Champions League Draw (Shakhtar, Napoli, Feyenoord)

[RACHACE]

Went to Naples about 6 years ago for a day whilst on a cruise, must say it's the biggest shit hole I've ever had the misfortune to visit. After the draw I thought I would watch Ross Kemps documentary on the City, still a shithole and now has the highest murder rate in Europe with the "baby gangs" ruling areas of the City firing their guns and carrying knives. Makes Ukraine look like Butlins. I know some TV programmes are contrived but statistics don't lie.

Feyenoord will be far more dodgy that Naples.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Has anyone heard if the ticket ID checks are being reintroduced for Feyenord. I'm in favour of these collections (sorry if this had been covered elsewhere).

 

[blue by birth]

God, they are really giving me hard competition who to hate more - rags or them.

They are just German rags so it's easy to hate them too.
Arrogant bastard club with a perceived sense of entitlement who know they can just cherry pick any player from any German club who has the temerity to challenge them.
Must admit I would love Dortmund to win the title as met a few of their fans and they are sound lads.

 

[Danny_Johnson4]

Booked.
Out to Amsterdam on the 12th, day there
Train over to Rotterdam on the wednesday for the game and back to Manchester the morning after
Prices not too bad either

 

[sammydrake]

Hello everyone, Napoli fan here. Excellent draw for us, I was actually looking forward to playing City again and trust me - this is going to be a fantastic clash. It is true we don't have Cavani anymore but we now have a terrific coach and we display fantastic football style. I am sure our manager will soon move to a big club in UK. Our team has also improved since 2011/12; we now have a young talented team we are very proud of. It is true we don't have top players like Cavani or Lavezzi anymore but don't forget our defense and midfield were pretty awful back then - we played Chelsea with Cannavaro (moved to Sassuolo the following year), Campagnaro (moved to Pescara), Aronica (retired after a terrible spell in third division), Gargano (moved to Mexico), Dossena (retired one year later) and other weak players who completed the starting XI back then. Nothing compared to the young, brilliant team we enjoy now: Insigne (Barcelona seemed interested in buying him to replace Neymar), Mertens (Barcelona made an official bid this summer but the player refused a move), Koulibaly (Chelsea had a 60m offer rejected), Ghoulam (Monaco has offered 40m to buy him). On top of that, Hamsik has never been in better form this year and we just bought Milik from Ajax last year for 32m. It's going to be a fantastic display of football in our group and I can't wait to see Sarri vs Guardiola.

 

[almir]

They are just German rags so it's easy to hate them too.
Arrogant bastard club with a perceived sense of entitlement who know they can just cherry pick any player from any German club who has the temerity to challenge them.
Must admit I would love Dortmund to win the title as met a few of their fans and they are sound lads.

Dortmund's board is not far away from them, tbh. Germans in football have that sense of entitlement and their way of doing things and they are never tired of telling the world how special they are.

 

[Thomas.V]

Great to see a few Feyenoord fans on here, but after the way they trashed Rome a few seasons ago, I wouldn't get too giddy about a wonderful love-in when City arrive in Rotterdam.

Yeah the rome riots is something i'm not proud of, unfortunately it happened (i wasn't there due to school) Just hope that everything goes well. Last year when we had to face the shitty club of manchester everything went well, so i hope we can repeat it!

We are still gratefull for John Guidetti a few years back, he was the start of our comeback to the top of the Netherlands, with last season being the champion! I think the major of Rotterdam will give you guys a certain fan area in the city. Last time it was at the "oude haven" its in the centre, near Rotterdam Central. Lot of pubs and cafes with good beer and food. (I go there often with friends when i'm going out). Last year i met some english city fans, and they were godd lads to talk about football! seeya!

 

[RACHACE]

Has anyone heard if the ticket ID checks are being reintroduced for Feyenord. I'm in favour of these collections (sorry if this had been covered elsewhere).

So am I. I've emailed the club (well the mancity@mancity email address) for some clarity. I'll hear back by the round of 16 draw I expect.

 

[franksinatra]

Far from it, we were never in the class of Madrid so it was a safe draw, and so it proved. Now I think we can compete we've avoided them. Funny that. Sure as night follows day though the rags get an easy group and yet nothing seems suspicious to you...

So you think the draw was fixed so we avoided the big clubs to protect the cartel clubs?

 

[didsburyblu]

Has anyone heard if the ticket ID checks are being reintroduced for Feyenord. I'm in favour of these collections (sorry if this had been covered elsewhere).

Can't see it. United do ticket collections every European away but there was no collection in feyenoord for this game due to safety concerns which tells you all you need to know about going to this game.
I'm going but will base in Amsterdam and will be straight in and out just before and right after game