Imagine the 4th placed team getting knocked out after 2 qualifying matches, and that was it...
And the 5th place team getting into the UEFA Cup (which IIRC is now mini-league based initially) and getting quite a few matches under their belt guaranteed...
It would be unfair wouldn't it? (though come to think of it at the the moment it sound totally OK!)
i still think it's daft giving a team a 2nd chance just cos they blew it first time around. imagine if the FA let the losing team in the FA cup final play in the carling cup final instead, just to give them another chance
actually, i like that idea... anything that gives the world a chance to take another trophy away from chelski is fine by me
I was reading on Teletext and apparently some big shot in Uefa has said that there's a possibility that if Liverpool win they could still enter the Champions' League