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Originally Posted by Damien
It seems bizarre that a team which, over the course of 38 games, were the better team could be knocked out of their Champions League place by a team who finished 3/4 places below them on the back of one game. Last year the difference in points between Arsenal in 4th and Fulham in 7th was 19 points. Yet under this system one game could mean that Fulham, not Arsenal, go into Europe's best competition. That may please people sick of the 'top 4' but Arsenal earned that spot last year and to take it away from them one the back of one or two games renders a large part of the season pointless. If your not in the league title contention then why bother trying to finish are higher than 7th? Might as well rest players for the play-offs and other matches.
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Funny people don't say the Championship is devalued/ pointless by a play off system and there is a lot more at stake there than
just 13% of income. Lets not get to carried ayway either we are talking about the team that finished in 4th place not the Champions or even the runners up but the team that finished waaaayyyy behind you talk about the gap between Fulham and Arsenal but the gap between Arsenal and Man U was pretty similar and as for resting players what do you think happens now, those dull April games that are meaningless with players going through the motions would be a thing of the past. This season has been the exception rather than the rule and the PL want to give a chance for this trend to continue.
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More than likely is it will become pointless as the quality of England's 4th entry into the league will drop further and UEFA will just yank the spot.
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I don't think it more likely at all, Man City, Villa, Everton and dare I say it Spuds are more than capable of competing and getting to the knock out stage and preserving the 4th entry.
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It also overestimates the money from the Champions League, Arsenal make 13% of their revenue from Europe. Most of their money comes from the Premier League and matchday gates.
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13% is a massive advantage over the other clubs and not an earned one imo from finishing 4th