@Danimal5981 wrote:
the tricky thing is, in the old 4 teams in a group you could calculate how much points you'd need to advance. In this 36 league format, I could not imagine what would be enough to make at least the cut at 24th or better. If I defeat Qarabag, Lugano and Shamrock, it gives me 9 points: is that enough? Will I need a result against Slavia, Lazio, Sociedad, Tottenham? I honestly have no clue.
Same here mate. Sir Alex used to say you needed to win the home games and not lose the away games. But playing opponents just once, you can't really use that guideline anymore, can you? I mean, playing one of the absolute favourites at home, then playing a European debutant away, surely the latter would be the one where you'd expect to win the points. Bottomline, this certainly will take some time to get used to. Also counting the coefficient points, which you and I have a habit of doing. I need to learn how to do this with the new format.