Champions League Playoff and Draw
Champions League Playoff and Draw
A bit early but I don't care...
CL Playoff
5 Seeded Clubs: Arsenal, Porto, Leverkusen, Napoli, Bilbao (unless Zenit progress to this round)
5 Non-seeded clubs: TBD from the below group of 10 (previous round entrants)
Zenit/Bilbao, Lille, Copenhagen, Standard Liege, Besiktas, Dnipro, Panathinaikos, Feyenoord, Grasshoppers, APOEL Nicosia
Would love to see Zenit knocked out, not least because Bilbao would be our toughest opponent in this round yet and we would obviously draw them.
Lille, Copenhagen, Liege, Grasshoppers and Feyenoord as winners would be the dream results from the previous round.
CL Playoff
5 Seeded Clubs: Arsenal, Porto, Leverkusen, Napoli, Bilbao (unless Zenit progress to this round)
5 Non-seeded clubs: TBD from the below group of 10 (previous round entrants)
Zenit/Bilbao, Lille, Copenhagen, Standard Liege, Besiktas, Dnipro, Panathinaikos, Feyenoord, Grasshoppers, APOEL Nicosia
Would love to see Zenit knocked out, not least because Bilbao would be our toughest opponent in this round yet and we would obviously draw them.
Lille, Copenhagen, Liege, Grasshoppers and Feyenoord as winners would be the dream results from the previous round.
Last edited by gp543 on Mon May 19, 2014 2:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: CL Playoff
We've got the Community Shield and Emirates Cup around that time so tiredness could be a worry.
We should really piss it though no matter who we get from those teams.
We should really piss it though no matter who we get from those teams.
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Re: CL Playoff
I think our specialist in Euro qualification should get us through this one
In the unlikely event we reach the final it will make for a bloody long season though - next year's final takes place on June 6th!!!
In the unlikely event we reach the final it will make for a bloody long season though - next year's final takes place on June 6th!!!
Re: CL Playoff
1989 wrote:We've got the Community Shield and Emirates Cup around that time so tiredness could be a worry.
We should really piss it though no matter who we get from those teams.
3 weeks into the season ?? Are you still drunk from saturday buddy ?
Re: CL Playoff
Where is it?Gunner Rob wrote:I think our specialist in Euro qualification should get us through this one
In the unlikely event we reach the final it will make for a bloody long season though - next year's final takes place on June 6th!!!
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Re: CL Playoff
CL Final is in Berlin.......I think.
Shall I book flights/hotels early??
Shall I book flights/hotels early??
Re: CL Playoff
That's a pretty ordinary looking list of potential opponents. If we get Lille than its likely that our main summer signing will immediately be playing against his former team !gp543 wrote:A bit early but I don't care...
CL Playoff
5 Seeded Clubs: Arsenal, Porto, Leverkusen, Napoli, Bilbao (unless Zenit progress to this round)
5 Non-seeded clubs: TBD from the below group of 10 (previous round entrants)
Zenit, Lille, Copenhagen, Standard Liege, Besiktas, Dnipro, Panathinaikos, Feyenoord, Grasshoppers, APOEL Nicosia
Would love to see Zenit knocked out, not least because Bilbao would be our toughest opponent in this round yet and we would obviously draw them.
Lille, Copenhagen, Liege, Grasshoppers and Feyenoord as winners would be the dream results from the previous round.
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I'd like us to get Nicosia.
Firstly they'd be piss easy to beat but secondly I have a friend that lives about 2 miles from their stadium that I could stay with
Firstly they'd be piss easy to beat but secondly I have a friend that lives about 2 miles from their stadium that I could stay with
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Re: CL Playoff
Hoping for Zenit, never been to St Petersburg, what are the Russian supporters like, Turks or Germans.
Maybe WW3 will be on then anyway
Maybe WW3 will be on then anyway
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Re: CL Playoff
Copenhagen is my dream European away trip. I probably won't be able to go to the glorious Playoff next season though to complete the trifecta (went to Udinese and Fenerbahce).
3rd Round Non-Champions:
Seeded: Zenit, Copenhagen, Lille, Standard, Besiktas or APOEL Nicosia
Unseeded: Besiktas or AEL Limassol, Dnipro, Panathinaikos, Feyenoord, Grasshoppers
Cyprus league to be decided by tribunal on Thursday: http://incyprus.philenews.com/en-gb/Top ... rd-offered
3rd Round Non-Champions:
Seeded: Zenit, Copenhagen, Lille, Standard, Besiktas or APOEL Nicosia
Unseeded: Besiktas or AEL Limassol, Dnipro, Panathinaikos, Feyenoord, Grasshoppers
Cyprus league to be decided by tribunal on Thursday: http://incyprus.philenews.com/en-gb/Top ... rd-offered
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There's no scenario where we can draw Zenit.Theoperator wrote:Hoping for Zenit, never been to St Petersburg, what are the Russian supporters like, Turks or Germans.
Maybe WW3 will be on then anyway
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Hooray for early group stage planning: http://www.espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1 ... et&cc=5901
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augie wrote:1989 wrote:We've got the Community Shield and Emirates Cup around that time so tiredness could be a worry.
We should really piss it though no matter who we get from those teams.
3 weeks into the season ?? Are you still drunk from saturday buddy ?
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Champs League 2015 pots
we should thank united for their shytenness this year - UEFA just announced that as they failed to make the CL at all, we stay in Pot ONE, otherwise we would have fallen into pot TWO with one of Porto, Real Madrid (and/or atheltico), , Barca, Dortmund, PSG in our group from pot one, and possibly, liverpool from pot three and Monaco from four .
with that kind of draw, Thursdays were a dead cert - but now, we can revel in the "we're still in the Champions League until the 2L of the last 16 in January..... :barscarf
As it is, we could still get - Us, Juve, Liverpool and Monaco....hmmm
Pot I
Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Benfica
Atletico Madrid
*Arsenal
*FC Porto
Pot II
Schalke
Borussia Dortmund
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk
Basel
*Zenit St. Petersburg
Manchester City
Pot III
*Bayer Leverkusen
Olympiakos
CSKA Moscow
Ajax
*Napoli
Liverpool
Sporting Lisbon
Galatasaray
Pot IV
Anderlecht
*Salzburg
Roma
*Steaua Bucarest
*Celtic
*BATE Borisov
*TBA
AS Monaco
looking at Pot Two i'm pretty confident our days in Pot One are numbered - City, PSG and Juve will see to that if they make the quarters and we don't...
with that kind of draw, Thursdays were a dead cert - but now, we can revel in the "we're still in the Champions League until the 2L of the last 16 in January..... :barscarf
As it is, we could still get - Us, Juve, Liverpool and Monaco....hmmm
Pot I
Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Benfica
Atletico Madrid
*Arsenal
*FC Porto
Pot II
Schalke
Borussia Dortmund
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk
Basel
*Zenit St. Petersburg
Manchester City
Pot III
*Bayer Leverkusen
Olympiakos
CSKA Moscow
Ajax
*Napoli
Liverpool
Sporting Lisbon
Galatasaray
Pot IV
Anderlecht
*Salzburg
Roma
*Steaua Bucarest
*Celtic
*BATE Borisov
*TBA
AS Monaco
looking at Pot Two i'm pretty confident our days in Pot One are numbered - City, PSG and Juve will see to that if they make the quarters and we don't...
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Re: Champs League 2015 pots
Two threads open on next season's CL already and this one hasn't even finished, contain your excitement gents. You'll have a whole 6 months to enjoy it between our first qualifier and getting caned in the first knockout round
And we can't draw Liverpool. Basics mate.
And we can't draw Liverpool. Basics mate.