I think that's what they should do and play it as some sort of tournament within a month or two after the domestic leagues have finished or something. All teams fly to a neutral county and play all the games in the same ground or two. You probably don't need to play both legs then either so that will cut the tournament down by half. I think it will have to be done something like this as organising pan-European matches is much more difficult than the domestic games if they even get going anytime soon.
I think they will still keep the 2-legged format. They have to for the Last 16 round because the 1st leg has already been played (2nd as well for some teams) and then there's not a big difference in number of games if you play 1 or 2 - it comes down to difference of 6 games (4 in QF and 2 in the semis). These are the ones that bring the highest revenue though so I have a feeling clubs would be required to play them as it was meant to be.
Well they can play them for this round. Both legs really don't need to be played after that, especially if they're on neutral grounds.
Also - the 'one or two grounds' rule would be hard as well - the grass would be beyond repair for the final few games.
These aren't Sunday league pitches they're playing on. If they can play on a handful of grounds for tournaments I'm sure they can make it work for this. Maybe it would be a squeeze on one or two and they could probably get more done if they have a handful and play them like they would in the EUROs or whatever.
Yeah, can't see Newcastle going the way of Chelski or Citeh. EVEN if they found a way to circumvent FFP, there's no longer a road to moneybag trophies in the EPL if you can't back it up with actually decent coaching and strategy. Think the Toon Army is just business sense now, an owner reviled for years, a club still capable of attracting big name coaches, a decent fanbase that's hungry. Might be more of an Arsenal money-spinner than Sheikh-powered ambition.
Most football clubs just seem like vanity pieces and ego boosts for billionaires these days. Russian oligarchs and Arab oilmen have so much money they don't know what to do with it. I'm sure it will only get worse over time as well. The Financial Fair play rules came too late really. I'm sure there'll always be snaky ways you can get around them as well like City were apparently doing.
Newcastle fans hate Mike Ashley so for them I guess a new owner is great even if it’s headed by a guy with blood on his hands. Like others have said you can’t just spend hundreds of millions on players any more due to tighter FFP rules. I suppose the first target for Newcastle is to try & get Europa League football & try to win a trophy.
They'll hate whoever the new owner is if they don't splash the cash or bring them some sort of success. It's fairy rare that fans seem to like their owners or chairmen unless they somehow revolutionise the team. Owners obviously always treat the clubs as a business where fans don't see their teams as such.
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