Champions League Pool 2024/25| ⚽️ Discussion Thread

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Well now yes we have some better picture.

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[LFC_Bitcoin]

Hate the new format of the CL personally. I like familiarity, not a fan of change. Seen the fixtures and Liverpool have some tough games, confident we will get to the last 16 though.

Any news on potential sponsorship yet, buwaytress mate?

[buwaytress]

Hate the new format of the CL personally. I like familiarity, not a fan of change. Seen the fixtures and Liverpool have some tough games, confident we will get to the last 16 though.

Any news on potential sponsorship yet, buwaytress mate?

Call me boomer and old but I'm the same. I hated VAR, I hate this league phase, I will miss how you could meet the favourites as the shittiest team left in the KO stage and still smack teams good. This seeded league phase nonsense will ensure the "best" stay as long as possible. I hope to be proven wrong, and hope to forget my annoyance soon enough.

No firm news on sponsorship, unfortunately. But with this draw, I'm now waiting for proper odds to show up for the first set of games, to be able to present a mockup of the Pot B competition for sponsors -- fingers crossed they agree, like I do, that we've got something special cooking for the biggest fking club competition on the planet!

Worst case scenario, I'll throw in something symbolic to put some sugar on the fund. Throwback to many, many seasons ago when sponsored pools weren't a thing yet

[Justbillywitt]

New season new format new draw.......


I cant post already a photo of the draw but we already have some info...



MANCHESTER CITY plays against:

Inter (L), PSG (V), Brujas (L), Juventus (V), Feyenoord (L), Sporting Lisboa (V), Sparta Praga (L) y Bratislava (V).

INTER:

Leipzig (L), Manchester City (V), Arsenal (L), Bayer Leverkusen (V), Crvena Zvezda (L), Young Boys (V), Mónaco (L), Sparta Praga (L).

BAYERN MÚNICH:

PSG (L), Barcelona (V), Benica (L), Shakhtar (V), GNK Dinamo (L), Feyenoord (V), Bratislava (L) y Aston Villa (V).

BORUSSIA DORTMUND:

Barcelona (L), Real Madrid (V), Shakhtar (L), Brujas (V), Celtic (L), GNK Dinamo (V), Sturm Graz (L), Bologna (V).

BARCELONA:

Bayern Múnich (L), Borussia Dortmund (V), Atalanta (L), Benfica (V), Young Boys (L), Estrella Roja (V), Brest (L), Mónaco (V).

REAL MADRID:

Borussia Dortmund (L), Liverpool (V), Milan (L), Atalanta (V), Salzburgo (L), Lille (V), Stuttgart (L), Brest (V).

ARSENAL: PSG (L), Inter (V), Shakhtar (L), Atalanta (V), GNK Dinamo (L), Sporting Lisboa (V), Monaco (L) y Girona (V).

BENFICA:

Barcelona (L), Bayern Múnich (V), Atlético Madrid (L), Juventus (V), Feyenoord (L), Estrella Roja (V), Bologna (L) y Monaco (V).

LIVERPOOL: Real Madrid (L), Leipzig (V), Bayer Leverkusen (L), Milan (V), Lille (L), PSV (V), Bologna (L) y Girona (V)

JUVENTUS: Manchester City (L), Leipzig (V), Benfica (L), Brujas (V), PSV (L), Lille (V), Stuttgart (L) y Aston Villa (V)

I dont know what you think but seems intersting for me.

I don't really fancy this new format, but I won't criticize it for now, until the league fully starts. There are too many games to be played, Players are going to be very exhausted. Sometimes people making the rules should consider the players wellness too. Although when something new is been introduced, it will take a while for people to fully understand it and get use to it. Well I think it's still the same big clubs that usually makes it to the round of 16 that will still qualify for the next round. Even if there will be some shocking outcomes, it won't be that much.

[Zaguru12]

Hate the new format of the CL personally. I like familiarity, not a fan of change. Seen the fixtures and Liverpool have some tough games, confident we will get to the last 16 though.

Not that I am not against change but this right ain’t any realistic change at all, this is purely for business and the incentives it will bring and probably to just buyout the super league idea nothing about making it more competitive or giving lower leagues chances. Now the joy of playing a team away In group stage and waiting for their return league is not here anymore. The extra games are just for commercials and nothing, the lower clubs will still be eliminated easily with this new format.

[notblox1]

Nice to see Dinamo qualifying, 5-0 looks like a trashing but Qarabag wasn't actually that bad and should have stayed in the duel for longer.

Win against mighty strong Qarabag, you must be very proud
I dont fully understand this new Champions League format but there is going to be plenty of good opportunities to show the real depth of this Dinamo team.
This means a lot more complications and I dont know how buwa will cope with all this CL changes.

[CLS63]

I haven't also liked the innovations brought to football in the recent years much. For example because of VAR, I can't celebrate the goal until the referee points at the centre after the goal is scored. I haven't also liked this new format at all. However when we think that the competition isn't too high for big teams in league phase, things might get really heated for them.

[notblox1]

Hate the new format of the CL personally. I like familiarity, not a fan of change. Seen the fixtures and Liverpool have some tough games, confident we will get to the last 16 though.

Change can be a good thing to shake things up, but I dont like this new CL format at all, it brings much more complications and unknowns.
They are trying to force more small clubs and give them more chances with this expanding format, but this wont increase quality in Champions League.
Not only in Champions League, this new format is also in Europa League and other competitions.
If I can make one prediction, dont be surprised if you see results like 10:0 or more in some matches 

No firm news on sponsorship, unfortunately. But with this draw, I'm now waiting for proper odds to show up for the first set of games, to be able to present a mockup of the Pot B competition for sponsors -- fingers crossed they agree, like I do, that we've got something special cooking for the biggest fking club competition on the planet!

Does it have to be casino sponsors or not?

[KTChampions]

Hate the new format of the CL personally. I like familiarity, not a fan of change. Seen the fixtures and Liverpool have some tough games, confident we will get to the last 16 though.

Same. Historically, the more teams got to the final part of the Champions League, the worse the tournament became (group part). But before, there were death groups or just surprises in the groups every year, now I don’t even know what should happen for me to pay attention in this mess. Even if Real, Bayern and City don’t get to the 1/8, I won’t be surprised (although we all know 90% which teams will be in the playoffs) or I won’t take it seriously. Now it doesn’t look like another draw of the most prestigious tournament, but like a side tournament or FIFA Club World Cup (a pathetic, uninteresting spectacle).

[Docnaster]

Hate the new format of the CL personally. I like familiarity, not a fan of change. Seen the fixtures and Liverpool have some tough games, confident we will get to the last 16 though.

Same. Historically, the more teams got to the final part of the Champions League, the worse the tournament became (group part). But before, there were death groups or just surprises in the groups every year, now I don’t even know what should happen for me to pay attention in this mess. Even if Real, Bayern and City don’t get to the 1/8, I won’t be surprised (although we all know 90% which teams will be in the playoffs) or I won’t take it seriously. Now it doesn’t look like another draw of the most prestigious tournament, but like a side tournament or FIFA Club World Cup (a pathetic, uninteresting spectacle).

Most of us have gotten too familiar with the old format that was last used last campaign so I understand why many fans of the competition aren't happy with the change in format. That being said, experience have thought me that whenever changes are made in football, it's always difficult to accept since it's not familiar with fans but at the end, you'll see many loving the new changed rules than they loved the former.
The new format didn't appear pleasing to me when I first saw it but after I critically analyzed it and how it's going to work, I began to see reasons with the organizers of the competition for making such changes. Teams will play more matches which will give fans of the competition the chance to watch more matches and to also see more strong matches as many of the team strong teams will be playing against each other in the first round of the competition.