2016-17 UEFA Champions League

Mr.Nice Guy

The Golden Miller wrote: »

I have seen them recently, and they are indeed a bit weak, but I'd still expect them to get through. By no means in all kind of trouble

Half-Time score: FC Rostov 1-0 Ajax.

Can we agree they're in trouble now? :pac:

The Golden Miller

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Half-Time score: FC Rostov 1-0 Ajax.

Can we agree they're in trouble now? :pac:

I'll give you that one

Mushy

Tis 2-0 now, look likely to be joining Dundalk now.

Mushy

Make that 3 now

Mr.Nice Guy

Man, Ajax were a giant club when I was a kid. I remember kids having their jerseys. Sad what's happening to them now.

Edit: And it's 4-0 now.

GLaDOS

That's pretty humiliating for Ajax

Francie Barrett

It's not really surprising. Ajax compete in a league with a tiny fraction of the sponsorship money that Spanish, English and German teams would get.

A Dub in Glasgo

Francie Barrett wrote: »

It's not really surprising. Ajax compete in a league with a tiny fraction of the sponsorship money that Spanish, English and German teams would get.

but they were playing a Russian team?

citytillidie

Playoff Round 2nd Leg Results
Champions Route
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 2 V 2 Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) (Agg 2-4)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 2 V 0 Celtic (SCO) (Agg 4-5)
APOEL (CYP) 1 V 1 FC København (DEN) (Agg 1-2)
Legia Warszawa (POL) 1 V 1 Dundalk (IRL) (Agg 3-1)
FC Salzburg (AUT) 2 V 1 GNK Dinamo (CRO) (Agg 3-2)

League Route
Manchester City (ENG) 1 V 0 Steaua București (ROU) (Agg 6-0)
Roma (ITA) 0 V 3 Porto (POR) (Agg 1-4)
Rostov (RUS) 4 V 1 Ajax (NED) (Agg 5-2)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 6 V 1 Young Boys (SUI) (Agg 9-2)
Monaco (FRA) 1 V 0 Villarreal (ESP) (Agg 3-1)

citytillidie

Group Stage Pots
Pot 1
Real Madrid (ESP)
Barcelona (ESP)
Leicester City (ENG)
Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA)
Benfica (POR)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)

Pot 2
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Arsenal (ENG)
Manchester City (ENG)
Sevilla (ESP)
Porto (POR)
Napoli (ITA)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)

Pot 3
Basel (SUI)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Lyon (FRA)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Sporting CP (POR)
Club Brugge (BEL)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

Pot 4
Celtic (SCO)
Monaco (FRA)
Beşiktaş (TUR)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
GNK Dinamo (CRO)
FC København (DEN)
Rostov (RUS)

inforfun

AZ is also screwed slightly by this Ajax disaster as they most likely will end up in pot 2 for the EL draw instead of 1
A while ago i posted a "tip" that 17/1 for no manager to leave or get fired in the Dutch league (lots of managers in their first year, other clubs who cant afford it) but Bosz will have to start winning matches otherwise he ll be gone end of next month.
Fact he played a big part of his career at Feyenoord will not give him mare credit either.

So that will be no Dutch direct qualification from 2018/19 onwards.
But since the maffiauefa has plans to guarantee 4 starting places for England/germany/spain/italy that was always going to happen anyways.

Shows nothing changed at that corrupt ****hole in Switzerland because.... why 4 places for italy? Their teams lost 6 of the last 7 CL qualifiers.

Would be great if the other 51 UEFA members would say: You know what, stick that CL there where the sun doesnt shine.

Will be the end of european cup football as i always liked it.

I really dont need 6x Barca - Real in year. Certainly not when in a few years those matches will be without Messi/Ronaldo.

citytillidie

inforfun wrote: »

AZ is also screwed slightly by this Ajax disaster as they most likely will end up in pot 2 for the EL draw instead of 1
A while ago i posted a "tip" that 17/1 for no manager to leave or get fired in the Dutch league (lots of managers in their first year, other clubs who cant afford it) but Bosz will have to start winning matches otherwise he ll be gone end of next month.
Fact he played a big part of his career at Feyenoord will not give him mare credit either.

So that will be no Dutch direct qualification from 2018/19 onwards.
But since the maffiauefa has plans to guarantee 4 starting places for England/germany/spain/italy that was always going to happen anyways.

Shows nothing changed at that corrupt ****hole in Switzerland because.... why 4 places for italy? Their teams lost 6 of the last 7 CL qualifiers.

Would be great if the other 51 UEFA members would say: You know what, stick that CL there where the sun doesnt shine.

Will be the end of european cup football as i always liked it.

I really dont need 6x Barca - Real in year. Certainly not when in a few years those matches will be without Messi/Ronaldo.

Because there is a chance of Italy taking over England as top 3rd league so it is really helping to protect the Premier League

Jelle1880

Those changes are a complete joke.

What have Italy done on a club level to even warrant 4 places ? Their second and third best clubs can't even make any proper impact (or can't even qualify).

More protection for the big leagues. Really hoping many countries tell them to do one and start their own European tournament.

That_Guy

3 minutes in and already the Champos League draw has plunged into new low depths.

A Dub in Glasgo

What a lot of shite this is

That_Guy

It's almost Eurovision-esque this.

Just get on with the bloody thing.

Doctor Jimbob

That_Guy wrote: »

It's almost Eurovision-esque this.

Just get on with the bloody thing.

It's beyond almost. Full on nonsense.

citytillidie

Dunno why people are complaining it is the same every season

That_Guy

Very fancy way of saying "just pulling balls out and naming teams and lashing them into groups".

A Dub in Glasgo

citytillidie wrote: »

Dunno why people are complaining it is the same every season

Haven't watched it for a few years so forgot it is all tripe

citytillidie

oh Pep

A Dub in Glasgo

UEFA should fine themselves for this cringey amateur show

GLaDOS

Decent draw for Spurs

ERG89

citytillidie wrote: »

Dunno why people are complaining it is the same every season

You'd think their banter would be smoother but it's awkward.
Spurs into group E.
E for Europa League quality teams it looks like

LuckyGent88

Not a bad draw for Leicester so far.

dfx-

Jelle1880 wrote: »

What have Italy done on a club level to even warrant 4 places ? Their second and third best clubs can't even make any proper impact (or can't even qualify)

They nearly had it on merit over England. The european co-efficient was not just based on CL+ England's awful recent performances, especially in the Europa League.

The changes protect England's spot moreso than gifting it to Italy..

citytillidie

Man City and Borussia Mönchengladbach again

GLaDOS

Ian Rush having some trouble opening the balls :pac:

citytillidie

Leicester with the Man Utd group draw :pac:

GLaDOS

Dundalk were mentioned, wahey!

Father Hernandez

Imagine it had been Dundalk against Real & Dortmund!!

citytillidie

Celtic best hope for Group B

That_Guy

Group A

PSG
Arsenal
FC Basel
Ludogorets

Group B

Benfica
Napoli
Dynamo Kiev
Besiktas

Group C

Barcelona
Manchester City
Gladbach
Celtic



Group D

Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid
PSV
Rostov

Group E

CSKA Moscow
Bayer Leverkusen
Spurs
Monaco

Group F

Real Madrid
Borussia Dortmund
Sporting CP
Legia Warsaw

Group G

Leicester
FC Porto
Club Brugge
FC Copenhagen

Group H

Juventus
Sevilla
Lyon
Dinamo Zagreb

citytillidie

Group Stage
Group A
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Arsenal (ENG)
Basel (SUI)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)

Group B
SL Benfica (POR)
Napoli (ITA)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Beşiktaş (TUR)

Group C
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Manchester City (ENG)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)
Celtic (SCO)

Group D
FC Bayern München (GER)
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Rostov (RUS)

Group E
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Monaco (FRA)

Group F
Real Madrid (ESP)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Sporting CP (POR)
Legia Warszawa (POL)

Group G
Leicester City (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Club Brugge (BEL)
FC København (DEN)

Group H
Juventus (ITA)
Sevilla (ESP)
Lyon (FRA)
GNK Dinamo (CRO)

ERG89

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Imagine it had been Dundalk against Real & Dortmund!!

Could get United or Inter. Still be good though.


Poor Celtic

A Dub in Glasgo

That Celtic ball and Group C ball had rivets, UEFA punishes Celtic :pac:

Father Hernandez

ERG89 wrote: »

Could get United or Inter. Still be good though.


Poor Celtic

Hope they get United !!

LuckyGent88

Well at least the atmospheres at parkhead should be unreal

steirishrover

Big money for celtic with them fixtures.. Rodgers will urgently need to sign a 3 or 4 players

HalloweenJack

A very good group for Leicester. I imagine Porto will win it but Leicester should be able to edge out Bruge and Copenhagen over six games.

Guy:Incognito

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Imagine it had been Dundalk against Real & Dortmund!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAUY1J8KizU

Agent Coulson

Rodgers must be having orgasms tonight getting the chance to show up his idol Pep that Rodgersball is better than Pepball.

citytillidie

Playing Tuesday
Group A
Basel (SUI) V Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) V Arsenal (ENG)

Group B
SL Benfica (POR) V Beşiktaş (TUR)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) V Napoli (ITA)

Group C
FC Barcelona (ESP) V Celtic (SCO)
Manchester City (ENG) V Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

Group D
FC Bayern München (GER) V Rostov (RUS)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) V Atlético Madrid (ESP)

Playing Wednesday
Group E
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) V CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) V Monaco (FRA)

Group F
Legia Warszawa (POL) V Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Real Madrid (ESP) V Sporting CP (POR)

Group G
Club Brugge (BEL) V Leicester City (ENG)
Porto (POR) V FC København (DEN)

Group H
Juventus (ITA) V Sevilla (ESP)
Lyon (FRA) V GNK Dinamo (CRO)

GreNoLi

PSG arsenal looks to be the pick of the bunch, going for an arse win.

Bayern to win competition outright with Carletto at the helm.

Mr.Nice Guy

Arsenal XI:

Ospina - Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal - Coquelin, Cazorla - Iwobi, Özil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sanchez.

PSG XI:

Areola - Aurier, Marquinhos, Silva (c), Maxwell - Krychowiak, Verratti, Rabiot - Di Maria, Cavani, Matuidi.

Quite surprised Cech and Giroud aren't starting for Arsenal.

Interesting to see the highly rated Areola nip ahead of Trapp in the line-up (ho ho). A lot of people reckon he should be the number one, although I like Kevin Trapp. Kurzawa will be missed but the defence looks alright; Silva hasn't played this season I don't think which could be a problem for them. Good to see Rabiot play and he'll be important if they are to win.

PSG's midfield looks much stronger than Arsenal's does. I think PSG can win this but I wonder will Cavani take the chances that come along? He hasn't been playing well.

This is a tough one to predict but it should be a fun game. I'll go with PSG to edge it.

The Talking Bread

Ah welcome back! That beautiful (but altogether ridiculous!) Champ league anthem!

Dirty Dingus McGee

Really looking forward to the Man City v Borussia Monchengladbach match tonight.Should be a cracker.

elefant

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Really looking forward to the Man City v Borussia Monchengladbach match tonight.Should be a cracker.

Called off.

GreNoLi

Confirmed for damp squib then.

eagle eye

I don't think Celtic could have picked a worse time to face Barca. Coming off a loss at the weekend those players will be out to destroy all around them.