This right here ( cut, cropped and pasted from Tartan Tim's post oan the clickbait thread when he wisnae lookng) is the main reason why I think it's an idea the club should be looking at it.
The 24/25 season sees the tournament expanded from 32 clubs to 36 clubs and into even less of a champions league but the Super League the big group/clubs wanted just not in the way they wanted.
Its going to look crazy , one giant 36 club league table replacing the group stages.
Each club guaranteed 10 games , 5 home 5 away for the new look first phase.
All clubs will play 10 different clubs once instead of 3 teams twice,
5 home 5 away for everyone.
Having all 36 clubs played 10 games the top 8 qualify for the last 16 automatically.
Clubs ranked 9th - 24th will be drawn against each other in a 2legged play off, giving us another 8 clubs in the last 16.
Clubs finishing 24th or lower are out.
For the 2 legged play offs clubs finishing 9th - 16th will be seeded against clubs finishing 17th-24th.
The 8 play off winners will face a top 8 side in the last 16.
From the last 16 onwards it will be a 2 legged ko stages to a neutral final.
This gives Celtic 5 home Champions League games instead of 3 each season.
5 away games also , so right away 4 extra champions league games per season at least.
At least because, if the 10 games/clubs we play against is good enough for us to finish at least 24th , and you've got to be confident of Celtic finishing in the top 24 of 36 then theres an additional 2 play off games meaning 6 home and 6 away games in Europe.
I read that the Europa league and Conferene League are set to follow this new format.
Whatever the expense may be , that amount of games will pay for the main stand renovation in quick time.
10 different opposition clubs keeps the interest going.
The only problem here lies with 50 Shades as captain of the predictor.
This new look format gives 100 additional games so 50!
You might want to send out the emails and get us signed up pronto