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How Uefa's seeding system helps Arsenal & hinders Celtic - for Robbie

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  1. Fenland Canary

    Fenland Canary Active Member

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    Controversial article from the BBC I must admit I agree with this bit:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23680545

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    Fenland Canary, Aug 28, 2013
  2. Piebacca

    Piebacca Well-Known Member

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    On the whole, that seems like a very sensible system.
     
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    Piebacca, Aug 28, 2013
  3. robbieBB

    robbieBB Well-Known Member

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    That's what seeding is, in whichever sport it is applied. It is designed to make it more likely that the closing stages of the competition involve the best teams (or in the case of e.g. tennis, the best players) in the competition. Typical of the BBC trying to pretend there is an issue when there manifestly isn't. As the article acknowledges, the current system has the approval of the European Clubs Association which includes the vast majority of clubs involved in both the CL and Europa League. <ok>
     
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  4. Kent canary

    Kent canary Well-Known Member

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    Seeding is crap in general. For me the joy of cup competitions is the random nature of the draw. If Real Madrid draw Barcelona in the first round, so be it, it's what makes you "champions"
     
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