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Champions league draw!

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by leeso-ardoyne, Aug 23, 2016.

Discuss Champions league draw! in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    They are top by 3 points at the moment. Maccabi Tel Aviv the closest to them, look like the only real threat.
     
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  2. ILoveTheCeltic

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    We can't draw Olympiacos, Sparta Prague/Viktoria Plzen, Salzburg or Steaua Bucharest if any of them qualify as we will all be seeded.

    We could draw Copenhagen, Astana, Ludogorets, BATE, Malmo, Rosenborg, Dinamo Zagreb/Rijeka, Hapoel Beer Sheva, APOEL Nicosia, Maribor, Red Star Belgrade or the Polish Champions. So quite a lot of decent teams, hard to say who's the best as, as we know some of them appear and do really well out the blue.

    Ideally we want Olympiaos, Sparta Prague, Salzburg and that to draw and get knocked out by Copenhagen, Ludogorets, BATE and possibly Legia/Dinamo Zagreb so they'd take their seeded places, making it easier for us.
     
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  3. ChrisMoh

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    a lot of banana skins there.
     
  4. Eazey

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    A lot of quality in there as well. Need to be able to beat any of them to deserve a place. We look stronger than previous years, i dont think anyone would be seeing us as the easy draw. Couldn't say that over last 4 years.
     
  5. Manolito Gold Member Gold Member

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    Only played Shakhtar twice, 2004/5 and 2007/08
     
  6. Manolito Gold Member Gold Member

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    Our most common opponents:

    Barcelona 7 times
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  7. littlekennie

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    Our four most played opponents are huge clubs in their respective countries

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    Knowing our luck in the draw we'll get Barca benfica and shakhtar.
     
  9. The Prof Administrator Administrator

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    It's utter bollocks, as champions of Scotland we should be straight into the group stages :31:
     
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    I'd love to play Malmo again and knock them out. No doubt in my mind we'd do them. We should have last season had it not been for a woeful season European wise where it seemed we couldn't do anything right. The mentality has totally changed now. Polar opposite to then.
     
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    That's who I want as well.

    I hated that guy who managed them when they beat us. * I would love to smash his team to bits.

    He's * off to Denmark though...
     
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    Never played Basle in champions league group stages.

    Only played them 1 time in qualifiers in 2002
     
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    Yeh I hope we get revenge against these teams someday like Malmo maribor and molde

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  14. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Aye but I was meaning in total.

    2 group games each time. Benfica would be the same.
     
  15. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Edit: forgetting we've played them more actually.
     
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    How have we played Barcelona an uneven amount of times?

    Oh, 7 times over two legs/home and away? 14 games, * me.
     
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    If we were playing the qualifiers just now I'd be very confident. However we play them in mid July. And i cannot recall us ever winning a CL 3rd round/playoff round convincingly.

    Maybe slightly too much confidence here. Too many good teams in that play off round.
     
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    Winning convincingly would be boring :84:
     
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    Beat Helsinki convincingly in the 12/13 season but we won't get a team as easy as Helsinki in the third round again.
     
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    The year we beat Barca in the group stages.

    Pretty sure we got through each tie very comfortably.