UCL Draw Thread

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

2 hours ago, DYC. said:

Nice. Don't know how far Chels will go but some good battles in Europe regardless. Will be very interesting to see how Chelsea will fare against Atletico and Roma as I honestly how good this team is outside the PL.

Tbf, we already know that this Core group of players are not UCL savy.

Only one success against a big-boy UCL team and that was PSG 2014.

In '15 & '16 PSG were by far the superior team against us. 

I think we'll def escape the group. But once the knockout rounds begin, I fear for our midfield/wingbacks. 

 

[DYC. 7,542]

5 minutes ago, Blue-in-me-Veins said:

Tbf, we already know that this Core group of players are not UCL savy.

Only one success against a big-boy UCL team and that was PSG 2014.

In '15 & '16 PSG were by far the superior team against us. 

I think we'll def escape the group. But once the knockout rounds begin, I fear for our midfield/wingbacks. 

 

Not with the elite but, in terms of individual quality, you'd think Courtois, Luiz, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Kanté, Fabregas, Hazard and Pedro would be able to measure up with that group of teams below the elite. Even new boys Christensen, Rudiger, Bakayoko and Morata.

But as a collective... I don't know. Chels need to be much better in possession. Much better. You can't give the ball away so cheaply. The quality of build-up play needs to improve significantly. Same goes for delivering that final ball and the level of finishing.

This team can battle though and I love how they can substantially improve the performance levels in the second half. But the whole 'let's sit back, hoof the ball up and play long balls, make the best of a few opportunities' game plan is dead in the CL. That truly annoyed me under previous managers. Hope we don't see that.

I don't have much faith in the 3-4-3 system in the CL though. Definitely not with this centre midfield and these wingbacks, like you already alluded to.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Help me to Decide:

1 OR 2 (Short/Long) OR 3 OR 4 OR 5?

 

[Chelsea4 1,521]

We got a easy group.

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, Blusan Alamb said:

Copied from Twitter. They got home and away spot wrong it seems.

They did. UEFA have a generic sequence to determine each matchday's matches.

As alluded in the screenshot above, that sequence doesn't always apply because there are certain factors to take into consideration (e.g. teams from same city can't play at home on same matchday). The media - I believe it was London Evening Standard who tweeted it first - jumped the gun before getting official confirmation. The fixtures are usually only out an hour after the draw.

[termninja 5,290]

Okay, let's see:

Conte vs Simeone 
TORRES vs CHELSEA 
Rudiger vs Roma 
Diego Costa vs Chelsea?
Filipe Luis vs Chelsea 

Well rigged UEFA <3 

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

2 hours ago, DYC. said:

Not with the elite but, in terms of individual quality, you'd think Courtois, Luiz, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Kanté, Fabregas, Hazard and Pedro would be able to measure up with that group of teams below the elite. Even new boys Christensen, Rudiger, Bakayoko and Morata.

But as a collective... I don't know. Chels need to be much better in possession. Much better. You can't give the ball away so cheaply. The quality of build-up play needs to improve significantly. Same goes for delivering that final ball and the level of finishing.

This team can battle though and I love how they can substantially improve the performance levels in the second half. But the whole 'let's sit back, hoof the ball up and play long balls, make the best of a few opportunities' game plan is dead in the CL. That truly annoyed me under previous managers. Hope we don't see that.

I don't have much faith in the 3-4-3 system in the CL though. Definitely not with this centre midfield and these wingbacks, like you already alluded to.

Agreed. I know CM is the holy grail for UCL, but I just hope we get competent Wingbacks that can win their 1v1 duels and deliver accurate crosses. 

Let's see how the season progresses, and the business that's done in these final 8 days. 

[Abreu03 292]

1 hour ago, termninja said:

Okay, let's see:

Conte vs Simeone 
TORRES vs CHELSEA 
Rudiger vs Roma 
Diego Costa vs Chelsea?
Filipe Luis vs Chelsea 

Well rigged UEFA <3 

Courtois vs Atlético. 

[kmk108 1,186]

4 hours ago, Georgy said:

Once again we got the hardest draw in England. Fucking sickning.

No way. Spurs got a much worse group.

[Georgy 439]

8 minutes ago, kmk108 said:

No way. Spurs got a much worse group.

I forgot to check Tottenham 

[kmk108 1,186]

4 minutes ago, Georgy said:

I forgot to check Tottenham 

Makes sense. It's not like they were going to go through even with the easiest group 

 

My prediction for the group:

Atletico: 14

Chelsea: 11

Roma: 6

Qarabag: 1

 

Chelsea 2-1 Qarabag

Roma 1-2 Atletico

 

Atletico 1-0 Chelsea

Qarabag 1-1 Roma

 

Qarabag 0-2 Atletico

Chelsea 2-1 Roma

 

Atletico 2-0 Qarabag

Roma 1-1 Chelsea

 

Qarabag 0-2 Chelsea

Atletico 2-2 Roma

 

Chelsea 2-2 Atletico

Roma 2-0 Qarabag

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

31 minutes ago, kmk108 said:

Makes sense. It's not like they were going to go through even with the easiest group 

 

My prediction for the group:

Atletico: 14

Chelsea: 11

Roma: 6

Qarabag: 1

 

Chelsea 2-1 Qarabag

Roma 1-2 Atletico

 

Atletico 1-0 Chelsea

Qarabag 1-1 Roma

 

Qarabag 0-2 Atletico

Chelsea 2-1 Roma

 

Atletico 2-0 Qarabag

Roma 1-1 Chelsea

 

Qarabag 0-2 Chelsea

Atletico 2-2 Roma

 

Chelsea 2-2 Atletico

Roma 2-0 Qarabag

Possibly, but with the current squad these are possible too:

Chelsea 2-0 Qarabag

Atletico 2-1 Chelsea

Chelsea 2-2 Roma

Roma 2-0 Chelsea

Qarabag 1-1 Chelsea

Chelsea 0-0 Atletico

[Cosmin 2,484]

Great group! Finally something exciting happening to us in the UCL. Honestly, I was sick of playing Basel, Dynamo Kiev and then struggling against the first strong opponent coming our way.

[the wes 7,212]

Nice Wee tweet from Torres 

 

[Chelsea4 1,521]

We should top the group without any difficulty.

[manpe 10,861]

3 hours ago, Chelsea4 said:

We should top the group without any difficulty.

Is this a joke?

[TheIceMan 596]

On 6.12.2012 г. at 0:38 AM, Jason said:

Will be back in 2017/18 season.

Off to a break!

Welcome Back !!!

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Not a easy draw but if go further only going to get harder..should be capable of getting out the group but let's see...