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Also, I am highly impressed by Vincent. Kid runs and runs, he really is all-in on the press system, and his post-up game is excellent. He can just lean back on these mongoloid defenders and control the ball and that crucial first touch 90% of the time.

edit: of course, his miss was saddening, but he's going to get his.

 

He looked much better today than last week, and I had no idea he was that fast. For a defensive midfielder he flies. His technical ability seems a bit strange at times, but he is going to rival Dembele for Pt for sure. We are really deep right now. I don't recall ever having this many options as long as I have been a fan.

 

Go to bed.

 

That time of year again huh

 

Bless your soul Ace. Don't fall in that hole. It's now a running joke for Everton fans

 

Seems like Barca really like their deals to include buy back clauses which works well for those other spanish teams but I dont see Levy going for that. Think it would be a really good buy.

 

Looks like the deal for Nkoudou might finally be completed.

 

Looking likely we'll be in Pot 3 of the UCL draw unless some upsets happen. That would make Thursday draw pretty nerve racking

 

Wikipedia, the greatest source of all, says N'Koudou is Tottenham

 

I think I read wrong. Looks like when man city qualified they knocked us to pot 3. Here's praying for no athletic or Dortmund in pot 2.

 

I posted this in the CL thread when this rounds draw was done

Also here's this from the UEFA site:
Pot 1: Real Madrid (ESP, holders), Barcelona (ESP), Leicester City (ENG), Bayern München (GER), Juventus (ITA), Benfica (POR), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), CSKA Moskva (RUS)

• The remaining three pots are decided by each team's UEFA club coefficient as of the end of last season.

The below teams are confirmed in their pot:

Pot 2: Atlético Madrid (ESP), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Arsenal (ENG), Sevilla (ESP), Napoli (ITA), Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Pot 3: Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Lyon (FRA), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Sporting CP (POR)
Pot 4: Beşiktaş (TUR)

The following teams are confirmed in the group stage but will only discover their pot after the play-offs end on Wednesday

Pot 2 or 3: Basel (SUI), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

• Basel will be in Pot 2 if either Manchester City or Porto are knocked out in the play-offs. Spurs will be in Pot 2 if both City and Porto are knocked out.

Pot 3 or 4: Club Brugge (BEL)

• The remaining ten slots will be confirmed after the play-offs.

 

That's pretty much all we need to worry about imo. There's a 2/3 chance that we get someone else.

 

Here's a site where you can simulate the draw. Pretty sure it's been posted before.

https://inker.github.io/cl-draw/?mode=gs

 

I'm sorry but how the fuck does Man City deserve to be in Pot 2? Did we not finish above them in the league table? Winning a play-in game gets you above someone you finished behind in your relative league?

 

UEFA coefficient is determined by last 4 years and how you've done in European competition as well as how other clubs from the league have done. Not related to how you did in the league

It's why it doesn't make sense when people talk about not taking Europa seriously. Spanish clubs have raised their coefficient by doing well in Europa.

We made the semis last year so that is going to help coefficient for a few years. We were pot 3 after winning the league in 2011-12

 

So should Leicester be pot 2 or 3 since the 2015-16 table doesn't matter? They finished 14th two years ago and were in the Championship the year before, not the most illustrious 4 year span. I wasn't around for Spurs last trip through CL so forgive me.

 

Sorry should clarify.

Champions of the top 8 leagues automatically go into pot 1. This is a recent change, this might be just the 2nd year.

If Leicester had finished 2nd-4th they would be in pot 4

So if you don't win the league then your domestic performance doesn't really factor into your pot. If you win the league pot 1. If you finish 2nd-4th what matters is how your league and you specifically have done in Europa and CL over the 4 most recent seasons

 

This is good info. Thanks for posting. Glad to know you're not one of the shitty city fans like Tobias.

 

Atletico is an extreme example of how deep Europa runs and help you when you return to CL.

2009-10 season they were in CL in pot 3, finished 3rd in the group and pushed in Europa and won it.
10-11 they didn't get out of their Europa group
11-12 they won Europa again
12-13 got out of Europa group and lost in round of 32.
They returned to CL in 13-14 and had the top coefficient in pot 2.

They've now sustained success in CL and if the format hadn't changed they'd be pot 1.

Again that is an extreme example but Sevilla is pot 2 because of their Europa success

 

I did a mock draw and we can only wish...

CSKA Moskva
Bayer Leverkusen
Ludogorets Razgrad

 

can't decide if calhanoglu would be a good move or not. if he reaches his potential, obviously it would be an amazing deal, but he struggled last year.

 

Yedlin gone

 

Would Eriksen be mad about not taking FKs? You don't have Calhanoglu and not have him take them

 

I think it would be rare for both of them to be playing at the same time.

 

I think he is Eriksens replacement for next year if we get him. I suspect this is his last year with us.

 

Napoli put in a bid for 'Arry, which of course was rejected.

And Bentaleb has joined Schalke on loan.

 

"Tottenham have bid in region of £15m to sign Wilfried Zaha, according to his agent. Zaha keen, CL football etc"

Per Sky Sports and David Ornstein

 

Well that's a weird one

 

Sign me up for that.... Id much prefer him over Nkoudou

 

No thanks. All flair. No substance. He is a more flair version of Andros Townsend.

 

I doubt there's any truth to that rumor.

 

remember when zaha played for united lol

 

Atlanta fan checking in. Whats your opinion on Daren Eales?

 

Who?

 

Champions league group stage draw today. Really just hoping we can avoid Atletico and Dortmund from pot 2