Champions League 2016-2017

Little late getting this started - but the thing is well underway.

Celtic - Leicester final am i right lads?

Vardeh in the Nou Camp, thing of dreams lad.

Pep putting his marker down....5-0 with Aguero having one pen saved and another skied. Fuuuuu

hard to know what to make of that, were steaua just really really bad, or city really really good? never easy to score five away from home though, even against poor teams, and they could easily have had ten. City looked like a completely different team from the weekend, will be interesting to see if they can do it on a rainy day in stoke (there's actually rain forecast for the weekend).

http://www.espnfc.com/blog/marcotti-musings/62/post/2930404/uefa-champions-league-structural-changes-as-explained-by-gab-marcotti

I think it was a bit of both, but mostly Citeh was just dominant. If weren't for the steau keeper it could easily have been double digits like you said.

  On 8/17/2016 at 5:14 PM, caze said:

http://www.espnfc.com/blog/marcotti-musings/62/post/2930404/uefa-champions-league-structural-changes-as-explained-by-gab-marcotti

Yeah those changes are shit. But if historical merit is being considered at least Ajax will be in the CL every year. As would Benfica, FC Porto, Liverpool and Notts Forest. Maybe Marseille? I mean they are the only French side to have won it.

spurs are honestly fucked this season. 5th or 6th.. if we're lucky. just can't see the players getting it up like last season... DUGHSDUGHSKJFSHDLHFLjk

  On 8/18/2016 at 1:34 AM, dr lopez said:

just can't see the players getting it up like last season... DUGHSDUGHSKJFSHDLHFLjk

Just do the Leicester trick of sending the Thai pros round, that'll help with getting it up...

Group C is amazing, poor Celtic though. Spurs and Leicester both had decent draws. Still be difficult matches (for Leicester more than Spurs I think), but I can see both of them making it out of the group stages.

Arsenal should make it out as well.

Juve also has a relatively straightforward draw.

Celtic fans will be happy enough to have some tasty fixtures to look forward to I'd have thought.

It's not like they were expecting to progress very far given their recent history.

Is it just me, or does group C give deja-vu for some reason?

well we avoided the giants but bayer and monaco can be tricky. cska in the luzhniki could be tough now that i think about it. on a good day we can handily beat those teams but knowing spurs....

Yeah I would imagine most Celtic fans are just looking forward to some epic matches.

Re: Spurs - I think you have the more difficult group than Leicester, but I also think you're better equipped to deal with European football. Leicester will struggle with teams no playing a high line against them, which I imagine every team they face should know now.

And losing Kante really hurt them, whereas you spuds have kept the same core players. I think the matches will be tighter for you but more winnable, if that makes any sense.

lol it's been a long day.

Barca's sixth from Suarez was the best of the bunch.

PSG some jokeman.

Arsenal have been decent (was watching both games at the same time), PSG were a bit fortunate with the goal, and have been sitting back too much, they've been decent going forward though and Ospina has made a couple of good saves.

You don't think PSG were a bit wasteful?

  On 9/13/2016 at 11:14 PM, doublename said:

You don't think PSG were a bit wasteful?

yeah, like I said, they were good going forward and Ospina made some good saves, Cavani could've scored a couple more. The allowed Arsenal far too much time on the ball though, needed to press them a lot more.

The Dortmund-Real Madrid match yesterday was tasty. Full of attacking football.

Atletico-Bayern, Celtic-Citeh were both fantastic matches as well.

Turns out you have to have that rainy night a bit further north than Stoke to fuck up Pep's plans.

The funniest thing about Bravo's cock-up was Suarez wildly gesturing for handball after.

https://streamable.com/e/oh4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Ew2JnmgA8

FUCKING CLASS

Like a young Lee Bowyer.

Here's a different link, since UEFA are a bunch of cunts.

Also, looks like Arsenal finally won't get Barcelona in the RO16, they'll lose on away goals to Bayern. FLOL.