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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Jay ay Beee on August 28, 2003, 08:51:36 AM

Title: Champions League Draw
Post by: Jay ay Beee on August 28, 2003, 08:51:36 AM
Group A
Bayern Munich
Olympic Lyonnais
Celtic
Anderlecht

Group B
Arsenal
Inter Milan
Dynamo Kiev
Lokomotiv Moscow

Group C
Deportivo La Coruna
PSV Eindhoven
AEK Athens
Monaco

Group D
Juventus
Galatasaray
Olympiakos
Real Sociedad

Group E
Manchester United
Panathinaikos
Glasgow Rangers
Stuttgart

Group F
Real Madrid
Porto
Marseille
Partizan Belgrade

Group G
Lazio
Chelsea
Sparta Prague
Besiktas

Group H
AC Milan
Celta Vigo
Ajax
Club Brugge

Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Don Seer on August 28, 2003, 09:04:00 AM
sweet... Man U vs Rangers...

I can wind <TrueNBlue> up in IRC coz he's a big rangers fan

(i'm not a man u supporter tho.. my old man is..)


ohh and chelsea too.. <^[Wizz]^> is a chelsea fan.

looks like i'll be seeing quite a few of these games :)
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Joachim on August 28, 2003, 09:28:03 AM
Haha the Chelski rent boys gotta go away too Turkey, lovely.
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Don Seer on August 28, 2003, 09:33:27 AM
just noticed.. Man U dont have to play Real Madrid yet either.. that'd be fun one  ;D
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Sol on August 28, 2003, 10:29:58 AM
Group E
Manchester United
Panathinaikos
Glasgow Rangers
Stuttgart


Lucky bastards. Every time you get a piss easy draw.
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: bez on August 28, 2003, 10:43:28 AM
no game in the champs league is easy.
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Jay ay Beee on August 28, 2003, 02:40:50 PM
We're always first seeds.  As we're the second best team in the ten or so years of the Champions League.  The only thing that makes your draw hard is where the matches are played, not the actual teams you play.  And remember when we drew Bayern Munich, Barca and Brondby?  That was a good year.
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: LyRiCaL_G on August 28, 2003, 03:03:28 PM
so jay what ya think of our chances of winnin the champions league?
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Jay ay Beee on August 28, 2003, 03:30:50 PM
We need a good draw when we get to the second round.  We have trouble over two legs.  Deportivo are the only team we've beaten over two legs since we won it.  A decent draw will get us going over two legs.  Upsets will happen this year now the format has changed.  In the past, two group stages made sure that over 12 games the top teams would come out.  Now with only one group stage and staigh into knockouts we'll see some suprises.

Squad wise, we're going in with a more stable squad than last year.  A Ruud injury would finish us though.  Ronaldo will thrive in Europe, much more space, and one thing foreign defenders hate is pace.

I think we'll get to the final.
 
Arsenal will struggle as usual, they have no-one of any real quality to partner Vieira in the centre of midfield.

I don't have a clue about Chelsea.
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Joachim on August 28, 2003, 03:43:03 PM
Champions league will be briliant in the knock out stage, cup football is what the game is all about, no 11 men behind the ball for 90 minutes at Highbury, teams will need away goals, Arsenal play cup football as well as anyone in Europe, we'll carve sides apart more often in Europe this season, i cant wait.
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: LyRiCaL_G on August 28, 2003, 04:10:24 PM
wot :o :o :o

shits changed from how it was last year?!?!?! someone explain..............

oh n yeah i think we go in with a stronger squad than last year to, i think we'll get far.........chelsea with either flop or be brilliant imo
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: Jay ay Beee on August 28, 2003, 04:18:09 PM
There's no second group stage

The second round will be 8 knockout matches
Title: Re:Champions League Draw
Post by: LyRiCaL_G on August 28, 2003, 04:28:38 PM
oh shhiiiiit i didnt know that, only adds to the excitement really tho