UEFA Champions League 2015/16

Qualifying rounds are under way.

Official Uefa site is to be found here: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/index.html

Final to be held at the San Siro, just a shame we were no where near to qualifying for this, but would it just be an early heart break like last year?

Ah well, lash all your CL comments in here:

Hopefully the scum will be knocked off in the playoff stage, here's praying they will got strong opposition, Fenerbahce might be enough.

Am I right in thinking, that this is now totally Pay Per View?

Am I right in thinking, that this is now totally Pay Per View?

yes , on BT only although they have talked about making the odd game 'free'

yes , on BT only although they have talked about making the odd game 'free'

Cheers, lost interest in this then.

Can't see the point in sponsor this competition when the vast majority of football fans will not see your product.

May get my tranny radio out and listen to games, like the good old days.

Cheers, lost interest in this then.

Can't see the point in sponsor this competition when the vast majority of football fans will not see your product.

May get my tranny radio out and listen to games, like the good old days.

yeah ,got BT but they've put their prices up. Old school could be the way to go.

Am I right in thinking, that this is now totally Pay Per View?

I don't have Sky. I've got BT internet and a phone line and I'm not paying any extra for all the Champions League footy - so technically it's not pay per view is it?

Anyway - here's the playoff draw.

Play-off draw
League route
Lazio (ITA) v Bayer Leverkusen (GER) – 18 & 26 August
Manchester United (ENG) v Club Brugge (BEL) – 18 & 26 August
Sporting CP (POR) v CSKA Moskva (RUS) – 18 & 26 August
Rapid Wien (AUT) v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – 19 & 25 August
Valencia (ESP) v AS Monaco (FRA) – 19 & 25 August

Champions route
Astana (KAZ) v APOEL (CYP) – 18 & 26 August
Skënderbeu (ALB) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – 19 & 25 August
Celtic (SCO) v Malmö (SWE) – 19 & 25 August
FC Basel (SUI) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) – 19 & 25 August
BATE Borisov (BLR) v Partizan (SRB) – 18 & 26 August

COME ON BRUGGE!

The 10 losers join the 16 automatic Europa League qualifiers (inc us and Spurs) and the 22 Europa League play-off winners in the Europa League group stage.

Some goal from Depay to equalise for the Munts.

The 2nd one was even better.

Watched the Valencia-Monaco game. Martial, the 19 year old Monaco player, looked very talented, very mature too.

Watched the Valencia-Monaco game. Martial, the 19 year old Monaco player, looked very talented, very mature too.

looks good doesn't he, one for the old notebook, cracking match as well.

Watched the Valencia-Monaco game. Martial, the 19 year old Monaco player, looked very talented, very mature too.

He's usually my first signing on Fifa. That counts, right?

Watched the Valencia-Monaco game. Martial, the 19 year old Monaco player, looked very talented, very mature too.

Spurs were really close to signing him this summer.

Looks like Celtic are going out, they're getting their arses handed to them by Malmo of all teams

Celtic sum up the state of Scottish football................

Robbed from Paddypower on FB.

Cheers, lost interest in this then.

Can't see the point in sponsor this competition when the vast majority of football fans will not see your product.

May get my tranny radio out and listen to games, like the good old days.

Tried and trusted. One of my best ever memories was listening to Liverpool v Olympiakos on 5 Live. When Gerrard scored - a moment me and my brother will never forget!

PSV are the pot 1 team in United's group. You couldn't make this sh*t up. They get a sh*t group every single time.

Arsenal on the other hand get a difficult start again with Bayern Munich.

PSG and Real Madrid are drawn in the same group. There's going to be some quality games in the groups.

Juventus and Man City grouped together.

The women presenting the draw is shocking. She was begging not to get United in Juventus' group because she's a Juve fan yet she's happy at getting City

Peter Schmeichel is a disrespectful pr**k. There's reps from each club in the audience and he's there saying how delighted and easy Man United's group is (PSV & Zenit so far). He's right but still.

Peter Schmeichel is a disrespectful pr**k. There's reps from each club in the audience and he's there saying how delighted and easy Man United's group is (PSV & Zenit so far). He's right but still.

What a bunch of dreadfully dull and uninspiring groups.

As for Schmeichal - he really is. I remember him on MOTD a couple of years back completely insulting Southampton by demanding that Lallana move to Man Utd - a big, proper club. A massive bellend - apart from being a good goalkeeper the guy has no other calling in life. And he sounds like a 8 year old girl. A complete thundercunt.

What a bunch of dreadfully dull and uninspiring groups.

As for Schmeichal - he really is. I remember him on MOTD a couple of years back completely insulting Southampton by demanding that Lallana move to Man Utd - a big, proper club. A massive bellend - apart from being a good goalkeeper the guy has no other calling in life. And he sounds like a 8 year old girl. A complete thundercunt.

He's a w**ker.