Round of 16, The Draw

[ToffeeDan]

No easy ties but, that said, nothing extremely daunting either. The five Italian and four Eastern European teams might be ones to avoid - awkward long trips or unpleasant atmosphere (though Inter and Torino are nothing special) - Ajax, Wolfsburg, Villarreal, Seville, Besiktas and Brugge. Brugge look the ones to be praying for. Dnipro and Torino next best and maybe Besiktas (having only scraped past a shadow RS team). To be honest last 16 is a decent effort and anything more than that a real bonus. A second leg at Goodison must be the priority.

 

[Garrick]

Which team is the lowest "ranked" left in the draw?

Full club coefficients of remaining clubs:

1. Zenit St. Petersburg (16, 85.933)
2. Inter Milan (22, 76.068)
3. Napoli (23, 74.068)
4. Ajax (25, 64.129)
5. Sevilla (63.385)
6. Dynamo Kyiv (28, 60.533)
7. Villarreal (30, 57.885)
8. Roma (46, 41.568)
9. Dnipro (51, 40.533)
10. Fiorentina (53, 40.068)
11. Besiktas (57, 36.520)
12. Club Brugge (62, 35.200)
13. Everton (74, 27.935)
14. Dinamo Moskva (76, 26.433)
15. Wolfsburg (77, 25.425)
16. Torino (85, 24.068)

 

[ilikecheese]

Brugge...for the fans.

 

[James Patrick]

Brugge...for the fans.

We'd only get about 1500 tickets though.

 

[JAYTALITY]

Drugs are Bad, don't take drugs

Um kaay

 

[ilikecheese]

We'd only get about 1500 tickets though.

How small is their stadium?

Then Ajax I reckon. Fans ain't made of money.

 

[mrb85]

A most unappetising group of qualifiers from the 'great away trip' perspective. 4 from Russia/Ukraine FFS! Besiktas! At least 2 Italian sides with lunatic fans.

Seville the pick of them for me. Bit of winter sunshine. Probably get mashed like.

 

[mrb85]

How small is their stadium?

Then Ajax I reckon. Fans ain't made of money.

30,000 capacity of which we are only obliged to be given 5% ie 1,500. Unlikely to be given more since their average gate is c 25,000.

 

[CynicalBlue]

I want Inter. They made Celtic look half decent so we must stand a chance.

 

[Pat's Van]

I want Inter. They made Celtic look half decent so we must stand a chance.

yep, internazionale for me please

we owe them don't we ???

 

[CynicalBlue]

yep, internazionale for me please

we owe them don't we ???

Not sure what we owe them, but totally agree we owe them. (Something)

 

[Pat's Van]

Not sure what we owe them, but totally agree we owe them. (Something)

think they knocked us out the european cup in 63

someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong which I usually am

 

[CynicalBlue]

think they knocked us out the european cup in 63

someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong which I usually am

Did they?
That's a very long term grudge that if true I don't hold over them.
I thought we owed them for no doubt charging us fans for ten quid for a bloody pizza? I mean who doesn't like pizza but it's only a few ingredients which never calculate to such a sum.

 

[efctom20]

I've numbered 1-15 best and worst draws in my opinion, baring in mind I just want to get through:

10. Zenit St. Petersburg (16, 85.933)
13. Inter Milan (22, 76.068)
15. Napoli (23, 74.068)
4. Ajax (25, 64.129)
12. Sevilla (63.385)
8. Dynamo Kyiv (28, 60.533)
9. Villarreal (30, 57.885)
14. Roma (46, 41.568)
3. Dnipro (51, 40.533)
11. Fiorentina (53, 40.068)
6. Besiktas (57, 36.520)
1. Club Brugge (62, 35.200)
5. Dinamo Moskva (76, 26.433)
7. Wolfsburg (77, 25.425)
2. Torino (85, 24.068)

I'd take 1-3 happily, 4-5 ok, don't fancy 6 - 10 and we'll need an away first leg and a little bit of luck to beat any of 11-15.

1/3 chance of a decent draw, 1/3 chance of getting dicked.

 

[Batty67]

Dynamo Kiev