Sporting will probably be the toughest tie, but its gone as well as we could imagine really.
Champions League 2014/15
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Tough group for us as usual, Steuau last year and now Maribor. It's a fix!
This is so boring.. they should have a rule to not repeat last years match ups
Anyone else secretly find it hilarious how City keep getting groups of death?
Our trip to Nordsjelland (spelling?) the season before was the roughest. Worried we might draw the Vatican city next year
Expecting big things from Juventus, Bilbao and Porto this season in the CL.
Unashamedly.
fecking hell, I knew it...I knew we were gonna get an english side...feck me
After all the effort climbing from pot 3 to pot 2 and it doesn't get any better
Our trip to Nordsjelland (spelling?) the season before was the roughest. Worried we might draw the Vatican city next year
That was awfully tough! Shame we had the minnows, Shaktar and Juve that year though.
Should breeze through our group, especially if Carvalho leaves Sporting.
When are the fixtures released?
Same draw as usual then, like clockwork. Barca/PSG, Chelsea/Schalke, Arsenal/Dortmund etc. Yawn, roll on the KO stage.
Hurry up and get on it Woodward! Giving them Nani and taking Carvalho off them is like a double blow!
I see what you did there
I agree. Since we are not as Champions League experienced as Chelsea and Schalke, we can at the very minimum get EL qualification (no offense to Maribor). We will try to fight for second with Schalke though. Will only do one european away. London and that´s it.Give it to Ronnie already.
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3 - Liverpool have won all three of their European Cup/Champions League games against Real Madrid (six goals scored, none conceded).
3 - Liverpool have won all three of their European Cup/Champions League games against Real Madrid (six goals scored, none conceded).
Ronaldo to score a few against Liverpool and give it the big one infront of the kop
Schmeichel and Ronaldo Both former United/Sporting players
Both former United/Sporting playersBlub away, you guys.
Really hope Cristiano is especially fired up for the Liverpool game at Anfield. Hope he rifles one and tells the Scousers to be quiet while they're booing him.
Bit of an average group. We should go through though.
Cristiano wins another individual prize.
Ronnie Any of the players would be worthy winners in my opinion. Big fan of Neuer.
Any of the players would be worthy winners in my opinion. Big fan of Neuer.They've sold Sommer, Salah and Stocker which should significantly weaken them. We should be beating them.
Just me or do they seriously need to get rid of the seeding system or change it or something.
fecking boring seeing the same groups every year/two years.
City have had either Bayern or Dortmund every season. They've also played CSKA (who always have an English club) in a year they had Bayern.
Arsenal seem to play Dortmund nearly every season
Ajax always have either Real or Barça in their group so they can never progress.
Chelsea seem to play Schalke more often than not
Benfica and Zenit seem to play each other every year and if not then Zenit get Porto instead at some point.
Basel always seem to play an English team as well.
fecking rubbish. Go back to the days when you could have Bayern, Barça and us in one group. All this does in ensures that the lower teams can never progress and the same big teams are always in the knockout rounds. Obviously it's all for money but it doesn't half dull the competition.
fecking boring seeing the same groups every year/two years.
City have had either Bayern or Dortmund every season. They've also played CSKA (who always have an English club) in a year they had Bayern.
Arsenal seem to play Dortmund nearly every season
Ajax always have either Real or Barça in their group so they can never progress.
Chelsea seem to play Schalke more often than not
Benfica and Zenit seem to play each other every year and if not then Zenit get Porto instead at some point.
Basel always seem to play an English team as well.
fecking rubbish. Go back to the days when you could have Bayern, Barça and us in one group. All this does in ensures that the lower teams can never progress and the same big teams are always in the knockout rounds. Obviously it's all for money but it doesn't half dull the competition.
You are welcome Liverpool, we made your life easier by taking Di Maria from your future opponents.
Getting rid of the stupid TV pairings might help. Not that there's a chance they'd do that.
Jim White really needs to stop saying "Ashly Cole's Roma"
They sell key players every year... Did not stop them...
Fellaini's Roma not Ashley's.
Can't say I agree. The design of the Champions League is to decide who is the best team in Europe, if a team is good enough it will make it's way to Pot One. Thr tournament gets more exciting as it progresses, I'd prefer to see a Real Madrid v Bayern Munich final to a Madrid v FC Basel wouldnt you?
No, I'd prefer more teams can get through and then become champions and therefore join the elite rather than maintain the exclusive and unfair status quo.
Plus, it means historically massive clubs like Ajax are forever stuck in third place and the Europa League despite being run very well and promoting youth so that the money clubs can try and win everything.
It's fecking boring every year and I want some variety. A Real-Bayern final would obviously be better than Real-Basel but eventually it'll get to a stage where it's a 50/50 chance for that to happen every year so you lose interest.
Plus, it means historically massive clubs like Ajax are forever stuck in third place and the Europa League despite being run very well and promoting youth so that the money clubs can try and win everything.
It's fecking boring every year and I want some variety. A Real-Bayern final would obviously be better than Real-Basel but eventually it'll get to a stage where it's a 50/50 chance for that to happen every year so you lose interest.
Bayern for the 3rd time in 4 years then (Madrid in the other), it's the toughest group but we should be getting through. The worry is how it then impacts our league form the following weekend.
Well since the same clubs usually keep qualifying for the CL group stages and with the rules prevent clubs from the same country to be in the same group, coupled with the way it is determined who is in each pot, well you are going to get lots of repeats.
The only good thing about the draw every year is Melanie Winiger
All 4 English clubs should make it out of the group stages I think. City should be able to get 2nd in their group, same with Liverpool.
The thing is even if you just draw everyone from the same pot so you have some groups of deaths and some groups of 4 weaker clubs so that two clubs that had no chance get into the knockout stage, well the reality will bite them sooner or later when they run into one of the big clubs and in reality have no chance of winning it all anyways.
City will top it. Bayern aren't as good as they were last year.