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Round of 32 draw

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Number of Points teams finishing 3rd will achieve in CL Qualifiers

Group A
Juve 9 (if losing) with Olympiakos (winning)
Olympiakos (if failing to win or if Juve get a result at Ath. Madrid) 6 or 7 or 9
Malmo 6 (if beating Olympiakos)
B
Basel 6 only (losing only)
RS 4 or 5 points (win would seal 2nd place)
Ludo 5 (draw with Liverpool losing) or 7 pts (win at Real Madrid if Liverpool beat Basel)
C
Monaco 8 - only if they lose to Zenit, need a draw to qualify
Zenit 7 or 8 - if they fail to beat Monaco
D
Anderlecht will finish 3rd on 5, 6 or 8 points
E
Roma, Man City and CSKA are tied on 5 points - All rather complicated but
Roma 3rd on 5 or 6 pts
City potentially 3rd on 6 pts (if drawing 0-0 only)
CSKA 3rd on 5 (loss with Roma win only) or 8 pts (if Roma also win)
F
Ajax 3 or 5 pts
APOEL 4 pts (win in final game)
G
Sporting 7 only (draw guarantees qualification)
Schalke 6 or 8 (win and Sporting do not lose)
Maribor 6 (win only)
H
Ath Bilbao 7 or 5
BATE 6 (win at Bilbao)

Ranking and potential points totals of teams that could finish 3rd (4 seeded 4 unseeded)
A Juve 9
C Monaco 8
C Zenit 7 or 8
G Sporting 7
A Olympiakos 6 or 7 or 9
G Schalke 6 or 8
A Malmo 6
B Basel 6
E Man City 6
G Maribor 6
H BATE 6
D Anderlecht 5 or 6 or 8
E CSKA 5 or 8
H Ath Bilbao 5 or 7
B Ludo 5.7
E Roma 5.6
B RS 4.5
F APOEL 4
F Ajax 3.5

You can see from this evidence that those at the bottom of the list - APOEL or Ajax, RS (if finishing 3rd) are sure to be unseeded. Those at the top of the list would be seeded. Clearly Anderlecht's result will have a major impact on the seedings for the 8 teams finishing 3rd.
 

I don't mind who we get, I don't always think in cup competitions it is best for us to draw the so called "weaker" teams, as we could take the games too lightly and go out.

Celtic would be good, tens of thousands of Blues would go up there for that one.
wouldn't mind another trip to France or Germany. The Fiorentina trip was a good laugh (all those years ago).

Ideally I would say we don't want teams from Russia or the eastern block, just because of the travelling
 
Glasgow in February would be a mighty anti-climax as it's the only away I could get to this season! Been to CP a few times, but Everton's need to get through is greater than mine to travel.
 

Yeah if it ended today we could face any of the following

Runners Up: Villarreal, Torino, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic, Besiktas, Qarabag FK, Sparta Prague, Aalborg, Guingamp, Trabzonspor
CL Dropouts: Athletic Bilbao, Ajax, CSKA Moscow

Any in bold i'd take knowing i think we could beat them, I have left out PSV as i don't know if they are decent, and Trabzonspor, because swerve the Turks.

Come on blues!
 
Wouldn't mind Ajax. Amsterdam is a great away day, very cheap, and Ajax are the lowest ranked CL team likely to drop down, only got 2 points in their group.

Would obviously prefer a 2nd placed Europa team though.

They were up against Barcelona and PSG though so it's understandable they didn't get that many points!
Still decent in my eyes but not a team we should fear. Would be a showcase tie.
 

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