European Cup Draw stuff - QF/SF draws (Friday, 18th March @ some point)

[Case]

Pots 1-4

Lille Salzburg Sherrif please.

 

Ta

[Jarg Armani]

1 hour ago, Case said:

Lille Salzburg Sherrif 

Could be a person. Howdy mein pardners. It's the Lil Salzburg Sherrif. Reach for der skies.

[Hightown Phil]

Zenit the pot 3 team I’d prefer on the grounds they’re absolute bobbins.

[Bailo]

Don't want Russian travel though

[Gethin]

Said this in the 2021/22 thread - but that's got to be one of the weakest Pot 1 we've ever had. 4 of the team would be in pots 3 & 4 based on their rankings. So if you're in Pot 2 you've got a better chance of an easier draw

Us and the Mancs can draw:

Villarreal, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Lille & Sporting from Pot 1

City & Chelsea can get: 

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, PSG, Sevilla & Borussia Dortmund from Pot 2

 

[Gethin]

Also worth keeping an eye on how our fixtures fall

Match 2 is followed by City at home, 3 is followed by United away and 6 (hopefully irrelevant but we never make it that easy) is between Wolves away and Villa at home

[Jarg Armani]

City use their p*ss easy groups to make hay in the league. We want a nice group here.

[Tommy Cockles]

I just want a nice trip.

Apparently away fans are allowed back for the 2nd & 3rd away fixtures.

[Hightown Phil]

15 minutes ago, Bailo said:

Don't want Russian travel though

St Petersburg isn’t that too bad really. And they’re crap.

1 minute ago, Tommy Cockles said:

I just want a nice trip.

Apparently away fans are allowed back for the 2nd & 3rd away fixtures.

That definite? I heard no away fans this side of Xmas.

[Tommy Cockles]

8 minutes ago, Hightown Phil said:

St Petersburg isn’t that too bad really. And they’re crap.

That definite? I heard no away fans this side of Xmas.

It was from a mate I saw at Norwich who goes to a lot of Euro aways; which doesn't make it definite of course.

It seemed very specific though.

Edit: Seems like he might have been optimistic (from AS)

"UEFA are expected to provide more information on away fans attending group stages matches at this week’s draw - in many instances, whether travelling supporters are allowed or not will be decided by respective governments and local authorities. "

Edited August 26, 2021 by Tommy Cockles

[Hightown Phil]

I’m tempted to book some cheap flights in the general direction and hope for the best. And maybe I just have 3 nights in Chisinau and see what happens.

[Sion]

16 minutes ago, Hightown Phil said:

I’m tempted to book some cheap flights in the general direction and hope for the best. And maybe I just have 3 nights in Chisinau and see what happens.

Are you not worried about getting over there, testing positive, and being stuck in Russia/Moldova/Kiev for 10 days unable to leave your hotel? 

[Hightown Phil]

10 minutes ago, Sion said:

Are you not worried about getting over there, testing positive, and being stuck in Russia/Moldova/Kiev for 10 days unable to leave your hotel? 

Be a story to tell. But to be honest I wouldn’t go to two of those three anyway cos I couldn’t be arsed with being chased by mad Russian types, Moldova I’d consider for novelty value but that is a fair point. Haven’t heard of anyone being stuck anywhere mind.

Edited August 26, 2021 by Hightown Phil

[Case]

30 minutes ago, Hightown Phil said:

I’m tempted to book some cheap flights in the general direction and hope for the best. And maybe I just have 3 nights in Chisinau and see what happens.

The bars are temples. But the pearls ain’t free.

[Case]

One of the fellas who saved Christian Eriksen's like in the Summer nearly tripped down the steps and brained himself after receiving an award.

[Hightown Phil]

This is definitely the longest it’s taken to draw a single name isn’t it?

[Case]

2 minutes ago, Hightown Phil said:

This is definitely the longest it’s taken to draw a single name isn’t it?

Has to be.  I've to go out in 5 mins FFS

[psl]

5 minutes ago, Hightown Phil said:

This is definitely the longest it’s taken to draw a single name isn’t it?

It's so dull

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by psl

[Nebraska Red]

40 minutes of bulls***

[Gethin]

Lost track of time repairing my bike - came in thinking I'd have missed most of it

[Nebraska Red]

City get another f***ing home draw. Fix.

[Cunny]

Even by UEFA standards this is remarkable.

[Gethin]

The programme's 2 bloody hours, I hope that's the EL draw too

[Jonesy]

The felling fiddling with the balls is a cyborg. Looks like he took too much acid at a kraftwerk gig back in the 70s and never found his way home. 

[Nebraska Red]

Just now, Gethin said:

The programme's 2 bloody hours, I hope that's the EL draw too

There's 2 EL draws isn't there?