Would I be right in saying that Celtic may be in pot 4 for the big draw?
I suspect this may be the case depending on who qualifies and given that the Seville year no longer counts towards Celtic's co-efficient.

No. Next?

Just kidding, clicky

I also suspect, given their euro run last year, that Rangers would have been in pot 3 or possibly even pot 2. Alas it wasn't to be...

I done the clicky thing, but surely that isn't the final pots given the third qualifiers have still to be played...

The teams you see in the pots with asterisks next to them are the ones yet to qualify. Bert always puts the seeded teams 'through' in his pots prior to the ties being played. Celtic can only move further up and there are three very do-able wins for unseeded teams: Atletico to beat Schalke, Sparta to beat PAO and GS to beat Steaua. You'd still need another 4 upsets to reach pot 2 though.

Rangers would have been 2nd in pot 3.

Thanks for that Pollymac!

Yeh as someone said we are in Pot 3 but to get into pot 2, we need 7 out of 8 certain teams to get knocked out in the qualifiers.

Which is not going to happen realistically. Celtic will almost certainly be in Pot 3.

Yeh, well obviously.

Bayern are in Pot 2 I think

when is the draw made again?!

Well, if Eddie Smith can keep himself busy and talk to a few of his mates on the continent you never know

28th of August I think.

Wheres that irony meter when you need it

Wow. Could potentially get:

Real Madrid
Bayern Munich
Celtic
Spartak Moscow



But then again...

Lyon
Sporting Lisbon
Celtic
Kaunus/Aalborg

Real Madrid,
Sporting Lisbon
Celtic
Kaunus/Aalborg

would be a great group to be in.

Surely that first away win would come if we got FC Cluj.

What happened the last time Celtic played an unknown Eastern European team?

That would be great. Not only would it be a great chance for us to cement at least a UEFA Cup spot, in the away game hardly any fans would travel which going on recent away games in Europe can only be a good thing.

My only wish this year is that we don't have to play bloody Benfica, A.C. Milan or Barcelona again. I'd like to experience something different for a change!

When is the draw made?

The last time, ehm? We won 4-0 at home.

I see. And a 4-0 win at home gives you your first away win in the Champions League how??

5-4 agg. HTH

itd be nice if we got chelsea, they could come up here and see a proper football club with history, prestige and passion outplay a bunch of overpaid, whining, premiership 'superstars'.

Any english team would do though, just so we could beat them and puncture the hubris and arrogance of the prem.

You just last time we played, not mentioning the venue

Spartak got pumped out!

I think there is a good chance of Celtic not getting AC and Benfica
Nakamura hasn't got a clue

Celtic will get a togh draw as usual I reckon our group will be
English Side
Juventus
Celtic
Atletico Madrid

That's the teams I voted for in the Celticminded vote for teams you wanted to get

I think the best draw would be

Lyon
Sporting Lisbon
Celtic
Aalborg

Best as in easiest?

Personally I think Lyon and Sporting would rip you a new arsehole.

That would be an easy draw when you consider who they could get. Sporting are an average team, as shown by Rangers knocking them out the UEFA Cup and Lyon are the weakest of the top seeds. I would give Celtic a good shot of at least second place in that group.

Celtic in with...

Man Utd and Villarreal!

And joining them are...

Aalborg FK...

ffs these draws are worse than waiting on our own lot for the alba/cis cups

Both teams will shit all over Celtic.

Could have been a lot worse.

I think we have a good chance of finishing 2nd. We've had harder groups before

You will certainly be third favourites in that group, as both Man U and Villareal are better teams. But you do have a chance and are virtually guarenteed at least UEFA Cup football after Christmas.

Queens Park supporter

Who died and left you an opinion ?

well at least we will still have a Scottish team in Europe after Christmas again

even if it will be the Euro Cup , at least we have one representative to hopefully carry on what Celtic and Rangers have done in recent years in Europe

They are clearly 3rd favourites behind Utd and Villareal and i fully expect Celtic to come 3rd behind that 2

no problem for Celtic fans to be hopeful and optimistic but in reality 3rd is the best they can achieve so Euro Cup for them

if they get through it will be a good achievement , just don't feel they are capable of upsetting the big 2

Great draw.

Fancy beating Villareal at home, and also Allborg. We will give Man U a game and you never know. To go through I think we need to beat Allborg away, which isn't our best area but it has to change sometime.

Got to be in it, to win it.

You've been playing too much Football Manager.

In the real world, it's called the UEFA Cup.

And how exactly is 3rd the best they can achieve? Man Utd will probably win the group, but Villarreal aren't exactly Barcelona. They're a good side, but Celtic are well capable of beating them at Parkhead.

Looks like last 16 could be possibility again.
If they can get the away game hoodoo sorted in at least one of the group games they could be well in with a shout.

And why not?

He probably knows more about football than you do ya glory hunting w@nk.

You're always suspect of someone who uses "other" as the team they support

We other the peepul

I want to be the first to predict undercover Huns to infiltrate the Celtic support and ruin Manchester on the away leg.

I'm sure greater Manchester police are over the moon to have more Glaswegians arriving on mass.
Now remember bhoys,just behave yourself

haha you are probably right with the FM quote

regards to finishing 3rd , i think they will need to win all 3 home games plus get a result away to the Danes , and i just don't see that happening as i think they will lose to Utd away , lose to Villareal away and i don't think they will beat Utd at home again

i think they will beat the Danes at home , and could beat Villareal at home so that would mean 6 points plus a draw at the Danes means 7 , and possibly a draw at home to Utd means 8 , and i don't think 8 , and that is being generous regarding draw at home to Utd , just don't think that will be enough as i think Villareal will win at home to Celtic and beat the Danes twice giving them at least 9

i hope i am wrong , as i like seeing Scottish teams make as much progress as possible , i just don't think Celtic have the quality to get past Villareal they may be only 4th best in Spain but that is still better than our level here in Scotland at the moment

Don't we always.

Great draw. 2nd is not completely impossible, we should be looking to beat both Villarreal and Aalborg at home and probably Aalborg away as well, and then hope to at least pick up more points against Man Utd than Villarreal do!

Villarreal games should be superb, a draw in El Madrigal would be a phenomenal result but a win at home is a must to qualify.

I would at least expect us to finish above Aalborg so Europe after Christmas is nice

Better than watching the Bill!

High Life is also on , on a Wednesday so they have choices