Bayern are in pot 1, along with the usual suspects (Chelsea, Arsenal, Madrid, Barcelona, ManU). There are some interesting prospects for this CL draw. Teams to avoid are City from pot 2, Juve and PSG from pot 3, and Dortmund from pot 4.
Pot 1 Chelsea Barcelona Manchester United Bayern Munich Real Madrid Arsenal FC Porto AC Milan Pot 2 Valenica Benfica Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit St Petersburg Schalke 04 Manchester City SC Braga Dynamo Kiev Pot 3 Olympiakos Ajax Amsterdam Anderlecht Juventus FC Copenhagen or Lille Spartak Moscow Paris Saint-Germain Galatasaray Pot 4 Celtic Borussia Dortmund BATE Borisov Dinamo Zagreb CFR Cluj Malaga Montpellier FC Nordsjaelland
Bayern Path of least resistance.... Bayern Braga Anderlecht Nordsjaelland Most difficult.... Bayern City Juventus Malaga Dortmund Easiest.... Milan Braga Anderlecht Dortmund Note - would have included Porto instead of Milan, but can't have 2 Portugese teams. Most difficult.... Real Madrid/Barca City Juventus Dortmund
Honestly I am not scared of anyone this year... As long as we dont face real Madrid or Barca until the semis. There's no reason we should lose to anyone.. And PSG is over hyped like manshitty last year..and look what happened.. I want an easier group simply because I am tired of German football getting groups of deaths lately... So it would be a nice break, but there is no other team I am scared of in the group stages..
At the group stage I'm mostly concerned once again with drawing teams that will threaten in the 'away' match and will provide a hard-nosed, physical challenge. There are a few teams like that in the pots for which we will be lucky to come out of their home stadium at full strength and with no lingering disciplinary difficulties from accumulated cards. I expect us to advance. I'd like us to do so without injuries or suspensions.
As usual I will bother with the draw when it is done. No one to fear and it is that rather other clubs don't really like to play vs Bayern in their homeground
Yes that is the case, and in my post I was referring to teams that ought to be avoided in general (not from a Bayern-only POV).
Teams to avoid: Pot B: Man City Pot C: Juventus Pot D: Dortmund (we can't get them) A couple of other tricky teams but nothing special. Even BvB just need to avoid Juve, City and get one of the last three teams in pot A if possible.
I want Juve,,. Got a old bet to settle (gonna cash in on that motherfocker too) Could care less about City in the group too. Bayern should fear no one, finalist 2 out of 3 years and a better squad on paper. Grown tired of the "it would be good to avoid X team" BS, beginning of a loser mentality which i think has taken hold in this team. Its about time this focking team grew up, man up or shut the hell up.
I want this: Bayern City PSG Malaga I think a little competition is good. Our group last year I think helped us go on the run and to the final. Also, we can get rid of at least one of the fantasy teams.
The only teams that can play toe to toe with Bayern in Europe are Barca and Madrid. I don't care who we get to be honest. People should be scared of us. Not the other way around.
Schalke seem to have upped there game (playing style and manager) as well which i think is good for them in the CL, because they have been pretty bog standard in the CL in general.