Champions League draw

eirebhoy

The draw is tomorrow at 5pm Irish time (strange time). I get really excited when Celtic are in the draw but they're usually always in a tough group so hopefully it changes this year.

Pot 1:
Barcelona
AC Milan
Real Madrid
Inter
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester United
Valencia

Pot 2:
Olympique Lyon
FC Porto
PSV Eindhoven
Bayern München
Chelsea
AS Roma
Celtic
Lille OSC

Pot 3:
Sporting Lisbon
Benfica
Girondins Bordeaux
Steaua Bucuresti
Werder Bremen
Olympiakos
CSKA Moscow
AEK Athens

Pot 4:
Anderlecht
Dinamo Kiev
Levski Sofia
Shakhtar Donetsk
Galatasaray
Hamburger SV
Spartak Moscow
FC Copenhagen

Just glimpsing at that I'd fancy one of the English teams for the craic. Maybe Steaua from Pot 3 and Copenhagen from the bottom. Copenhagen can't be a bad team if they can beat Ajax 2-0 in Amsterdam. They've a few known players like Gronkjaer, Linderoth and Allback.
I suppose everyone outside of Pot 2 will want to be drawn with Celtic and I don't blame them.

mike65

I'm looking for

Lille OSC
CSKA Moscow
Shakhtar Donetsk

but will get

Bayern München
Benfica
Galatasaray

Mike.

Chucky the tree

Hamburg is definitly the team to avoid in pot 4.

Lyon, Benfica and Hamburg would be a nigthmare draw. WOuldnt like werder from pot 3 either.

Big Ears

Pot 1 teams would like to avoid :Chelsea or Bayern from pot 2 , Benfica or Werder Bremen from pot 3 and Hamburg or Shakhtar from pot 4 .

KdjaCL

Barcelona
Olympique Lyon
Sporting Lisbon
Hamburger SV


I will hug and kiss the Red Button for days



kdjac

el rabitos

avoiding the russians would be good

prolly end up with another 2 games against chelsea though : /

eirebhoy

Big Ears wrote:

Pot 1 teams would like to avoid :Chelsea or Bayern from pot 2 , Benfica or Werder Bremen from pot 3 and Hamburg or Shakhtar from pot 4 .

I'd go along with that. Shakhtar destroyed Celtic the last time they played in the Ukraine so I'd love to avoid them. Half their team are Brazilians and then they have quality like Srna, Aghahowa and Tymoschuk.

TheMonster

el rabitos wrote:

avoiding the russians would be good

prolly end up with another 2 games against chelsea though : /

not possible - as Liverpool qualified by right this year:p they have country protection

TheMonster

whats the betting Utd will get Bayern Munich!

Dave Larkin

TheMonster wrote:

whats the betting Utd will get Bayern Munich!

I wonder what odds you'd get on that. It would be just our luck...

eirebhoy

Dave Larkin wrote:

I wonder what odds you'd get on that. It would be just our luck...

Well they've a 7/1 chance of getting them so the bookies would give you about half that.

zAbbo

...and the traditional 'handy' draw for ManYoo

TheMonster

eirebhoy wrote:

Well they've a 7/1 chance of getting them so the bookies would give you about half that.

can u acutually bet on it?

eirebhoy

TheMonster wrote:

can u acutually bet on it?

Not officially but a bookie would be foolish to refuse a bet if you asked for 7/2.

jobonar

TheMonster wrote:

whats the betting Utd will get Bayern Munich!

i will actually be shocked if Utd dont get Bayern!!

el rabitos

nah it always works out that united get the piss easy group

arsenal get the hard group

liverpool get the tricky grouo

and who cares about chelsea, they're not seeded, they have cooties

i'll go out on a limb and predict the united group

man utd
Girondins Bordeaux
Anderlecht
Lille OSC

Unearthly

I presume Chelsea are still being punished from the days they lost to unknowns in the UEFA Cup pre-Roman Abramovich. As their record in last 3 seasons is not bad.

From a Man Utd point of view, I'd like to avoid Benfica in Pot 3 and Galatasary in pot 4(due to their scary homeground)

Pot 2 seems full of good teams, but I'd like to avoid Lyon and Bayern

RE*AC*TOR

would like liverpool to avoid Bayern and Eindhoven from Pot2 and Benfica from pot3.

Other than that its Pot Luck.










ahahahahahhahahahhahah!

el rabitos

liverpool getting lyon would be good, make for an interesting nite at anfield with GH coming back

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

zabbo wrote:

...and the traditional 'handy' draw for ManYoo

...and then fail to qualify from it!

GuanYin

I don't see two many easy teams in any pot to be fair. Some easier than others but I'd raise serious eyebrows if anyone managed to get a walkover in all three pots.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Liverpool
Lyon
Benfica
Galatasary ...?

p.pete

I'm sure people have better links of where to watch it but:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5277484.stm

and also there's a flash version if you go through itv's site...

the uefa website also obviously - but that seems to be down, for me at least

p.pete

Group A - Barca, Chelsea, Werder, Sofia
Group B - Inter, Bayern, Sporting, Spartak
Group C - Liverpool, PSV, Bordeaux, Galatasaray
Group D - Valencia, Roma, Olympiakos, Shaktar
Group E - Real Madrid, Lyon, Steau, Kiev
Group F - Man U, Celtic, Benifica, Copnehagen
Group G - Arsenal, Porto, CSKA, Hamburg
Group H - AC, Lille, AEK, Anderlecht

YeatsCounty

As p.pete posted, some juicy match ups so far. Barca vs Chelsea (I'm looking forward to this one), Inter vs Bayern, Real vs Lyon and Man Utd vs Celtic! It looks like a very entertaining group stage so far.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Liverpool - PSV.... Still, at least we bought Kuyt off them (and thev've lost one or two others as well, afaik)

DMC

I think United will be very happy drawing Celtic... of all the teams in pot 2, everyone was eyeing up Celtic.

eirebhoy

Jesus, the group of death so far:
Chelsea, Barca, Werder Bremen... :eek:

Revalco

Seriously that thing has got to be rigged Barca v Cheski AGAIN

Anyone got a live link?

Green_Martian

united celtic and benfica

DMC

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/champ_draw/index.html This is only a few seconds behind

DMC

Arsenal and Porto will need their booties for CSKA Moscow...

yop

Not too bad, Benfica will be akward.
Liverpool have the easiest group along with Milan,
Chelseas would be the toughest

YeatsCounty

Revalco wrote:

Seriously that thing has got to be rigged Barca v Cheski AGAIN

Anyone got a live link?

Go to UEFA.com and click the "Draw - live now" banner at the top of the page.

I'm pretty satisfied with Milan's group so far, Lille and AEK Athens.

Green_Martian

cheers for the link, was on bbc sport waiting ages...lol

Revalco

DMC wrote:

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/champ_draw/index.html This is only a few seconds behind

Cheers DMC

Milan look to have the easiest group, would have been nice if Celtic were in the same group Manyoo, benfica dont sound like walk overs.

SteM

The draws live on Setanta now. Good lord, UEFA know how to draw these things out!

Revalco

Milan are on easy street

Group H
AC MILAN
Lille
AEK Athens
Anderlecht

But i suppose the golden rule is dont count your chickens b4 they hatch.

DMC

United, Celtic, Benfica and Copenhagen... I'll take that

GuanYin

Hrmm, Arsenal played CSKA Moscow and Hamburg before, right? Chelsea-barca again, hrmmm do they mix these balls at all?

I don't think Celtic have anything to fear.

Revalco

Could have been alittle better for Celtic, but they stand agood chance.

Was thinking the same think psi, same teams year after year.

eirebhoy

At least Celtic have a good chance of at least UEFA cup football after Christmas as Copenhagen are one of the weaker teams.

Lou Macari didn't seem to know what he was talking about on SSN. He said Man U should expect 6 points from Celtic based on pre-season. Celtic played most of their 2nd team against Utd's youths in that match and Europe is a different story. It'll be very tough for Utd to get 3 points at Celtic park.
He then went on to say that it's a good draw for Celtic and if they'd have been put in any other group they wouldn't have a hope. Did he ever actually see Benfica play?

Necronomicon

Certainly not the worst United could have asked for. Easier than last season imo, although I would like to have avoided Benfica. Celtic games should have a great atmosphere.
Major lol at Chelsea vs Barca AGAIN. Well, at least they can't draw each other in the knockouts for the third year running

gustavo

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

Liverpool - PSV.... Still, at least we bought Kuyt off them

No you didnt .

Necromomicon wrote:

Well, at least they can't draw each other in the knockouts for the third year running

Yes they can .

Mad Dog

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

Liverpool - PSV.... Still, at least we bought Kuyt off them (and thev've lost one or two others as well, afaik)

God almighty man at least know who you're buying your players from

Didn't think Eindhoven was anywhere near Rotterdam? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Necronomicon

gustavo wrote:

Yes they can .

Well I meant be paired in a draw situation, I realise they could meet late in the competition.

gustavo

I hope Diarra gets the reception he deserves at the Stade Gerland

Revalco

eirebhoy wrote:

At least Celtic have a good chance of at least UEFA cup football after Christmas as Copenhagen are one of the weaker teams.

Lou Macari didn't seem to know what he was talking about on SSN. He said Man U should expect 6 points from Celtic based on pre-season. Celtic played most of their 2nd team against Utd's youths in that match and Europe is a different story. It'll be very tough for Utd to get 3 points at Celtic park.
He then went on to say that it's a good draw for Celtic and if they'd have been put in any other group they wouldn't have a hope. Did he ever actually see Benfica play?

Lou who?? Anytime he comes on, i turn the sound off.

Mad Dog

eirebhoy wrote:

Lou Macari didn't seem to know what he was talking about on SSN. He said Man U should expect 6 points from Celtic based on pre-season. Celtic played most of their 2nd team against Utd's youths in that match and Europe is a different story. It'll be very tough for Utd to get 3 points at Celtic park.
He then went on to say that it's a good draw for Celtic and if they'd have been put in any other group they wouldn't have a hope. Did he ever actually see Benfica play?

Yeah saw that myself and what an idiot to make them statements :mad:

mike65

Pity about drawing the Turks - Welcome to Hell.

Jose will be looking for a stewards inquiry no doubt.

Mike.

gimmick

I wonder who Man United and Celtic fans will be supporting? Two draws or what?