2013/14 UEFA Champions League

[AusKnightRKO]

So 4 english, 4 German, 4 Spanish* teams in the final 32, safe to say a winner will from one of those.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Solves the potential UEFA ban problem, although the EL might still get messy

Redbull get "promoted" I guess, if they're fair. The draw is on before the verdict I think.

How pissed off would they be to not gain entry in to the EL while FC Pasching are there from the regional league lol

 

[Jimbo]

Redbull get "promoted" I guess, if they're fair. The draw is on before the verdict I think.

Verdict is out tomorrow. EL draw is on Friday

Red Bull could argue that they might have beaten Arsenal, but an EL spot is better than nothing

How pissed off would they be to not gain entry in to the EL while FC Pasching are there from the regional league lol

I'm sure they would rather have stayed in the CL...

 

[AusKnightRKO]

Im happy to verse Red Bulls if we have too.

 

[Jimbo]

Im happy to verse Red Bulls if we have too.

Given that the group stage draw is tomorrow night, I don't think there'll be enough time for a home-and-away tie...

 

[Twizzle]

Milan through

 

[Sir Biffo]

Celtic scored in the 88th minute to sneak through

 

[Jimbo]

Fenerbahçe's appeal has been rejected


UEFA's Emergency Panel is meeting tonight to figure out what to do about their Europa spot

 

[Big Sam]

With sides like Napoli and Sociedad in tier 4, and BVB and City in tier 3, we could have a couple of groups of death.

 

[Sir Biffo]

I want to see a group with Bayern, PSG, Napoli & Citeh just to hear the cries again as they go out of Europe after the group stages. Barcelona, PSG, BVB & Napoli is pretty tasty too.

 

[Sir Biffo]

Here's the pots as well for the draw:

Pot One: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, Porto, Benfica.
Pot Two: Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, AC Milan, Schalke, Marseille, CSKA Moscow, PSG, Juventus
Pot Three: Zenit, Manchester City, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Basel, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, Leverkusen
Pot Four: FC Copenhagen, Napoli, Anderlecht, Celtic, Steaua Bucuresti, Viktoria Plzen, Real Sociedad, Austria Vienna

 

[pennywisealfie]

There is some really good chances that there will be the group of death to end all group of deaths

 

[Sir Biffo]

I reckon the only way to make a clear cut top and bottom two would be to have Olympiacos and possibly Ajax (they've only won 3 CL games in the last 2 years) and then Vienna & maybe Plzen. Sociedad don't have the quality they once had either, so I'd say they're pushing shit uphill to get to a Europa league place.

 

[Jimbo]

We'll take Marseille, Ajax and Copenhagen thanks...

 

[Sir Biffo]

Copenhagen are probably one of the better teams out of pot 4, on the coeficcients, they're ranked the highest! In saying that I'd still rather them than Napoli or having to travel to Steaua.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

I'm sure Man U will get the easiest group imaginable, again.

I'm resigned to having Milan/Juventus, Cityhad and Sociedad in our group.

How do Cityhad get in to pot 3 anyway they haven't progressed from the group stage in their only 2 attempts.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Fenerbahçe's appeal has been rejected


UEFA's Emergency Panel is meeting tonight to figure out what to do about their Europa spot

Gotta give it to Redbull even though I despise their existence in football it would be a joke to promote a Turkish team. If they don't Redbull will appeal that for sure.

 

[Sir Biffo]

Their coefficient gets dragged up by the England FA. If Liverpool were in the CL they'd be in pot 2!

 

[AusKnightRKO]

Ill take PSG, Zenit and Napoli.

 

[Jason Maher]

A decade ago when the national coefficient counted for more, they probably would have been in pot 2.

The most ridiculous part of the calculation is that the difficulty of the opponent isn't factored in (like it is for the FIFA rankings).