AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I don't think top/second place matters much either way... there have been a lot of irrelevant European games in the last week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I think it does personally. Anyway, hope our European draw luck continues to roll strong. Unlike our domestic cup draw luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I don't want us to scrape through. I don't want us to fear any teams going into the next round. Be it Napoli or Dnipro, I want us to play as well as we can. If we do, we can see off pretty much any team in this competition on our day. Long way to go though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The stronger team we draw, the stronger team we put out. There's only a handful of teams I'd give us no chance against. I think we've got just as much chance against someone like Plzen as we would have against Bayer Leverkusen or whatever due to the strength of team we'd play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The stronger team we draw, the stronger team we put out. Reminds me of the Incredible Hulk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The stronger team we draw, the stronger team we put out. Reminds me of the Incredible Hulk Zenit's one of the teams I don't fancy us against. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 How are Leverkusen these days? Can't remember seeing them play for a good while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 There's a lot of good teams there, the eastern ones are are pretty damn good these days. Stick out a mixed team against the likes of Plzen, Cluj, Dnipro etc I'm pretty sure we'd lose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The main thing is being seeded that you're at home 2nd leg aside from that the strength of teams currently looks much of a muchness plus with regard to ON's point about what type of team we put out, I think the FAC will also effect this, if we're out we'll probably put a stronger team out too. How are Leverkusen these days? Can't remember seeing them play for a good while. Currently 5th in the BL (same place as they finished last season), got a couple of wunderkinds in Lars Bender and Andre Schurrle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Bender LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Leverkusen still have nightmares of Shola and Lua Lua tearing them apart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Wor Sherla vs Herr Schurrle Quite the battle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 the seeded thing only affects the first knockout round and after that its a free for all right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 the seeded thing only affects the first knockout round and after that its a free for all right? C'est vrai. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Leverkusen still have nightmares of Shola and Lua Lua tearing them apart Fantastic night. Oliver Neuville running his bollocks off to stop a throw in, Bernard nicking it, feeding Robert, perfect cross, Lua-Lua BOOM. Sir Bobby's birthday I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Aye and Jenas' too. Was a fantastic night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Can't believe that Cris went on to become a pretty good defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Can't see us making it past this round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 home first leg then in Round 2, which is on the 14th february. Valentines day sorted then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Looking at the seeded and unseeded teams i don't see a great deal of difference between the two tbh and arguably unseeded has stronger teams and Atletico are currently unseeded too. 2nd might be a blessing in disguise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Looking at the seeded and unseeded teams i don't see a great deal of difference between the two tbh and arguably unseeded has stronger teams and Atletico are currently unseeded too. 2nd might be a blessing in disguise. http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/sundaysun/apr2012/0/2/alan-pardew-479738255.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Last 32 so far: Seeded Lazio Рубин Kazan Металіст Kharkiv Fenerbahce Lyon Дніпро Dnipropetrovsk Olympiakos Chelsea CFR Cluj-Napoca Benfica Bordeaux Liverpool Plzen Steaua Bucaresti Hannover 96 Genk Unseeded Tottenham Hotspurs Inter Milan Napoli Sparta Prague Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach Ajax Динамо Kiev BATE Borisov Зенит Saint Petersburg Newcastle United Анжи Makhachkala Atletico Madrid VFB Stuttgart Levante Basel or Videoton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Anzhi are seeded and liverpool unseeded arn't they? Liverpool finished top Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Anzhi are seeded and liverpool unseeded arn't they? Liverpool finished top aye, just seen, sky sports app still had them as 2nd in the group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 There is just no need for the group stage in this mind. Champions League you can see why they have it, at a push. This is rubbish though. The 2003-4 campaign was enjoyable. Two legs, bigger crowds, better atmospheres, stronger team selections. This has been a damp squib. Hopefully it starts properly in the New Year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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