So it's happened. Chelsea won, our club will no doubt be discussing the plan of action for future progress this week.
What really annoyed me about last night is the stupidity of the rule and i've made this point on another thread. Chelsea are allowed to compete in the CL next year as holding champions, in a cup competition where anything can happen, and as we saw - it did...
Yet in their domestic league, the place where they play 38 games across a season and should have put in most of their good work, they came 6th. 2 places outside of the usual CL qualifying position. If our league is so strong that the 6th placed team can win the CL then we should be given an extra place. Ditto if the same thing were to happen in another overseas league.
With the rule as it is, Chelsea could have been fighting for relegation all season and finished 17th and still taken our CL place, the one we should have rightly earnt through consistent work in a long season. The main work they did all year and the majority of matches they played meant sod all. They might as well have fielded their reserves all season in the PL. they could still have a CL trophy, automatic qualification and an FA cup.
The rule is badly thought out and needs to be addressed IMO.
What really annoyed me about last night is the stupidity of the rule and i've made this point on another thread. Chelsea are allowed to compete in the CL next year as holding champions, in a cup competition where anything can happen, and as we saw - it did...
Yet in their domestic league, the place where they play 38 games across a season and should have put in most of their good work, they came 6th. 2 places outside of the usual CL qualifying position. If our league is so strong that the 6th placed team can win the CL then we should be given an extra place. Ditto if the same thing were to happen in another overseas league.
With the rule as it is, Chelsea could have been fighting for relegation all season and finished 17th and still taken our CL place, the one we should have rightly earnt through consistent work in a long season. The main work they did all year and the majority of matches they played meant sod all. They might as well have fielded their reserves all season in the PL. they could still have a CL trophy, automatic qualification and an FA cup.
The rule is badly thought out and needs to be addressed IMO.