The big draw!!

[callyno3]

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=576667.html
With the line up complete (except for the sevilla v aek match next mon). who will we get ?who does everyone want to get?

A group of death :
Liverpool
Valencia
Lazio
Rangers

A nice draw:
Liverpool
Porto
Marseille
Rosenborg

Either way I'd be confident of qualification

[pam]

bring um on ... looking forward to moscow in may

[Yoko]

Of the 2nd seeds I wouldn't mind Porto, Sevilla/AEK Athens, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica or Werder Bremen

[redeagle]

lots of really good teams in there.

difficult to predict.

but..

valenica
stuttgart
Fenerbahçe

in our group.

[clarni]

It's all heating up now:

Werder Bremen, Slavia, wouldn't mind Rangers..exciting games.. and Rosonborg.
Really Really wouldn't want Benfica. I'm afraid of them. After what they did to us and Utd.

We'll know soon enough.

[redeagle]

WE SHALL CRUSH BENFICA... DIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

etc

[KOPITE55]

wouldn't mind Rangers..exciting games..

No way, dont want any "battle of britain" type games.could be potential banana skins

PSV agin

[JOE]

I think Seville and Lazio are the ones to stay clear of...

[paddyb]

the draw is not on until 5pm, its usually on around 11am isnt it?

[vodkacolly]

I would want to avoid Seville and Benfica but in all honesty Im not too bothered. Very confident of reaching later stages again this year.

[Fowler's God]

POT 1
Team Pairing
AC Milan (ITA, holders) A
FC Barcelona (ESP) B
Liverpool FC (ENG) C
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) A
Arsenal FC (ENG) D
Real Madrid CF (ESP) B
Chelsea FC (ENG) D
Manchester United FC (ENG) C

POT 2
Team Pairing
Valencia CF (ESP) E
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) F
FC Porto (POR)
Sevilla FC (ESP) / AEK Athens FC (GRE) E/M
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
AS Roma (ITA) G
SL Benfica (POR) H
Werder Bremen (GER) I

POT 3
Team Pairing
Celtic FC (SCO) J
FC Schalke 04 (GER)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) I
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) H
S.S. Lazio (ITA) G
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) F

POT 4
Team Pairing
Rangers FC (SCO) J
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) K
Beşiktaş JK (TUR) L
Olympiacos CFP (GRE) M
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) K
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) L
SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)

Theres the pots, i have a feeling we will get Rangers after that for reasons of sentiment Valencia and wouldn't be suprised if we got Schalke also.

[Malzheimer]

I love these hunches everyone has so I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring with Lyon,Lazio and Shakhtar........
O, if anyone is watching the draw could they post updates on here, 'cos I cant get onto skysports at work......dam techys blocking sites!! :mad:
Cheers :)

[paddyb]

ok ill go for PSV CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos

its on Uefa Website (http://www.uefa.com/) too if thats not blocked

[Malzheimer]

ok ill go for PSV CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos

its on Uefa Website (http://www.uefa.com/) too if thats not blocked

cheers mate, thats working....

[paddyb]

were in Group A

[YNWA]

Porto so far...not the best...carra shoulda won defender of the year!

[SUPERFAN]

porto!

[Malzheimer]

with Porto

[YNWA]

porto!

with Porto

Pipped ya's lads!!!:p

Stevie for midfielder of the year!!!!!:D C'mon!

[YNWA]

This is a fix, i demand a re-count!

[paddyb]

seedorf got midfielder of the year

[SUPERFAN]

Marseille!
last out of the Pot again......

[YNWA]

Could have been alot worse from that pot!

[paddyb]

kaka get forward of the year

[Malzheimer]

Porto so far...not the best...carra shoulda won defender of the year!

Who got it??

[SUPERFAN]

hopefully they get Rangers or Rosenberg out of the last Pot,i'll even take Slavia Prague.
please don't get any of the other 5...........

[YNWA]

Who got it??

Maldini...

[SUPERFAN]

Besiktas,xxxxxxxx!

deffo wont be going back to the Bul anyway......

[paddyb]

and last its besiktas

[paddyb]

not a bad draw for us, we avoided some of the best second and third seeds

[Jockser]

dont see any problems with that group

[clarni]

That's OK. I think we can cope with that group

[marko]

Not a bad draw dont see any problems there should be interesting match with marseille chance to see cisse and zenden again

[Fowler's God]

I think it could have been worse for us in fairness, Marseille game will be interesting

[SUPERFAN]

Marseille v Lpool Dec 11th.
Flights in to Nice at the mo for 20 Euro return,in on the 11th,out on the 12th.
get in there fast,it really is a no brainer......
don't know the story on trains,you might have to hire a Car but you can't go wrong for that price.

it's already over 300 Euro for return Flights for the Porto Game and that's before you even book a Hotel.
think i'll swerve that one...........

[Aido82]

from .tv

Liverpool have confirmed the dates for each of their games in Group A of the Champions League.
The Reds will kick off their campaign away in Porto on September 18 before entertaining Marseille in their first Anfield game of the competition.

A double header with Besiktas will then follow before we entertain Porto at home and then conclude the group fixtures away at Marseille.

The dates are as follows:

September

18 Porto (away)

October

3 Marseille (home)
24 Besiktas (away)

November

6 Besiktas (home)
28 Porto (home)

December

11 Marseille (away)

[megager]

Not too bad, but could be easier (arsenals group for example). I think united will struggle (roma will have a point to prove).

[Fowler's God]

In fairness all the english clubs should qualify, as for rangers and celtic they will have it very hard to make it through

[sean]

Pretty good draw and confident of easily finishing top of the group. Bring on the 2nd round already :)

[Fowler's God]

see we're 11/1 to one to win the champions league with paddypower.ie, i got them at 14/1 so fingers crossed.

[Alex Raisbeck]

Its funny , 3 years ago Id be very worried at that group.
I think its a measure of how far Rafa has taken us that we can look forward to exciting games in the group and hope to top it.

[sean]

Its funny , 3 years ago Id be very worried at that group.
I think its a measure of how far Rafa has taken us that we can look forward to exciting games in the group and hope to top it.

Yup, I agree. Hopefully he can keep on progressing us in the league as well, I have no doubt he will, and ultimately succeed.

Also, it seems to me that the voting panel was very much biased towards the actual winners of the European Cup last season when it came to picking out the players of the year. Granted Maldini, Seedorf and Kaka are all world class, but would ours lads have picked up the awards had we actually won it out. In my opinion, the award should be based over the entire season, and biased as I am, I thought Carra was a shoe-in for defender of the year.

[SUPERFAN]

booked Flights last May for the Date of the Marseille Home Game for 2c return.out on the Wednesday and back first thing Thursday Morning.
the same Flights are 190 Euro now.
think a few more on here took up the offer at the time as well.
Happy Days;)

[paddypower111]

good draw as parry said who ever we got it was going to be good as we are in champions leauge. and we want to be up against the best.

1 think i can,t understand is why did nt carra get deffender of the year . maldini only got it cause he,s never going to play in a final ever again hopefully:D