With regards to seeding, currently the European governing body ranks clubs over five years of competition results, leaving champions such as Manchester City, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain among the No2 seeded teams and leading to criticism that the draws are repeating themselves.
One option for Uefa would be to guarantee a top seeding to winners of the highest-profile leagues. though Ferguson reacted coolly to the idea.
The Scot, a two-times Champions League winner with Manchester United, said of the group draws: “I don’t necessarily think the seeding plays a great part.” He added: “You take what you get and your performance is the most important thing.”
“From a personal point of view, when I was playing at home, I used to say to myself, don’t lose a goal,” he added.
of course he "reacted coolly to the idea" as united are stuck in as a top seed due to their past performances. what a ponce.
objective my arse...
the change would be more than welcome from the point of view of rewarding current performance not legacy performance of a club...aka protectionism.
not sure what they would do without the away goal rule then. play extra time and penalties?