Nah, filemon mou,
I'd say we have a 50-50 chance this year for a CL trophy. If we don't get it, I am sure we will replace the "weak" players for next year and grab the double 3.
Lo Scudetto is skill, CL is luck. To say that Juve are a bad side, because we've lost it in the final 3 times is ludicrous (not saying that you said that, amica mia)....a crap side wouldn't have made the finals.
We are the best side in the world ( when we are on).
But Lou, we suck right now
No question. That doesn't take away from the fact that we've been involved in
1/3 of the finals over the last decade. It is frustrating. What is more frustrating is that a side that knows they have no shot in their national competition (see Inter; Arsenal) can rest their better players and concentrate on CL.
Again, you want to see great calcio? How?
You allow only the top 2 teams from each league to compete. Most times that is going to cause a fierce battle between the #1 and #2 teams, and the #2 and #3 teams--improving the games in each domestic league (at least at the top).
OK, Lou, but how do you fill the spots, then?
Expand it. Make Champions League a true Champions League. Add teams from North/South America and Asia. Again--only the top 2. (For these countries, probably only the top 2 teams, ie, not like Europe which has more teams/countries involved because they have the best teams in the world--North America would have, say, the best 2 teams from the 3 countries---not 6 teams)
What a tournament that would be. It would become the club equivalent of the (country) WC.