UEFA Cup group stage draw 2008-09

[skilbeck]

From 442

Group A:
Schalke
Paris St Germain
Manchester City
Racing Santander
FC Twente

Group B:
Benfica
Olympiacos
Galatasaray
Hertha Berlin
Metalist Kharkiv

Group C:
Sevilla
Stuttgart
Sampdoria
Partizan Belgrade
Standard Liege

Group D:
Tottenham
Spartak Moscow
Udinese
Dinamo Zagreb
NEC Nijmegen

Group E:
AC Milan
Heerenveen
Braga
Portsmouth
Wolfsburg

Group F:
Hamburg
Ajax
Slavia Prague
Aston Villa
MSK Zilina

Group G:
Valencia
Club Brugge
Rosenborg
FC Copenhagen
St Etienne

Group H:
CSKA Moscow
Deportivo La Coruna
Feyenoord
Nancy
Lech Poznan

Dunno when the first game of the group stage is

 

[Mariner Girl]

The 1st match day for the Group stage is 23 Oct
Here is the link to the offical website. 

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=551134.html

 

[skilbeck]

awesome, who you reckon will make it through?

 

[Mariner Girl]

In no order what-so-ever, I reckon, Man City, FS Twente, Benfica, Galatasaray, Savilla, Standard Liege, Dinama Zagreb, Spartak Moscow (LOL at Spurs when they fail), Ac Milan, Wolfsburg, Alax, Aston Villa, Valancia, Rosenborg, Feyenoord, CSKA Moscow.

I took a stab in the dark at some of these, as you can imagine. 
irate:  

 

[skilbeck]

i reckon the same except Schalke instead of Twente, Udinese instead of Zagreb, Portsmouth instead of Wolfsburg, and Valencia and anyone else in group G (im not making a call)

 

[tuftman]

My predictions
Group A: Schalke, Man $hitty  Racing Santander
Group B: Benfica Galatasaray Hertha Berlin
Group C: Sevilla Stuttgart Sampdoria
Group D: Tottenham Spartak Moscow NEC Nijmegen
Group E: AC Milan Wolfsburg Portsmouth
Group F: Hamburg Ajax Aston Villa
Group G: Valencia FC Copenhagen St. Ettiene
Group H: CSKA Moscow Feyenoord Nancy

There my picks to go through, not really in order but I cant see any other team then AC Milan or maybe Valencia winning this comp, providing they take it seriously

 

[skilbeck]

My predictions
Group A: Schalke, Man $hitty  Racing Santander
Group B: Benfica Galatasaray Hertha Berlin
Group C: Sevilla Stuttgart Sampdoria
Group D: Tottenham Spartak Moscow NEC Nijmegen
Group E: AC Milan Wolfsburg Portsmouth
Group F: Hamburg Ajax Aston Villa
Group G: Valencia FC Copenhagen St. Ettiene
Group H: CSKA Moscow Feyenoord Nancy

There my picks to go through, not really in order but I cant see any other team then AC Milan or maybe Valencia winning this comp, providing they take it seriously

remember the teams that come 3rd in their CL groups play in the next round after the group stage. I rate most of them above any of the teams listed here except for AC Milan, Villa, Valencia and possibly one of the Moscow teams

 

[marinermick]

group b looks like the group of death followed by group f

 

[serious14]

Olympiakos vs. Galatasaray......

 

[marinermick]

Olympiakos vs. Galatasaray......

oh shit, didn't even think about that

police numbers will outnumber crowd numbers

 

[Auburn Mariner]

Olympiakos vs. Galatasaray......

Oh, my, God. Greeks in Istanbul, get the Secret Service, MI6, Mossad (no, David, perhaps not THEM), re-form the KGB, DGSE, F_____ing everyone to Constantinople for that fixture.

Can you IMAGINE the Galatasaray fans?? They will go completely BESERK!!! Ditto the Olympiakos  fans in Athens.

UEFA must be s___ting bricks right now.

 

[Peachos]

Villa gave themselves a nice easy task of progressing

 

[skilbeck]

Olympiakos vs. Galatasaray......

Oh, my, God. Greeks in Istanbul, get the Secret Service, MI6, Mossad (no, David, perhaps not THEM), re-form the KGB, DGSE, F_____ing everyone to Constantinople for that fixture.

Can you IMAGINE the Galatasaray fans?? They will go completely BESERK!!! Ditto the Olympiakos  fans in Athens.

UEFA must be s___ting bricks right now.

what you reckon the greeks will get some payback for 1453?

 

[hasbeen]

I was about to ask where all the Scottish teams were ... but that'll be remedied by Celtic (maybe) ......

 

[RADINHO]

the groups all look very tight

And lol Greece v Turkey (with Harry Kewell )

 

[TerrigalUtd]

bloody everton didn't even qualify  :'(  :'(  :'( 

 

[skilbeck]

I was about to ask where all the Scottish teams were ... but that'll be remedied by Celtic (maybe) ......

thats what i hope and expect. if rangers lasted another round then theyd be there but they couldnt last that long. I want Celtic to have a UEFA cup run because the champs league is nothing but an impossibility in this day and age

 

[Sym]

Bah

Porto won the cup, Celtic can aswell, Just gotta..ya know, get some better results away from home.

Cluj to win the champs league

 

[bulldogmariner]

Villa and Spurs out of UEFA Cup
MAN CITY THROUGH
CAN they go all the way?

 

[bulldogmariner]

I failed to mention AC Milan are out.