Champions League Group Stage

CrownPointBlue said:
I don't think Barca will be bothered,they are a still hell of a team.

We must take maximum points from the others which will not be a given and look at anything more than a point agin Bara as a bonus.

The global brand exposure ( which is bollocks to me ) will be huge
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This has now proved we have arrived, Sky etc all over it, 3 huge games, let's not forget Gladbach will bring 1000s these are 3 big games not only generating millions for the club, has to be good news for the owners with the massive coverage it will bring for the club. Going to be a expensive few months for us.
 
Here is a view of the average co-efficient rankings for each group....

Group A - average rank 26 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 61 places
Group B - average rank 26.5 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 48 places
Group C - average rank 25.75 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 33 places
(Our group - contains ranking 3, 13, 41 and 46 - all four teams almost ranked better than 2nd highest of Leicesters group, which only included the 12th ranked team)
Group D - average rank 47.25 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 145 places
(Contains 2nd, 4th and 36th - technicaly tougher than our group until you include Rostov ranked 147th)
Group E - average rank 32.75 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 33 places
(highest ranked team 15th, lowest 48th - joint tighest group based on rankings as it's same difference between top ranked and bottom as Group C)
Group F - average rank 35.75 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 83 places
Group G - average rank 59.25 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 87 places
(Group G = Leicesters group - contains ranking 12, 45, 81 and 99)
Group H - average rank 31.75 - difference between top ranked team and bottom 74 places

So based on UEFA rankings alone, we indeed do 'ave the toughest group....

Let's refer to our group as the "Group of warmed balls" ;)

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
Borussia finished bottom of our group last year, had the worst defensive record in the top half of the Bundesliga last year and just sold their best player to Arsenal.

Celtic are a championship level team

obviously upsets happen in football but we should comfortably go through. Pep vs Barca will be an exciting side mission, just hope we fair better than Bayern did.
 
Think we will get beat comfortably by Barca. Pep never does well against Spanish teams in the champions league. They're the finished product whereas city are a work in progress. A battering may not be a bad thing as it gives the players the experience
 
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