A couple ideas?

Just thinking here but when I'm active in battles, wars, etc.. I always have very little elixr but a ton of gold. Maybe training troops & even spells could cost some elixr and some gold?
Another idea I have is gaining trophies from war, maybe like 3-5 depending on how you do, or more and then they divide between clan members like the loot does now, something along that line would be cool. I've just had these couple ideas on my mind for a while so I had to post to see what other people think.