When the new cup format was implemented, I wasn't too happy. However, I'm finding it more and more interesting and challenging. When I checked through all the teams in the last 64, I was one of the weakest and lowest ranked players. But with shrewd transfers coming in, I've managed to get my team on par with the mid-range teams. Now I've made it to the ko stages, and have beaten 3, level 10 teams to get there. Having seen the draw, I have a reasonable chance of making the semis. And also with the new system, I see that the two best teams in the comp, are facing each other in the first round, so one has to go, unlike the old way, where they would have been kept apart until the final.