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So it's that time, folks. Draw is today at 5pm BST.


POT 1: Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St Petersburg

POT 2: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Shakhtar Donetsk, Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax, Benfica

POT 3: Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen, Red Bull Salzburg, Olympiakos, Club Brugge, Valencia, Inter Milan, Dinamo Zagreb

POT 4: Lokomotiv Moscow, Genk, Galatasaray, RB Leipzig, Slavia Prague, Red Star Belgrade, Atalanta, Lille


First time we have been in pot 1 in a while. Dream draw for me would be Ajax (really wanted to play them last year), Salzburg (we have some former players of theirs and I have no memories of us playing them), and Gent/Lille. Don't really fear anyone though. Thoughts?

No i fear no one. We should get through the group stages whoever it is

If not we won it earlier this year so let's not be greedy

What am I saying ?

Of course we should be greedy

I want short travel distance for the away games.

I think we need all the help we can get with our thin squad.

So Ajax/Benfica, Club Brügge/Genk and Lille/Lyon would all be good draws for me.

Have a feeling we'll get RM but want Benfica

Short travel distance and opponents we haven't played too often before are priority for me. Don't want to be going to Russia, and I am bored of beating the likes of Porto (thankfully they are not in the equation this time). Not really interested in playing Napoli and Dortmund again, but would love a chance to get revenge on Real.

We should! I want number 7 to catch Milan!

This is a fun little simulator.

Cl Draw Simulator

When I did it the groups came out to be:

Group A:
Zenit
Dortmund
Valencia
Atalanta

Group B
PSG
Real Madrid
Dynamo Zagreb
Genk

Group C:
Juventus
Spurs
Olympiakos
Red Star

Groub D:
Liverpool
Bayer Leverkusen
Benfica
Lille

Group E:
Chelsea
Ajax
Club Brugge
Slavia Prague

Group F:
Bayern
Atletico
Inter
Lokomotiv

Group G:
City
Napoli
Lyon
Leipzig

Group H:
Barca
Shakhtar
Red Bull Salzburg
Galatasaray

No bearing on reality, but some of those groups look tasty! Bayern and City's would be tough in such a draw.

Liverpool need a kind draw with very little travelling if we are to maintain a solid attempt at PL.

Virgil van Dijk has been named Uefa Defender of the Season for his efforts last season.

Nice! Man City have trip to Ukraine