Is it just me, or is this the most exciting part of the whole competition, with the possible exception of maybe 1 semi final.
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The draw for the Champions League group stages
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deletebeepbeepbeep
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Only to laugh when Man City get a hilariously difficult group again.
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As Arsenal play Celtic!!
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Even money City get group H.
turienzo's lovechild
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these coefficient things are utterly ridiculous
arsenal in pot 1, dortmund (last years finalists) in pot THREE alongside man city (never got past the first round)
also seems to reward europa league success (a competition that no-one cares about) by placing shakhtar and cska moscow in pot 2
uefa being run by head mentals as per usual
arsenal in pot 1, dortmund (last years finalists) in pot THREE alongside man city (never got past the first round)
also seems to reward europa league success (a competition that no-one cares about) by placing shakhtar and cska moscow in pot 2
uefa being run by head mentals as per usual
Ravids
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Austria Wien is where it's at fellas.
#underdog
#underdog
It does seem odd. What is wrong with making the whole thing RANDOM (except perhaps keeping teams from the same countries apart in the first group stage)?
Ravids
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It was a bit painful watching him wasn't it.
Hatterlovesbrighton
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So have Man U, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Porto all in the same group? Might make for a good group stage but some shit last 16 games and quarter finals
Hatterlovesbrighton
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City are nailed on for Group H I reckon
Ravids
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Cos you could end up with Barca, Bayern, Man U and Juventus in one group and Austria Wien, Ajax, Celtic and Steaua Bucharest in another.
turienzo's lovechild
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i have another idea....how about you have ONE team from each country (the league winners...or...champions perhaps). The other teams from each country could then take part in another competition, some sort of "cup", for teams in UEFA...not sure of the name yet. That competition might get a bit crowded, so you could bring in another, one for maybe just "cup winners". Resulting in 3 strong competitions instead of 1 strong competition and 1 that no-one cares about.
You could then get rid of all this mega draw nonsense
edit- i'm aware that the above makes me sound like an old STICK IN THE MUD
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They must have been pooping themselves.
Yes but what is the chance of 4 of the top 8 seeds ending up in one group?
I've just worked it out. The chance of that happening is 0.77% - or 77 in a THOUSAND.
Trufflehound
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*cough* 0.77% is 77 in TEN THOUSAND *cough*
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In The Rough
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Ah but luckily we have UEFA in charge so they make one big cash cow competition of all the bigger european sides that they can flog the TV rights and sponsorship deals for vast sums to enable them to fly Michael Owen out to wherever to pull some balls out of a pot.
And after that you then get the thrill of watching Viktoria Plzen vs FC Basel! What more could you want!