@Lightbringer honestly I don't even know who half those teams are or much of the history of how they got there
I was just interested if the Women's CL system is same or different to the Men's
I guess one major difference is that the WSL is not a top league whereas the EPL is the strongest of the lot based on historic coefficients
It is a cup competition so luck of the draw is always a factor. I remember we were very unlucky to get PSG as there were much easier options on paper.
Even Hanna Marklund who is an ex-swedish national team player and now TV-expert agrees the seeding need to change even though swedish clubs are benefiting massively right now (Rosengård& BK Häcken)
We could face Real Madrid, Wolfsburg, PSG, Slavia Prague or Häcken. So 60% were incredible tough opponents. But anyway even if United had went through Vs Häcken we would still have Subotica Vs Rosengård and Pölten Vs Valur in final Q for group stages with millions on the table. That can never be right.
How does United and City ever get out of this loop btw? If United they get in one year then PSG, Wolfsburg or Real Madrid will be out. I dont see how all the teams with high seeding points will ever go away - if they do not COLLAPSE in their domestic competition which Rosengård has done this season (currently 7th).
But they are in the UCL now and will get millions to bounce back and since the seeding points are 5 years old they will probably just keep on trucking
What good does it do for the growth of womens football if teams that City, United and Arsenal would beat 5-0 is playing in the UCL for the next 10 years instead of City, Wolfsburg and United? If United, City and Arsenal keep alternating on 3rd and 4th place I am not sure how UTD and City will ever get in the UCL on a regular basisl.
What inspires most young girls to want to play football, watching Manchester United-Barcelona at Old Trafford in front of 60 000? Or watch Valur Vs Barcelona for 1/20 of the attendance!
Just make sure Island, Swedish, Swiss, Austrian and all sort of minor leagues teams face off in the qualifying rounds with United, City, Real Madrid and Wolfsburg who are bigger leauges.
If they beat the big teams then they are in both sporting merit and Skinner have only himself to blame!