Champions League 13/14

Discussion in 'Association Football Discussion' started by RyanG, Aug 30, 2013.

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  1. RyanG R Gee

    Group A
    Manchester United
    Shaktar Donetsk
    Bayer Leverkusen
    Real Sociedad

    Group B
    Real Madrid
    Juventus
    Galatasaray
    FC Copenhagen

    Group C
    Benfica
    Paris St Germain
    Olympiacos
    RSC Anderlecht

    Group D
    Bayern Munich
    CSKA Moscow
    Manchester City
    Viktoria Plzen

    Group E
    Chelsea
    Schalke
    FC Basel
    Steau Bucharest

    Group F
    Arsenal
    Marseille
    Borussia Dortmund
    Napoli

    Group G
    FC Porto
    Atletico Madrid
    Zenit St Petersburg
    Austria Wien

    Group H
    Barcelona
    AC Milan
    Ajax
    Celtic
     
    RyanG, Aug 30, 2013
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  2. RyanG R Gee

    Group H will provide some great matches. Chelsea shouldn't have any problems making it through the group stage.
     
    RyanG, Aug 30, 2013
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  3. Furball G Furball

    Hopefully Group H will provide a new record for worst Champions League record.

    Absolute pisser of a group for Arsenal. Group B was a bit of a let down after Real Madrid and Juventus were the first 2 out of the hat.
     
    Furball, Aug 30, 2013
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  4. Fiery GR Smith

    C'arn Copenhagen!
     
    Fiery, Aug 30, 2013
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  5. Eds E Ames

    Group H is overrated. Ajax and Celtic will be poo this season.

    F is easily the most interesting. Also looking forward to Juve v Real far too much.
     
    Eds, Aug 30, 2013
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  6. Alex AJ O'Driscoll

    Does something have to be done about the seedings if Borussia Dortmund, last seasons runners up are in the 3rd lot?
     
    Alex, Aug 30, 2013
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  7. Uppercut CB Faldo

    I think so, yeah. At the minute the last five years are all weighted equally, more recent years should be given slightly greater weightings.

    The United and Arsenal groups are the interesting ones.
     
    Uppercut, Aug 30, 2013
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  8. Furball G Furball

    Dortmund are in pot 3 because their last 5 years in Europe are:

    Did Not Qualify
    Did Not Qualify
    Did Not Qualify
    4th in CL group
    Runners up

    Had they won they'd have been in pot 1.

    It could maybe be weighted to more recent years but Dortmund are in pot 3 because they've done almost nothing over the last 5 years.

    For me the big issue in terms of seeding is that wins in the Champions League get the same number of points as Europa League wins.
     
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    Furball, Aug 30, 2013
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  9. Uppercut CB Faldo

    Yeah that is also a joke. What's Atletico Madrid's recent CL record? I don't recall them being in it at all but they've won the Europa League twice and been placed in pot 2.
     
    Uppercut, Aug 30, 2013
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  10. Furball G Furball

    They were in Chelsea's group in season 2009/10. I remember watching Aguero scoring twice against them in a bar somewhere in Luton en route to watching Rangers draw in Romania.

    There's bonus co-efficient points for qualifying for the Champions League and for the last 16, but I think they should look at a system where it's 3 points for a CL win, 2 for a Europa win and 1 for a draw.
     
    Furball, Aug 30, 2013
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  11. Verigoat S Verigotta

    I don't think H will be overrated in terms of how exciting it is

    I reckon every away game at Celtic will be gr8
     
    Verigoat, Aug 30, 2013
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  12. Furball G Furball

    For once I'd like teams to go to Parkhead and actually try. Sick of Celtic fluking results every fucking year.
     
    Furball, Aug 30, 2013
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  13. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

    Also the points for the club being worth so much more than the league is bad imo.
     
    Magrat Garlick, Aug 30, 2013
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  14. Scottie NG Scott

    Haha, poor old FCK.

    They've been pretty rubbish this season, too. Hope to catch a match or two at Parken. :)
     
    Scottie, Aug 30, 2013
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  15. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

    FuCK
     
    Magrat Garlick, Aug 30, 2013
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  16. Lukic L Popovic

    Celtic don't need to put forth any effort at all in the league and it's a decently sized trip for most teams to get to Scotland so until Rangers return to make the league relevant, Celtic will do better than they should in Europe.
     
    Lukic, Aug 31, 2013
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  17. Lukic L Popovic

    Group A
    Manchester United
    Shaktar Donetsk

    Group B
    Real Madrid
    Juventus

    Group C
    Benfica
    Paris St Germain

    Group D
    Bayern Munich
    Manchester City

    Group E
    Chelsea
    FC Basel

    Group F
    Arsenal
    Borussia Dortmund

    Group G
    FC Porto
    Zenit St Petersburg

    Group H
    Barcelona
    AC Milan


    Pretty sure I've gone with the obvious picks in almost every group barring Basel over Schalke. CSKA over City is the one I'd go closest to changing.
     
    Lukic, Aug 31, 2013
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  18. mouse MJ Edwards

    Class from Ozil
     
    mouse, Oct 2, 2013
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  19. the_killerz S Bakkum

    Ozil will be the buy of the season for sure.
     
    the_killerz, Oct 2, 2013
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  20. mouse MJ Edwards

    Stupid from Brown. Yeah, Neymar made the most of it, but he gave the ref a decision to make which he really didnt need to do. Silly sly kick.
     
    Last edited: Oct 2, 2013
    mouse, Oct 2, 2013
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