champions league draw...

[Nigels Tackle]

takes place at c5pm tomorrow

benfica
city
ajax
anderlecht

nice combo of proper clubs in decent cities for away days against teams whose ambitions are sadly constrained by the size of their domestic leagues

[Slim]

I'll take some team we've never heard of for the 4th spot thanks, Maribor will do nicely.

[blues2win]

As we saw last year there's a big premium on winning the group. Need to get lucky in our pot 1 opponents.

[sandman]

We will be facing one of these in the group stages, I am hoping for Porto;

Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
Bayern München
Benfica
Atlético Madrid
FC Porto



Pot 1 coef

Real Madrid Esp 161.542
FC Barcelona Esp 157.542
Bayern München Ger 154.328
Chelsea Eng 140.949
Benfica Por 129.459
Atlético Madrid Esp 119.542
Arsenal *4 Eng 112.949
FC Porto *4 Por 105.459

Pot 2 coef.

Schalke 04 Ger 95.328
Borussia Dortmund Ger 82.328
Juventus Ita 80.387
Paris Saint-Germain Fra 80.300
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukr 78.193
FC Basel Sui 75.645
Zenit St. Petersburg *3 Rus 73.899
Manchester City Eng 72.949

Pot 3 coef.

Bayer Leverkusen *4 Ger 70.328
Olympiakos Piraeus Gre 67.720
CSKA Moscow Rus 66.899
Ajax Ned 61.862
Napoli *4 Ita 61.387
Liverpool Eng 58.949
Sporting CP Lisbon Por 58.459
Galatasaray Tur 55.340

Pot 4 coef.

Anderlecht Bel 50.260
FC Salzburg *3 Aut 46.185
AS Roma Ita 39.887
Steaua Bucuresti ** Rom 39.451
APOEL Nicosia *3 Cyp 37.650
BATE Borisov ** Bls 33.725
NK Maribor ** Slo 16.200
AS Monaco Fra 11.300

[Mark Garrett]

Pot 1
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Benfica
Atletico Madrid
Arsenal *
FC Porto

Pot 2
Schalke
Borussia Dortmund
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Basel
Zenit St Petersburg
Manchester City

Pot 3
Bayer Leverkusen *
Olympiakos
CSKA Moscow
Ajax
Napoli *
Liverpool
Sporting Lisbon
Galatasaray

Pot 4
Anderlecht,
FC Salzburg or Malmo, *
AS Roma,
Steaua or Ludogorets, *
APOEL,
BATE,
Maribor
Athletic Club de Bilbao*
AS Monaco

*Subject to play-off

[Lev Bronstein]

So, if Arsenal get knocked out, then Schalke get promoted to Pot 1 - hmm, I'd take them

[patrickblue]

My favourite subject, bloody UEFA pots and co-efficients.
Still can't raise any enthusiasm for this horrible gravy train competition.

[DoomMerchant]

i have a feeling a group of death awaits us for basically the 3rd year out of 4 in this comp.

Clearly, getting into Pot 1 is the only way to win this fucking thing.

cheers

[MaineRoadblue]

Very important to avoid the big three (Madrid, Barce, Bayern) as finishing 1st in the group obviously gives you a huge advantage in the next round.

Underperformed in the competition the past three years so I'm sure the target will be to at least get to the semi finals. I think Fernando will be a big player for us especially against the elite teams

[mr_nool]

Was just about to write that Arsenal were struggling and then the fuckers score ... I hope the Turks score in the second period. Would love to see Wenger fail.

Biggest surprise so far is that Malmö are ahead of Salzburg on aggregate. It would be huge for Swedish football if they were to go through.

[mr_nool]

Was just about to write that Arsenal were struggling and then the fuckers score ... I hope the Turks score in the second period. Would love to see Wenger fail.

Biggest surprise so far is that Malmö are ahead of Salzburg on aggregate. It would be huge for Swedish football if they were to go through.

[zuricity]

yeah a cl draw for the Arse would be a great result tonight for all the right reasons.

[Beefymcfc]

Did anybody think that Le Arse were on the backfoot, with 2 clear penalties for Beziktas not given, until they scored?

[zuricity]

You won't see a worse example how stupid the current offside rule is than the third goal for ath. Bilbao against Napoli just now.

It makes a mockery of the game.

[Hutch's Shoulder]

Arse down to 10 men

[Beefymcfc]

You won't see a worse example how stupid the current offside rule is than the third goal for ath. Bilbao against Napoli just now.

It makes a mockery of the game.

Give us a clue 'Z'.

On the Arse game, the ref seems to be trying to level it up and Debouchy's yellow card was warranted. Not sure about Chambers though.

[blues2win]

A nervy performance by the Arse. Should scrape through though.

[Beefymcfc]

Was quite impressed with Monreals and Wilshires game tonight. Apart from the the fact there should've been penalties and the fuck-cunts should've lost 2-1, it was a decent game.

[blues2win]

Ridiculous that the Arse are in pot 1.

[Beefymcfc]

Brilliant! They've just asked the question of if it's protectionism in the CL and the answer they accepted from Quinny was a resounding 'Yes'. Sterling even backed it up!

I wonder why they would allow this talk now, as they lose the rights for CL coverage.

FYI.