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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    Only going to bother writing the fixtures for Celtic and Aston Villa from these next pots lol
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,009
    Callumcafc said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Laddick01 said:
    This new format really takes away the excitement (of both the draw and the actual games)
    Disagree - ready to move away from Man City playing the kids in their last two group games because they already qualified…

    The draw is difficult to keep up with but the football should be better and once we get to the knockouts it’s the same anywah
    They'll still get enough points to qualify early and rest players.


    There is incentive to “win” the league and get a seed to avoid other strong teams in the early rounds of the knockouts.

    If City play kids in the last game and lose, they hypothetically drop 2nd to 5th & they’ll have to play a top 4 team in the quarter final instead of a semi final.
    I don't think teams will care once they know they've got enough points for the top 8.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    Celtic fixtures: Leipzig (H), Dortmund (A), Club Brugge (H), Atalanta (A), Young Boys (H), Dinamo Zagreb (A), Slovan Bratislava (H), Aston Villa (A)
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,117
    edited August 2024
    Comparing the Arsenal fixtures:
    PSG (H), Inter (A), Atalanta (A), Shakhtar (H), Dinamo Zagreb (H), Sporting (A), Monaco (H), Girona (A)
    to the PSG fixtures:
    Man City (H), Bayern Munich (A), Atletico Madrid (H), Arsenal (A), PSV (H), Salzburg (A), Girona (H), Stuttgart (A)

    Seems a bit rough considering PSG were in pot 1 and Arsenal pot 2
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    North Lower Neil said:
    Callumcafc said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Laddick01 said:
    This new format really takes away the excitement (of both the draw and the actual games)
    Disagree - ready to move away from Man City playing the kids in their last two group games because they already qualified…

    The draw is difficult to keep up with but the football should be better and once we get to the knockouts it’s the same anywah
    They'll still get enough points to qualify early and rest players.


    There is incentive to “win” the league and get a seed to avoid other strong teams in the early rounds of the knockouts.

    If City play kids in the last game and lose, they hypothetically drop 2nd to 5th & they’ll have to play a top 4 team in the quarter final instead of a semi final.
    I don't think teams will care once they know they've got enough points for the top 8.
    I can see it for the top 4 but disagree about top 8. I guess we’ll see when we get to the last couple of rounds of games.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,117
    Callumcafc said:
    Celtic fixtures: Leipzig (H), Dortmund (A), Club Brugge (H), Atalanta (A), Young Boys (H), Dinamo Zagreb (A), Slovan Bratislava (H), Aston Villa (A)
    Been quite lucky there getting Leipzig and Dortmund out of pot 1, could've been far worse fro them.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    Aston Villa fixtures: Bayern Munich (H), Leipzig (A), Juventus (H), Club Brugge (A), Celtic (H), Young Boys (A), Bologna (H), Monaco (A)
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    edited August 2024
    Pot 1 fixture lists



  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    Pot 2 fixtures lists




  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    Pot 3 fixture lists




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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    Pot 4 fixture lists





  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,534
    Stupid format - as was the previous one. Knockout football is the way to go. Obviously not from a financial viewpoint though. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,890
    Can you run us by all that, just once more please Callum?
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,776
    I think that the question of incentive is there for mid table teams. Where’s the incentive to finish 10th rather than 20th? They should have the play offs so that the teams in 9th to 16th play at home in a one leg affair.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Can you run us by all that, just once more please Callum?
    Sure! :-)

    Recap of the games involving British teams…

    Man City home games: Inter, Brugge, Feyenoord, Sparta Prague
    Man City away games: PSG, Juventus, Sporting, Slovan Bratislava

    Liverpool home games: Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Lille, Bologna
    Liverpool away games: Leipzig, Milan, PSV, Girona

    Arsenal home games: PSG, Shakhtar, Dinamo Zagreb, Monaco
    Arsenal away games: Inter, Atalanta, Sporting, Girona

    Aston Villa home games: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Celtic, Bologna
    Aston Villa away games: Leipzig, Brugge, Young Boys, Monaco

    Celtic home games: Leipzig, Brugge, Young Boys, Slovan Bratislava
    Celtic away games: Dortmund, Atalanta, Dinamo Zagreb, Aston Villa

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    edited August 2024
    Here’s all the Pot 1 v Pot 1 games… (ie the extra games that UEFA and the TV broadcasters will love because they wouldn’t have been possible under the old format)

    Real Madrid v Dortmund
    Dortmund v Barcelona
    Barcelona v Bayern Munich
    Bayern Munich v PSG
    PSG v Man City
    Man City v Inter
    Inter v Leipzig
    Leipzig v Liverpool
    Liverpool v Real Madrid
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,798
    Some cracking home fixtures for Villa . 
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,020
    Callumcafc said:
    Celtic fixtures: Leipzig (H), Dortmund (A), Club Brugge (H), Atalanta (A), Young Boys (H), Dinamo Zagreb (A), Slovan Bratislava (H), Aston Villa (A)
    Quicker to say LLLLLLLL
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,086
    Celtic will be disappointed they didn't get a big name at home 
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,264
    What a time to be a Villa fan. 

    Six seasons ago they were in the Championship, and are now looking forward to Champions League home games against Munich and Juventus.  

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  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,776
    Callumcafc said:
    Here’s all the Pot 1 v Pot 1 games… (ie the extra games that UEFA and the TV broadcasters will love because they wouldn’t have been possible under the old format)

    Real Madrid v Dortmund
    Dortmund v Barcelona
    Barcelona v Bayern Munich
    Bayern Munich v PSG
    PSG v Man City
    Man City v Inter
    Inter v Leipzig
    Leipzig v Liverpool
    Liverpool v Real Madrid
    Arguably getting top spot ot top two could come down to these fixtures. I think Man City have it easier than Real Madrid, don’t they?
    I don’t have too much of an opinion on the merits of these teams. I’m hoping for that to change now BBC have rights.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,117
    jimmymelrose said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Here’s all the Pot 1 v Pot 1 games… (ie the extra games that UEFA and the TV broadcasters will love because they wouldn’t have been possible under the old format)

    Real Madrid v Dortmund
    Dortmund v Barcelona
    Barcelona v Bayern Munich
    Bayern Munich v PSG
    PSG v Man City
    Man City v Inter
    Inter v Leipzig
    Leipzig v Liverpool
    Liverpool v Real Madrid
    Arguably getting top spot ot top two could come down to these fixtures. I think Man City have it easier than Real Madrid, don’t they?
    I don’t have too much of an opinion on the merits of these teams. I’m hoping for that to change now BBC have rights.
    But you only need to be top 8.

    There's not much chance that either City or Madrid will fail to get that.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,506


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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,117

    UEFA actually doing something good........


    The amount clubs can charge for away tickets in Europe's three men's club competitions will be reduced this season, Uefa has announced.

    Champions League games will be capped at 60 euros (£50.55), with 40 euros (£33.70) the maximum for the Europa League and just 20 euros (£16.85) for the Conference League.

    Next season the Champions League figure will drop to 50 euros (£42.12) with 35 euros (£29.48) for the Europa League.

    These caps only apply to visiting fans, not home supporters.

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    edited September 2024
    First set of games this evening:

    Juventus v PSV (5:45 kick off)
    Young Boys v Aston Villa (5:45 kick off)
    Bayern Munich v Dinamo Zagreb (8:00 kick off)
    AC Milan v Liverpool (8:00 kick off)
    Real Madrid v Stuttgart (8:00 kick off)
    Sporting Lisbon v Lille (8:00 kick off)


    Tomorrow and Thurs games:

    Bologna v Shakhtar
    Sparta Prague v Salzburg
    Celtic v Slovan Bratislava
    Club Brugge v Dortmund
    Man City v Inter
    PSG v Girona

    Red Star Belgrade v Benfica
    Feyenoord v Leverkusen
    Monaco v Barcelona
    Atalanta v Arsenal
    Atletico Madrid v Leipzig
    Brest v Sturm Graz
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,890
    Wait there are Champions League games on a Thursday now?

    When are Europa and Conference League games, are they not creating a clash and harming their own "minor" competitions? 
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Wait there are Champions League games on a Thursday now?

    When are Europa and Conference League games, are they not creating a clash and harming their own "minor" competitions? 
    I think they are doing it in alternating weeks now
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,890
    jacob_CAFC said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Wait there are Champions League games on a Thursday now?

    When are Europa and Conference League games, are they not creating a clash and harming their own "minor" competitions? 
    I think they are doing it in alternating weeks now
    Yeah does look to be the case with the Champions / Europa League, looking at the scheduling.

    Conference League they dont seem to care about lol!
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    edited September 2024
    jacob_CAFC said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Wait there are Champions League games on a Thursday now?

    When are Europa and Conference League games, are they not creating a clash and harming their own "minor" competitions? 
    I think they are doing it in alternating weeks now
    UEFA originally wanted the group stage to be 10 games each rather than 8.

    They accounted for that in the scheduling originally but now have more weeks than they need. So instead they’re doing a couple of weeks where it’s only Champions League, Europa League or Conference League to say they are “showcasing” the smaller competitions.

    Most weeks I am guessing they squeeze the Champions League back to Tue/Wed as per previous seasons.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    UCL round 1: 17/9 - 19/9

    UCL round 2: 1/10 & 2/10

    UCL round 3: 22/10 & 23/10

    UCL round 4: 5/11 & 6/11

    UCL round 5: 26/11 & 27/11

    UCL round 6: 10/12 & 11/12

    UCL round 7: 21/1 & 22/1

    UCL round 8: 29/1

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