I long for a day when Champions League actually means champions of that country after a season of 30+ games like it used to be. The only people who should be allowed to enter if not champions are the current holders to defend the title.
(Superphil got there first)
Money money money.
Cup winners should NOT be allowed. What 5 games to the Champions league and if the draw is in your favour all the way to wemberlee? No siree.
Sorry, but I don't. Call me an armchair fan if you like but I like to watch good football (I define good as being highly skilled) and the current champions league produces that consistently.
I love the Champion's League as it is once it reaches the 2nd phase.
Armchair fan.
I'm probably out of touch here as I don't follow much of the European cup football, but isn't the European Cup for the winners of the FA Cup? I know it used to be called the Cup Winners Cup, then it got renamed to the European Cup, didn't it?
To be honest, my interest in European Club Football faded away once they adopted the current format, at least the way it was run actually meant something, now it is just designed to bring more money to the bigger clubs...making them bigger and bigger.