Champions League 14/15

[Liverpool]

We still need 10 points to be mathematically in it but come on

It will be great to have it back at Anfield.

Probable Pots

Pot 1) Bayern, Barca, Real, Atletico, Benfica, Arsenal, Chelsea, Porto

Pot 2) Citeh, PSG, Schalke, Dortmund, Donestsk, Juve, Zenit, Basle

Pot 3) Liverpool Leverkusen, Rubin Kazan, Olympiacos, CSKA, PSV, Ajax, Napoli

Pot 4) Bilbao, Galatasaray, Sporting Lisbon, Monaco, Salzburg, Anderlect, Roma, Lille.

Pot 5) United

Easy group - Porto, Basle, Lille
Group of death - Bayern, Juve, Monaco

[Chris]

Bilbao, PSG and Bayern please. It's gonna be fascinating to see this group of players in the CL.

[Shaggy]

I'd want Benfica, Basel and Salzburg

[Chris]

I'd want Benfica, Basel and Salzburg

Me too really, Bayern and co can wait. Wrap our 20th title up by mid March next season and we can concentrate on winning the CL.

[Shaggy]

[PTP]

pot 5 United

[destinydude]

This gon be epic boys. Can't wait.

Bring on the big guns in the group stages it self

[banditos]

Arsenal could struggle to hold off the bitters.

[nineteen]

Honestly ... there's not a single team on that list I'd be at all worried about.

The crappy thing is, even if they were to win it next year, the points gained in terms of UEFA coefficient would probably not be enough to make the jump from pot three the following year.

[Leyton388]

Not bothered who we get. I don't fear anyone in the CL. We are superb and have the best attack in he league.

[tsb]

Not bothered who we get. I don't fear anyone in the CL. We are superb and have the best attack in he league.

Yup. We break records home and abroad.

[ChesterDave]

I looked at the ranks, I think we could possibly squeeze pot 2 if things go in our favour. Would be amazing if they did

[Yozza]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10739211/Liverpool-face-tough-draw-in-next-seasons-Champions-League-even-if-they-pull-off-Premier-League-triumph.html

Liverpool face tough draw in next season's Champions League – even if they pull off Premier League triumph

Brendan Rodgers could face a baptism of fire should Liverpool qualify for next season's Champions League tournament

Liverpool face the daunting prospect of a Champions League group including Bayern Munich and Juventus next season, even if Brendan Rodgers’ team end the club’s 24-year wait for the league title.

The five-times European champions are languishing in 32nd position in Uefa’s coefficient table because of their failure to qualify for the Champions League since the 2009-10 season.

Manchester City, who have been forced to navigate so-called groups of death in their three seasons in the competition, will be elevated from pot three to pot two next season as a result of their progression to the knockout stages of this year’s Champions League and Manchester United’s likely absence from next year’s tournament.

But even if Liverpool secure Champions League qualification by winning the Premier League, their Uefa ranking will dictate their seeding position next season and the best they can hope for is a place in pot three.

Uefa’s club coefficient rankings are based on a team’s results over the five previous seasons of the Champions League and Europa League – with seedings generated based on a club’s position in the table.

So the nightmare prospect for Liverpool would be to be paired with Bayern and Juventus or Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain in next season’s group stage.

Alternatively, Liverpool could be fortunate and land Benfica or Porto from pot one, with the likes of FC Basle or Zenit St Petersburg from pot two.

Uefa’s coefficient table is updated after every round of the Champions League and Europa League, but Liverpool’s position is unlikely to alter before the end of the campaign.

Chelsea and Arsenal have earned enough points to retain their pot one status, although Arsène Wenger’s team could miss out on the Champions League altogether if Everton overhaul them by May 11.

City are sitting in the final berth in pot two and could yet drop back into pot three if United win the Champions League in Lisbon on May 24 to secure their place in next season’s competition.

City’s rise to pot two has also been helped by the domestic struggles of Valencia, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Olympique Lyonnais.

All four clubs are ranked higher than City, but none is likely to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

[meffin]

I'd want Benfica, Basel and Salzburg

I'd take that

[G]

We need 16 of the teams ahead of us not to qualify for us to get pot 2. 12 definitely aren't going to qualify and another 5 I think it was aren't guaranteed.