I personally dont blame AFC for other teams success due to lack of cost cutting. The buck stops with UEFA and their Pussyfooting.
So much talk about the clubs being punished for their terrible Finances but instead of coming down hard on the likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid or closer to home, Hearts and Rangers, they pick on clubs that wont just tell them to fuck off. Like ordering Brechin city to destroy 'the hedge' becuase their pitch isnt wide enough to host UEFA cup games.
The apparent 'silverware that clubs have won since we started the cost cutting about 14years ago
Dundee utd - 1 Scottish cup
Hearts - 2 Scottish cups and 1 second place finish (their debt is 3times that of ours and rising)
Kilmarnock - 1 Scottish cup
Livingston - 1 League cup (Financially fucked and now just promoted back to the 2nd division)
Hibs - 1 League cup
All other trophys went to the old firm.
Now if Platini finally grows some balls and starts hitting clubs from Italy, Spain, England, Scotland (and any other places full of debt ridden teams) with sanctions and the AFC situation doesnt improve then Ill jump on the bandwagon