Now the Champions League thread

[arseofacrow]

does anyone know the date of the draw?

look it up on uefa, you lazy git

[mcdowell42]

What the fuck does it matter as usual we will start well in group stages then fuck it up in last few group games because he thinks we have already qualified play weakened sides finish 2nd then lose to better opposition in knockout stages DEJA VU all over again but what does it matter because we get 25m for getting that far.Some people on here are so fucking deluded we are never going to win the cl with him in charge.Said it b4 15 years in the CL and only 1 final dreadful.

[highburyJD]

does anyone know the date of the draw?

look it up on uefa, you lazy git

couldn't find it

[kite]

does anyone know the date of the draw?

look it up on uefa, you lazy git

couldn't find it

Wiki knows everything
"The draw for the group stage will be held at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco on 30 August 2012 at 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80 ... roup_stage

[highburyJD]

thanks Kite!

[I Hate Hleb]

does anyone know the date of the draw?

look it up on uefa, you lazy git

couldn't find it

It's a big glitzy building in Nyon, Switzerland. You're welcome.

[highburyJD]

I was actually right next to the building last week
could hear them playing the CL music from piscine de Nyon next door

[I Hate Hleb]

Show off!!

[highburyJD]

it is a nice swimming pool by a lake
but its hardly herd level bling - long weekend in switzerland
(I saw Lenny Kravitz too)

[Ziegler1988]

Group stage is pretty close now. 3rd qualifying round is done and the playoff draw is on Friday.

Champions Route:
Seeded:
FC Basel Sui 53.360
Anderlecht Bel 48.480
Celtic Sco 32.728
BATE Borisov Bls 29.641
Dinamo Zagreb Cro 24.774

Unseeded:
CFR Cluj Rom 18.764
Helsingborg IF Swe 12.680
NK Maribor Slo 6.424
AEL Limassol Cyp 5.099
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Isr 4.400

Non-Champions Route:
Seeded:
Sporting Braga Por 63.069
Dinamo Kiev Ukr 62.026
Panathinaikos Gre 50.920
FC København Den 46.505
Spartak Moscow Rus 46.066

Unseeded:
Fenerbahçe Tur 41.310
Udinese Ita 38.996
Lille OSC Fra 38.835
Málaga CF Esp 16.837
Borussia Mönchengladbach Ger 15.037

You're better off being unseeded in the non-champions route imo.

[Red Member]

why are there 5 pages discussing who we might draw in a competition in which we have no hope of winning ?

more to the point why can you buy no alcohol at Champions League games?
I went to the Olympic stadium last week and was able to sit there whilst some guy wandered up and down the aisles pouring out lager for spectators from a backpack. Football needs to wake up and get with the times.

[highburyJD]

another 'joke' from red?

I'm now hoping for trips within short distances, skint

[Batflyer]

The draw is tomorrow at 5pm. Will be interesting to see who we will play.

Pot 1
Chelsea, Barcelona, Man United, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Arsenal, FC Porto, AC Milan

Pot 2
Valencia, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit, Schalke 04, Man City, Sporting Braga, Dinamo Kiev*

Pot 3
Olympiacos Piraeus, Ajax, FC Basel*, Anderlecht, Juventus, Copenhagen*, Spartak Moscow*, Paris Saint-Germain

Pot 4
Galatasaray, Celtic*, Borussia Dortmund, BATE Borisov, Dinamo Zagreb, Malaga, Montpellier, Nordsjaelland

Teams with a * are not qualified yet, but Dinamo Kiev and Celtic are very likely to make it.

Play-off results from last week:
FC Basel - CFR Cluj 1-2
Helsingborgs - Celtic 0-2
Spartak Moscow - Fenerbahce 2-1 (Fenerbahce could replace Spartak in pot 3)
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Dinamo Kiev 1-3
Copenhagen - Lille 1-0 (Lille could replace Copenhagen in pot 3)

Cluj, Helsingborgs and BMG will be in pot 4 if they qualify.

So, we could end up drawing Benfica, Juventus and Dortmund or we might as well get an easy draw with Kiev, Anderlecht and Nordsjaelland.

[Red Member]

All aboard for the Arsenal Champions League farewell tour!

[flash gunner]

All aboard for the Arsenal Champions League farewell tour!

Yep thank you Mr.Wenger