OFFICIAL CL DRAW

G.A PSG, Real M, Shakhtar, Malmo

G.B PSV, Rags, CSKA, Wolfsburg

G.C Benfica, Ath Mad, Galatasaray, Astana,

G.D Juve, Man City, Sevilla (free tickets!!), B Munchen

G.E Barca, Bayer L, Roma, Bate

G.F Bayern, Arsenal ( ) Olympiakos, GF Dinamo

G.G Chelsea, Porto ( ), Kiev, Tel Aviv

G.H Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, Gent

I'll update each pot as they are drawn....

Come on...Pot E for us - time for pay back!!

so we get PSG or Juve  :p

How can we not be drawn against Zenit?

It came to us between Barca and Juve...why not Zenit? Valencia were put in Zenit's pot before us and that was the only pot....why not Juve for them?

By my reckoning, we can't get Lyon or Roma from pot 3

Country splits for TV deals, same way we only have 2 per side.. arsenal got drawn same half as chelsea so we went to the other side

blueboy wrote:How can we not be drawn against Zenit?

It came to us between Barca and Juve...why not Zenit? Valencia were put in Zenit's pot before us and that was the only pot....why not Juve for them?

Because Chelsea and Arsenal were already drawn in the bottom half, we could only have the top half.

HAH! The rags got CSKA! Someone hasn't done a very good job of warming these balls

Sevilla... Not great.

Chelsea's group is looking quite easy, isn't it?

Free tickets for me, my wife and younger lad!

My oldest, please don't ask, used to love Reyes. He said, IF we get drawn against Sevilla, I'll personally buy us all tickets!

Group C micky mouse group

Group C looks like an easy win for Benfica and Atletico...

Fuck. We're going to get a German side, it's now definite with that.

Pfft! Barca have got United's group of piss easiness!!

Jesus, group H is all the pub teams!

Whi was thinking Wolfburg!

Ah lets pull out of DeBuyrne deal so he can murder the rags!! Not bitter!

Oh, thank god the rags got Wolfsburg! We've got Borussia Moenchen... Munchen... glad... back... Yeah, them.

Not a bad group, not too tough, but no easy games there.

Good group. Glad to see Chelsea, the rags and Arsenal finally getting some decent competition in the group stages!

Juve, no Tevez, no Vidal.......

Thank god, we have no long trips. All within 2-3 hours.

Pot H is pathetic. What a complete non-starter. Typical UEFA.

Some easy groups there but cant complain. ..

So who's going through in each group then? I can't see any surprises really, outside of group B where I reckon CSKA will batter the rags.

When do they dates get announced?
Mrs PPLF is in flight finding duties

She a flight attendant?

In-flight, finding duties?

City has the toughest group out of all the English clubs as per usual
Having said that I reckon all 4 English teams will get through We need to top our group to avoid BM Barca or RM in the next round

Was there an 'unofficial' thread?

No dawg. its just blueboy being a tool!

Personal Gsus wrote:No dawg. its just blueboy being a tool!

Officially a tool or unofficially?

Been driving all fucking day.roadworks everywhere. M62. M60. Jams  on M6 nr Stoke and in Brum. 20 miles of roadworks on M1. Jams on M25 and M20. 6 hrs to Folkestone is a bloody joke.
Listened to draw on TS. Knew we would get rodgered again.wasn't wrong.

According to the fixtures list on the web site we play Borrusia at home on Wed 21 October then the rags at the swamp on the Sunday!!!!

But won't the rags be away for their game before the Derby?

Shame I'm out of the country on that day. I really should duck out of the cup schemes.

Topdawg wrote:Been driving all fucking day.roadworks everywhere. M62. M60. Jams  on M6 nr Stoke and in Brum. 20 miles of roadworks on M1. Jams on M25 and M20. 6 hrs to Folkestone is a bloody joke.
Listened to draw on TS. Knew we would get rodgered again.wasn't wrong.

It's not a competition I give 2 fucks about really
Be nice to get to see some new places though,always fancied doing the touristy stuff in Turin,I love architecture

I spent the evening in a Rome hotel watching Juve v Ajax in the final, after flying the Ajax fans out there from Schiphol for the final. Spent the afternoon with the Ajax fans in the Trevi Fountain. Brilliant fans.

After Juve won, walking up the steps of the aircraft, with Ajax fans in big red hats, all sat there looking glum on the way home, I looked next to us to see Luca Vialli lifting the cup up at our aircraft and the Ajax fans...goading them.

Never liked Juventus from that moment on.

Anyway, off topic. Sorry, never been to Turin, but heard it's nice, but full of Juve fans!  

you should have run over him blue.

Tough group or not, if we're good enough to get through, we will. Simples!!!

I'm sure you say that every year Den!

I do...and we haven't been. Let's hope this seasons signings have made a difference this time round.

Really can't understand why the media are calling it a 'tough draw' for us.

Sevilla - really?

Juventus? - sold most of their best players.

B. Munchers who are glad to be back? - piss easy.

I can see us winning most of these games and topping the group.

Right, who do you want in the semi-final?

People saying United handed a smooth draw? Really?

PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Wolfsburg

Sorry, but I think United will struggle against CSKA and Wolfsburg. They may scrape a win at home to PSV.

I don't think the rags have got an easy group at all. CSKA will absolutely batter them, PSV should ease past them comfortably and Wolfsburg aren't an easy customer at all.

I'd rather have our group than theirs.

Juve may have lost a few if their best players, but they should still be very decent. Sevilla know how to win in Europe and you can't discount any German team. But we'll beat them all, home and away, keeping clean sheets and scoring tons of goals.

Topdawg wrote:Juve may have lost a few if their best players, but they should still be very decent. Sevilla know how to win in Europe and you can't discount any German team. But we'll beat them all, home and away, keeping clean sheets and scoring tons of goals.

Okay. Who the hell are you, and what have you done with our Dawg?

He's fatigued after his long drive - later, after a sleep, he'll back to his old self.

Juve & Sevilla away will be very difficult ties
If MP doesn't do his usual gung ho tactics in Europe & we can get at least 2 draws from these games we should top the group

We thought Bayern away would be difficult, too, but we've beaten them at the Allianz.

I'm under no illusions that this is an easy group, but it's no group of death. There's some tasty fixtures in there and if we set down the right marker, we should be able to do well.

Frankly, I think the rags will have a harder time with CSKA and Wolfsburg.

How hilarious would it be if they lost to the supposed weakest team PSV...at home?

I'm looking forward to them finishing bottom of their group. It's all well and good them thrashing Club Brugge, but let's be honest, Bolton Wanderers would give them a run for their money. CSKA are no walkover and Wolfsburg will be more difficult than they think. PSV, I'd say, are the very least of their worries.