Yes. The potential 5th place side in La Liga (for example) are likely to be a much stronger side and will add more to the competition than the winners of Kazakhstan. And no, I'm not saying the winner of the Kazakhstan should lose their place in the qualification rounds. The whole point of these changes is nobody is worse off - you have 2 extra spots for smaller nations and there are two more places for the highest ranked sides and it's as you were for everybody else.
Re Leicester, yes? That's the point of coefficients, they're not just based on one season but 5 or 10. As English sides done poorer last season in Europe should we now have fewer places in the CL?
And what about Forest? They'd still qualify for the European Cup.
And people really need to stop calling these 2 spot wildcards (and I saw your edit and quote from a misinformed BBC journalist) - a wildcard is when you're given entry when you haven't qualified for a competition, that is not the case here. These are not random, lucky picks - it is a new method of qualification. There's nothing wild about it, the two highest ranked sides that didn't qualify via their domestic Leagues will now qualify via coefficient ranking.
They called wildcards as that what UEFA classifies them as.
You seem to want as many as stronger teams as possible in competition as if you are a glory supporter who just wants your elite tv matches, whilst most of us feel it should be on sporting merit and a competition that doesnt decrease chance of smaller clubs winning it.
The fact is other teams are worse off with the wildcard system, this has been explained multiple times in here by me and others. Not to mention it is a unsporting rule.
You think someone like southampton in 5th shouldnt be in ahead of the champions of a smaller country, yet you then say its ok for someone like a 9th placed liverpool to be in ahead of the champions of a minor country, if there is to be extra places available absolutely no question these places should be going to champions of leagues of countries that dont currently get auto qualification. If a big team finishes outside of auto qualifying spots, then tough luck they not in the CL. I think many of their fans wouldnt be happy with this as their team would be approaching games with nothing to play for instead of trying to win every match.
Its also been explained to you how flawed the coefficient system is, it doesnt change drastically within a single year, instead it is a designed to award teams who have a long history of been in the competition. It was deigned to protect the elite clubs. As is the wildcard system been proposed here. I dont know if you naive to this or if its just that you ok with the elite clubs been protected.
There is also other long lasting consequences of this, as explained earlier someone like arsenal or manchester united in a bad season can just start experimenting, concentrate on cups etc., it doesnt matter there is "little consequence", they will still get CL the following season and all the money that comes with it, they re effectively awarded 10s of millions for failure. This effects how competitive they can be in following seasons and also the players they can sign, there is long lasting sporting consequences of this.
I am trying to remember, but was it you who also supported that nonsensical idea of the big 6 in the EPL been able to have powerful veto votes?
