jcrawfor Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Looks like the English clubs had quite the luck in the CL draw this year. I mean, ManU plays Besitkas, CSKA and Wolfsburg; they've got to be favorites to not drop a point. I'm hoping the luck continues our way, I mean after our draws in the FA Cup last year one would think we're due a few easier teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 It would be nice to have an easier draw wouldn't it? But is there any chance of any easy draws in the league? We may stand a chance if we are seeded, but I don't know if that is going to happen. Anyway, fingers crossed for a good draw and an improvement in performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w111alg Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Bring on Celtic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Bring on Celtic! Celtic is unlikely because if UEFA do the seedings the simplist way; that is the top twelve rated teams (by coefficient) are top seeds, next twelve second seeds and so on then we'll be in the same group as Celtic (2nd seeded) . The four groups would be made up like this... Top seeds.. Werder Bremen Villarreal AS Roma PSV Eindhoven Shakhtar Donetsk Sporting CP Lisbon Hamburger SV Benfica Valencia Panathinaikos Ajax Steaua Bucuresti Second seeds.. Fenerbahçe FC Basel Lille OSC Celtic Everton Club Brugge Heerenveen Galatasaray Anderlecht Austria Wien FC København Lazio Roma *4 Third seeds.. Hertha Sparta Praha Dinamo Bucuresti AEK Athens Slavia Praha Levski Sofia Athletic Bilbao Partizan Belgrade Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Twente Enschede Dinamo Zagreb Fulham FC Fourth seeds.. CSKA Sofia Toulouse CFR Cluj Genoa Rapid Wien FC Timisoara BATE Borisov Nacional Funchal FC Salzburg Sturm Graz FK Ventspils Sheriff Tiraspol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 I'd love us to draw Ajax. I'd be made up with that! For me an ideal draw would be this:- Ajax Everton Partizan Belgrade Sheriff Terrispol Hardest possible draw IMO:- Villereal/ Valencia Everton Hertha Berlin CSKA Sofia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 I think Man Utd might actually struggle, if not simply find it no easy job to progress. Any way, onto more important matters. I just hope we don't get Either of the Spanish teams mentioned above or Roma. I think we'd get embarrassed in a similar fashion to the way we did the last time we played Villareal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gy-blues Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Any way, onto more important matters. I just hope we don't get Either of the Spanish teams mentioned above or Roma. I think we'd get embarrassed in a similar fashion to the way we did the last time we played Villareal. [/quote Should've knocked villareal out but for a bald alien referee, Surely not embarrassed! Fancy dinamo myself piece of cake no potential for embarressment there!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 I vividly remember getting outplayed at home. It was like they were giving us a lesson in how to pass the ball. This is what I'm referring to and, for me what happened then out-weighs Collina's mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 yikes, looks like there are some really tough games out there! the good thing about villa going out is we should be on Channel 5 alot more now! I say bring on any of them! i can see this being a more luctrative system than the old uefa cup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcrawfor Posted August 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 yikes, looks like there are some really tough games out there! the good thing about villa going out is we should be on Channel 5 alot more now! I say bring on any of them! i can see this being a more luctrative system than the old uefa cup! I completely agree. Look at the teams, compared to two years ago the competition is at an entirely different level. i mean, had we made it past Fiorentina...I would think we'd have been favorites to make the final with bayern. now, I'd be happy to see us progress to the last 16 or 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonKey Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 How good did Rapid look against Villa by the way. Milner was going on about Villa having chances.... bloody hell Rapid should've put 3 or 4 past them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I completely agree. Look at the teams, compared to two years ago the competition is at an entirely different level. i mean, had we made it past Fiorentina...I would think we'd have been favorites to make the final with bayern. now, I'd be happy to see us progress to the last 16 or 8. Not forgetting that after the group stage there will be more Champions League dropouts joining the pot for the knockout stages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporting4ever Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Just like yesterday's draw, today's should be interesting too. The pairings were almost incredible. Real and Milan, plus Barcelona and Inter, after the summer transfers, are amazing pairings. Chelsea getting porto again is also gonna be interesting. Anyways, while I'd like to see you guys come visit us, I'd prefer you teaching our "dear" benfica neighbours a couple of lessons , but most of all I wish you guys good luck on the draw, may we meet each other in the final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofanon Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Pls can for once have a half decent draw? The last couple of years have been harsh! Villareal, Fiorentina, Standard Liege... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMouse Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Top seeds.. Werder Bremen Villarreal AS Roma PSV Eindhoven Shakhtar Donetsk Sporting CP Lisbon Hamburger SV Benfica Valencia Panathinaikos Ajax Steaua Bucuresti Thats some group of top seeded teams.... OK not the mighty giants of Europe but compared to our Blues.... hmmmm at least a couple of tough games coming up I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Panathinaikos Ajax Steaua Bucuresti Would be the top seeds we'd be hoping for. Maybe Benfica and Sporting? The Europa League really is on another level this year. It's pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaintoomer Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Links to watch the draw folks UEFA video link. My link If that doesn't go straight to it you'll get there via UEFA website. There's also audio and on screen live draw shows too, so whatever works best for you. My link Quite why it just says my link for both I haven't fully fathomed, bu top one is video, 2nd UEFA.com, as it says on the tin. I'll work out this insert link bit out for next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Best way to do it is just type [*url=http://www.mywebsitegoeshere.com]The text I want the link to show[*/url] while obviously removing the *'s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 http://video.uefa.com/video/Competitions/uefacup/Season=2010/liveDraw_videoFlash.html Yo can watch draw live from this link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Our top seed is Benfica. Not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Benfica top seed we'll play. I'll take that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Brilliant draw! Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Lazio and Villereal drawn together, could be group of death already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 It pisses me off that Sky has not even mentioned Europa League on SSN. For the champions leagu draw yesterday they had a whole panel of people in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Jesus, they are dragging this out a bit......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Why have they got some YTS lad presenting it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 IEK Athens, interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 AEK....another big club! Bit of pointless trivia (having spent endless hours talking football in Greece). Whereas we tend to say their name A ee kay....the Greeks call them eye-ak . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 haha that guy from Levski looked happy to be in the group with Villareal and Lazio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 AEk Athens in our group too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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