Champions League 2013-14

I am following the draw live for unknowable reasons. Will City be drawn into another comedically difficult group with Real and Juve? Are Barca shit now? Is football shit now? Will this competition ever produce another genuine surprise?

The complete groups:

Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad.

Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, FC Copenhagen.

Group C: PSG, Benfica, Olympiakos, Anderlecht.

Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, FC Viktoria Plzen.

Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, FC Basel, Steaua Bucharest.

Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli.

Group G: Porto, Atlético Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna.

Group H: Barcelona, Milan, Ajax, Celtic.

Group A and F, soo good, every other gourp is predictable.

If Arsenal get out of that group Wenger is god.

  On 8/29/2013 at 5:46 PM, doublename said:

I am following the draw live for unknowable reasons. Will City be drawn into another comedically difficult group with Real and Juve? Are Barca shit now? Is football shit now? Will this competition ever produce another genuine surprise?

I would sign a petition for football to stop being so shit, but wasn't at least Dortmund a genuine surprise just last year? They got to finals from pot 4 in death group. Regarding Barca and all, almost every top club hired new coach, it's very special and unpredictable season at the beginning.

It's true, Dortmund were a surprise last year, considering their draw. Hopefully the combination of managerial upheaval and the upcoming World Cup will leave the door open for a few more this year.

Amazing, Wenger is a magician, everyone doubted him it took 8 years but i think its finally coming together.

  On 10/1/2013 at 11:54 PM, Deer said:

Amazing, Wenger is a magician, everyone doubted him it took 8 years but i think its finally coming together.

Treble's in the bag, innit

I'm still not getting my hopes up, we are so limited up front!

I still think that everyone will catch up and Arsenal will finish 5th and lose everything they worked for, but right now thats not happening so wenger #respect

lol i love it when city are shite

^^ a lovely sight

as a city fan, yep, that Munich defeat was fucking embarrassing. although even if Pellegrini had got the tactics right, I'm still pretty sure we would have lost. Bayern's showing was one of the best team performances I've seen in a long time.

  On 8/31/2013 at 1:16 AM, doublename said:

It's true, Dortmund were a surprise last year, considering their draw. Hopefully the combination of managerial upheaval and the upcoming World Cup will leave the door open for a few more this year.

were Dortmund really that much of a surprise? they were back-to-back defending Bundesliga champs... they'd always been threatening to do well in Europe... Malaga perhaps *should* have been the surprise package!

  On 10/15/2013 at 11:34 AM, Ron Manager said:

 

  On 8/31/2013 at 1:16 AM, doublename said:

It's true, Dortmund were a surprise last year, considering their draw. Hopefully the combination of managerial upheaval and the upcoming World Cup will leave the door open for a few more this year.

 

were Dortmund really that much of a surprise? they were back-to-back defending Bundesliga champs... they'd always been threatening to do well in Europe... Malaga perhaps *should* have been the surprise package!

A year ago they couldn't get out of the last place by far in a group consisting of Arsenal (that Arsenal), Marseille and Olympiacos. Roster remained the same except maybe Kagawa for Reus swap, where Kagawa was the best player of the season. So yes, it was extremely suprising if to count their group of death.

Malaga was good, but never won Real Madrid caliber of a team, only average looking Milan & Porto.

I caught some matches last night. I have a soccer channel now so its pretty cool. I played pretty seriously until I was 18 so I very much enjoy the sport.

  On 8/29/2013 at 11:47 PM, Deer said:

Group A and F, soo good, every other gourp is predictable.

 

If Arsenal get out of that group Wenger is god.

I can't believe it

Sheeeit

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Dimechelis one of the worst players to have played the game, Pelligrini is a dummy for having faith in him.

  On 2/18/2014 at 9:58 PM, Deer said:

Dimechelis one of the worst players to have played the game, Pelligrini is a dummy for having faith in him.

never a truer word spoken

  On 2/18/2014 at 9:58 PM, Deer said:

Dimechelis one of the worst players to have played the game, Pelligrini is a dummy for having faith in him.

Yeah, look no futher than CL 2008-09 quarterfinal. South American brotherhood, creating workplaces where the big money hangs out.

This Bayern team is too good (even better than pep's barcelona) , im watching beautiful attacking football, not bullshit sideways passing of barca.

This is not a football team, is a machine, i just saw the midfield dispossess arsenal in less than 30 seconds.

ouch

It's a lot more impressive against 10 men, isn't it?

Arsenal were equally as dangerous with 11 men on the pitch.