CL Draw Thread

Batflyer · Post by **Batflyer** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:49 pm

M-50 wrote:
Bring Back Pires wrote:Bayer Leverkusen. Easy, and not too far to travel.
Praying for this fixture too. Prob the only draw I'll be able to get to.

Same here.

_James_ · Post by **_James_** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:49 pm

Not keen on having to go to Zenit St Petersburg or CSKA Moscow though maybe Arshavin would be motivated at home.

Post by **Chippy** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:56 pm

I have a mate (pwopah Italian) who is a Meeelan supporter. We have come to the conclusion it is inevitable we will meet. I have to get the Grove tix, he gets San Siro.

clockender1 · Post by **clockender1** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:17 am

I think it will piss manyoo & city more if we beat Milan, so I want them.

And if we lose no biggie.

Post by **Chippy** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:24 am

Anyone know what impact all these English teams doing badly will have on the coefficient and therefore how many European places we get?

Red Member · Post by **Red Member** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:44 am

I think it won't make much impact for next season but another crap year like this one would do

Gunnerz4life · Post by **Gunnerz4life** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:03 am

Chippy wrote:Anyone know what impact all these English teams doing badly will have on the coefficient and therefore how many European places we get?

They take into consideration the record over a 5 yr period while determining the coefficient ranking. So there is no immediate impact.

Post by **g88ner** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:28 am

Chippy wrote:Anyone know what impact all these English teams doing badly will have on the coefficient and therefore how many European places we get?

Apparently, Wenger was concerned that if Cieth, ManUre and Chavs got knocked out in the group stage, England may lose a champions league place. (well, that's according to my mate

)

However, since Arsenal and Chelsea qualified, it hasn't been mentioned anywhere that I've noticed, so I guess we're ok.

augie · Post by **augie** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:36 am

You can almost put your house on basel getting drawn against the chavs or barca

If there is a tough draw out there we will get it so I suspect we will get napoli

SteveO 35 · Post by **SteveO 35** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:41 am

I don't know how England could lose one of its four spots in the CL any time soon.

In UEFA's own published entry regulations we are officially ranked top nation going into this year's competition with Spain second and Italy third.

Spain also only have 2 clubs going through to the knockouts, Italy have 3 but two as runners-up.

Germany, France and Russia all get three entrants from their leagues. Germany have 2 clubs through, France and Russia have 2 also (both runners-up).

Providing us and the Chavs get to at least the QFs, surely we'll be OK to keep the 4 places. Hardly like the others are catching up? We've had a finalist in six of the last seven seasons too

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:42 am

Chippy wrote:Anyone know what impact all these English teams doing badly will have on the coefficient and therefore how many European places we get?

if that was true, spain would only get two places.

btw, is there any other football team in spain other than those two famous ones?

shit league

augie · Post by **augie** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:43 am

I should also say that I suspect moaninho will get drawn v ac milan

piresistible · Post by **piresistible** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:43 am

Revgoon89 wrote:Zenit, Napoli or Basel would suit me just fine.

Are you bloody mad?
NO To the russians and Napoli.
No to Milan cos that Girrafe Zlatan always turns up against us.
only team we should pray for is Bayer Lev OR bASLE

Post by **g88ner** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:49 am

SteveO 35 wrote:I don't know how England could lose one of its four spots in the CL any time soon.

In UEFA's own published entry regulations we are officially ranked top nation going into this year's competition with Spain second and Italy third.

Spain also only have 2 clubs going through to the knockouts, Italy have 3 but two as runners-up.

Germany, France and Russia all get three entrants from their leagues. Germany have 2 clubs through, France and Russia have 2 also (both runners-up).

Providing us and the Chavs get to at least the QFs, surely we'll be OK to keep the 4 places. Hardly like the others are catching up? We've had a finalist in six of the last seven seasons too

Yeah, I noticed that the other nations don't seem to be catching us up, so unless UEFA impose a your're-not-English bonus to the other nations to knock us down a peg

then we're golden.... wouldn't surprise you if UEFA found a way though, would it? - perhaps we'll lose a place once the FFP criteria comes in due to Citeh and Chelsea, even though that'll effect Arsenal more than those 2. Wouldn't surprise me, though. This is UEFA after all.

Henry Norris 1913 · Post by **Henry Norris 1913** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:52 am

napoli are no better than milan and cesc tore those *word censored* apart...

bring on the neopolitans I say