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Originally Posted by kellmuff
not sure what to think about the new european competition formats. Feels a bit stretched
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I think the Swiss format might actual turn out to work well, since teams will always be competing to move up in the standings (unlike in the past when teams have taken their foot off the pedal once they clinch a spot in the knockouts).
But the addition of four matchdays is nothing but a hideous money-grab for the TV networks.
You could still have a 6-game schedule by dividing the 36 teams into 3 pots of 12 (instead of 4 pots of 9), and there's no need for the 8-16 vs 17-24 playoff round.