Champions League Thread 2023/2024

[StanSP]

Newcastle get Milan, PSG & Dortmund

[Corky]

Good luck Geordies with that group.

[StanSP]

2 minutes ago, Corky said:

Good luck Geordies with that group.

Reckon they finish 3rd

[AKCJ]

Unbelievable draw for the Geordies. They'll love that.

[StanSP]

Group A
Bayern Munich
Man Utd
FC Copenhagen
Galatasaray

 

Group B
Sevilla
Arsenal
PSV
RC Lens

 

Group C
Napoli
Real Madrid
Sporting Braga
Union Berlin

 

Group D
Benfica
Inter Milan
RB Salzburg
Real Sociedad

 

Group E
Feyenoord
Atletico Madrid
Lazio
Celtic

 

Group F
PSG
Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan
Newcastle

 

Group G
Man City
RB Leipzig
Red Star Belgrade
BSC Young Boys

 

Group H
Barcelona
Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk
Antwerp

[Corky]

Cags will love seeing Rodgers again.

[AjcW]

When you think about what we ended up with that’s honking for Newcastle from a progress point of view. 
 

On the other side of the coin, amazing cities, amazing stadiums and serious away atmospheres! 

[Fox in the North]

5 minutes ago, AjcW said:

When you think about what we ended up with that’s honking for Newcastle from a progress point of view. 
 

On the other side of the coin, amazing cities, amazing stadiums and serious away atmospheres! 

I’d have loved that draw for us if we’d been able to make the top 4 in the two times we missed out. We got a relatively kind draw first time round, would have been brilliant to go toe to toe against European giants.

[Super_horns]

Welcome back to the Champions league Newcastle!

 

Good draw for the others ..

[Jattdogg]

Tough draw for newcastle.

 

Doubt they get champions league next year.

[SemperEadem]

Brings back all sorts of memories.

[Tuna]

Newcastle

[Bilo]

Manchester United will qualify easily, but in second place.

 

Arsenal will qualify, but games against Sevilla will be critical as to where they finish.

 

Nightmare draw for Newcastle. Third would be a cracking effort.

 

I can honestly see Man City winning that with a 100% record. Cruising through to the last 16.

 

Celtic will have a horror show in that. Rangers' unwanted record of worst CL group showing in jeopardy. 

[Bilo]

4 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

Tough draw for newcastle.

 

Doubt they get champions league next year.

If they get third and drop down into Europa, I wouldn't bet against them winning it. They aren't getting out of that group though.

[purpleronnie]

4 minutes ago, Bilo said:

If they get third and drop down into Europa, I wouldn't bet against them winning it. They aren't getting out of that group though.

There's always some english team that will win the europa but they rarely do, is it 3 europa wins in over 20 years?  We have a pretty poor record in the competition.

[Nalis]

31 minutes ago, AjcW said:

When you think about what we ended up with that’s honking for Newcastle from a progress point of view. 
 

On the other side of the coin, amazing cities, amazing stadiums and serious away atmospheres! 

Basically what we should have had when we missed out in 2020 and 2021, annoying.

[Nalis]

State of Group E though, very Europa League

[StanSP]

Be glad to see Celtic finish bottom of that group. Guy on SSN just said 'can't see many 'gremlins' in that group' for Celtic

 

They're not qualifying from that.

[1972 Fox]

49 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Group E
Feyenoord
Atletico Madrid
Lazio
Celtic

I see Celtic finishing bottom of that group. "The beauty of it is that it will be a great coaching challenge for Brendan" 🤣

[Bilo]

26 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

There's always some english team that will win the europa but they rarely do, is it 3 europa wins in over 20 years?  We have a pretty poor record in the competition.

True. If Sevilla drop down, it's goodnight anyway.

[Bilo]

[Finnegan]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Reckon they finish 3rd

 

Hopefully 4th

[Bilo]

4 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Hopefully 4th

Pretty much.

 

Their fans need their collective ego puncturing a bit since the Beheaders took over.

[Stuntman_Mike]

That's some cracking ties for Newcastle fans.

 

I'll do everything I can to avoid watching them though, the media love in of their fans will be completely unbearable.

[Samilktray]

All Union Berlin aren’t we