[ICTChris]

The draw for the UEFA Cup group stages is tomorrow. Aberdeen are seeded in the bottom pot which is to be expected I think.

Pot one: Villarreal (Spa) UEFA co-efficent 78.374, Bayern Munich (Ger) 73.640, AZ Alkmaar (Hol) 63.995, Panathinaikos (Gre) 55.415, Basle (Swi) 54.869, Bordeaux (Fra) 49.706, Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) 45.640, Anderlecht (Bel) 41.594.

Pot two: Tottenham (Eng) 40.618, Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus) 38.920, Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) 38.920, Sparta Prague (Cze) 37.851, AEK Athens (Gre) 36.415, Hamburg (Ger) 34.640, Bolton (Eng) 32.618, Austria Vienna (Aut) 30.104.

Pot three: Spartak Moscow (Rus) 27.920, Braga (Por) 27.107, Galatasaray (Tur) 26.791, Getafe (Spa) 25.374, Atletico Madrid (Spa) 25.374, Everton (Eng) 24.618, Fiorentina (Ita) 21.808, Stade Rennais (Fra) 20.706.

Pot four: Hapoel Tel Aviv (Isr) 19.338, Red Star Belgrade (Ser) 19.256, Copenhagen (Den) 19.129, Toulouse (Fra) 17.706, Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) 17.533, Panionios (Gre) 16.415, Nuremberg (Ger) 14.640, Mlada Boleslav (Cze) 13.851.

Pot five: Aris Thessaloniki (Gre) 13.415, Aberdeen (Sco) 11.064, FC Zurich (Swi) 9.869, Larissa (Gre) 8.415, Aalborg (Den) 7.129, Brann (Nor) 6.509, Elfsborg (Swe) 4.478, Helsingborgs (Swe) 3.478.

Hardest draw: Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Spartak Moscow, Red Star Belgrade.
Easiest draw: Anderlecht, Austria Vienna, Braga, Mlada Boleslav

Feel free to correct me, all you European football experts out there.

I can't believe Spartak Moscow are in the third pot, they will be the team to avoid for most teams I'd have thought.

[Neiljb]

Don't think Spurs are tha hardest in pot 2.

[Broccoli Dog]

They'd really want to be avoiding...

Munich
Moscow
Fiorentina
Red Star
Helsinborgs

Although these would also be ties which should rake in some £££

[Leeds-Rover]

kpj, on Oct 8 2007, 19:20, said:

They'd really want to be avoiding...

Munich
Moscow
Fiorentina
Red Star
Helsinborgs

Although these would also be ties which should rake in some £££

I think it's safe to say they will be avoiding Helsinborgs

[Broccoli Dog]

Steven, on Oct 8 2007, 19:23, said:

I think it's safe to say they will be avoiding Helsinborgs

whoops

[HibeeJibee]

TBH I really can't see them getting out of any group, since they'll be playing 2nd and 4th seeds away I think, and they'll need to beat 2 teams (or if very lucky win 1 draw 1) to get through. However, big clubs = big money which helps since £12M debt. Maybe they should just hope for:

Bayern Munich (Home)
Tottenham Hotspur (Away)
Atletico Madrid (Home)
Toulouse (Away) - because I'm presuming they wouldn't be too happy travelling to Belgrade.

That would be two sell-out crowds at Pittodrie, sponsorship fees, a trip to London, many if not all of the games live on TV with associated money, and they could have some brilliant games too.

[bluetooner]

I think "easiest" draw would probably be:-

Anderlecht
Bolton
Stade Rennais (especially with the Scottish curse over the french)
Copenhagen


The best for money/good games (despite a thrashing in each) would be:-


Bayern
Spurs
Atletico Madrid
Red Star Belgrade


The worst possible draw would be:-

Basle
Lokomotiv Moskow
Galatasaray
Hapoel Tel Aviv

- Difficult group, horrible places to go, and not much in terms of money spinners.

[vikingTON]

Basel
Austria Vienna
Getafe
Panionios
Would be a very good group for them.
Tight but they could well make it from that.

[Bluenose5]

I think the easiest group for the dons would be:

Basle
Austria Vienna
Sporting Braga
Panionios

Hardest group being:

Bayern Munich
Tottenham
Spartak Moscow
FC Copenhagen

[Karl Fletcher]

Munich at home and Spurs away would be fantastic

[Milners]

HibeeJibee, on Oct 8 2007, 19:27, said:

TBH I really can't see them getting out of any group, since they'll be playing 2nd and 4th seeds away I think, and they'll need to beat 2 teams (or if very lucky win 1 draw 1) to get through. However, big clubs = big money which helps since £12M debt. Maybe they should just hope for:

Doesn't work like that - as i checked last seasons pot seeds and teams like Bolton and Newcastle didn't have the system like that.

[Milners]

Karl Fletcher, on Oct 9 2007, 03:11, said:

Munich at home and Spurs away would be fantastic

I would rather have an easy draw and have a chance of getting through.

Thought you would be up for some eastern european team lol

This post has been edited by Milners: 09 October 2007 - 09:19

[centralhoop]

Have the draw on in the background and actually getting a tad excited. Aberdeen pulled off a stunning result against Dnipro and deserve some quality games. More footie to watch on the tele too

[Bluenose5]

centralhoop, on Oct 9 2007, 20:08, said:

Have the draw on in the background and actually getting a tad excited. Aberdeen pulled off a stunning result against Dnipro and deserve some quality games. More footie to watch on the tele too

Is the draw on right now?

[Leeds-Rover]

Yep, Munich & Bolton in the same group...........

http://news.bbc.co.u...ope/7034147.stm

[Raving On]

Panathinaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Atletico Madrid
Copenhagen
ABERDEEN

[Bluenose5]

Steven, on Oct 9 2007, 20:19, said:

Yep, Munich & Bolton in the same group...........

http://news.bbc.co.u...ope/7034147.stm

cheers pal

[Karl Fletcher]

Milners, on Oct 9 2007, 09:56, said:

I would rather have an easy draw and have a chance of getting through.

Thought you would be up for some eastern european team lol

There's hotties in London and Munich as well

GROUP A

AZ Alkmaar
FC Zenit
Everton
Nurembourg
Larissa

GROUP B

Panthininaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Athletico Madrid
Copenhagen
Aberdeen

GROUP C

Villarreal
AEK Athens
Fiorentina
Boleslav
Elfsborg


GROUP D

FC Basel
Hamburg
Rennes
Zagreb
Brann Bergen


GROUP E

Bayer Lerverkuson
Sparta Prague
Spartack Moscow
Toulouse
Zurich


GROUP F

Bayern Munich
Bolton
Braga
Crvena Zvezda
Aris


GROUP G

Anderlecht
Tottenham
Getafe
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Aalborg

GROUP H

Bourdeux
Austria Vienna
Galatasaray
Panionios
Helsingsborg

This post has been edited by Karl Fletcher: 09 October 2007 - 10:32

[Bluenose5]

Thats a hard group they have got.

[centralhoop]

[quote name='Karl Fletcher' date='Oct 9 2007, 11:27' post='1898945']
GROUP B

Panthininaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Athletico Madrid
Copenhagen
Aberdeen

Now the next part of the Jigsaw. Who would you like to draw at home? I would say that you would'nt mind travelling to Copenhagen, however perm 1 from the other 3 as Greece, Russia and Spain hold differing problems. Great draw though and some good games to look forward to.

[Bluenose5]

I think it would be better if they got Athletico and Lokomotiv at home and Panathinaikos and Copenhagen away.

[Karl Fletcher]

Bluenose5, on Oct 9 2007, 11:48, said:

I think it would be better if they got Athletico and Lokomotiv at home and Panathinaikos and Copenhagen away.

I would want Madrid and Panthiniakos away from home for decent away trips but early reports indicate it's the complete opposite

Still very exciting regardless though, Come on You Reds B)

This post has been edited by Karl Fletcher: 09 October 2007 - 10:53