***Official Soccer Discussion Thread*** (4 Viewers)

[The Z Machine]

Pep going back to Camp Nou is the story.

 

[shader]

Tott avoids Group F

 

[Slapdash]

Hopefully it goes just as well as his last visit

 

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Group E: CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham

 

[GoFishTN]

Great group.

 

[The Z Machine]

Spurs luck out!

 

[shader]

No idea what happened there.  Tottenham got the easy draw for some reason.  

 

[GoFishTN]

No idea what happened there.  Tottenham got the easy draw for some reason.  

 Guess we'll take it.

 

[The Z Machine]

I don't know why Spurs weren't eligible for the Bayern / Atleti group.  Something about the two group divisions?

 

[B Maverick]

Go Leicester!

GROUP G

Leicester(ENG)

Porto(POR)

Club Brugge(BEL)

 

[The Z Machine]

PSV played well against Atlético last season.  Went to penalties as I recall.  Some recent bad blood here.

 

[The Z Machine]

ENG looking to improve their coefficient with these draws.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Chelsea looking to buy AC Milan's CB Romagnoli for 40-50 mil.  That's insane...Milan just bought him for 25 m last year (a fee deemed excessive, even then...& he's preformed so-so.  The talent is there, not sure about the rest.

Interesting to see Milan conducting transfer negotiations via their official website. http://www.acmilan.com/it/news/prima-squadra/2016-08-25/ac-milan-comunicato-ufficiale

AC Milan ha ricevuto un’importante offerta economica da parte del Chelsea per il proprio giocatore Alessio Romagnoli.

Il giocatore rossonero è incedibile, per cui la proposta di mercato non avrà alcun seguito. Ringraziamo il Chelsea, Club con cui il Milan continuerà ad avere gli ottimi rapporti sportivi di sempre.

("Il giocatore rossonero è incedibile"  = "this player is not for sale")

 

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Tough draw for Arsenal and Man City.  Easy draws for Leicester. Tott is no walk in the park, it looks like four really solid teams.

 

[B Maverick]

Go Leicester!

GROUP G

Leicester(ENG)

Porto(POR)

Club Brugge(BEL)

GROUP G




Leicester(ENG)



Porto(POR)



Club Brugge(BEL)



København(DEN)

 

[Sinn Fein]

Tottenham really needs some luck here.

Because?

This is about as favorable a draw as Spurs could hope to get.

 

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Group A: PSG, Arsenal, Basel, Ludogorets Razgrad

Group B: Benfica, Napoli, Dynamo Kiev, Besiktas

Group C: Barcelona, Man City, Gladbach, Celtic

Group D: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, Rostov

Group E: CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham, Monaco

Group F: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting, Legia Warsaw

Group G: Leicester, Porto, Club Brugge, FC Copenhagen

Group H: Juventus, Sevilla, Lyon, Dinamo Zagreb

 

[Sinn Fein]

ENG looking to improve their coefficient with these draws.

I think the draws were favorable for each English team, and they all have a chance to advance now.

 

[The Z Machine]

English teams avoided a ton of top teams.  Arsenal should be even money to win group.  Spurs and LC should be favored to win the group.  City will get 2nd and advance.  Great chances to actually have English representation in latter stages.

 

[El Floppo]

damn... groups C & D are pretty brutal

 

[B Maverick]

Arsenal should advance.  City seems to have a group c of death feel.  Tott and Leicester have a good chance to advance.

 

[The Z Machine]

leeeeeeegs!

Nice work Ada

 

[The Z Machine]

Bale gonna win this, right?

 

[GoFishTN]

Bale gonna win this, right?

You spell Ronaldo funny.

 

[El Floppo]

Arsenal should advance.  City seems to have a group c of death feel.  Tott and Leicester have a good chance to advance.

if Leicester can't advance... probably for the better- will signify their team can't compete against mid-range teams, and so they'll really need to concentrate on the league. and if they do advance, will be interesting to see how it affects them in the epl.

Tott should be fine there- will be interesting to watch them figure out how to balance who plays when.

 

[JaxBill]

damn... groups C & D are pretty brutal

What is Celtic's goal diff going to be? -15? -20?

 

[The Z Machine]

Booo.  Ronaldo didn't deserve it IMO.  He wasn't the most important player on either of the championship sides.

 

[Kafka]

damn... groups C & D are pretty brutal

Group F, also...Sporting has a pretty good team now, & Legia Warsaw, well...

 

[Kafka]

Interesting to see Milan conducting transfer negotiations via their official website. http://www.acmilan.com/it/news/prima-squadra/2016-08-25/ac-milan-comunicato-ufficiale

("Il giocatore rossonero è incedibile"  = "this player is not for sale")

I think this response was to Chelsea's original offer, & then Chelsea upped it to 40-50 m€...but I'm not sure...can't imagine Milan turning down even 40m, with the sad state of affairs they are currently in.

 

[Kafka]

GROUP G




Leicester(ENG)



Porto(POR)



Club Brugge(BEL)



København(DEN)

Porto...

 

[Slapdash]

English teams avoided a ton of top teams.  Arsenal should be even money to win group.  Spurs and LC should be favored to win the group.  City will get 2nd and advance.  Great chances to actually have English representation in latter stages.

Will have to wait on the knockout stages for their inevitable let-down

 

[Kafka]

Booo.  Ronaldo didn't deserve it IMO.  He wasn't the most important player on either of the championship sides.

#Gatorattacks.....ain't talking about Florida, either...

 

[roadkill1292]

I'll be ready to join in this Group Stage Talk tomorrow. Right after I finish googling Southampton's opponents. And then google their opponents' countries.

 

[Kafka]

I'll be ready to join in this Group Stage Talk tomorrow. Right after I finish googling Southampton's opponents. And then google their opponents' countries.

You & me both (Roma, that is)

 

[Poke_4_Life]

F yeah!  Spurs got a great draw.  Now clinch these signings and get some #### done.  

 

[El Floppo]

Porto...

sorry, gb- hard to look at that without thinking what a cake-walk your guys would have had in their stead.

 

[Kafka]

sorry, gb- hard to look at that without thinking what a cake-walk your guys would have had in their stead.

That's the worst part, Roma NEVER gets a decent draw in UCL...& the one time.....coulda/woulda/shoulda.  

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Booo.  Ronaldo didn't deserve it IMO.  He wasn't the most important player on either of the championship sides.

Perhaps not in the two championship games (due to injury), but over the course of the competition - particularly Champions League (16 goals) - there's no doubt about CR. That second leg against Wolfsburg ...

 

[Kafka]

F yeah!  Spurs got a great draw.  Now clinch these signings and get some #### done.  

like....signed,

Shader

 

[CletiusMaximus]

sorry, gb- hard to look at that without thinking what a cake-walk your guys would have had in their stead.

Starting next year, the Serie A 3 (and 4th) will qualify directly to the group stage, so no risk of getting kicked out by a plucky side from Portugal.

 

[El Floppo]

Starting next year, the Serie A 3 (and 4th) will qualify directly to the group stage, so no risk of getting kicked out by a pluck side from Portugal.

cool... but sadly, that doesn't help roma.

 

[roadkill1292]

Starting next year, the Serie A 3 (and 4th) will qualify directly to the group stage, so no risk of getting kicked out by a plucky side from Portugal.

 

[CBusAlex]

I'll be ready to join in this Group Stage Talk tomorrow. Right after I finish googling Southampton's opponents. And then google their opponents' countries.

"There really is an Ubekibekibekistanistan? Well that's egg on my face."

 

[El Floppo]

Balotelli to nice? or is that ... too nice.

I hope he goes somewhere- great fun watching him play... he seems to get the- reality-tv drama angle of the sport.

 

[Kafka]

Balotelli to nice? or is that ... too nice.

I hope he goes somewhere- great fun watching him play... he seems to get the- reality-tv drama angle of the sport.

Angers would be a more appropriate destination, IMO.

 

[jonessed]

####### West Ham.  What a bunch of nimrods.  They aren't going to do better than Europa and they aren't going to be relegated.  Put out a team that can win.  There's nothing to lose.

 

[Kafka]

Starting next year, the Serie A 3 (and 4th) will qualify directly to the group stage, so no risk of getting kicked out by a plucky side from Portugal.

Pluck You!

 

[Kafka]

"There really is an Ubekibekibekistanistan? Well that's egg on my face."

I think that's the country @Ned originally thought that I came from...

 

[The Z Machine]

So, which big team crashes out in the CL group stage?

Could be Atlético...

 

[Kafka]

So, which big team crashes out in the CL group stage?

Could be Atlético...

Cholo has ice running through his/their (by proxy) veins... team wise, there's too much of a professional/cynical attitude for me to see them fail in the group stages.  They are the Spanish Juve, IMO...