Champs Lg Champions League 2024/25 (League Phase) - On Stan

[jod23]

This draw is a mess and so confusing haha.

 

[jod23]

Struggling to work out if there's any benefit to being in pot 1. Still have to play 2 other pot 1 teams just like everyone else.

Seems to be no benefit. Reckon Villa in Pot 4 have an easier draw than we do and we were in Pot 1.

 

[Hamingja]

Struggling to work out if there's any benefit to being in pot 1. Still have to play 2 other pot 1 teams just like everyone else.

New format definitely helps the teams making up the numbers. Celtic get to play some teams they could get some wins against.



Feels more like a Europa draw

 

[jod23]

Draws like that could mean a team like Celtic could end up top 8 and have the bye. Strange format.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Ridiculous amount of games and last few match days are going to see some dead rubbers as best teams probably already wrapped up a top 8 spot.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Draws like that could mean a team like Celtic could end up top 8 and have the bye. Strange format.

They predict 14-15 points will be required to make top 8, don’t think Celtic is capable of that

 

[apollo_creed]

Villa's first four games are very difficult, the last four are manageable. Probably need minimum 5 points from those first four though.

 

[Chetan Gupta]

Villa's first four games are very difficult, the last four are manageable. Probably need minimum 5 points from those first four though.

I don't think we know order of games yet?

 

[apollo_creed]

I don't think we know order of games yet?

Fair enough I just saw the fixture list and it had them in an order.

 

[typeclub]

The new format seems to want to imitate the super league proposal even though apparently it was going to destroy football.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

The new format seems to want to imitate the super league proposal even though apparently it was going to destroy football.

Super league called for a closed league with a lot more matches

 

[RossFC]

 

[RossFC]

 

[Bradesmaen]

This is why the Champions League should remain and the way funds are distributed should change, more teams getting special moments. They're hardly special for a bunch of clubs now, they're just expected

 

[Bradesmaen]

RossFC is Robertson dropped, rested?

 

[RossFC]

RossFC is Robertson dropped, rested?

Rotation, same with Diaz.

 

[Bradesmaen]

City's uniform is horrendous, it makes them look like they are wearing bibs.

 

[moomba]

City's uniform is horrendous, it makes them look like they are wearing bibs.

It's horrific. And when you're at home you should wear your home kit imo.

Anyway, pretty underwhelming. Whether its Arsenal coming on Sunday, or the new format, or just one-off those games we just didn't seem to have the intensity we needed.

Inter didn't offer much, and it was a pretty rubbish game all up.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

What a joke competition when Celtic can score 5 goals.

 

[Hamingja]

What a joke competition when Celtic can score 5 goals.

Should have been 8

 

[Jatz]

Is anyone actually enjoying the new format (outside of Celtic fans)?

 

[_Cerberus_]

Is anyone actually enjoying the new format (outside of Celtic fans)?

Wayyyyy too early to make a call.

I like the fact that you play 8 different teams, and not the same 3 teams over again. Some times you get drawn the same opponent like 3 times across 5 years, gets boring.

I think the issue that will be glaring, will come the end of the opening rounds. Where some teams will slip in ahead of others, thanks to a much softer draw. That might annoy some fans.

Got to give it a full season to properly critique it.

 

[Magma]

City's uniform is horrendous, it makes them look like they are wearing bibs.

i saw it when it got released and was like well that looks like shit, but sometimes it looks better when on the players. nah it's dogshit. plus i have zero interest in anything oasis related.

 

[charcoalchicken]

City's uniform is horrendous, it makes them look like they are wearing bibs.

Up there with the worst I’ve seen, putrid.

 

[jod23]

I reckon City let the Gallaghers have a little too much to do with the club haha. I think they are just excited cos they are a small club and some big celebrities actually support them so they get carried away.

Like James Bond is a Liverpool fan but we aint letting him design and shirt for us haha