20 Aug 2015 19:00:47
(Banter please)
Getting away from the transfer mayhem and focusing on some CL Possibilities:

Pot 1:

Barcelona
Chelsea
Bayern Munich
Juventus
PSV
Zenit
PSG
Benfica


Pot 2: (5 places confirmed)

Man City
Arsenal
Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid
Porto
XXX
YYY
ZZZ


3 places yet to be filled.

Sevilla, Lyon, Dynamo Kyiv have already qualified but Sevilla has a better coefficient than us. So its safe to say that XXX spot is occupied by Sevilla.

That leaves just 2 places up for grabs.


Among the teams in the play offs Valencia, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen are ahead of us in the coefficient table.

Result from 1st leg:

Lazio 1-0 BAYER LEVERKUSEN
VALENCIA 3-1 Monaco
BASEL 2-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Now if any 2 of the above 3 teams win then United will be placed in POT 3 and our group stage will become that much more harder. Only Valencia have taken a good enough lead so the other 2 could still drop out.


I reckon the worst possible draw for us would be:
Bayern, Real, United, Roma

Best possible would be: (us in POT 2)
PSV, United, Olympiacos, Gent

Best possible would be: (us in POT 3)
PSV, Bayer/Porto(dare I say Basel here), United, Gent

1.) 20 Aug 2015
20 Aug 2015 22:34:58
When I looked at the coefficients the other day we would go into pot 2 in YYY, has something changed?

2.) 21 Aug 2015
20 Aug 2015 23:33:04
A lot of thought went that Mumbai Boy. I hope it's not thought wasted if GDS is right!

3.) 21 Aug 2015
20 Aug 2015 23:48:05
good refreshing read thanks

4.) 21 Aug 2015
20 Aug 2015 23:52:16
Are Real madrid usually pot 2? becos barca are number 1 in spain?

5.) 21 Aug 2015
21 Aug 2015 06:26:24
A champion comes after beating who so ever stand against.
Bring on who ever.

6.) 21 Aug 2015
21 Aug 2015 08:55:06
Mrs. D - only domestic league winners are in pot 1. Pots thereafter are determined by co-efficient.

7.) 21 Aug 2015
21 Aug 2015 08:48:38
The uefa club rankings for competitions
http://goo.gl/A4DlLX

Shows where we actually are on the coefficient, we are above all the 3 teams you mentioned and would actually be placed in Pot 2 in XXX as far as I can see we are ahead of all the other clubs that could qualify. If I am wrong then let me know but the UEFA website wouldn't be wrong would it?

8.) 21 Aug 2015
21 Aug 2015 09:19:05
Didn't man city go into a lower pot last season despite winning the league the previous season?

9.) 21 Aug 2015
21 Aug 2015 09:41:36
GDS2 mate what are u talking about we are 20th while leverkusen, valencia and basel are 19th 13th and 16th respectively, so how are we above them

10.) 21 Aug 2015
21 Aug 2015 12:34:37
Champions in pot 1 is a new rule effective from this season onwards