Premier League to introduce qualifying spot for UCL Number 4 spot!

[iDenning]

http://msn.teamtalk.com/football/sto...tml?ocid=today

meh think its good idea.

[Geraint]

if 5th, 6th or 7th get in they probably won't do very well. that could well make england lose a spot.

[CHA!NGANG]

Joke of an idea. You're telling me if Fulham next season finish 7th, and somehow win the playoffs they will get far in the CL? 4th place have to qualify for the group stages anyway and I can't see Fulham or even Everton/Villa/Spurs beating a team like Valencia, Sevilla, Juventus and they won't even get into the group stages. To be honest if you finish 7th you don't deserve to play CL football and same goes with 6th or 5th place. The only thing that I think would be fair would be if 4th and 5th place finish on equal points then they play each other over a two legged tie but apart from that i'd say leave it as it is.

[Tash.]

I seriously hope this doesn't happen.. like people have said teams at 6-7 are not going to get very far and really it's embarrassing. If you get 4th you deserve to be there, any lower than that and you don't, simple as. Doesn't matter who you are.

[StefanWolves]

It would open it up more, and would make it a lot more exciting. But what would happen to the Europe League spots? Would it be the loser of the Play-Offs that got the Europa League?

I like how all the 'Top 4' clubs are moaning and throwing the toys out of the pram, fact is, the League is starting to get repetitive, something needs to be changed, and I'd welcome this change.

But saying that, it won't happen, ever.

[Jibbish]

im a villa fan and i think this is a bad idea.

[Geraint]

if you're gonna spice it up spice the league up. chuck the super league format in.

at the end of the day though, wherever you finish you deserve to be, you shouldn't lose a spot in the champions league or the title because of one or two games. it's over a season not one of two games.

[Black_Apalachi]

Why is it only the Prem anyway? Surely it would be unfair on foreign leagues which only get the top 4? :S

[Adamm]

Why is it only the Prem anyway? Surely it would be unfair on foreign leagues which only get the top 4? :S

No, it's up to each association to decide how they award the European places. Like said though, if lower teams (ala Fulham) get into the Champions League and epically fail (like they probably will do) it will lower the English coefficiants therefore, eventually, giving us less places in the Champions League in the future thus getting rid of 4th place Champions League spot altogether.

Premier League = shooting themselves in the foot.

[StefanWolves]

The FA only need 14 clubs to agree to make this go through, so it might actually come true.