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[sydney_gws]

TV money always going to be an issue but Celtic should be operating like Club Brugge are now. Brugge have sold players for 10-20 million and bought new players for 5-10 million. Celtic are selling players for 10-20 million but not doing the reinvesting part until it is too late and you are out of the champions league, costing yourself even more money, or like last year spending too much on players at the very end of the window as the selling clubs know you are desperate for signings and the club have no plan B. The problem Celtic have is the board can downsize the team and still win the league because everyone else is useless. There is a theory amongst the supporters that the Celtic board don't want Celtic to be too far ahead of Rangers as it kills off the interest in the domestic games completely, part tin foil hat but also part truth I would say.

I think the result today would put " conspiracy theorists" to shame as alot of countries would have preferred Celtic to make it in, bringing 5000 fans to an away game in Italy, France, Spain etc.

 

[RossFC]

League Phase Draw 2am melb time tomorrow

UCL League Phase Draw

www.uefa.tv

 

[Frank Bunn]

Scotland needs to look at Belgian, Dutch leagues for ideas. But perhaps the issue is a smaller population than them, hence smaller money.
Maybe Scotland need to go back to a 10 team league. Hopefully they go on to do well in Europa league somehow. But won't do well against Villa, Nottingham who will both be trying very hard to win it unless they get into relegation trouble which is unlikely.

I don't know if it's a reflection on the Scottish Premier League or more about the current poor state of where Celtic and Rangers are right now.

 

[RossFC]

draw on now

 

[RossFC]

 

[RPCB]

Somehow even the CL draw has managed to kick our arse. Spurs finished 17th in the league, qualified for the CL via the Europa League….. ends up with the easiest CL group. Ah, ffs!

 

[Art Vandelay_]

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Somehow even the CL draw has managed to kick our arse. Spurs finished 17th in the league, qualified for the CL via the Europa League….. ends up with the easiest CL group. Ah, ffs!

Hate to break it to you but everyone in the draw is harder the Grimsby so we did you a favour. You'd have the hardest draw no matter who you got.

 

[RossFC]

 

[Loonerty]

Funny that we've ended up against all the teams we beat in the knockout stage in 2012.

 

[largebus]

The Real game was always coming.

In other good news, the final will kick off at 17:00 UTC (midnight AWST) from this season onwards.

 

[hawkman]

The Real game was always coming.

In other good news, the final will kick off at 17:00 UTC (midnight AWST) from this season onwards.

Not good news for 90% of the country

 

[largebus]

Not good news for 90% of the country

It was almost certainly done just to appease the other countries in the WA time zone.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Sporting Club and Juventus the only clubs from the continent not to draw an English club.

 

[Bradesmaen]

The Real game was always coming.

In other good news, the final will kick off at 17:00 UTC (midnight AWST) from this season onwards.

Perfect, I'm not leaving my mates place at 11pm.

 

[moomba]

Don't know wtf were playing Champiins league on a Thursday night 3 days before Arsenal away when their game is Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Mop]

Somehow even the CL draw has managed to kick our arse. Spurs finished 17th in the league, qualified for the CL via the Europa League….. ends up with the easiest CL group. Ah, ffs!

You love to see it

 

[davidgoes4wce]

Lets be honest the group stage part of the campaign is just all noise until the real stuff starts in the round of 32/ knock outs/ round of 16.

Id like to see UEFA make it a top 16 instead of 24, for teams progressing to the next phase of the campaign.

Instead make it 10 games in the league phase. I understand that the UEFA CL League phase is new concept but a bit of food for though.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Back again Cruyff14

 

[Bradesmaen]

Bit of Onana about Simon's save there.

 

[RPCB]

Arsenal’s quality showed in the end. Comfortable win.

 

[RPCB]

That’s a shit start for TAA. He’ll probably be out for a few weeks with a hamstring injury now.

 

[RPCB]

It took me nearly the entire first half to realise that Aubameyang is playing and also realise that he didn’t retire years ago.

 

[RPCB]

And yet again, I am focused on the wrong match.

Juventus vs Dortmund. From 0-0 at halftime to 4-4 at full time.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Arsenal’s quality showed in the end. Comfortable win.

North London club in Bilbao...