And he's been doing this for years now. Can't we get a more intelligent and intuitive panel member than this guy???

  • @froggomcfroggin9392
    @froggomcfroggin9392 2 месяца назад

    I’m happy that top teams have to play top teams from the start

  • @10from10
    @10from10 Месяц назад

    Being Top 8 is more difficult than 1 or 2 in groups for sure.

  • @molybdomancer195
    @molybdomancer195 2 месяца назад +2

    It’s all about UEFA making more money. 💴. More games means more player burnout

  • @ceasefire9000
    @ceasefire9000 2 месяца назад

    Also, to Gab’s point, they could’ve done seeding in the knockout rounds without changing the entire format.

  • @pspaulstewartinterviewinspires
    @pspaulstewartinterviewinspires 2 месяца назад

    Craig nails it again. Unnecessary complications

  • @ESPNisDEAD7
    @ESPNisDEAD7 2 месяца назад +1

    Craig n Stevie I love them both so dearly, but this is 2 old Men yelling get off my lawn!

  • @issabaluch2973
    @issabaluch2973 2 месяца назад +1

    This is basically the super league with UEFA's logo on it. More matches between bigger teams, less big teams get eliminated (12 instead of 16, despite playing 48 more matches). And obviously the january playoffs is a prefered option than dipping into the europa league, and will probably be easier games (No9 will face No24 and so on), while the bigger (top 8) teams get to rest.

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад +1

      The format didn't need tampering with. It's basically a money-grab under the guise of _evolution_ , UEFA essentially added 64 additional games to their coffers. The biggest downside is the "unevenness" of the home-away ties and dilution of the 'big game allure

    • @issabaluch2973
      @issabaluch2973 2 месяца назад

      @@ζυγιάζω the big games just cover the ton of meaningless ties added.

    • @ζυγιάζω
      @ζυγιάζω 2 месяца назад +1

      @@issabaluch2973 Scarcity creates value. Overexposure dliutes it. Many of these 'big games' before the knockouts early on have nothing tangible on the line besides teams aiming to finish at least as the 8th best team, at worst, 24th.

  • @gammagogeta
    @gammagogeta 2 месяца назад

    That is why it is call Champion League. You have to be the best of the best to win.

  • @brianmessenger
    @brianmessenger 2 месяца назад +1

    I say let’s give it a chance and it’s probably going to take a couple of years or more before we know if it’s working. In reality for me it makes no difference, I can’t afford to watch it. It’s behind a paywall that I can’t afford, on its own that would be ok but with EPL behind another paywall, F1 another and every other sport and entertainment behind different paywalls just watching anything you like has become prohibitively expensive. This is the real cost of UEFA et al grabbing wedges of money from sport.

  • @adammchugh5456
    @adammchugh5456 2 месяца назад

    Gab tried to explain it, and then messed it up! Dire reporting.

  • @cherylfitzpatrick8381
    @cherylfitzpatrick8381 2 месяца назад

    We have to wait and see but I think there is not as much jeopardy in the group/league stage compared to knock out for the top seeded teams to go all out to win against each other, best option draw those games and then win against the lower seeded teams getting all the top seeded teams enough points to go through.

  • @p1critter409
    @p1critter409 2 месяца назад

    People will care less about understanding the format and still watch because they will care more about all the big games being played now! Its been 30 seconds of change, just let this year go by and then see where this format stands

  • @wild4fp
    @wild4fp 2 месяца назад +2

    Will it be predictable, the top teams through early then playing reserve team? Looks good but let's see...

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@wild4fp shouldn’t be! Some analysts predict you’d need 18 points to guarantee a spot on the top 8 (which is important to avoid playing 2 more games)! That’s 6 wins needed! With that kind of adversity I don’t think we’ll see more than 1 or 2 teams going 6/6 on their 6 first games (if any)! Plus, at this point you’d maybe want to grab the best seeding you can to face an easier opponent in the round of 16

  • @pietropete
    @pietropete 2 месяца назад

    This ain't the first time the UCL has been restructured. The way I see it, we shall all be used to this change in no time

  • @pseudo_ra
    @pseudo_ra 2 месяца назад

    This actually looks more interesting. My only concern is the health and fitness of the players. They are playing far too many games as it is.

  • @OriginalAbsolute
    @OriginalAbsolute 2 месяца назад +2

    With this new format psg has 6 hard games everyone else have 2 and 6 easier games. All b.c of luck, the extra hard 6 games means they will ruin their players for their own league too. All cuz of luck. Your hard games are you lucky it’s at your home or unlucky at theirs. Luck is now 50% of the hardness

    • @OGCHuila
      @OGCHuila 2 месяца назад

      But how can it only be the Champions of the French league to get such fixtures. 3 seasons in a row Group of Deaths. Maybe not luck but preset a.i algorithms bent the fixtures of PSG in this direction.

    • @OriginalAbsolute
      @OriginalAbsolute 2 месяца назад

      @@OGCHuila well that was fine, when they had hard group their group also had a hard group(same teams) Now other teams have easy game before not tired; while psg is constantly tired

    • @OGCHuila
      @OGCHuila 2 месяца назад

      @@OriginalAbsolute Champions (Pot 1 Seeders) of other respective leagues had easier groups.

  • @lulamabowdenmagwa6803
    @lulamabowdenmagwa6803 Месяц назад

    I’m just worried about how the football schedule is so congested already. International breaks in the mix

  • @whatudoin1
    @whatudoin1 2 месяца назад

    it´s really not rocket science once it´s explained ...i actually like that more top 1 teams will be tested early

  • @amenstal123
    @amenstal123 2 месяца назад +2

    Yeah and conveniently forget that UEFA can favor their preferred match schedules for certain teams since there's no defined order and rulings on that. This is getting NONSENSICAL !

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@amenstal123 Uefa will just make it so there’s at least one “big game” every champions league night. That’s it. And since every game matters about the same, you can’t favor one team or another by changing the schedule

    • @amenstal123
      @amenstal123 2 месяца назад

      @@damienp6375 The last 3 games are the crucial ones and since there are no predetermined order of what matches should be played, it's up to Uefa's fancy whom they'd think suit to be playing at those times and NONE can do anything about it...See how stupidly accepting societies are becoming...

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@amenstal123 Why are the last 3 the crucial ones? If Uefa makes it that a team has the harder ones to finish, well then they’ll just try harder to win their first 5 and the final 3 won’t matter that much

    • @amenstal123
      @amenstal123 2 месяца назад

      @@damienp6375Your point precisely, UEFA decides. You do have heard of accumulated fatigue and injury risk as the season goes by don't you and so are team cohesion making the last 3 games more difficult if facing bigger teams than in the first 3 (Now we can see that). Try be more realistic and a bit less idealistic because what counts is what normally happens not what is wished in the excitement for change. Change is only good and necessary when it's either needed or it improves, because if otherwise it will ruin, which is what will be happening now.

    • @damienp6375
      @damienp6375 2 месяца назад

      @@amenstal123 Premier league, Serie A, La liga, Bundesliga, they ALL have their schedule decided by the league and not by draw! Why is that fair but Uefa deciding schedule for the champions league isn’t? I think you’re just averse to change! The group phase had problems too, it was boring for the top teams outside of 1 (or 2) death group which was unfair to the teams on those groups

  • @LionKing-hs3hg
    @LionKing-hs3hg 2 месяца назад

    This is actually better 😂

  • @SarahJoler
    @SarahJoler 2 месяца назад

    You play Taylorhardwoodbellis and his dog 😂😂😂

  • @jf8085
    @jf8085 2 месяца назад

    Someone should tell Craig hes now in the ‘watching games’ business, not playing in the game business - telling ppl he aint watching games isnt good marketing 😆

  • @maudalmusicalmachines3541
    @maudalmusicalmachines3541 2 месяца назад

    Great watching Gab school both Old Man Stevie and Scraps Burley 😂 Those guys are... slow.

  • @viralviruz8694
    @viralviruz8694 2 месяца назад +1

    toughset draw poor psg no Mbappe too

  • @darj617
    @darj617 2 месяца назад

    Jesus Christ are Stevie and Craig dense at times...teams that finish 1-8 qualify immediately , 9-24 (the next 16 best teams) will go into a 2 legged tie to determine the 8 remaining teams that will join in the knock out phase, while the last 12 teams are knocked out of Europe completely. No more dropping down from CL into Europa league and so on. It is really not difficult to understand the format.

  • @rotimiaruwajoye7391
    @rotimiaruwajoye7391 2 месяца назад

    actually if you win your first 6 games and are sure you through you can still just play your bench ....

  • @ceasefire9000
    @ceasefire9000 2 месяца назад

    This format is ridiculous. If you want more games, why not just double the amount of groups, then have one more knockout round.

  • @anthonym6202
    @anthonym6202 2 месяца назад

    I’m so confused with this whole champions league format.

  • @AskyuhmodaTT
    @AskyuhmodaTT 2 месяца назад

    Craig has lost the plot. He can’t help but watch the “foul” from the scope of “did it hurt the team that was robbed” instead of “what precedent is being set for the entire league”

  • @JonathanDeleon-f7d
    @JonathanDeleon-f7d 2 месяца назад

    Gab should have face-time Craig during the drawings. Every pot.

  • @tele_thabi1832
    @tele_thabi1832 2 месяца назад

    lol Stevie & Craig are hilarious, they just like me they don’t want to read an article explaining everything

  • @bretthash7582
    @bretthash7582 2 месяца назад

    Please put people on the show that know what they are talking about not just complain about everything

  • @Uzi920
    @Uzi920 2 месяца назад +1

    I actually believe psg will do better this time... They're more confident and solid than when Mbappe was around.. It was always about Mbappe and his ego.

  • @robertallen6380
    @robertallen6380 2 месяца назад

    Champions League my foot, it's a cash grab pure and simple. They should call it the Whoever-Finishes-High-Enough League, it should be how it was when it was the European Cup, only the champions of each league qualify and they compete in a random draw with no seeding, pure knockout over two legs.

  • @diavolo007
    @diavolo007 2 месяца назад

    Craig would’ve still been flipping burgers if he didn’t know how to kick a ball…

  • @limameren.t.longkumer.9045
    @limameren.t.longkumer.9045 2 месяца назад

    this system is much better

  • @RuffLife784
    @RuffLife784 2 месяца назад

    Oh look, Harry Potter loves football, didnt know.

  • @mahendraprettypaul5427
    @mahendraprettypaul5427 2 месяца назад

    These pundits are just waffle except for gab. This year the cl will be more competitive

  • @planetebeautecali4485
    @planetebeautecali4485 2 месяца назад

    These old men think everyone is slow like them, enemies of change, enemies of progress..😅

  • @rajmalla5310
    @rajmalla5310 2 месяца назад

    look at how much psg have spend. they spend 200mil every transfer window

  • @ekeminiisung2557
    @ekeminiisung2557 2 месяца назад

    Craig and Stevie are willfully, blatantly and unapologetically ignorant. The sad thing is that they're loud about it. Dear Lord!

  • @isaacgloriosissimus2509
    @isaacgloriosissimus2509 2 месяца назад +2

    Greatest club Real Madrid 💯+ 🔟+

  • @issedoesit279
    @issedoesit279 2 месяца назад +4

    Craig's "grumpy old fart' act is getting old. Keep quiet if you wanna be ignorant.

  • @alexandregiovannibordes1844
    @alexandregiovannibordes1844 2 месяца назад

    Craig complaining like a crybaby! He clearly does not understand how this new format is going to make it much more interesting

  • @maamenotjahere7974
    @maamenotjahere7974 2 месяца назад

    Halland scoring the most goals in a ucl

  • @Anonassassin
    @Anonassassin 2 месяца назад

    🤣🤣🤣 Craig has had it. He is right other than the big games no one will care. The fun will come with upsets here and there other that than people are still going to field academy teams after 18 points

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад +2

      18 points is 6 straight wins. Comeback to this comment when there is a team other than man city that can do it.

  • @MrCovert23
    @MrCovert23 2 месяца назад

    Format is better but definitely more injuries will occur too many other games

  • @NomadJoe0323
    @NomadJoe0323 2 месяца назад

    Craig thinks permutations are more about the X-men movies

  • @stephenkellie-area51
    @stephenkellie-area51 2 месяца назад

    Don’t change anything because Craig doesn’t like it so everything stop .

  • @etaynahum1335
    @etaynahum1335 2 месяца назад +3

    What are you a 9 year olds?
    Of course, there are crappy games now, but you have a lot more top games. So just watch them and say thank you that you don't have to wait once or twice in every group stage for a good match.
    What a bad journalism.

    • @nazimbelaidi6486
      @nazimbelaidi6486 2 месяца назад

      It's like if you don't want watch bad games then don't watch. It's as simple as that. It's like saying make the premier league just 8 teams to make all the games Top games. It makes no sense.

  • @23293
    @23293 2 месяца назад

    this is like mls style or aussie rules!

  • @kingoro777
    @kingoro777 2 месяца назад

    Why is Craig so negative lol he clearly doesn't get it and will be the first to praise it later on

  • @paraIIIax
    @paraIIIax 2 месяца назад

    Craig, you wont have to watch those crappy games cause "the good one" will also be happening at the same time, guy just likes to hate on everything like stevie

  • @normanhunter7
    @normanhunter7 2 месяца назад

    This is a sidestep towards the European Super League, painfully obvious when you look at the format....top seeds playing top seeds which will be the same when the aforementioned will ultimately take place!

  • @ged999
    @ged999 2 месяца назад

    Who cares what two old men, who can't even change their own lives, never mind appreciate that change can be positive in other things

  • @generalpierogi7781
    @generalpierogi7781 2 месяца назад

    Craig pretends like football has never changed

  • @Nasg8b
    @Nasg8b 2 месяца назад

    In the end is all about more money 🤑