Shergar wrote:
Football's demise can be traced back to the start of the Champions League
There was nothing wrong with the European Cup as it was, but Sepp Blatter wanted a 'little love child' and the money spinning CL was born
Players then wanted to be in it and wages rocketed, clubs had to be in it, so prices of tickets rocketed to pay for the players to play in it.
Then the clubs and players complained of too many games, The League cup, F A cup, then even the World cup suffered. The players complaining of burn-out
All this for a majority of meaningless games in the initial league stages. The only time it gets interesting is when it goes back to the knock-out stage.
The IPL and the Aussie version of T 20 are in danger of doing the same to Cricket.
You can not blame the players for wanting more money, but the authorities have got to get to grips with the amount of cricket played.
Disillusioned
Ian
You are spot on the champions lge is pointless before February you get the odd big match
but does not mean much unless its do or die like the knockout stages
I think there is plenty of room for 20 20 you cant argue with the financial pull of t20 crowd numbers etc.
i think ODI's need to go the new rules just show how floored this type of the game has become
keep tests and t20 and dump ODI and that ICC (pointless) Champions Trophy which England host again in July
a 7 week long world cup has always been ridiculously long
if i was in charge i would have it this wayGive Ireland test status
each Test playying nation has to play 7 tests at home 7 tests away each year 4 series per year so 2 & 5 or 4 & 3 test series
each test playing nation faced each other every 2 years at the end of every 2 year cycle the no1 ranked test nation receive trophy
T20 world cup every 2 years 9 test nations 1 qualifier (2 week long tournament)
once every 4 years a new 2 innings t20 super cup 9 test teams 7 qualifiers (16) 3 week long tournament
once every 4 years a test match world cup 1 innings 3 day matches
knockout comp top 8 ranked nations qualify for tournament
qf - sf - final 2 week tournament
would be very interesting