Champions League Group Stage

[aka blue jambo]

for easiness .................

Pot 1: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Leicester City, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, CSKA Moscow.

Pot 2: Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Porto, Arsenal, Sevilla,Manchester City.

Pot 3: Dynamo Kiev, Tottenham Hotspur, Lyon, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Club Brugge, Basel, Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Pot 4: Monaco, Besiktas, Legia Warsaw, Ludogorets Razgrad, Celtic, Rostov, FC Copenhagen, Dinamo Zagreb.



· 13–14/09/16:Group stage, matchday one

· 27–28/09/16:Group stage, matchday two

· 18–19/10/16:Group stage, matchday three

· 01–02/11/16:Group stage, matchday four

· 22–23/11/16:Group stage, matchday five

· 06–07/12/16:Group stage, matchday six

· 14–15/02/17 + 21–22/02/17:Round of 16, first leg

· 07–08/03/17 + 14–15/03/17:Round of 16, second leg

· 11–12/04/17:Quarter-finals, first leg

· 18–19/04/17:Quarter-finals, second leg

· 02–03/05/17:Semi-finals, first leg

· 09–10/05/17:Semi-finals, second leg

· 03/06/17:Final (National Stadium of Wales, Cardiff)

 

[Father Paul]

Benfica, Brugge and FC Copenhagen, I don't want those odious c**ts from the east end of Glasgow and their shiny toothed snake oil salesman, hearing those songs and having to disinfect the stadium afterwards would be no fun but I have a sneaky feeling we will get them.

Well at least we don'tr have to face the even more odious C@@ts from the west side of Glasgow and have to board up every shop front in the city!!!

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Preferred: Benfica, Brugge, Copenhagen.
Likely: Barcelona, Kiev & Besiktas/Rostov.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Benfica/CSKA Brugge/Basel Celtic/Copenhagen

Any combination of those would be the ideal draw in terms of both distance to travel and easiness. Looking at it though, the new order in football has pretty much settled now in terms of clubs being in pots they shouldn't be in so we should be progressing comfortably whoever we get, there's no real group of death for us there. I hope spurs get fucked over, see how they cope with aa tough draw.

 

[west didsblue]

Would be happy with anyone bar the usual 3 in pot 1 and would prefer to avoid BMG in pot 3.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

In order of preference:
benfica, cska, psg, juve, bayern, barca, real
brugge, basel, kiev, psv, lyon ,lisbon, borussia
warsaw, ludogrets, celtic, copenhagen, zagreb, monaco, rostov, besiktas.

 

[philiph20]

This. I'd be tempted to say either CSKA, Rostov, or Ludogorets too, but don't fancy any trips to Russia or Eastern Europe, even though I think they'd be a less tough draw in footballing terms. I get what you're saying about the green shite, but I'd quite like to absolutely wipe the floor with them too.

I just hope we all remember to take our shades with Rodgers in the vicinity, those teeth, that spray tan, that ego, the ultimate bullshitter.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

What time exactly is the draw? Independent says:

The Champions League group stage draw takes place at 17:00 BST [18:00 CET] on Thursday 25 August in Monaco.The Champions League group stage draw takes place at 17:00 BST [18:00 CET] on Thursday 25 August in Monaco.

Mirror says something simiilar

Probably gonna look an idiot here, but aren't BST and CET the same?

 

[lazza]

Based on the fact we have two Spanish and two German teams with us in Pot 2, I'm assuming we're nailed on to get one of the Spanish or German teams from Pot 1.

 

[Daz_Blue]

Are United in the empty pot?