Originally Posted by Castrol (Post 7244877) haha yes bro after all that, it is only the uefa spot for spurs. that robben is fucking bad luck lah. he can lose the world cup final, what is the champ lg final to him? :D

UEFA may review rule that hit Spurs Champions League bid

The Champions League rule which has denied Tottenham Hotspur a place in next season's competition because Chelsea won Saturday's final could be reviewed by UEFA's executive committee, president Michel Platini said on Wednesday.

Chelsea automatically qualified for next season as European champions despite only finishing sixth in the Premier League.

If they had lost on Saturday they would have only qualified for the Europa League, but their victory over Bayern Munich means that they, rather than Spurs who finished fourth in the Premier League, will compete in the Champions League.

Speaking in Budapest ahead of this week's FIFA Congress, Platini said he was aware the rule was unpopular because of the potentially huge Champions League revenue a club can lose because of another's success.

But he told reporters: "Everything can be discussed - the rules, yellow cards, but not during the competition. Perhaps in the next executive committee we can speak about it".

On Tuesday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter questioned whether Chelsea should be allowed to enter next season's Champions League because he said all confederations should follow FIFA's rules on competition winners.

Blatter told Reuters: "We had this rule in FIFA that the winner of the World Cup was automatically qualified and we abandoned it, so the winner of a competition should not be automatically qualified.

"This is the FIFA rule and if we have the same rule all around the world then this should be applicable to UEFA as well."

Platini rejected suggestions that Tottenham were being unfairly punished and that by denying them a place in the competition it made a mockery of their season.

"No, they have not been punished, they know the rules, they should have been third and not fourth, they could have finished first. Did they fight for first place?"

(Editing by Dave Thompson)

Originally Posted by Slotti (Post 7260013) UEFA may review rule that hit Spurs Champions League bid The Champions League rule which has denied Tottenham Hotspur a place in next season's competition because Chelsea won Saturday's final could be reviewed by UEFA's executive committee, president Michel Platini said on Wednesday. Chelsea automatically qualified for next season as European champions despite only finishing sixth in the Premier League. If they had lost on Saturday they would have only qualified for the Europa League, but their victory over Bayern Munich means that they, rather than Spurs who finished fourth in the Premier League, will compete in the Champions League. Speaking in Budapest ahead of this week's FIFA Congress, Platini said he was aware the rule was unpopular because of the potentially huge Champions League revenue a club can lose because of another's success. But he told reporters: "Everything can be discussed - the rules, yellow cards, but not during the competition. Perhaps in the next executive committee we can speak about it". On Tuesday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter questioned whether Chelsea should be allowed to enter next season's Champions League because he said all confederations should follow FIFA's rules on competition winners. Blatter told Reuters: "We had this rule in FIFA that the winner of the World Cup was automatically qualified and we abandoned it, so the winner of a competition should not be automatically qualified. "This is the FIFA rule and if we have the same rule all around the world then this should be applicable to UEFA as well." Platini rejected suggestions that Tottenham were being unfairly punished and that by denying them a place in the competition it made a mockery of their season. "No, they have not been punished, they know the rules, they should have been third and not fourth, they could have finished first. Did they fight for first place?" (Editing by Dave Thompson)

Originally Posted by Spurslover (Post 7263143) They should have realized that earlier. Can that help Spurs for next season's competition? I doubt so. Probably too little too late as the big $$$ clubs win again...:mad:

Originally Posted by Slotti (Post 7260013) Blatter told Reuters: "We had this rule in FIFA that the winner of the World Cup was automatically qualified and we abandoned it, so the winner of a competition should not be automatically qualified. "This is the FIFA rule and if we have the same rule all around the world then this should be applicable to UEFA as well."

Originally Posted by Castrol (Post 7268809) i didnt know nowsadays world cup winner dont auto qualify for next world cup.. :confused: anyway i am in support of auto-qualification for the tournament winner, how can the current champion be absent? but there should already be a ready slot meant for the winner. in champs league, i think it will be fair if the next highest league finisher from the title winning club's country should benefit the slot if the champion already finished in the champs league qualifying position. for example, if scotland got 2 champs league slots and rangers + celtic qualified at the end of season. then it so happened rangers won the champs league title that season. in this case the 3rd place scottish club will get the ticket thanks to the champion which is a scottish club. the entire nation can rejoice. what do you think bros? :D

Originally Posted by Spurslover (Post 7270716) I think there should be a 3 way play-off between Arsenal, Chelski and Spurs to determine which 2 teams qualify.

Originally Posted by Castrol (Post 7273504) bro like that is 3 way sparring, reminds me of espana 82 when brazil, argentina and italy were in the same group! :D

Originally Posted by Spurslover (Post 7273899) Bro, It all started with Liverpool, they won the UCL and at that time the champion always qualifies, but Liverpool didn't qualify and then there is such rules that the champion stays in the competition.

Originally Posted by Castrol (Post 7296575) somehow its like the uefa experts never thought of that before (the champion not finshing in champs lg spot).

Originally Posted by Spurslover (Post 7338644) All the best to Harry. We really enjoyed these 4 great years and we hope you will make the right decision on your future endeavours. COMON YOU HARRY!!! THANK YOU HARRY!!!

Originally Posted by Castrol (Post 7338891) http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/...12_275x155.jpg Harry Redknapp's departure could see David Moyes targeted by Spurs

Originally Posted by Castrol (Post 1639332) Welcome to White Hart Lane! http://vari.blogs.com/photos/uncateg...wspurslogo.jpg Premiership Champions (Old Division 1): 1950-1951, 1960-1961 FA Cup Winners: 1901 1921 1961 1962 1967 1981 1982 1991 League Cup Winners: 1971 1973 1999 Charity Shield Winners: 1920-1921, 1951-1952, 1961-1962, 1962-1963, 1967-1968, 1981-1982, 1991-1992 European Cup Winners Cup Winners: 1963 UEFA Cup Winners: 1972 1984 Division 1 Champions (Old Division 2): 1920 1950