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Just back from celtic game!! yaaaassss what a [censored] incredible atmosphere. Mon the ticcccc. BORUC YOU LEGEND!!!

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TSC any large bets vs me? I will take Man U or livershit vs your gayboys for any amount of money.

[/ QUOTE ]I don't bet money on sports, ever. I would take an avatar bet, but it looks like you are a glory hunter, since you'd take action with either manU or livershite.

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Ill do a avatar bet where you have 2 have a picture of ronaldo if you lose and if I lose you can pick any team picture or player picture from aresenal, maybe fabregay?

COnfirm please

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I don't even know what the bet is.

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I don't even know what the bet is.

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Whoever gets farther, if both dont make it out of pool whoever has more points? You can chime in with what you want the bet to be.....

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Which team are you picking?

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Ill take Man U obv so u can sport the C ronaldo avatar

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I will wait till the end of the transfer window to confirm, but my prelim answer is ok.

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The draw for the group stage is today... here are the seeds


POT 1
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
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
Celtic FC (SCO) J
FC Schalke 04 (GER)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) I
FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) H
S.S. Lazio (ITA) G
Olympique de Marseille (FRA) F

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

draw is at 6pm CET *i think in 50 minutes but i don't know*

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Hahahahahahahahahaha ajax... oh man not as good as last year's exit but still wonderful. Bad for Dutch football (coefficients) but whatever, ajax losing > *

And yes, 6 pm CET is soon (40 minutes).

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UEFA and their pomp and circumstance... so brutal

I'll update this post as each pot is drawn

Club awards/ draw are combined

Awards voted on by panel of last 16 coaches in CL

European Club GK of the Year: Petr Cech, Chelsea
European Club Defender of the Year: Paolo Maldini, AC Milan
European Club Midfielder of the Year: Clarence Seedorf, AC
European Club Forward of the Year: Kaka, AC Milan

Group A:
Liverpool FC
FC Porto
O. Marseille
Besiktas

Group B:
Chelsea FC
Valencia CF
FC Schalke 04
Rosenborg

Group C:
Real Madrid CF
Werder Bremen
S.S. Lazio
Olympiacos

Group D:
AC Milan *holders*
SL Benfica
Celtic FC
Shakhtar

Group E:
FC Barcelona
O. Lyon
VFB Stuttgart
Rangers FC

Group F:
Manchester United FC
AS Roma
Sporting Club de Portugal
Dynamo Kyiv

Group G:
Inter Milan
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moskva
Fenerbache SK

Group H:
Arsenal FC
Sevilla FC/ AEK Athens
FC Group Steaua Burcuresti
SK Slava Praha

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Watching the UEFA CL Draw: Nerdiest thing possible. That said, I am watching it.

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Saltie,

BRING IT (assuming Sevilla get through)

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Group E with Barcelona and Lyon is by far the toughest after two teams IMO.

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Lyon is overrated right now. Jared, its on!

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Right now, F, G, and H look like the toughest groups. I'll be happy if Arsenal don't have to travel to [censored] Russia this year.

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Yeah, I was repeating "not H, not H" when Moscow came up. Now avoiding the two Ukrainian teams would be great.

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Groups A and D are [censored] jokes. B is looking pretty tough. RM is getting a good draw in C.

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Ugh this pot is bad. Every team is either in a cold as hell place and/or Eastern Europe or is Rangers.

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C should be competitive for second place. Not a lot in Werder Bremen, Lazio and Olympiacos.

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they'll play the away matches there first.

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I hope H doesn't get a teak from the Ukraine or Turkey. I would be happy with the other teams.

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Jesus group F is a [censored] minefield.

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Group A
LIVERPOOL
Porto
Marseille
Besiktas

Group B
CHELSEA
Valencia
Schalke 04
Rosenborg

Group C
REAL MADRID
Werder Bremen
Lazio
Olympiakos

Group D
AC MILAN
Benfica
Celtic
Shakhtar Donetsk

Group E
BARCELONA
Lyon
Stuttgart
Rangers

Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Roma
Sporting Lisbon
Dynamo Kiev

Group G
INTER MILAN
PSV Eindhoven
CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahce

Group H
ARSENAL
Sevilla/AEK Athens
Steau Bucharest
Slavia Prague

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Nice draw for FC Porto, Liverpool is the only team in our group that I'm not sure we can beat.

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With no offense intended for TSC, I think Sevilla got the weakest 1 seed, Steaua are a good side and I don't know much about Slavia. I think the draw was pretty good.

Sevilla, should they make it, would be big favorites to qualify for the next round and IMO are the side most likely to go through top.

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Really happy with Arsenals draw. Assuming Sevilla qualify, I see no reason why both Arsenal and Sevilla wouldn't advance.

Group G is tough, wow. Playing in Moscow and Turkey and all 4 teams are tough.

Group E has quality from top to bottom, but Barca should advance easily.

group F is a tough draw.


Empiremaker2, I accept your bet. You're [censored].

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With no offense intended for TSC, I think Sevilla got the weakest 1 seed,

[/ QUOTE ] I would agree witht his, however I think Arsenal are a much better side then people think. Good draw for both our teams.

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Personally I'm happy about the draw for United *except going to Roma for our supporters... [censored] cabrioneri or whatever better keep the batons to themselves*

Liverpool get the cake draw... I think groups E and G are gonna be pretty tough... G has some ridiculous away games that I'm glad United have no part of... though Kyiv won't be fun

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E will be tough for the 2nd place spot. Barca should take it easily.

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E will be tough for the 2nd place spot. Barca should take it easily.

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yep

Rick Parry -Liverpool CEO- when asked if they got a kind draw

" I think the groups are pretty much evenly spread to be honest. I don't think you'd look at any one group and say I wish we had that one... we'll take it."

yeah you'll take it ass... CAKE DRAW

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I agree, pretty easy draw for them.

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E will be tough for the 2nd place spot. Barca should take it easily.

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Other than A and H, which should just have the top 2 go through, I think none are easy on the second-place team. B I guess isn't bad with Schalke and Rosenborg for Valencia they should get through. But C-G are all tough.

As I said before, Bremen, Lazio and Olympiacos are all good teams with a fair shot. They are all significant dogs to Real Madrid who should coast. In D Benfica and Celtic should fight it out and it could come down to who does better at Shakhtar. Lyon, Stutgart and Rangers are all similar good but not great sides. I think Lyon are better and should go through but Stuttgart and Rangers is IMO the toughest bottom 2. Roma, Sporting and Dynamo Kiev are also all tough teams. PSV should be better than CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce but god damn they must hate the traveling. I think Inter is probably the most susceptible top seed, but they should go through.

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BTW as far as Lyon goes, what is their deal? They destroyed the French league last year and looked stunning the group stage at times but then sort of fell apart. They have similarly had very good squads in the past but disappointed. I think they are like the Spain of Champions League football.

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Looks like celtic have got one hell of task ahead of them jesus christ! Looking forward for the trips to milan and benfica though. HAIL HAIL!!!

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mmm not the easiest draw ever but should be straightforward enough at home vs Roma, Sporting and Kiev. Could see us qualifying with 10 points or so.

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Looks like celtic have got one hell of task ahead of them jesus christ! Looking forward for the trips to milan and benfica though. HAIL HAIL!!!

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People's reactions were weird. Several Sevilla fans were upset with the draw because if Sevilla qualify then there aren't any big clubs. I personally was quite happy for this exact reason. I'd prefer the greater chance to advance. One factor in all this is that I'm not going to any of the matches. I guess the prospect of going to the San Siro, Anfield or Old Trafford would make drawing them better.

Good luck.

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They get to go to the Emirates!

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They get to go to the Emirates!

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This was actually pointed out.

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two scottish teams move onto the group stages, 4 English teams. A big FU to the continent.

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If I could I would make this my sig.

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Personally I'm happy about the draw for United *except going to Roma for our supporters... [censored] cabrioneri or whatever better keep the batons to themselves*



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I think our draw is okay, obviously it could be worse, and we should be able to go through in our group, but this sure isn't a cakewalk by any means at all. We should be fine at home, but I do think those away matches could be tricky