The New Champions League Format | The People's Poll ep. 141 | Planet FPL 2023/24

Suj and James Pod on the rebranding of UEFA's club competitions that begins next season which includes the removal of the traditional 4 team, 8 Group format. In its place will be a 36 team 'Swiss-system' league table. The promise is that the competition remains based on sporting merit and that there will be more top matches from the start of the competition. But is that really the case? There's discussion on qualification for the competition, how the tournament will work both during the League stage and then during the knockout phase, the alterations to the calendar that will affect domestic football in England, the complexities UEFA may find with the 36 team league draw and there's coverage of the changes to the Europa League and Europa Conference League too. Plus, why it's possible for England to have as many as seven representatives in the Champions League and as many as eleven qualifiers for European competitions in future seasons, and ultimately thoughts on if the new format will be successful or not. Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Planet SkyFF s5 ep36 Today on Patreon: A Quiz and The Unanswered Qs For the full Planet FPL schedule this week, including our offering on Patreon view this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100146453 Want to become a member of our FPL and SkyFF community and support the Podcast?  Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/planetfpl Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlanetFPLPod Follow Suj on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sujanshah Follow Clayton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/claytsAFC Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PlanetFPL Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/planetfpl Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetfpl #UEFA #UCL #ChampionsLeague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices