UEFA Champions League 2015/16

[Baddar]

Oh, Chich.

[unitedツ]

Not sure why Rooney didn't just take it.

[LL!]

Ooof that face from Van Gaal to Giggs after the missed penalty. Poor Chich.

[The Lusophone]

Oh dear. XD

[Whisper]

Oh, Hernandez...

[Baddar]

Oh, Chich.

[unitedツ]

I think that one looked worse than it was. It was bouncing fast. Though it will be all over twitter as a sitter.

[LL!]

Chich could not catch a break in that one. Sigh. As a fellow Hispanic it pains me to see him more likely on the outs from the club than ever.

 

Oh well. Let's hope for a good draw now!

[stokeriño]

Assuming that wiki is really on its game in getting (correct) updates in fast, these are the pots for the Group Stage draw tomorrow:

Seeding pot 1 (by association rank)

[Spain]  Barcelona CC: 164.999
[England]  Chelsea CC: 142.078
[Germany]  Bayern Munich CC: 154.883
[Italy]  Juventus CC: 95.102
[Portugal]  Benfica CC: 118.276
[France]  Paris Saint-Germain CC: 100.483
[Russia]  Zenit Saint Petersburg CC: 90.099
[Netherlands]  PSV Eindhoven CC: 58.195

Seeding pot 2

[Spain]  Real Madrid CC: 171.999
[Spain]  Atlético Madrid CC: 120.999
[Portugal]  Porto CC: 111.276
[England]  Arsenal CC: 110.078
[England]  Manchester United CC: 103.078
[Spain]  Valencia CC: 99.999
[Germany]  Bayer Leverkusen CC: 87.883
[England]  Manchester City CC: 87.078

Seeding pot 3

[Ukraine]  Shakhtar Donetsk CC: 86.033
[Spain]  Sevilla CC: 80.499
[France]  Lyon CC: 72.983
[Ukraine]  Dynamo Kyiv CC: 65.033
[Greece]  Olympiacos CC: 62.380
[Russia]  CSKA Moscow CC: 55.599
[Turkey]  Galatasaray CC: 50.020
[Italy]  Roma CC: 43.602

Seeding pot 4

[Belarus]  BATE Borisov CC: 35.150
[Germany]  Borussia Mönchengladbach CC: 33.883
[Germany]  Wolfsburg CC: 31.883
[Croatia]  Dinamo Zagreb CC: 24.700
[Israel]  Maccabi Tel Aviv CC: 18.200
[Belgium]  Gent CC: 13.440
[Sweden]  Malmö FF CC: 12.545
[Kazakhstan]  Astana CC: 3.825

[The Lusophone]

Would love PSV, Lyon, Gent, just for nice close away days. No trips to Russia or Ukraine pls.

[TCO]

I love the new seeding system if those are accurate. If rewards winning the league and makes for some tasty potential draws.

It was hilariously unfair that perennial 4th placed Arsenal were a 1 seed, when the champions Man City got a group of death in a competition called the Champions League

[stokeriño]

Porto, Olympiakos and Gent would be quite nice.

Real Madrid, Roma and Wolfsburg would not...

[The Lusophone]

Worst group would be Zenit, Shakhtar and Wolfsburg. That'd be horrible.

[Baddar]

Whoever gets Wolfsburg from that last pot is very unlucky. 

Taking geography out of the equation, avoiding Barca, Bayern, PSG and Juve would be nice. Basically, any one of three from that top pot please.

Some tricky opponents in the other pots too. A Barca, Roma/Shakhtar, Wolfsburg group would suck balls.

[Cheeky Hughes]

The only certainty is that City and Barca won't be drawn together yet.

[Whisper]

The only certainty is that City and Barca won't be drawn together yet.

I thought they could be drawn together? Or am I missing the usual UEFA hidden rule just to make the draw more complicated?

[stokeriño]

^ He just means that they always meet in the Round of 16 instead.

[Whisper]

Ahh - you'll forgive my lack of knowledge around recent Champions League history...

[stokeriño]

Well, when I say 'always' I mean 'twice'.  

[stokeriño]

A nice little Champions League draw simulator: http://inker.github.io/cl-draw/

I got Chelsea with Atletico and Wolfsburg. (and Olympiakos)