pash

If we don't get at least second place in this group, seppuku will be required

Aberdeen, NICE

At least we get Helsinki!

Group B is looking like a real easy group

I already hate the hosts

Frankfurt ughhhh

Quoting myself from the coefficients thread so we can see who we'd want to get drawn against (we definitely have some potential here for our draw). BTW Turkey's league is ranked 9th in UEFA. Ugh. I guess mortgaging your future does pay off.

Been ages since I could get excited about this thread. 15 is gonna be tough, but we have some big advantages over all of the teams here (i.e., how many teams we have in the competition). Unfortunately two of those teams will be bottom seeds in their groups, so don't expect miracles. I would say, though, we'd want to hope we get drawn against teams from these countries. It would be extra icing on the cake of any of our teams make it to the knockout stages at the expense of anyone from, say, Israel. 13 Serbia 6.000 5.500 9.500 5.375 1.000 27.375 3/ 5 14 Denmark 5.125 4.125 7.800 5.900 4.000 26.950 2/ 4 15 Norway 3.750 6.500 7.625 5.750 3.000 26.625 2/ 4 16 Israel 2.375 7.000 6.750 6.250 3.250 25.625 2/ 4 17 Ukraine 7.200 6.800 4.200 5.700 1.700 25.600 2/ 5 18 Czech Republic 2.500 6.600 6.700 6.750 2.500 25.050 3/ 4 19 Greece 4.900 5.100 8.000 2.125 3.000 23.125 4/ 5 20 Croatia 4.375 5.900 6.000 3.375 2.875 22.525 1/ 4 21 Poland 2.125 4.000 4.625 7.750 3.875 22.375 2/ 4 22 Sweden 5.750 2.500 5.125 6.250 1.875 21.500 1/ 4

I should call her

Yeah I think pot 2 is actually the better pot. We can beat any of the teams in pot 1 (though it won't be easy). I think I'd want (in order): 1: Lille, AZ Alkmaar 3: Spartak Trnava, HJK, Ljubljana 4: Aberdeen, Mostar I mostly just want to avoid Astana and Besiktas in pot 3.

Guess it's up to Lucescu (and his teammates!) to put him in the best position to succeed. Teams in second- and third-tier leagues - like ours - need to find these kinds of advantages with otherwise compromised players. Here are the highlights - what a fantastic save by Vieirinha about 2:15 in. I missed that toe flick in real time. He was rightfully pumped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxKN978Fqc

D'oh. Gimme the Belgians or the Hungarians, I guess. Besiktas the ones to avoid in pot 3.

The Legia game is still being played. Still a chance

Feels unnatural to see Ingason wearing a different jersey. And for me to be cheering against him.

This team is finally starting to believe.

I guarantee you Ozdoyev will have more yellows per season than Augusto did haha

Vrakas came in for Zivkovic. Pleasantly surprised

I wish we could play against them every day

Please be good please be good please be good!

Why? I'm the world's greatest gambler

Still will be great for the coefficient. Those two teams are automatically in the group stages now right? So it's just us and the fish who need to not screw up. I am feeling frisky so I put money down on both winning. Made me kind of sick to do anything pro-them, but at least I can make some money off of 'em.

What's the sound a whinger makes, I wonder! Whatever it is, it's probably even louder on the bench.

This guy loves whinging

Ahh you're right, like two days ago. I just saw the "Moscow" and assumed it was the same one.

Always a great sign when the guy in the foreground looks 1/4 the size of the dude in the background. They'll eat him alive! Good thing Meite will be there to protect him.