UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[poodle63]

Newcastle's progress has been closely monitored, and I agree that if they obtain the money, they might rise in the football league. Giving money isn't the sole option, though. Without a plan, many teams squander a lot of money. Despite their recent struggles, they must get the appropriate players. For your reasons, Eddie Howe is a terrific coach. I don't think Newcastle can improve immediately without additional experience

Eddie Howe really needs additional experienced players to make his team able to compete with the favorite teams in the Champions League. Eddie Howe has proven his quality as a coach who is suitable to handle Newcastle, last season he made a big contribution by helping Newcastle qualify for the Champions League. Money is the most important weapon in bringing in experienced players. The new owner who acquired Newcastle has abundant money, management must make a plan to make Newcastle a club that excels in domestic competitions and the Champions League.

To be honest, if newcastle has a very huge gap between the main starter compared with the second line up which was on the bench. There was no good winger that can play as good as gordon. The Premier League taught me that Newcastle has a hard time when substitutes take over for the main players. Your statement was true. I remember when newcastle was facing liverpool. The club's game play has been declining a lot when howe was substituting tonalli and gordon left from the field.
The players who have replaced those players are unable to show equal performance compared with tonalli and gordon. There are many things wrong with this club.
The gap between the skill and experience owner by main starter compared with substitution was too far. This will become an important that needs to be solved during the winter transfer season.
Some players are always under perform.

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[Bananington]

All this is logical, but if you look at history, it is no less logical that once every 20 years something unusual happens, like Leicester’s championship (in the Premier League) or Porto’s victory in the Champions League. Exactly 20 years have passed since this event and who knows, maybe it’s time for another “miracle” to come true. If the draw is the same as last year (in one part there are favorites and in the other outsiders) then the chance of some underdog to take the title will increase.

Well, let's keep our fingers crossed and see the club that would serve as a medium for the miracle you  said to occur, we might suprisingly see Newcastle United that's been underperforming in the EPL win the Champions League  trophy lol, UEFA Champions League is not a competition you could easily predict the winner from the beginning but there are some clubs im looking out for andc they're good performance has been consistente for the past two seasons.
 Clubs like Realmadrid, City, Bayern Munich, Napoli and Intermilan, i have a feeling that one of these clubs might end up winning the league this season but im not sure of which but amongst all these clubs mentioned my two most favourites are Realmadrid or Manchester City and if you notice the performance of those clubs in the various league and so brilliant so far that's why my expectations from them in the UEFA Champions League is high.

I wonder how you can love Real and City at the same time? For me, these clubs are at different poles, I love one and hate the other  
As for Newcastle, it won't be the perfect underdog that will win the Champions League (the Premier League is doing too well lately haha), but it's still better than the old set we've seen for the last 20 years.
In fact, PSG looks dangerous. I don’t like this club, just like City, but this season they have an even team that, paradoxically, will have better chances than last year’s “star” one with pensioners in the lineup.

Last seasons performance sure did promote a club like New Castle United to a league they could only dream of winning. At least, they get to increase their desireship if they perform and come out on top of their group.
This is international soccer, and I don't think Newcastle will find it easy playing against sides from other leagues mostly those who are not new comers to the champions league.
 It's going to be a hard fight for them, hopefully they make it to the Europa league, there they can shine but I doubt they would really do much. They just don't have the grit in the squad to put on an outstanding performance.

[hahay]

Group H may already be certain that Barcelona will be the group winners if they don't suffer the same fate as last season. However, the other three teams such as Porto, Shakstar, Antwerp are dark horse teams which could become a nightmare for Barcelona at any time. We certainly already know that what is shown in the domestic league is very good but sometimes it is not the same as what is done in the Champions League and Barcelona did that last season. Despite all that, I will still favor Barcelona of course and the runners up will probably be Porto or Shaktar.

I can't remember which season, but Shakhtar beat Real Madrid in an away match. Maybe the same thing will happen to Barcelona. Although they could probably be in first place. I think it will be Barcelona or Porto. These two clubs are stronger than Shakhtar and Antwerp in my opinion.

Yes, in the past Shakhtar mnaged surprise Real Madrid but at least, with this incident, it should be for Barcelona to realize it and not underestimate the mediocre teams in this group. After all, in the previous two seasons Barcelona also got bad results by only being able to finish in third place, thus making Barcelona thrown into the Europa League. So, with this incident, it is also appropriate for Barcelona to be able to maximize this moment to be able to win the group. Because it is clear, at least the results on paper that Barcelona has a good chance to be able to win group H in the Champions League this season.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

However Newcastle's squad quality isn't as good as Chelsea's firstly. Secondly they don't have as much experience as Chelsea in this tournament. They aren't as big as them in short. They don't have a mentality that is as strong as Tuchel's Chelsea either now.
Considering all of this the biggest achievement they can get is to qualify for next round in my opinion.

I don't believe anyone is expecting Newcastle to do anything like what Chelsea did in the season they won the champion league against all odds, Chelsea are actually a big club and I'm surprised they don't have more champions league trophy to their name. The current Chelsea squad (when they get their shit together) can do more damage then the Newcastle team. In the champions league experience has a major role to play and that's why we won the title ahead of Manchuria city because it was their first time getting to the final but they won the next time they made it to the final which is the just concluded season. Newcastle progressing in the champion league is going to make them weak in the premier league because they can't handle both pressure.

We can't compared the situation of Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel, he has solid plans for the club. We shouldn't be having this conversation about Newcastle United winning the UEFA Champions League, it's an impossible mission. We know the competitive teams that would push harder for the league.

Thomas tuchel is more of an intellectual manager than whoever is coaching Newcastle United. Thomas tuchel also has many experience in the champions league and whoever is managing Newcastle probably don't have any champions league experience. Newcastle made a mistake of not going for Ronaldo as he won't have turned down the approach for atleast a season more in the champions league through loan and as for the fee, probably they would have found a way for Al Nassr to handle part of the fees. Newcastle don't have experience both on the players side and also the managers side but during Chelsea winning season we had some players with lots of champions league experience and also a manager that have taken top teams to an advance stages of the tournament.

[marcous]

I am really very pessimistic about Newcastle's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 or the Europa League playoffs. The squad owned by The Magpies is not at all worthy of competing highly in the Champions League. Yes, I also thought that Eddy Howe would make a breakthrough in the transfer window but in fact only Sandro Tonali has the capacity to play at European level. I really don't understand what Newcastle management was thinking, I thought they would follow in Manchester City's footsteps at that time.

Many people think that about Newcastle, but I think this is very normal. Newcastle could be said to have just risen and qualified for the Champions League, where for two decades they have never played in this competition again. Their performance last season in the EPL was worthy of appreciation, so they were able to qualify for this edition of the UCL. In fact, the Magpies are back in consideration after the change of owner, large financial support means the club can talk a lot in the transfer market yesterday.

We certainly realize that it is impossible to turn a club into an instant success, everything needs gradual efforts and Newcastle is doing it. Even though they are not favorites to qualify from the group phase, I think just taking part will make their fans happy. While other big EPL clubs such as Chelsea and Liverpool are absent this time, this is just the first stage for the Magpies.

[Wiwo]

Group H may already be certain that Barcelona will be the group winners if they don't suffer the same fate as last season. However, the other three teams such as Porto, Shakstar, Antwerp are dark horse teams which could become a nightmare for Barcelona at any time. We certainly already know that what is shown in the domestic league is very good but sometimes it is not the same as what is done in the Champions League and Barcelona did that last season. Despite all that, I will still favor Barcelona of course and the runners up will probably be Porto or Shaktar.

I can't remember which season, but Shakhtar beat Real Madrid in an away match. Maybe the same thing will happen to Barcelona. Although they could probably be in first place. I think it will be Barcelona or Porto. These two clubs are stronger than Shakhtar and Antwerp in my opinion.

Yes, in the past Shakhtar mnaged surprise Real Madrid but at least, with this incident, it should be for Barcelona to realize it and not underestimate the mediocre teams in this group. After all, in the previous two seasons Barcelona also got bad results by only being able to finish in third place, thus making Barcelona thrown into the Europa League. So, with this incident, it is also appropriate for Barcelona to be able to maximize this moment to be able to win the group. Because it is clear, at least the results on paper that Barcelona has a good chance to be able to win group H in the Champions League this season.

The La liga league discussion here at be a little bit off topic,  but since this concerned two clubs that are also playing in the champion league or then worthy to note what is at stake for both Real Madrid and Barcelona and what stand against both clubs in the champion league,  bit the fact fhat Barcelonaade a very remarkable performance in the last season,  this is also I big threat to Real Madrid who was taken unaware by Barcelona in the last season.

But the difference now is that,  thos is a new season and Real Madrid have made a lot of changes to their player's formations and made a lot of new signing that will better the lots of the club in the present season.

[uchegod-21]

I do not have much to say about the situation of Newcastle now because it is pitiful the condition that they found themselves. That condition does not fit new people to the Champions League. There is already imbalance in the  squad and they are already struggling in the Premier League. This squad cannot fight effectively in the group of death that Newcastle found themselves.
I can only vouch for Newcastle by January, if they will be able to land a few quality players.

This situation needs to be corrected not by new players, but by working with the team. Newcastle, as we saw it at the end of last season, was a team that could compete equally with the top clubs in Europe. And in friendly matches in preparation for the new season, they also played very well, even the opening match against a very strong Aston Villa was more than impressive, perhaps even such a big victory allowed the Newcastle players to relax. There is nothing surprising in the defeats to City and Liverpool, these are very strong teams and Newcastle lost to them by only one goal, which is not very critical, the defeat to Brighton does not look very logical, but I think it is too early to talk about a crisis in Newcastle, although its position In the Premier League they made it very difficult.

I did not actually understand why Newcastle team began to perform poor this new season. It is not that they sold players neither did they change their coach. They even bought more players to strengthen the team. It is expected that Newcastle will play better football this season but the reverse is becoming the case.
I do not want us to judge Newcastle completely, as they may decide to surprise everyone in the coming matches because they have all it takes to.

[khiholangkang]

Newcastle has really improved in their performances since the take takeover by their current owners and were able to show their improvement by finishing in the top four of the English Premier League last season and qualify to play in the UEFA Champions League competition this season.
Their improvement since in the last two seasons is very commendable.  Now that they'll be playing in the European Cup for the first time in almost 20 years, I don't think their priority will be to finish the season as the winners of the competition because though it's not impossible, but it'll be extremely difficult for them to achieve such feat. So I think they'll want to have a good season in the UCL and and concentrate more in the English Premier League.

Newcastle has managed to show something extraordinary last season at EPL so they have the right to enter the Champions League, of course this is a very phenomenal achievement for them. But I do not know the long -term targets expected by management the Magpies should have now been taken over by Saudi Arabian investors not to do a big breakthrough in the transfer window. With opportunities, they should be able to enter European elite competition, they shop for several star players to create competitiveness with other giant teams in Europe. I always ask why they don't do that even though they have a strong enough financial.

The incorporation of Newcastle to the "Hell" group will certainly make the opportunity to qualify for the knockout phase very thin even I predicted that this British representative would also be difficult to finish in third to win the playoff rations to the Europa League.

I actually really don't understand why Eddie Howe doesn't buy star players to strengthen his squad so that they can better face the increasingly heated competition. Indeed, last season they showed surprisingly good performance, but at the start of this EPL league I think it would be better for West Ham in comparison with Newcastle United.

Maybe he is confident enough not to bring in players with more potential for his squad, who knows who knows what they think about this.

Newcastle United is in hell, and it seems we have the same thoughts, its rivals in Group F are no joke, including PSG, AC Milan and Dortmund, they are all big teams in their respective leagues, it is quite difficult to get out of the preliminaries group F

[el kaka22]

Does anyone think that United may have trouble getting out of the group stages? I mean it looks like Greenwood had to be sent away, Sancho is having trouble, Anthony may have to be cut, Amrabat is injured, Varane is injured and there was one more player that mattered who was injured but I forgot who it was.

So, they are doing quite terribly right now and the team is in chaos at the moment. They have Bayern in their group which I am 100% sure that will end up being the first on the group, and the other two teams are Galatasaray and Copenhagen, do you think either of those teams have a chance to beat United because all the things going around with them? I feel like there is a possibility of it happening for sure.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I am really very pessimistic about Newcastle's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 or the Europa League playoffs. The squad owned by The Magpies is not at all worthy of competing highly in the Champions League. Yes, I also thought that Eddy Howe would make a breakthrough in the transfer window but in fact only Sandro Tonali has the capacity to play at European level. I really don't understand what Newcastle management was thinking, I thought they would follow in Manchester City's footsteps at that time.

Many people think that about Newcastle, but I think this is very normal. Newcastle could be said to have just risen and qualified for the Champions League, where for two decades they have never played in this competition again. Their performance last season in the EPL was worthy of appreciation, so they were able to qualify for this edition of the UCL. In fact, the Magpies are back in consideration after the change of owner, large financial support means the club can talk a lot in the transfer market yesterday.
We certainly realize that it is impossible to turn a club into an instant success, everything needs gradual efforts and Newcastle is doing it. Even though they are not favorites to qualify from the group phase, I think just taking part will make their fans happy. While other big EPL clubs such as Chelsea and Liverpool are absent this time, this is just the first stage for the Magpies.

Personally, I don't think newcastle will surprise everyone by doing something great in the champions league this season . The way the team performed last season was absolutely commendable. They performed well and finished third in the points table in a competitive league like the Premier League. However, this team is new to the Champions League. In Group F, Newcastle's rivals PSG, Dortmund and Milan have been in the Champions League for a long time. They have more experience than Newcastle. Because of this I'd say Newcastle's chances of qualifying for the knockout rounds are very slim. Also, Newcastle's performance this season is poor. They have lost three matches in a row. But the opponent was very strong. Even so, I don't think Newcastle can be considered Group F favourites.

[Bobrox]

Group H may already be certain that Barcelona will be the group winners if they don't suffer the same fate as last season. However, the other three teams such as Porto, Shakstar, Antwerp are dark horse teams which could become a nightmare for Barcelona at any time. We certainly already know that what is shown in the domestic league is very good but sometimes it is not the same as what is done in the Champions League and Barcelona did that last season. Despite all that, I will still favor Barcelona of course and the runners up will probably be Porto or Shaktar.

Barcelona face easily opponent teams in this group drawing depend last season they have difficult opponent from Bayern Munich until Inter Milan and can't qualified to next round. Its seems difference with this season of group stage opponent teams, Barcelona teams opponent looks not difficult against Porto, Shaktar and Antwerp have bigger chance for the first time in last two season for qualifying to the next round. Opening Champion League matches group stage, Barcelona against Antwerp I think great opportunity for Barcelona first three points in group stage match before facing difficult teams Porto or Shakstar upcoming match.

Looks second standings or runner up position is not difficult for Barcelona in Group H looking with the opponent  teams, seems Porto has opportunity will lead 1st or 2nd standings placed in this group.

[emrecemsan]

Does anyone think that United may have trouble getting out of the group stages? I mean it looks like Greenwood had to be sent away, Sancho is having trouble, Anthony may have to be cut, Amrabat is injured, Varane is injured and there was one more player that mattered who was injured but I forgot who it was.

So, they are doing quite terribly right now and the team is in chaos at the moment. They have Bayern in their group which I am 100% sure that will end up being the first on the group, and the other two teams are Galatasaray and Copenhagen, do you think either of those teams have a chance to beat United because all the things going around with them? I feel like there is a possibility of it happening for sure.

Manchester United are really dealing with these problems as well recently. But I don't think they will be affected badly because of this news. At the moment they need to improve their current performance. Because they couldn't make a good start to the season. Even in a match they win they don't play convincingly well.

When it comes to their group in the Champions League Bayern Munich can already be seen finished as leader. If we think about which one of Galatasaray and Copenhagen might make difficulties for Manchester United I can answer it as Galatasaray. Because they have strengthened their squad with really quality players. But can they collect at least 3 points against Manchester United? It is still really difficult I think.

[tusandii]

I don't think one of the goals for Newcastle this year is the UCL championship. They will want to go to the best place they can this year. Bayern and City are really the favorite teams. Real Madrid, on the other hand, may have problems in the UCL due to the problem of missing players in the forward area. Their chances are slimmer than the two teams with Harry Kane and Haaland. It will definitely be an exciting season, we will wait and watch the winner together.

Star players will not provide a guarantee of victory, even Haaland, as Manchester City mainstay player last season in the final match, could not score a goal, instead other players appeared to score and even though Harry Kane is currently at Bayern Munich, he will not provide a guarantee of victory because of his experience. Real Madrid is still very superior by winning the most trophies in the Champions League.
Now let's try to discuss this big club, we have to remember that Madrid, who was the defending champion last year, failed last year when Manchester City appeared stronger and from this we can understand that a club that has just won the UCL title will not necessarily get another title in this season is the same as Real Madrid and we cannot favor or compare clubs just because they have quality players because I can believe that even though Real Madrid lost key players, they have a lot of experience to be able to qualify for the Champions League this year.

[rahmad2nd]

Group H may already be certain that Barcelona will be the group winners if they don't suffer the same fate as last season. However, the other three teams such as Porto, Shakstar, Antwerp are dark horse teams which could become a nightmare for Barcelona at any time. We certainly already know that what is shown in the domestic league is very good but sometimes it is not the same as what is done in the Champions League and Barcelona did that last season. Despite all that, I will still favor Barcelona of course and the runners up will probably be Porto or Shaktar.

Barcelona face easily opponent teams in this group drawing depend last season they have difficult opponent from Bayern Munich until Inter Milan and can't qualified to next round. Its seems difference with this season of group stage opponent teams, Barcelona teams opponent looks not difficult against Porto, Shaktar and Antwerp have bigger chance for the first time in last two season for qualifying to the next round. Opening Champion League matches group stage, Barcelona against Antwerp I think great opportunity for Barcelona first three points in group stage match before facing difficult teams Porto or Shakstar upcoming match.

Looks second standings or runner up position is not difficult for Barcelona in Group H looking with the opponent  teams, seems Porto has opportunity will lead 1st or 2nd standings placed in this group.

As you said, Barcelona should not have serious problems when playing their match in the Group H phase. Of the three other teams in Group H, only Porto can make things difficult for Barcelona. however, considering that the Barcelona squad currently has a competitive team. becoming Group H champions, it should be quite easy for them. In fact, Porto is not a scary opponent for a team of Barcelona's level.

If we flashback, last season Barcelona experienced many obstacles that were detrimental to them. apart from the players who were injured after the international break, their opponents were a strong team. even based on H2H, Barcelona always has difficulty when playing matches against Bayern. Unfortunately, Barca was unable to overthrow Inter. which in the end, they slipped. this season, Barcelona will play a match against Royal Antwerp. Three points is a result they must get, both at home and away. Likewise, when Barcelona plays Porto in the next match, they have to win the match. And Barcelona should not waste their momentum to become Group H champions.

[Ayers]

Does anyone think that United may have trouble getting out of the group stages? I mean it looks like Greenwood had to be sent away, Sancho is having trouble, Anthony may have to be cut, Amrabat is injured, Varane is injured and there was one more player that mattered who was injured but I forgot who it was.

So, they are doing quite terribly right now and the team is in chaos at the moment. They have Bayern in their group which I am 100% sure that will end up being the first on the group, and the other two teams are Galatasaray and Copenhagen, do you think either of those teams have a chance to beat United because all the things going around with them? I feel like there is a possibility of it happening for sure.

Manchester United are really dealing with these problems as well recently. But I don't think they will be affected badly because of this news. At the moment they need to improve their current performance. Because they couldn't make a good start to the season. Even in a match they win they don't play convincingly well.

When it comes to their group in the Champions League Bayern Munich can already be seen finished as leader. If we think about which one of Galatasaray and Copenhagen might make difficulties for Manchester United I can answer it as Galatasaray. Because they have strengthened their squad with really quality players. But can they collect at least 3 points against Manchester United? It is still really difficult I think.

First of all, Manchester United are not in good form. Their performances have been erratic in the Premier League. United are not playing well against big teams.
Secondly, Manchester United's attacking players are not playing well. Ten Hag cannot overcome this weakness very quickly.

Third, in the first match of the Champions League, Manchester United will play against the strong Bayern Munich. And Bayern Munich is one of the most favorite teams in this year's Champions League. United are going to start the Champions League by playing against such a team. And if United do not perform well, there is no chance of winning. On the other hand, Bayern Munich will definitely play to win. United's erratic performance is a chance Munich coach Tuchel will use very well. If Manchester United play the way they have in their last few matches, they will surely lose against Munich.

[tiCeR]

First of all, Manchester United are not in good form. Their performances have been erratic in the Premier League. United are not playing well against big teams.
Secondly, Manchester United's attacking players are not playing well. Ten Hag cannot overcome this weakness very quickly.

Third, in the first match of the Champions League, Manchester United will play against the strong Bayern Munich. And Bayern Munich is one of the most favorite teams in this year's Champions League. United are going to start the Champions League by playing against such a team. And if United do not perform well, there is no chance of winning. On the other hand, Bayern Munich will definitely play to win. United's erratic performance is a chance Munich coach Tuchel will use very well. If Manchester United play the way they have in their last few matches, they will surely lose against Munich.

Not only that, but Manchester United also has to start their Champions League season with a game away from home against Bayern Munich and that makes it even heavier for them to play freely and find their best performance. But maybe it is the right game for them because it could either end in a wake up call or in a success that gives them confidence. Bayern is also not at their best at the moment.

But you said they play erratic and that hits the nail on the head. Their performances are so independent of each other. The only consistency you can see is that they are inconsistent and that they have problems even with the weaker teams.

[Falconer]

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Manchester United are really dealing with these problems as well recently. But I don't think they will be affected badly because of this news. At the moment they need to improve their current performance. Because they couldn't make a good start to the season. Even in a match they win they don't play convincingly well.

When it comes to their group in the Champions League Bayern Munich can already be seen finished as leader. If we think about which one of Galatasaray and Copenhagen might make difficulties for Manchester United I can answer it as Galatasaray. Because they have strengthened their squad with really quality players. But can they collect at least 3 points against Manchester United? It is still really difficult I think.

It's hard to believe that Manchester United won't have an impact on form after the many problems they have faced in recent weeks. Manchester United have looked poor in their last outings and so far Ten Hag is struggling to fix those problems. Losing several players for various reasons will impact performance, so I think Manchester United will struggle in the Champions League if Ten Hag doesn't have a good solution.

Tomorrow Manchester United will play Brighton at Old Trafford. I'm worried that they will drop points considering Brighton's good form so far. Several important players are still injured, while Antony is also absent due to his case. I hope Manchester United's defense is fine tomorrow, and they also need to prepare well for the Champions League.

[Leviathan.007]

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Manchester United are really dealing with these problems as well recently. But I don't think they will be affected badly because of this news. At the moment they need to improve their current performance. Because they couldn't make a good start to the season. Even in a match they win they don't play convincingly well.

When it comes to their group in the Champions League Bayern Munich can already be seen finished as leader. If we think about which one of Galatasaray and Copenhagen might make difficulties for Manchester United I can answer it as Galatasaray. Because they have strengthened their squad with really quality players. But can they collect at least 3 points against Manchester United? It is still really difficult I think.

It's hard to believe that Manchester United won't have an impact on form after the many problems they have faced in recent weeks. Manchester United have looked poor in their last outings and so far Ten Hag is struggling to fix those problems. Losing several players for various reasons will impact performance, so I think Manchester United will struggle in the Champions League if Ten Hag doesn't have a good solution.

Tomorrow Manchester United will play Brighton at Old Trafford. I'm worried that they will drop points considering Brighton's good form so far. Several important players are still injured, while Antony is also absent due to his case. I hope Manchester United's defense is fine tomorrow, and they also need to prepare well for the Champions League.

I don't know still wrong with Manchester United and the only thing I can say about them is being unlucky in some games and about some players.
We can't blame Ten Hag for the bad things happening on this team because he also hired good players like Mason Mount but sadly even this player got injured.
Manchester United should get thing together and get ready for the Chmapnios Leageu maths or they will lose everything in the grouping stage.

[n00ber]

First of all, Manchester United are not in good form. Their performances have been erratic in the Premier League. United are not playing well against big teams.
Secondly, Manchester United's attacking players are not playing well. Ten Hag cannot overcome this weakness very quickly.

Third, in the first match of the Champions League, Manchester United will play against the strong Bayern Munich. And Bayern Munich is one of the most favorite teams in this year's Champions League. United are going to start the Champions League by playing against such a team. And if United do not perform well, there is no chance of winning. On the other hand, Bayern Munich will definitely play to win. United's erratic performance is a chance Munich coach Tuchel will use very well. If Manchester United play the way they have in their last few matches, they will surely lose against Munich.

Not only that, but Manchester United also has to start their Champions League season with a game away from home against Bayern Munich and that makes it even heavier for them to play freely and find their best performance. But maybe it is the right game for them because it could either end in a wake up call or in a success that gives them confidence. Bayern is also not at their best at the moment.

But you said they play erratic and that hits the nail on the head. Their performances are so independent of each other. The only consistency you can see is that they are inconsistent and that they have problems even with the weaker teams.

There will be no miracles in this match. I believe Bayern Munich will easily defeat Manchester United. Manchester United shows their squad has no hope when facing the opponent who is supposed to be this season's champion. What Manchester United needs to do is protect their goal so they don't have to lose a big match in the first match of the Champions League season.  Erik ten Hag needs to think of a solution to stop Bayern Munich's strong strikers. If they lose this match, the recruits' morale will drop significantly.

[Nheer]

I can't remember which season, but Shakhtar beat Real Madrid in an away match. Maybe the same thing will happen to Barcelona. Although they could probably be in first place. I think it will be Barcelona or Porto. These two clubs are stronger than Shakhtar and Antwerp in my opinion.

You can’t underrate most of these teams because they are fond of suprising us recently and their performance have improved alot. Barcelona are the favorites to top the group but they still have to give it their best, they should be serious in all matches as though they are playing the champions league final. The first could be tough but I don’t think Antwerp can keep up but Porto and Shaktar can suprise us.

Eddie Howe really needs additional experienced players to make his team able to compete with the favorite teams in the Champions League. Eddie Howe has proven his quality as a coach who is suitable to handle Newcastle, last season he made a big contribution by helping Newcastle qualify for the Champions League. Money is the most important weapon in bringing in experienced players. The new owner who acquired Newcastle has abundant money, management must make a plan to make Newcastle a club that excels in domestic competitions and the Champions League.

We have seen teams like Benfica fight their way up across the knockout round to the Quarterfinals without any serious experience player in the squad. It not always about players experience but what a team can do collectively, Newcastle can suprise us with their performance even with lack of experience players because we have seen them do it in the premier league. The champions league is tougher but i have faith in them even if they don’t go far, i beleive their performance will prove what they are capable of doing.