Champions League Group Stage Draw

Duckshit · 08-25-16, 03:51 PM

Yikes, your like the energizer bunny.....lol

Stackzilla · 08-25-16, 04:40 PM

I'm not familiar with that reference. Does he play for the Cleveland Steamers? Or the Dutch Ovens? I remember now it was the Alabama Seesaws

chuda · 08-26-16, 02:18 AM

fkn ridiculous.
to win outright...
leicester 50/1 as 11th favorite just 3 teams behind PSG....leaving behind strong Italian outfit Napoli ,cup specialists Sevilla and Porto, always strong opponents in CL like , Leverkusen , Benfica and Lyon.
in contrast clubs like Monaco 200/1 ...

their ever first game in CL is away, against team with experience in Europe Brugge ... They are favorites
they are also favorites to top the group ... even thou Porto is there

am i missing something or wtf ?

Jaycee Harland · 08-26-16, 11:27 AM

I like the cleveland steamers, but remember, hot carl is out the first game for red cards. I like your winners, do you see any surprises to go through? CSKA perhaps? maybe Ludo? dinamo Z can score. Glad to see you like City as much as me. The away leg at Steaua was impressive, could have gotten 7. Operating in space for 90+.

Stackzilla · 08-26-16, 03:54 PM

The more I think about it Group B is actually a pretty evenly matched group. I just looked over the odds and Monaco has a lot of value imo at +300 to win or top 2 at +100. Totts hasn't really impressed me, CSKA is a dark horse coming in for sure, but they really haven't done much to improve their team other than bringing in Traore from Monaco but 5 games in and he hasn't scored yet and they leave a proven goal scorer Strandberg on the bench. Looking at Monaco I see a complete team with offense strength and a strong defense but this group may come down to fitness and which team is at full strength for each match.

Edit: I've been putting any extra winnings nightly on Man City to win Prem League right now they are a 33% to win and Man U is 18%. I might start putting some on them to win Champ League as well.

plekz · 08-26-16, 07:26 PM

Originally posted by Stackzilla

I might start putting some on them to win Champ League as well.

not going to happen, way to many injury prone players in key positions, and wingbacks that are gonna get torn to shreds by big teams. and to much inexperience in the players. it'll take em atleast a season to cut more deadweight and for pep's system to be ingrained.

Stackzilla · 08-26-16, 08:52 PM

True, I'm sure Pep is prepared for that if it happens. Yesterday they signed Bravo and that has to be huge I always liked Hart but his ego has gotten too big and it's been effecting his play. Their bench is deep and I'm sure their not done with signings. Pep is smart enough to rotate for Prem games to save his A squad for CL games.

plekz · 08-27-16, 02:28 AM

it's really not that deep at all considering yaya, nasri, mangala are gone soon as someone says it. you could pretty much see their second string against steua on wednesday and that's not a team you'll ever win a champions league with.

essentially for that to happen they'd need kompany, silva, aguero without injury woes. silva and aguero so far hasn't had a season without injury problems in the premier league, and the last three years for kompany has been horrendus.

sterling also have a tendency to break, same goes for nolito. gundogan is another guy who's had quite a few injury abscences.