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There's a thread for that. Has no-one pointed out that that club no longer exists?

My assumption is that they pull 4 balls for group position and then all sit around a table discussing tv kick off times. Us being opposite Man U is not good for our chances of getting 8pm home games, though we will get 3x 6pm and 3x 8pm there's no guarantee they'll be home games.

Like everyone else he's probably only checking Matchday 1.

Fair point.

They stamp a visa card now.

We'll play one of Schalke, Shakhtar, Ajax, Fiorentina, Internazionale, Villareal from Pot 1.

Crystal. Saints in group G H I J K or L Can't play Olympiacos, Anderlecht, Zenit,

Also reminder that being in Pot 3 doesn't mean we're "position 3", that happens at the end.

Red/Blue as expected. We won't be playing anyone in Man U's half.

Oh come on, and miss out on people unscrewing 48 balls?

Goosebumps, rapidly replaced by utter boredom. Here come the rules, pay attention.

I'm going to enjoy overthinking it. Assuming based on last year that if Pot 1's Man U are in group A-F we'll be somewhere from G-L. From that we can work out that the other Pot 1 and 2 teams in Man U's half of the draw won't be playing us either.

No visa, direct flights, why not?

Nice. And 47 other teams.

Certainly.

Someone else did capacities last year. There will be a load of other information that comes out when people have done their research too.

Plzen would be fun, Salzburg was amazing when I went last year, Sassuolo will be a laugh just because it's Italy and it isn't a big city.

I've literally just spent 3 days in Lille watching football, if you want to avoid it, it's easy to avoid it.

Pamplemousse has already said he's not around tonight.

Haven't got any spare time between now and the draw I'm afraid.

Complete. Pot 1 Schalke (GER) coefficient 96.035 Zenit (RUS) 93.216 Manchester United (ENG) 82.256 (can't play them) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 81.976 Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) 75.142 Olympiacos (GRE) 70.940 Villarreal (ESP) 60.142 Ajax (NED) 58.112 Internazionale (ITA) 58.087 Fiorentina (ITA) 57.087 Anderlecht (BEL) 54.000 Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 44.585 ----------------------------- Pot 2 AZ Alkmaar (NED) 43.612 Braga (POR) 43.116 Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) 42.520 Roma (ITA) 41.587 Fenerbahçe (TUR) 40.920 Sparta Prague (CZE) 40.585 PAOK (GRE) 37.440 Steaua București (ROU) 36.576 Genk (BEL) 36.000 APOEL (CYP) 35.935 Standard Liège (BEL) 27.500 Saint-Étienne (FRA) 26.049 --------------------------------- Pot 3 (can't play this lot) Gent (BEL) 25.000 Young Boys (SUI) 24.755 Krasnodar (RUS) 24.216 Rapid Vienna (AUT) 23.520 Slovan Liberec (CZE) 22.085 Celta Vigo (ESP) 21.142 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 20.225 Feyenoord (NED) 19.112 Austria Vienna (AUT) 19.020 Mainz (GER) 18.035 FC Zürich (SUI) 17.755 Southampton (ENG) 16.756 ------------------------------------- Pot 4 Panathinaikos (GRE) 14.940 Sassuolo (ITA) 14.087 Qarabağ (AZE) 13.475 Astana (KAZ) 12.575 Nice (FRA) 12.049 Zorya Luhansk (UKR) 11.976 Astra Giurgiu (ROU) 11.076 Konyaspor (TUR) 6.920 Osmanlıspor (TUR) 6.920 Qäbälä (AZE) 5.225 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 4.725 Dundalk (IRL) 2.590

They're 2 behind on aggregate in extra time away now.

As with anything, if you're not looking for trouble the chances are you won't find it. I managed to miss it all in Arnhem despite passing through the square two minutes before and 5 minutes after.

Couple of scores to trickle in, only makes a difference to whether we can play Gent, Panathinaikos or Sassuolo or not now. Pot 1 Schalke (GER) coefficient 96.035 Zenit (RUS) 93.216 Manchester United (ENG) 82.256 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 81.976 Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP) 75.142 [Olympiacos (GRE) 70.940 leading 2-1 against Arouca Extra Time being played] Villarreal (ESP) 60.142 Ajax (NED) 58.112 Internazionale (ITA) 58.087 Fiorentina (ITA) 57.087 Anderlecht (BEL) 54.000 Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 44.585 ----------------------------- Pot 2 if Olympiacos win AZ Alkmaar (NED) 43.612 ----------------------------- Pot 2 if Arouca win Braga (POR) 43.116 Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) 42.520 Roma (ITA) 41.587 Fenerbahçe (TUR) 40.920 Sparta Prague (CZE) 40.585 PAOK (GRE) 37.440 Steaua București (ROU) 36.576 Genk (BEL) 36.000 APOEL (CYP) 35.935 Standard Liège (BEL) 27.500 Saint-Étienne (FRA) 26.049 --------------------------------- Pot 3 if Olympiacos win Gent (BEL) 25.000 --------------------------------- Pot 3 if Arouca win Young Boys (SUI) 24.755 Krasnodar (RUS) 24.216 Rapid Vienna (AUT) 23.520 Slovan Liberec (CZE) 22.085 Celta Vigo (ESP) 21.142 [Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 20.225 or Hajduk Split drawing 3-3 Extra Time being played] Feyenoord (NED) 19.112 Austria Vienna (AUT) 19.020 Mainz (GER) 18.035 FC Zürich (SUI) 17.755 Southampton (ENG) 16.756 -------------------------------------Pot 4 if Olympiacos and Maccabi win Panathinaikos (GRE) 14.940 -------------------------------------Pot 4 if Arouca and Maccabi OR Olympiacos and Hajduk win Sassuolo (ITA) 14.087 -------------------------------------Pot 4 if Arouca and Hajduk win Qarabağ (AZE) 13.475 Astana (KAZ) 12.575 Nice (FRA) 12.049 Zorya Luhansk (UKR) 11.976 Astra Giurgiu (ROU) 11.076 [Hajduk Split (CRO) 10.775 or Maccabi Tel-Aviv drawing 3-3 Extra Time being played] [Arouca (POR) 10.616 or Olympiacos losing 1-2 Extra Time being played] Konyaspor (TUR) 6.920 Osmanlıspor (TUR) 6.920 Qäbälä (AZE) 5.225 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 4.725 Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) 4.225 Dundalk (IRL) 2.590

It's over.