Champions league last 16 and beyond?

Hi ... just wondering what yas make of our chances this season in the CL if we get through to the group stages .

From the MON years up to strachan, we've had some great nights in europe and have gained a lot of experience. Beating the likes of Juventus , Man utd , liverpool , just shows you the heights this club can get to. This club has been starved of european sucess for too long. I hope the new management team really push hard this season to make a mark in europe.

I believe if we can sort out our away record .. we can push for quarter final places, because our home record is unbelievable.

Realistically what do yas think?

 

i think we'll be lucky to get to the group stages tbh

 

If we make it to the group stages, then i think we have a chance. We just need a bit of luck, like drawing Inter Milan in the group stages and not Man U or Barcelona.

 

admire yer confidence but i fear for our chances tbh
possibly progress this round but arsenal, stuggart ? unlikely for me

 

Drawing inter in the group stage if we get their would be just as bad as drawing man u or barca. i would rather have any of the top 4 than inter cos we would have no chance in the san siro

 

agreed. especially with the teams we would be drawn against in the playoffs. They are all better than us. Ano were celtic ano were a massive club with great traditions but the league we are in holds us back in terms of competing with the big clubs we would play in the group stages.

 

I don't think it matters where we travel mate, we don't have a chance away from home with the record hanging over the head...

 

An achievement itself would be getting in to the champs league proper .

 

Inter are no where near the quality of Barca or Man u or even Liverpool.

 

I worry about the 3rd quailfying stage if we get past the 2nd round.
Locomotive are midway through their season and match fit.
If we get through then we have a seeded team which means a good team, i really hope we can get there.

 

We've got to remember that teams like Arsenal and Stuttgart wont fancy coming to Parkhead in the play offs just as much as we dont fancy getting them.

I think we'll get to the groups but will struggle to get any further depending on our draw.

 

Its a big ask getting there considering the teams waiting if celtic get by this round ,but its not impossible ,dont want Arsenal though .

 

Aye, the best bright side i can think of is were probaly the least wanted by every team seeded, always a bright side

 

Still * off that we are in this *.

 

I was under the impression that the playoff section was completely unseeded as well (thanks to mis-information from a "friend") so I would just concentrate on getting into the CL proper and then maybe think of making it into the last 16!

 

I think we'll be doing brilliantly to reach the group stage at all.

We have to accept the fact that under Gordon Strachan we really were punching well above our weight in reaching the knockout phase at all - never mind twice in a row.

We never managed it once under MON, and if we do it under Tony it will be a real achievement.

As I understand it, if we beat Dynamo, in the third qualifying round our opponents will be one of Arsenal, Fiorentina, Stuttgart, Atlético Madrid and Lyon.

Putting out any of these teams we will require two top quality performances from our fledgling team. If Artur is back to his best then we always have a chance - but we are fighting the odds all the way. we will be considerable underdogs.

Last 16 / quarter-finals? No point in even speculating at this stage.

 

Yeah ano. I just think we might have more chance of doing it going down to england than travelling abroad to a different timezone.

 

Time zone in europe ,your talking maybe 3 hrs tops mate ,thats not going to cause jet lag or anything like that .

 

Ano its so frustrating. We wouldnt be sitting here talking about it if we had won the league. We should of won it but im not going there. I cant. Not again

 

It would just be less hassle u know. Im just trying to make sense of our unbelievably bad away record