The Europeometer™ (2024/25) - NUFC Qualify for Conference League (at least)

[Fak]

5 minutes ago, johnny36 said:

Man Utd might get something from Villa game.. 

 

They're getting absolutely nothing other than a pasting. 

[Turnbull2000]

Even if results don't go our way on Sunday, this season is still an 8.5 or even 9 for me. 6th and a trophy is unreal, especially considering that PSR has severely inhibited our squad growth.

[duo]

5 minutes ago, Fak said:

 

They're getting absolutely nothing other than a pasting. 

Dunno you know

[Fenham Mag]

Lads calm down, Everton have their first two choice centre backs out that have made them a drawing machine, this one is in the bag.

[SteV]

 

Spurs probably in Pot 3.

[et tu brute]

53 minutes ago, SteV said:

 

Spurs probably in Pot 3.

I thought the Europa League winners were automatically put into Pot 1. 

[et tu brute]

One thing I suppose is that Man U will be required to turn up and at least try to compete on Sunday, with a demanding crowd ready to bay for blood.

However, even if the do go full out, that Man U team is just so poor, that if Villa play anything like a decent level, they will still have more than enough to win. Only hope is that Villa feel the pressure and Man U give a similar performance when they played ok and managed to get results against City, Arsenal and Liverpool. 
 

Up to us though as we all know, I would just love Villa to miss out as their fans are a bunch of cunts. 

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

One thing I suppose is that Man U will be required to turn up and at least try to compete on Sunday, with a demanding crowd ready to bay for blood.

However, even if the do go full out, that Man U team is just so poor, that if Villa play anything like a decent level, they will still have more than enough to win. Only hope is that Villa feel the pressure and Man U give a similar performance when they played ok and managed to get results against City, Arsenal and Liverpool. 
 

Up to us though as we all know, I would just love Villa to miss out as their fans are a bunch of cunts. 

They arent capable of turning up. Don't expect any favours this weekend. We need to do the business ourselves. 

[timeEd32]

The pots really don't matter in the new format. It was done for money, but it's probably the most fair/equitable change made in a long time.

[SteV]

6 hours ago, et tu brute said:

I thought the Europa League winners were automatically put into Pot 1. 

Used to be, but not the case now.

[SteV]

3 hours ago, timeEd32 said:

The pots really don't matter in the new format. It was done for money, but it's probably the most fair/equitable change made in a long time.

Yeah, that is true tbh. 

[Optimistic Nut]

3 hours ago, timeEd32 said:

The pots really don't matter in the new format. It was done for money, but it's probably the most fair/equitable change made in a long time.

 

Probably worse for teams in the other pots, some unlucky twats could get 2 from Pot 1 plus us. 

[The Fountain]

10 hours ago, et tu brute said:

I thought the Europa League winners were automatically put into Pot 1. 

It's possible we get 5 Spanish teams.

[gdm]

11 hours ago, duo said:

Dunno you know

From what I can see both Garnacho & Fernandes both more comments last night about leaving/being forced out. They will have zero fight for Sunday. They stank the place out in a major European final last night what makes anyone think it’ll be different on Sunday 

ive long realised Villa were getting max points out their last 2 games we just need to win ourselves.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by gdm

[SteV]

2 hours ago, The Fountain said:

It's possible we get 5 Spanish teams.

You can only get two teams from the same country.

[James]

15 hours ago, SteV said:

 

Spurs probably in Pot 3.

presumably if Chelsea lost out to Villa or Forest they’d be Pot 2

[ramirez]

even two from same country seems a bit dull

[Nucasol]

Didn’t realise the Bozo Gimps had qualified.

[SteV]

1 minute ago, James said:

presumably if Chelsea lost out to Villa or Forest they’d be Pot 2

Yeah, depending on who replaced the others in Pot 2 not already confirmed.

[SteV]

1 minute ago, Nucasol said:

Didn’t realise the Bozo Gimps had qualified.

If they haven’t got a green tick next to them they aren’t confirmed yet, just projected/predicted to make it. Think Bodo would still have to go through qualifying, but because of their Europa run this season, they’ve got a good coefficient, should they make it.

[iklgizmo]

If you're a man u player, you would be dreading the game on Sunday!  Would you even celebrate IF you score?

They'll all just want it to be over!

[Displayname]

Its 2 from each pot you face? And we cant meet any other from the PL?

[Rod]

16 hours ago, duo said:

Dunno you know

I have Man Utd v Villa as a 1-1 draw.

[JigsawGoesToPieces]

Its changed since we were in CL last there are no groups anymore you get drawn against 4 teams and play them home and away.

 

 

As new-look Champions League begins, here's how the format works

 

The UEFA Champions League is back, but not how we've ever seen it before. Some changes are simple, others are more complicated, and a few might seem a bit of a mystery until we get to 

Let's start with the basics. This season marks the first time in 21 years that we've had a format change for Europe's top club competition. For the previous 21 seasons, 32 teams qualified and were drawn into eight groups of four. The top two teams went through to the round of 16, with third dropping into the UEFA Cup/Europa League and fourth eliminated from Europe.

We now have 36 teams, but they are no longer drawn into groups. Instead, we have the Champions League "league phase."

So, how does it work?

• Teams were drawn to play eight fixtures, four at home and four away
• Teams in positions 25 to 36 are eliminated in January
• The 16 teams in positions 9 through to 24 play in the knockout phase playoffs, in February, to earn a place in the round of 16
• The top eight go straight through to the round of 16, played in March

Also new for this year: it's no longer possible to drop into the Europa League from the Champions League (or into the Conference League from the Europa League). Once you're out, you're out.

From the knockout phase playoffs onwards, the competition retains its two-legged format through to the semifinals, with a traditional one-legged final, but with limited draws -- more on that later.

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Ok, so how were the fixtures created?

Rather than groups, the Champions League draw created individual eight-game fixture lists for each of the 36 participants.

Not much changed in how the draw looked on paper, as there were still four pots of teams that contained nine clubs rather than eight. But there were still some notable adjustments given the expanded field.

How seeding changed

Pot 1 used to house the holders of the Champions League and Europa League, plus the champions of the top six domestic leagues. Pots 2 through 4 would then be ordered by strength based on UEFA's club coefficient, which ranks clubs on performance in Europe over the previous five seasons.

Now only the Champions League titleholders were automatically in Pot 1, all other positions are based upon the UEFA club coefficient. This is intended to give a sliding scale of strength down through the pots, so teams face two opponents from each bracket.

However, the new Champions League format means the pot you are in has less relevance, as teams were drawn to play two clubs from their own pot. Under the old system, being in Pot 1 could give you a more generous draw, as you couldn't play teams from the strongest pot in the group phase.

There were two main principles to the draw this season:

• No club could play another team from their own league (for example, Arsenal couldn't play Aston Villa)
• A club could play no more than two teams from one country (as Arsenal drew Inter and Atalanta, they couldn't then play Bologna)

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by JigsawGoesToPieces

[The College Dropout]

Teams play 8 different teams - 2 from each pot. So every teamfaces two pot 1 sides, 2 from pot 2 etc. 

 

So everyone gets the same spread of difficulty more or less. 
 

Thats my understanding anyway. 

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by The College Dropout