2023-24 UEFA Champions League

No harm for Newcastle to get a tough group. They'll be under pressure to build up coefficient points to avoid being pot 4 again next season, let alone get qualify for the next round.

Group F: PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Newcastle

Before the draw, miserly bookies had Newcastle at 25/1 to win the CL. They'd nearly be 25/1 to come out of that group!

I was looking forwards to a decent CL game to watch. Turned on the telly a fecking Celtic match. 'Jayus!' I said. 'Do that many people still watch them?' Surely there were better choices? The sooner Celtic get knocked out the better.

It's tough to watch a Brendan Rodger's team in European games 😖

Better switch that one on instead so, PSG v Dortmund has been extremely cagey to say the least.

Presume there is no way to watch the TNT goals show on sky?

EDIT: ignore me it’s on the red button

Very harsh Dortmund defender diving midair sideways to block the ball, if it was GAA they would have been raving about it.

Its not on TNT through NowTV sadly. Would much rather Jimbo over these games.

Straight red card now for Celtic, down to 9.

Jesus Celtic

That is what I said when I saw RTE were televising the match in the first place. Nearly always poor to watch. Europa league levels at best.

Both teams were poor. It was a mile off the top level CL games.

When brother messaged me to tell me the half time score, I said not a chance it'll finish like that. I said City to get 3 in the 2nd half.

City are so predictable.

When they were analysing City's treble on the radio at the end of last season, I remember hearing one pundits comments and thinking, "do you know what, you're right ".

He had said that there isn't any danger with City, no jeopardy. They are just so strong. He said that Arsenal, and Liverpool before, had mounted incredible runs, yet still weren't winning titles. City were going on runs like 15 straight victories, and there no never any signs they wouldn't win games. It must be soul destroying for teams to rack up a huge number of points in the league, which would normally have you canter to a title, but still City just win q or 2 more to pip you.

The CL group for them is a waste of time. It's too easy, and makes for terrible viewing for the neutral.

I haven't checked the new format, but it has the reek of a super league off it?

I think one of the goals of the new format is to eliminate the 'dead rubber' games in the group stage. Because you're competing against 35 other teams, not just 3, there is more chance that you can drop down the table and lose your advantage.

Plenty of energy about United, good opening 20 for them.

Bayern have been poor though, basic passes not finding their targets.

Dreadful goalkeeping.