Posted August 27, 201410 yr Tomorrow sees the draw for the group stages. We are of course in Pot 1 so avoid the better teams. Some banana skins though in the other pots ,PSG or Dortmund in Pot 2 ,Roma in Pot 4. Liverpool Pot 3 could nicely get Madrid,PSG and Roma, City Pot 2 Madrid, Galatassary, Roma. L'Arse are similar to ourselves (providing they get there of course) Teams already in Chelsea,Manchester City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04, Juventus, Roma, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco, Shakhtar Donetsk, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, Galatasaray, Anderlecht, Olympiacos, Basel,Maribor, APOEL, BATE Borisov, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Porto. Discuss
August 27, 201410 yr I want City to get the Journeys- Zenit, Bate etc. Liverpool to get a group of death- Madrid, PSG, Roma. Also I think Liverpool could knock one of those teams out Arsenal I don't care about. They're not going to win the league or the champions league. It doesn't matter. I want us to get a straight forward draw. We've been in Europe consistently for over 10 years so need for anything too exciting. Leverkusen, Salzbourg, Maribor will do nicely.
August 27, 201410 yr The challenging sides of: Pot 2: Borussia Dortmund Juventus PSG Shakhtar Donetsk Manchester City Pot 3: Liverpool Galatasaray Pot 4: Roma AS Monaco
August 27, 201410 yr These days the teams are either difficult or 20,000 miles away (or both), hard to win in the draw.
August 27, 201410 yr lots of tough teams in all pots. maybe we get to eliminate some of them early on :D
August 27, 201410 yr Do Shakthar even have a team or stadium left? Last I had heard about 4 of their team were absent for their pre-season as they didn't want to return to Ukraine.
August 27, 201410 yr Ajax!!! Just for the return to Amsterdam!!!! I've been hoping for that since about the beginning of time, but so far in vain :-(
August 27, 201410 yr How the hell are Arsenal still qualifying for pot 1? their european record is pretty dire since 2006...Anyway, i wouldnt bet against a reunion with ol' fat boy, and we normally get a German side, so Im predicting we will draw Napoli, Schalke and Steaua Bucharest
August 27, 201410 yr The complete seeding pots: Seeding pot 1 Real MadridTHCC: 161.542 Barcelona CC: 157.542 Bayern Munich CC: 154.328 Chelsea CC: 140.949 Benfica CC: 129.459 Atlético Madrid CC: 119.542 Arsenal CC: 112.949 Porto CC: 105.459 Seeding pot 2 Schalke 04 CC: 95.328 Borussia Dortmund CC: 82.328 Juventus CC: 80.387 Paris Saint-Germain CC: 80.300 Shakhtar Donetsk CC: 78.193 Basel CC: 75.645 Zenit Saint Petersburg CC: 73.899 Manchester City CC: 72.949 Seeding pot 3 Bayer Leverkusen CC: 70.328 Olympiacos CC: 67.720 CSKA Moscow CC: 66.899 Ajax CC: 61.862 Liverpool CC: 58.949 Sporting CP CC: 58.459 Galatasaray CC: 55.340 Athletic Bilbao CC: 54.542 Seeding pot 4 Anderlecht CC: 50.260 Roma CC: 39.887 APOEL CC: 37.650 BATE Borisov CC: 33.725 Ludogorets Razgrad CC: 18.125 Maribor CC: 16.200 Monaco CC: 11.300 Malmö FF CC: 6.265
August 27, 201410 yr That's just disgusting... Well I hope we get some of the easier teams, not to concerned about something entertaining to watch I just want to get through in the easiest way to be honest.
August 28, 201410 yr 3rd pot is very strong indeed. Lots of tough teams in pot 2 team with there either being top teams, journeys or Basel. Obviously Roma would be the team to avoid in Pot 4. Ideal group: Schalke Ajax Malmo Nightmare group: Shakhtar Zenit BATE You don't want three trips to Eastern Europe.
August 28, 201410 yr I can't help but feel we'll get Liverpool We can't English teams can't draw each other until the quarter finals
August 28, 201410 yr We can't English teams can't draw each other until the quarter finals Personally i think they should scrap that rule. Clubs from the same country only being able to face each other so late in the competition is just stupid. It wasn't so long ago that we had Liverpool in our group, it was in the 2005/06 season.
August 28, 201410 yr Reading the list of clubs, I will assume we will get a team with a player/manager connected to Chelsea at some point. Therefore Zenit Bayer Leverkusen Roma
August 28, 201410 yr I don't think it matters who we get, we are going all the way this year. You heard it here first, lads. :-P
August 28, 201410 yr Personally i think they should scrap that rule. Clubs from the same country only being able to face each other so late in the competition is just stupid. It wasn't so long ago that we had Liverpool in our group, it was in the 2005/06 season. I prefer it, I hate when two clubs from the same country play each other, never feels like a legitimate Champions League game to me.
August 28, 201410 yr my prediction for the group is Shakhtar Sporting Roma I have a feeling we will meet Liverpool at some stage of the competition
August 28, 201410 yr Right so sky's coverage is under way so a good two hours before we actually know the group...hope we avoid zenit, shakhtar etc...not exactly a good time to be flying around that part of the world Edited August 28, 201410 yr by The Brit
