Yesterday Uefa announced a series of revisions to the Champions League from the start of season 2018-19.
The headline initiative, which was trailed in the media for some weeks, is that the top four qualifying nations are guaranteed four entrants in the group stage. At the moment the top three nations are guaranteed three entrants each, with a fourth team entering the tournament at the play-off round. The fourth placed nation is guaranteed two in the groups, with one more team in the play-off round.
In effect, all this means is that Italy gets one more team in the tournament, while the likes of Tottenham don’t need to go through the anxiety of a play of qualifying, even if the outcome is pretty much inevitable.
How teams earn coefficient points, and how they earn money are both changing, with Celtic standing to gain more than any other team in Europe. At the moment part of each teams’ coefficient is made up of an average of their nations’ entrants over the previous five years.
This penalises Celtic more than any other team in Europe. No other country has one team in the Champions League group stage, while all other teams failed to qualify for all group stages over the previous five years. From 2018 coefficients will no longer be dependent on the performance of other teams from your national association.
There’s also a Lisbon Lions Dividend. Teams who have won the European Cup will earn four monetary coefficient points. If they have won the Champions League within the previous five years, the bonus will be 12 points, and if they were European champions earlier in the Champions League era, the bonus will be 8 points.
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lisbon, it is astonishing that the achievement of those men is still bringing benefits to Celtic in ways no one could have dreamt of back then. I’ve said it before, but it’s impossible to overestimate what they did for Celtic. Without them, we would have been as relevant to Scottish football as Hibs.
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Finished the Christmas shopping for the wife today!
New bag, new belt……
….hoover will be working like a dream! :-)
Oldyinscc
HT, JF (Jeannette Findlay), is she injured?
She’s already got me doon as a fan but Eddie has admirably warded off my intentions by saying I’d need to get him three pints in.
JF the blogger, love his work.
JF the winger, that’s the one I’m interested in. I love his work too.
How’s yer wedding dress coming along?
Costa?
HT, is that Hamilton catholic code for summat? Is it coffee related?
Gies a clue ya bam…………………………………………………………………………………………:_)
Wonderful dividend
Feyenoord Steau Bucharest Celtic
Here we go
Here we go
Here we go
I hear we’re gone
is there still a moonhowlers clique? or am a talkin to mysell…..not for the xst time ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
I’m sorry fellas
I know it’s hard to accept but Kojo was one of my best perl scripts
Use::Kojo: West_of_Scotland_Drivel_Dict
Is still a legendary module
Mags…..yer deluded…..an accussation not uncommon ti u ;-))
how r u this fine not Overtly religious n crass comertialism season ;-))
bahhumbugCSC
FTSFA
H.H.
wers the spellchecker wen u need wan ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Spare a thought for Mike in Toronto tonight. I believe he’s at the MLS final on the shores of Lake Ontario. Game just went to extra time at 0-0 in minus eight degree weather!
Chilly CSC
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THELURKINTIM on 11TH DECEMBER 2016 3:19 AM
You want a copy?
mags,
kojo n drivel…..am i readin that rite ;-))
and u miss it…..i miss his yoof updates….no more no less…..am sure we’ll meet again n argue the toss….in hell ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
tobago,
is that an american -8f…..or a real minus 8C….beer chillin temperature ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
av no idea whits colder ;-))
Celsius, not Fahrenheit, which would be colder. Been snowing on and off all day here!
T
Kojo was a bam
Who thought he was a Brammer
But he knew his wit was crass
Kojo left his home in a syphilitic coma
To gamble with some whores in Vegas
Get Black! Get Black!
Get back to where you once came from!
Tobago st,
that’s cold….add the wind chill factor….he’s prob warmed up a bit….beans….result?
mags….beatless….get bak
FTSFA
H.H.
Penalties!
T
tobago st,
damn…..hope they’ve been practisin ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Hey lads
Didn’t get tickets, so had to make do with a nice dinner at home, watching the game in front of the fire. Life is tough! :)
Toronto 1 up
tobago…..MIT has my solidarity…..so the Toronto Timber rattlers r playin who ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Seattle score
1-1
Toronto miss
Keeper saves
Seattle score up 2-1
MIT in not supportin his local team shocker….wtf mike…..it’s a final ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Toronto score2-2
Seattle miss still 2-2!
Toronto score! 3-2
seattle shithawks…..got beat….end of…..hopefully that’s a nearly narrative ;-))
FTSFA
H.H.
Seattle score3-3
Toronto score. 4-3
am such a tit….coulda found the game on kodi….too late
FTSFA
H.H.
Group of us went, but we couldn’t all get tickets, so we decided to watch at home together
Seattle score. 4-4 after 5 penalties
missssssssssss
Toronto miss. Off the bar