The draw for the Champions League group stages

[Simster]

i have another idea....how about you have ONE team from each country (the league winners...or...champions perhaps). The other teams from each country could then take part in another competition, some sort of "cup", for teams in UEFA...not sure of the name yet. That competition might get a bit crowded, so you could bring in another, one for maybe just "cup winners". Resulting in 3 strong competitions instead of 1 strong competition and 1 that no-one cares about.

You could then get rid of all this mega draw nonsense

I know this is often levelled at UEFA but to be fair, often those competitions were utter gash for the neutral until the quarter final stages. We are where we are.

I'd tweak things so that you had no seeds in the Champions League, no transferring from the Champions League to the Europa League (as that clearly diminishes the latter), and the finalists of the Europa League are guaranteed a spot in the Champions League, (instead of the 4th placed teams of the two of the bigger leagues).

 

[Simster]

*cough* 0.77% is 77 in TEN THOUSAND *cough*

Which is 7.7%...

And this also doesn't mean it won't happen.

Thanks chaps. It aint gonna happen is it!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

I know this is often levelled at UEFA but to be fair, often those competitions were utter gash for the neutral until the quarter final stages. We are where we are.

I'd tweak things so that you had no seeds in the Champions League, no transferring from the Champions League to the Europa League (as that clearly diminishes the latter), and the finalists of the Europa League are guaranteed a spot in the Champions League, (instead of the 4th placed teams of the two of the bigger leagues).

i used to love the cup winners cup

 

[MJsGhost]

Group F:
Napoli, Arsenal, Marseilles and Dortmund

Ouch!

 

[MJsGhost]

Group H:
Celtic have Barcelona, Milan and Ajax

:snigger:

 

[Napper]

Chelsea have a bye to the knockouts

 

[KZNSeagull]

So have Man U, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Porto all in the same group? Might make for a good group stage but some shit last 16 games and quarter finals

What you mean is that some lesser teams might get a chance to make some more money and we cannot have that, can we?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

arsenal were first seeds but probably the third best team in the group

well done uefa

 

[Guy Fawkes]

So have Man U, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Porto all in the same group? Might make for a good group stage but some shit last 16 games and quarter finals

And that would be a bad thing how?

Stops the same teams getting to the later stages and being able to spend that extra revenue to maintain their position there and in their domestic leagues whilst helping smaller clubs earn more by having a longer cup run

Or should other competitions be seeded too? Should the FA Cup be seeded so to avoid having 2 top flight teams play each other until the last 32 (or cut the premier league to 15 team and introduce them along with 1 club making it through a competition with all the other teams first as the last 16), just to avoid what some might consider boring matches involving lower league or smaller teams?

I would like to see an FA Cup competition where all league teams come in during the first round proper (or even from the very start, how about Man Utd vs a pub side who entered - money spinner for the small team which may keep them in business for years to come)

 

[Stat Brother]

Stoney -devote gooner pessimist:-

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[Stat Brother]

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Yes but what is the chance of 4 of the top 8 seeds ending up in one group?

I've just worked it out. The chance of that happening is 0.77% - or 77 in a THOUSAND.

The correct answer is 5.1%

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Group H:
Celtic have Barcelona, Milan and Ajax

:snigger:

This. Least the fans have some top away days.

 

[whitelion]

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Could you post a link to this please?

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Sooooooooo ummmmmmmmm who got who for those of us only slightly bothered?

Celtic ALWAYS get Barca!

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Arsenal are out then... unless Wenger splashes some cash finally!

Celtic are also out.

Man utd, Chelsea and City to easily make it through.

 

[nomoremithras4me]

Who cares?

 

[stripeyshark]

Group F:
Napoli, Arsenal, Marseilles and Dortmund

Ouch!

Arsenal always get the toughest away games.

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Who cares?

If you don't give a f#*K why open the thread.

 

[nomoremithras4me]

If you don't give a f#*K why open the thread.

So I could put 'who cares'