CL Lille at home Tuesday 21st Jan @ 8pm

[kemm1]

Kelleher
Bradley, Konate, Quansah, Robbo
Endo, Jones
Chiesa, Elliott, Diaz
Nunez

[chadrtc]

He'll go strong IMO.

[Sus]

Yes I agree - 4 days to the next game, which is also at home, with this one sealing automatic qualification

[BigChief]

I hope not. We could lose tomorrow and with results going our way, which is very likely with the high number of combinations, we could still finish top 8 by Wednesday night. Really could do with a lot of rotation.

[red g]

I hope not. We could lose tomorrow and with results going our way, which is very likely with the high number of combinations, we could still finish top 8 by Wednesday night. Really could do with a lot of rotation.

Is there any benefit in the draw from finishing 1st to 8th? other than financial

[Le Chef]

Smash them and the on game day 8 go rotation - Top the group and its worth about £16.8m in add ons

[Sus]

Is there any benefit in the draw from finishing 1st to 8th? other than financial

1-2 get separated for the knockout draw - no difference apart from financial in finishing 1 or 2

[Le Chef]

1-2 get separated for the knockout draw - no difference apart from financial in finishing 1 or 2

Would be nice to avoid Barca TBH - The playoff group looks tasty

[Doc_Piptorious]

1-2 get separated for the knockout draw - no difference apart from financial in finishing 1 or 2

Think there is a difference in whether the second leg of the quarter and/or semi final is at home or not. Might be wrong but think the team that comes first gets their second leg(s) at home

[Sus]

Think there is a difference in whether the second leg of the quarter and/or semi final is at home or not. Might be wrong but think the team that comes first gets their second leg(s) at home

Ah is there? I didn’t realise that

[Doc_Piptorious]

Ah is there? I didn’t realise that

Have a vague recollection of hearing that.

Course I also thought there was a bear huffing outside my bedroom window one night and it turned out to be a cow that come in through my front gates after she had escaped from a local farm.

[labourRed]

Smash them and the on game day 8 go rotation - Top the group and its worth about £16.8m in add ons

First is 9.2 + 8.2 = 17.4
Second is 9.2 + 8 = 17.2

Unless there is a bonus i'm not aware of

Its 229,000 x your position, with the bottom on 229,000

[Le Chef]

First is 9.2 + 8.2 = 17.4
Second is 9.2 + 8 = 17.2

Unless there is a bonus i'm not aware of

Its 229,000 x your position, with the bottom on 229,000

Yeah - from memory you get 36/36 shares topping the group which is circa £17M - smash Lille and we top the group barring any last day disaster

[labourRed]

Yeah - from memory you get 36/36 shares topping the group which is circa £17M - smash Lille and we top the group barring any last day disaster

My point there's not really that much to be gained from topping the group, of course other than 2m a win on top but we should be looking at the bigger picture IMO.

Anyway, looks like Konate was doing media - no idea if that's cos he'll be rested or he's playing but he's making my point for me...

“For me, I tried to come back really 100 per cent but I'm not because I rushed my comeback with my knee,” he admitted. “But I have done this for my team. I can die for this team, then it’s fine.

“My knee will come back really 100 per cent very soon. It’s fine. I still have pain sometimes but I play with painkillers, it's enough for me to play.

[Norbs]

But we don't need a result. We've 8 games in February but we can rotate until the city Newcastle double at the end of the month.

We do though while it's still possible to drop out of the top 8