Champions League Group Stage Draw

[King Binny]

 

[Raz]

Sitting here staring at that.... Celtic, Spurs and Leicester City. Lol it's like waking up in the twilight zone.
And Leicester have a great chance of getting out of that group too.

 

[the count]

Champions League: Europe's top four leagues to each get four group-stage spots

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Europe's top four domestic leagues - England, Germany, Italy and Spain - are to be guaranteed four places each in the group stages of the Champions League from the 2018-19 season.
Under the current system, England, Germany and Spain have three places each while their fourth-placed teams must contest a play-off over two legs for a place in the group phase.
Italy has only two guaranteed places, plus one in the play-off round.

 

[LarryHagman]

That must be the most depressing looking Chumps League I've ever seen.

 

[50 shades of red]

No wonder they want to change the format of the competition. That draw must beat low temperature and short days in triggering hibernation.

 

[Pesam]

As United look to be a real threat this season I'm glad to see they've had a bad draw in the Europa league. Trips away in Ukraine and Turkey. I still hope they qualify for the knock out phase though because the longer they stay in then the more impact it could have on their league form. Ideally they get knocked out in the quarters or semi final.

 

[darkstarexodus]

It's a sad state of things when it takes a full day for a thread on this draw to get posted on here. Goes to show how distant CL seems for us - of minimal relevance.

 

[cloggypop]

As United look to be a real threat this season I'm glad to see they've had a bad draw in the Europa league. Trips away in Ukraine and Turkey. I still hope they qualify for the knock out phase though because the longer they stay in then the more impact it could have on their league form. Ideally they get knocked out in the quarters or semi final.

Dirk is going to score a hattrick against them.

 

[King Binny]

 

[leftpeg]

It'll be interesting to see who Rodgers rests in the games against Barcelona.

 

[6TimesaRed]

Fuck this new format..

It means 9 places available for the rest, after the holders, Europa League winners and The 5 from the Champions route..

What a mockery it makes of the competition..

Its in danger of becoming same ol same ol repetitive boring and shite.

 

[Raz]

Fuck this new format..

It means 9 places available for the rest, after the holders, Europa League winners and The 5 from the Champions route..

What a mockery it makes of the competition..

Its in danger of becoming same ol same ol repetitive boring and shite.

It is already. I don't bother with group stages anymore.