I don’t see what the fuss is all about, Liverpool were perfectly happy to play their kids last night, so why wouldn’t they do it in the quarter-final? It’s not really much of a comparison is it, be named as the best football club in the world by winning the world super cup or compete in some low-level cup competition which will only give you a Europa place. They have a huge squad and can compete in both games, with youth coaches or assistants managing the EFL game.The only way to stop clubs moaning about having too many games to play is for them to be less successful. They cannot have it both ways.
Quote from: Newby on October 31, 2019, 12:01:26 PM I don’t see what the fuss is all about, Liverpool were perfectly happy to play their kids last night, so why wouldn’t they do it in the quarter-final? It’s not really much of a comparison is it, be named as the best football club in the world by winning the world super cup or compete in some low-level cup competition which will only give you a Europa place. They have a huge squad and can compete in both games, with youth coaches or assistants managing the EFL game.The only way to stop clubs moaning about having too many games to play is for them to be less successful. They cannot have it both ways. Think the problem here is for Fifa events they always insist on 23 man squads being submitted so Liverpool would have to take many of those young players to Qatar as cover for main 11.I don't have an issue with it being in January. I remember years back our game at Blackburn got called off from snow so think the schedule got pushed back a week.
Quote from: SoccerHQ on October 31, 2019, 07:19:35 PMQuote from: Newby on October 31, 2019, 12:01:26 PM I don’t see what the fuss is all about, Liverpool were perfectly happy to play their kids last night, so why wouldn’t they do it in the quarter-final? It’s not really much of a comparison is it, be named as the best football club in the world by winning the world super cup or compete in some low-level cup competition which will only give you a Europa place. They have a huge squad and can compete in both games, with youth coaches or assistants managing the EFL game.The only way to stop clubs moaning about having too many games to play is for them to be less successful. They cannot have it both ways. Think the problem here is for Fifa events they always insist on 23 man squads being submitted so Liverpool would have to take many of those young players to Qatar as cover for main 11.I don't have an issue with it being in January. I remember years back our game at Blackburn got called off from snow so think the schedule got pushed back a week.The real problem here is that fifa have invented a pointless competition that they insist is played in the middle of the season. Fuck it off.
I don't really mind that concept. There is no reason why Europe (and to an extent South America) should have exclusive domination of world football and the FIFA Club World Cup and its proposed 24-team successor are events where African, Asian, North American and Oceanian clubs can, at least in theory, have their moment in the spotlight. In any case the 24-team competition would only take place every four years so would lead to a reduction in disruption, not an increase.Also worth pointing out that England has sent teams before without this level of confusion. The problem this season is that they brought the League Cup Quarter-Finals forward to accommodate a (pointless) two week break for each club in February. That's the fault of the Premier League, not due to any chicanery on FIFA's part. The future of the League Cup is far more threatened from within Europe than from outside it. France is abolishing its version after this season, meaning only England now offers the winner a European spot. It has been speculated that Premier League clubs will be able to opt out of the League Cup, once proposals to increase the number of Champions League games by 50% are voted through some time early in the next decade. That would almost certainly see its Europa League place removed and sound the death knoll of the competition.
FIFA are also planning to expand this world club thing to 24 teams - they really are a bunch of pricks.