Be nice to have five English teams in the CL again actually.

Zenit are second highest in the co-efficients


But it won't be easy. AC Milan have to be among the favourites after a busy summer.

Zenit are actually the second highest rated team in the coefficients - have to overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit though.

Lazio will fancy their chances. Real Sociedad and Villarreal will want to restore Spanish dominance, and some strong teams from Eastern Europe.

Plus the Champions League drop outs in December will likely to include a couple of very decent sides (and probably one or two English clubs).

It will take a really good manager to make AC great this year I think, so many new players to fit in, some good signings, some strange like Borini.

comment by Mike 'Action Man' Greyjoy (U1170)
posted 14 minutes ago
It will take a really good manager to make AC great this year I think, so many new players to fit in, some good signings, some strange like Borini.
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You don't have to be great to win the Europa.

Exactly, Utd won it last year.

We were hugely fortunate in the way the draws went, coupled with the fact that the other fancied teams disappointed and crashed out to shiiite sides.

What with Wenger in-charge?

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This

Thursday nights are coming

There's only about 3/4 decent teams in the group stage.

Depends who drops down from the CL after the group stage.

Arsenal could easily win it - we played some garbage (literally and against) all the way through the knockout stage last year,

Should be some good sides going into it this year as there will be a few groups with 3 decent sides in the CL.

Will have to scrape past Spurs in the latter stages