UCL Draw Thread

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

1 minute ago, Atomiswave said:

If we are on form and have steadied that defence then bring their asses......of course they are dangerous but its doable imo. Its alot better than facing barca juve and psg thats for sure.

Oh and fuck them cuntish divers Valencia.

Its a tough tie.

They have the winter break coming up which gives them the chance to rest and whatever too. Not sure how much of a difference it will make but them having the possibility for guys like Lewandowski, Muller, Kimmich, Gnabry, Thiago, Coutinho etc to take the foot off the gas a bit before going for it again, it could help them in the run up of fixtures before. Where as we will have a lot of guys playing a lot of minutes in the next few weeks and that can always bring niggling injuries that can get worse too.

Although us being at home for the first leg is always a positive but only if we can keep a clean sheet. I fancy them to score in Germany for definite, since changing manager theyve had some good results and the likes of Lewandowski, Coutinho, Gnabry, even Muller have been steadily performing and doing well. Plus I really really rate Goretzka, a guy with real ability and energy in midfield.

[Jase 43,479]

As much as Atalanta would have been the easier tie, it's arguably better to be knocked out by Bayern than Atalanta. 

[Johnnyeye 7,440]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

As much as Atalanta would have been the easier tie, it's arguably better to be knocked out by Bayern than Atalanta. 

yup, with the way we fuck up games, at least we can get knocked out by a proper team.

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Oh goodie...

[Superblue 6,370]

Always going to be a hard draw regardless but that's the whole point of the Champions League - to challenge yourself against the best on offer. 

When things click for Bayern they look devastating but they also haven't been firing on all cylinders this season and have been caught flat a couple of times. The winter break will allow them to be fresh but will it leave them under-cooked? 

It's far more important for us at present to arrest our drop in form. If we're in good nick though come February we could pose them a few problems ourselves.

[LAM09 6,744]

As much as Atalanta would have been the easier tie, it's arguably better to be knocked out by Bayern than Atalanta. 

It's better for us to be underdogs than favourites, especially with this squad.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Yeah because if we finished first in the group, the draw would still end up exactly like this and we would play Atalanta.

Riiight. Because thats how things work

[Vesper 28,779]

1 hour ago, Laylabelle said:

Oh goodie...

I just hope we don't pull a Spuds 2 7 at SB

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

Fingers crossed we have a recognised back line by then...

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

It's CL, whether we are drawing against Atalanta or Mars best football club, the odds is still 50:50. Also the january transfer window will change everything. Chill.

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

2 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

 Also the january transfer window will change everything. Chill.

Will it?

[killer1257 3,282]

Yes, I wanted Bayern or Leipzig to face us. Bayern is a good draw. They have a lot of defensive problems like us, so it will be pretty even from the defensive point of view. Both defences are shit.
Offensive wise , Lewandowski is a Killer, but he is also not a big game Player. Lets hope he bottles it like he usually does in big games

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[Blue Armour 4,278]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

And of course Mourinho and Spurs got RB Leipzig! 

Well RB Leipzig are higher than Bayern in the table. And we saw how Spurs did against Bayern..

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Vesper 28,779]

51 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

bring those fuckers on!

I am up for whatever happens at this point

it isn't like a team can go deep into the CL without beating top 10 teams in the world anyway

I SO wish CHO had not ripped up his Achilles and went on (he still technically can, just not at current form) to destroy them!

 

[Jase 43,479]

4 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

Yeah because if we finished first in the group, the draw would still end up exactly like this and we would play Atalanta.

Riiight. Because thats how things work

Yeah...but based on how the draw panned out, there was a good chance that we could have drawn Atalanta had we finished 1st instead. Atalanta v Valencia was the third tie drawn. Dortmund could have played either us or Valencia, so that didn't matter. Only the second tie could have changed things because Real Madrid finished 2nd and couldn't face Valencia but could have gotten us. 

[Vesper 28,779]

1 hour ago, killer1257 said:

Yes, I wanted Bayern or Leipzig to face us. Bayern is a good draw. They have a lot of defensive problems like us, so it will be pretty even from the defensive point of view. Both defences are shit.
Offensive wise , Lewandowski is a Killer, but he is also not a big game Player. Lets hope he bottles it like he usually does in big games

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A huge reason they have defensive issues is that they have 2 top 10 or so in the world CB's out injured (Niklas Süle out for the year and Lucas Hernández (who is also a top 3 in world LB) out with a broken ankle until February) They are using fullbacks (they have the best group in the world there, as Victimpool have zero depth) and even their only true DMF to cover. The one non-injury massive weak spot is at DMF, Javi Martínez is past his prime, and Kimmich is wasted there. They are mad if they do at least make a play for a crunching DMF in January (I am terrified they grab Thomas for only £42m)

 

Those fullbacks (when all are healthy) are insane

LB David Alaba (2nd best LB in the world (after Robertson), and maybe wants to leave in the summer)

LB Lucas Hernández (3rd best LB in the world, I would probably take him over the number 4, Chilwell (very close, and Chilwell is young (although only 10 months younger, lolol) so can go past him as a LB, but his CB ability deffo tips the scale to Lucas), and also a top 10 CB)

LB Alphonso Davies (their future, a teen who already looks a beast)

RB Kimmich (2nd best RB in the world, can play DMF and CB as well)

RB Benjamin Pavard (top 10 in the world RB, and also a top 25 CB)

holy fuck would I KILL for that group (and they all, except Davies, can play CB too)

[Atomiswave 6,072]

2 hours ago, killer1257 said:

Yes, I wanted Bayern or Leipzig to face us. Bayern is a good draw. They have a lot of defensive problems like us, so it will be pretty even from the defensive point of view. Both defences are shit.
Offensive wise , Lewandowski is a Killer, but he is also not a big game Player. Lets hope he bottles it like he usually does in big games

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Big game player or not we must mark the fucker both games, he cant have a sniff. Even at his age he is still deadly.