Champions League Group Stage Draw - 28th Aug - 4:30PM UK

[Munchies]

Reckon they'll fix it to Barca this year.

Can't be Bayern 3 times in a row, can it?

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Interestingly Dortmund kicked off their Bundesliga campaign with a 2-0 home loss to Bayer Neverkusen but went on a long unbeaten run and then ended up as Champions. So it's kind of hard to gauge where they are at.
Galatasaray team of ageing players (reunion with Eboue always welcome :-) )
Anderlecht unknowns but should pose no real problem
On balance easier group than last season

[Marc Overmars]

Dortmund away first up.

Anderlecht the double header.

Galatasaray away to end the group...lets hope we don't go there needing a result.

[WMUG]

Our last match always seems to be away, is that just bad luck or formatting?

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Our last match always seems to be away, is that just bad luck or formatting?

Consequence of always being in Pot 1 I think.

My predictions:

Tues Sep 16 v Borussia Dortmund (a) - Draw
Weds Oct 1 v Galatasaray (h) - Win
Weds Oct 22 v Anderlecht (a) - Win
Tues Nov 4 v Anderlecht (h) - Win
Weds Nov 26 v Borussia Dortmund (h) - Win
Tues Dec 9 v Galatasaray (a) - Draw

14 points. Should be enough to get us first place and avoid a big team.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We'll lose one of them I reckon. I sense a first place this time though.

Also, welcome home Eboue.

[Munchies]

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

We'll still fuck up and finish 2nd somehow.

[Niall_Quinn]

You make your own luck

[Niall_Quinn]

The wank stain Martin Samuel is spitting nails over the poor draw for the club he fervently supports since he switched from Man Utd. The fat fuck turncoat is so incensed he even wastes his time detailing a "more fair" system that enables his newly beloved gypos to make it into pot #1 in the interests of "fairness". Yes, they bought the English championship so it's absolutely "fair" their purchase has the bonus of a cushty CL draw attached.

His main bitch seems to be the protectionism afforded to the "elites", for example:

The elite are protected so that Arsenal, who last won the title in 2004 and needed to pre-qualify this year, are shielded from the toughest opposition, while Manchester City, reigning champions with two title wins in three years, must again climb a mountain to reach the later stages.

I look forward to his next article which I have no doubt will suggest we need to buy more players to rejoin the "elite", fact is you certainly can make it up as Martin ably demonstrates.

Arsenal the elitists. I suppose he could have mentioned Barca and the other disgraceful frauds in Pot #1, but he ran out of ink.

Could this fat cunt be more obvious? Or odious? Or malignantly odorous?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...champions.html