Champions League 2021-2022

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:09 pm

A more conspiracy minded person might say "wow, Ronaldo to City and City in the same group as PSG in the same day". But not me. I'd say that's just "the luck of the draw".

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:24 pm

Group A: Man City, PSG, RB Leipzig, Club Bruges

Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan

Group C: Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas

Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff Tiraspol

Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv

Group F: Villarreal, Man Utd, Atalanta, Young Boys

Group G: Lille, Sevilla, FC Salzburg, Wolfsburg

Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg, Malmo

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:35 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:09 pm A more conspiracy minded person might say "wow, Ronaldo to City and City in the same group as PSG in the same day". But not me. I'd say that's just "the luck of the draw".

Wait...WHAT THE FUCK?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:38 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:35 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:09 pm A more conspiracy minded person might say "wow, Ronaldo to City and City in the same group as PSG in the same day". But not me. I'd say that's just "the luck of the draw".
Wait...WHAT THE FUCK?

Yeah, it's been heavily rumored.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:39 pm

Group B looks brutal.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:41 pm

A does as well, although Leipzig may not be ready for primetime. The Bundesliga played a real game of managerial musical chairs this offseason.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:46 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:41 pm A does as well, although Leipzig may not be ready for primetime. The Bundesliga played a real game of managerial musical chairs this offseason.

But they have Brendan Aaronson, so they are always a threat.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:49 pm

Don't be surprised if Lille don't make it out of Group G. They won Ligue 1 last year, and have lost a bunch in the offseason.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:15 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:35 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:09 pm A more conspiracy minded person might say "wow, Ronaldo to City and City in the same group as PSG in the same day". But not me. I'd say that's just "the luck of the draw".
Wait...WHAT THE FUCK?

Ronaldo to Bristol City has been the talk all week….don’t know what that has to do with the CL tho

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:37 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:24 pm Group A: Man City, PSG, RB Leipzig, Club Bruges

Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan

Group C: Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas

Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff Tiraspol

Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv

Group F: Villarreal, Man Utd, Atalanta, Young Boys

Group G: Lille, Sevilla, FC Salzburg, Wolfsburg

Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg, Malmo

Jesse M probably not so excited about this draw. But if he can get out of this group stage his stock will be way up.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:29 pm

Nice to see Dortmund and Ajax together since they’re linked in my brain as “even if I’ve never heard of this transfer target, if I hear he’s from Dortmund or Ajax I’m all in”.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:22 am

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:35 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:09 pm A more conspiracy minded person might say "wow, Ronaldo to City and City in the same group as PSG in the same day". But not me. I'd say that's just "the luck of the draw".
Wait...WHAT THE FUCK?

Sounds like United are in for him as well. It also sounds like Juve aren't asking much for him. Can they send along Weston too? We desperately need DM help.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:39 am

United is it, apparently

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:32 am

Soccer is fun.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:32 am

What a disaster of a window for City, to not have a striker for this season is pretty awful planning. Probably gonna make some panic buy now.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:35 am

the only "striker" city had last year scored four goals in 12 league games

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:38 am

City returned a league winning + CL finalist roster but added Jack Grealish. That seems more good than bad.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:13 am

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:38 am City returned a league winning + CL finalist roster but added Jack Grealish. That seems more good than bad.

They scored 10 more goals than any other team in the EPL last year. They should be fine.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:21 pm

I would kill for Camavinga or McKinnie back there. Slot either in ahead of McTominay and Matic and now you've got a team!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:38 pm

I suppose I'm happy he didn't go to City. I'm always happy about another skilled player in the lineup/on the bench. He's still Cristiano freakin Ronaldo while he's on the pitch, and hopefully he can fit into a role on this team. All that said, I enjoyed not having to root for him, especially given what may have happened in Vegas.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:18 pm

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:23 pm

Sure that was last year. Everyone has improved.
Liverpool got their defenders back, Chelsea got Lukaku, United got Ronaldo, Sancho and Varane.

Yeah City will be able to keep beating on the Norwich's of the world without a striker, but against the top teams they will struggle. Grealish is great, but he is a luxury signing. Better to have kept the £100 million for Grealish and just bought Kane for the additional amount.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:45 pm

Aguero played the equivalent of 8 full matches across all comps last year.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:43 pm

Ronaldo scores quickly on Young Boys <giggle>

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:52 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:43 pm Ronaldo scores quickly on Young Boys <giggle>

At the Wankdorf.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:39 pm

Fucking Americans Abroad!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:40 pm

Oh no Jessie....

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:47 pm

Oh wow, they got Pefok'd

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:52 pm

Its the Pefok Era.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:21 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:39 pm Fucking Americans Abroad!

Elaborate? Some of us are stuck in meetings…

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:23 pm

Making noise everywhere. This is getting routine. Crazy.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:24 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:23 pm Making noise everywhere. This is getting routine. Crazy.

Examples?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:26 pm

Holy Christ that was insane!!!

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:29 pm

Kind of a shitty goal by pefok to beat Man U in extra time

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:12 pm

Ake just doesn't look CL or top 6 quality at CB.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:57 pm

Moldovan champions Sheriff Tiraspol lead Real Madrid 1-0 at HT, in Madrid

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:01 pm

That was a stellar goal by Gueye but I feel like maybe it shouldn't count if everyone knows you couldn't hit that spot again with 10 chances.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:35 pm

This Messi guy is pretty ok.

Post by **brian** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:48 pm

...but I did not shoot the deputy...

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:57 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:01 pm That was a stellar goal by Gueye but I feel like maybe it shouldn't count if everyone knows you couldn't hit that spot again with 10 chances.

Yeah, anyone who makes a full court heave to win a game should have to do it again just to make sure.