Champions League Draw

[No8Bally]

Special Dispensation seems to be wearing out..

 

[Wayno]

Sergio Ramos is my spirit animal for real

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

Have to say as well I'm not in to glorifying any potential violence at football matches, the Spurs fan liking this as well really should know better. Putting rivalries aside it's a sport we should all be able to enjoy and feel safe taking our kids to watch without the potential random weapon wielding dickheads looking for their 5 minutes of fame.

Ofcourse no one wants to see violence at the football, but I think what the poster is on about is this phoney ultra mob that the RS had going last year might think twice about pelting a bus with bottles and fireworks if there's a chance that it will be returned onto them, not condoning it, just showing the blag hooligan image they tried to give themselves which hardly even got condemned by the media

 

[Harryflashman]

Have to say as well I'm not in to glorifying any potential violence at football matches, the Spurs fan liking this as well really should know better. Putting rivalries aside it's a sport we should all be able to enjoy and feel safe taking our kids to watch without the potential random weapon wielding dickheads looking for their 5 minutes of fame.

It’s not necessarily glorifying it , I certainly wasn’t but they’ve been drawn against two of what I’d call the problem sides in the draw for away trips . The reality is the glorifying that took place is them throwing stuff at coaches and playing hard core ultra with apparent impunity . To a degree that some of us predicted exactly what would happen and an innocent fan got hurt , again the Liverpool fans acted with apparent impunity.

Life isn’t all fun and games actions have repercussions and if they’re happy to ignore that then that’s up to them . I think they’ll have to be very careful facing a couple of these sides , I’m not glorifying it I’m just saying what seems to be incredibly obvious .

 

[davek]

Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Just clocked their draw.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.

There'll be no nerves at all this spring/summer.

 

[davek]

Group D: Lokomotiv Moscow, Porto, Schalke, Galatasaray.


That's like the weakest EL group you'd see.

 

[Big_nev]

It’s not necessarily glorifying it , I certainly wasn’t but they’ve been drawn against two of what I’d call the problem sides in the draw for away trips . The reality is the glorifying that took place is them throwing stuff at coaches and playing hard core ultra with apparent impunity . To a degree that some of us predicted exactly what would happen and an innocent fan got hurt , again the Liverpool fans acted with apparent impunity.

Life isn’t all fun and games actions have repercussions and if they’re happy to ignore that then that’s up to them . I think they’ll have to be very careful facing a couple of these sides , I’m not glorifying it I’m just saying what seems to be incredibly obvious .

Fair enough but I'm not sure throwing stuff at a coach is on the same level as the stabbings and beatings we have seen fans endure from some of these European fans. We all know what they are like we've lived with it for years and years (my son is a RS) but still I don't think we should be relishing people getting hurt because of which club they support.

Anyway it's going to be hard for me to agree with much on this subject because of my lad.

 

[davek]

They play their last group game three days before the derby.

That'll go down to the wire that group too.

Liverpool 3rd favourites in that.

 

[davek]

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Ha Ha Ha.

 

[Harryflashman]

Fair enough but I'm not sure throwing stuff at a coach is on the same level as the stabbings and beatings we have seen fans endure from some of these European fans. We all know what they are like we've lived with it for years and years (my son is a RS) but still I don't think we should be relishing people getting hurt because of which club they support.

Anyway it's going to be hard for me to agree with much on this subject because of my lad.

Its not mate that was the point a few made at the time , they’re playing at it and I’d be amazed if many or any of that welcoming committee actually travelled to these hotspots, some of them don’t even go to the pit . but you can’t be surprised when the serious opposition fans take it as a challenge

If you’re from this city you’ve got relatives and friends who are RS so nobody wants to see people getting seriously hurt .

 

[Khalekan]

Russian and Ukrainian clubs can't be drawn together m8.

I wonder what they would do if a Russian team and a Ukrainian team both made it to an EL Final.

 

[Flano21]

I wonde4 what they would do of a Russian team and a Ukrainian team both made it to an EL Final.

It’d be fine, wouldn’t it? Finals are played at a neutral venue so don’t think it’ll make a difference

 

[mmmmsnouts]

RS finally had a tough group draw? about time.

group D is a joke though, stop seeding russian champions, their coeff ranking actualy makes them 4th pot, but uefa gave them automatic 1st pot.

Well, part of it is Lokomotiv has the 4th highest coeff among Russian sides, but they won the league. If it had been Zenit again, their coeff is high enough for Pot 2.

The “all champions pot” is a bad idea to begin with and the coefficients are too slow to react to teams in the ascendancy. Also combining CL and EL achievements is dumb, the numbers should translate down but not up.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

I wonder what they would do if a Russian team and a Ukrainian team both made it to an EL Final.

Good question. Surely couldn't cancel.

 

[Khalekan]

Good question. Surely couldn't cancel.

It’d be fine, wouldn’t it? Finals are played at a neutral venue so don’t think it’ll make a difference

I doubt a neutral city would want thousands of potentially belligerent Russians and Ukrainians descending in their city.

I bet it would kick off.