tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post6044346329169125368..comments2023-07-15T11:16:18.809+01:00Comments on giroscope: Chelsea deserve dodgy refereeingT.N.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13994761000416067940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post-43588728020715778972009-05-08T14:15:00.000+01:002009-05-08T14:15:00.000+01:00Believe it or not, the system is changing. A numbe...Believe it or not, the system is changing. A number of teams got into the First round from countries such as Belarus which previously wouldn't have been allowed (they wouldn't have been beyond the second qualifying round)and the UEFA president, Michel Platini, himself a winner of the tournament when it was actually some kind of achievement (On a disastrous night for football unfortunately in 1985 at Heysel) to win it, is a huge proponent of some kind of reform.<br /><br />The dissolution of the G18 and it's replacement by a pan European grouping system is also a welcome step. The road to some kind of interest (at least for the neutral)in the tournament and its restoration to a knockout tournament will be long and painful but hopefully it can recover some of its former glory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com