The Champions League Thread 2013/14

[bassavage]

They've been advertising it on Sky Sports.

Ok thanks - im guessing ITV have the Tuesday games this season then

Celtic would have been on, but Kazakhstan is 4 odd hours ahead so the game was mid-afternoon.

So they put Lewis on instead.

It was on ITV 4. Watched it and they weren't great. Could enter a viscous circle if they're not careful. Having sold Hooper, Wanyama and Wilson they aren't as strong as last year but will have no chance of replacing them if they fail to qualify for the group stages.

Having said that the Kazakhstan team are poor and even at 2-0 Celtic should still go through.

[Platypuss]

Could enter a viscous circle if they're not careful.

Yep - could end up in a really sticky situation.

[TBM]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23769348

Turkish side Fenerbahce have failed in an appeal against their ban from competing in Europe following their involvement in domestic match-fixing.

So even if they had won against Arsenal, they wouldn't have gone through.....what a pointless fixture

[jd82]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23769348

Turkish side Fenerbahce have failed in an appeal against their ban from competing in Europe following their involvement in domestic match-fixing.

So even if they had won against Arsenal, they wouldn't have gone through.....what a pointless fixture

So, if they had beaten Arsenal and then been kicked out, would Arsenal have gone through, or a 3rd party club?

[TBM]

I guess thats why they waited until after the result - instead of giving Arsenal a bye

[6ft Kerplunk]

Doesn't un-injure Podolski, Ramsey and Wiltshire though does it.

[Silver Fox]

Didn't Fenerbatchy beat someone in the previous round, while their appeal was pending? I'd be pretty narked if I was that club

[LUX]

Well played Celtic.

Scotland's only decent club.

[Royalclapper]

Well played Celtic.

Scotland's only decent club.

From Ireland

[Silver Fox]

Glasgow, Ireland?

Anyway, I've got no time for Celtic but that was some good stuff from last night and a pretty comedy celeb from Lennon

[No Fixed Abode]

Can't stand Celtic for three reasons.

Neil Lennon
Scott Brown
Their fans.

[sputnik]

Can't say I'm particularly bothered about Scottish football, but that was a very enjoyable game.

Can't stand Celtic for three reasons.

Neil Lennon
Scott Brown
Their fans.

I can understand Lennon and Brown, but what's wrong with their fans ?

[creative_username_1]

I'm gonna put my neck on the line here and suggest that football fans of all clubs are pretty similar

[YateleyRoyal]

I'm gonna put my neck on the line here and suggest that football fans of all clubs are pretty similar

Celtic fans went to Brentford for a preseason friendly this summer and absolutely trashed the place. A lot of violence too.

[Pepe the Horseman]

I work in Brentford and it's generally a violent place.

[YateleyRoyal]

I work in Brentford and it's generally a violent place.

'xactly. So when they complain someone else is being violent then you know things are bad.

[No Fixed Abode]

Can't say I'm particularly bothered about Scottish football, but that was a very enjoyable game.

Can't stand Celtic for three reasons.

Neil Lennon
Scott Brown
Their fans.

I can understand Lennon and Brown, but what's wrong with their fans ?

[LUX]

They started with six British players last night (I count, based on memory)


More British than fcking soulless Chelsea.

[No Fixed Abode]

They started with six British players last night (I count, based on memory)


More British than fcking soulless Chelsea.

Soulless. Coming from a Reading fan.

[TBM]

Pot 1: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, FC Porto, Benfica.

Pot 2: Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, AC Milan, Schalke, Marseille, CSKA Moscow, Paris St-Germain, Juventus.

Pot 3: Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, FC Basel, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Bayer Leverkusen.

Pot 4: FC Copenhagen, Napoli, Anderlecht, Celtic, Steaua Bucharest, Viktoria Plzen, Real Sociedad, Austria Vienna.