Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:You are igoring twenty odd years of CL and G14 cementing those clubs at the top of the game. Of course they became dominant because they have been snafffling all the TV cash! They take it back to their domestic leagues, have the advantage, qualify again, get more cash and so it goes on. Yes, a team had less games to get through to win it, but that is not the only reason a variety of clubs won it he European Cup. Money and G14 dictated that.
I agree with your comments about finance.
I accept, throughout the history of football, money has bought success. Spanish domestic TV deals for Barca and Real have certainly distorted La Liga. It is much harder now for the Nottingham Forests of this world, to conquer Europe. That's what makes Simeone's achievements with Athletico last year, so remarkable.
Both Chelsea and ourselves have had to have enormous financial inputs to break into the elite. Now the introduction of FFP, to protect the cartel.
I'm simply saying a position in one pot or another doesn't necessarily determine who will win the CL.