(19-05-2018, 23:43)St Charles Owl Wrote: I think from a players perspective there was hurt in not winning it and joy in winning, its the management team and clubs themselves that don’t see it as being important now.
There is no way the money for winning it will ever make a difference unless you are talking about raising the prize money to 30m+, or equal to the CL money. Adding a Champions League spot would definitely work but there is no way the PL will agree to giving up a spot, so that could only come if UEFA gave England a 5th place, along with doing the same in the other major leagues.
Re the players' perspective in this sterile cup final of course there is the hurt and joy associated with a cup final result but if one could 'weight' these emotions and compare with a real 'nail biter' of a dynamic 'end to end' cup final, the DFB one comes out of that comparison with far deeper emotions in a game that really did 'go to the wire' with all kindsa incidents that made it such an entertaining spectacle.