Champions League - 2023/24 - Leipzig, FK Crvena Zvezda, Young Boys

[ninjamonkey]

Really not arsed who we get, it tends to be the same teams every year because of the many rules meaning the picks are automatic half the time and there's absolutely nobody to be worried about in pots 3 or 4. We will most likely get a team from 2 of Germany, Spain and Italy and then one other.

I think there's a seriously strong chance we can retain this. The premier league is the strongest it's ever been in relation to the rest of Europe, Barca are not a shadow of the side from the past 20 years and they're the best spanish side, madrid will always be a threat and they've got the foundations for an incredibly strong side set for the next decade but weve bested them a few times in recent years, they'll certainly fear us more than we would fear them.

Italian teams are improving but still massively off the level needed to win, PSG are no threat, German teams, nobody outside of bayern are a problem and yhe rest of Europe are just filler.

I only see us, madrid or bayern as the 3 realistic winners after that you'd have to look at arsenal and united as the next strongest which says everything.

 

[1stFeb1969]

@prestonibbo_mcfc @Alexia_Ko

It's also being streamed on YouTube if you don't have access to TNT (BT) Sport.

 

[Alfie Budd]

How long after the draw do we find out the fixture dates?
Hoping to do an away in the group stages this year.

Last season, the draw was on a Thursday like today and the fixtures were confirmed on Saturday.

 

[Alexia_Ko]

@prestonibbo_mcfc @Alexia_Ko

It's also being streamed on YouTube if you don't have access to TNT (BT) Sport.

Thanks

 

[jimharri]

We really shouldn't be wetting ourselves about the group stage. Respect ALL the other 31 sides in the competition, even the pot 4 "minnows". You don't get a pass into the Champions League out of the back of a corn flakes box. BUT FEAR NO ONE. Remember....




We're the Champions of Europe. And that didn't come out of a box of corn flakes either.


God, I miss Ilkay.

 

[Manchester33]

I’m confident. I think we’ll rightly be favourites when the group stage kicks off…. BUT:

1. So much can happen between now and June. Impossible to tell who the form sides will be.

2. I honestly think our squad is smaller/weaker than last season. With the added pressure of the CWC, we may struggle to rotate or handle injuries compared to last year.

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

16:45 - 18:45 on TNT Sports 1 (VM channel #527)

2 hours to draw 32 balls, the self-importance and back slapping of this competition is incredible.

Footballers (Ser Harrykins etc) gleefully abandon their boyhood clubs for a whiff of Chumps success.

 

[Axel Freed]

The League Cup 3rd round draw is more fun which isn’t surprising because the League Cup 3rd rd is far more entertaining than the CL group stages

 

[cptaidan88]

16:45 - 18:45 on TNT Sports 1 (VM channel #527)

2 hours to draw 32 balls, the self-importance and back slapping of this competition is incredible.

Footballers (Ser Harrykins etc) gleefully abandon their boyhood clubs for a whiff of Chumps success.

I would say the UEFA people will start talking around 5, and start pulling names out around 5.10. Usually awards in between each round (which you would hope we would fare quite well in), and it will have finished before 5.45 I reckon. The rest will be their pundits saying a combination of "tough draw", "theyll be happy with that", "could have been worse" etc.

 

[SouthStandStander]

16:45 - 18:45 on TNT Sports 1 (VM channel #527)

2 hours to draw 32 balls, the self-importance and back slapping of this competition is incredible.

Footballers (Ser Harrykins etc) gleefully abandon their boyhood clubs for a whiff of Chumps success.

As current holders. I'm all for watching the full 2 hours today :-)