Champions League draw, who do you want/not want?

[manwiththestick]

Personally not too bothered, just glad to be back in it.

 

Would be happy to get Porto or Benfica from pot 1 though.

[Joe Strummer]

Yeah the Portugese duo wouldn't bother me from pot 1. I'd quite like to get Dortmund from pot 2. Maribor would do as well, I presume they're in pot 3. I've a feeling we'll be heading East though.

[Faustus]

I'm hoping I'll be able to make it to one of the aways, whoever we draw. Been having a look through the qualified teams and there's a few potential good ones.

 

I reckon Malmo would be good. A few days in Copenhagen and then cross the bridge over to watch the match. Would be pricey as fuck though, I imagine!

[Faustus]

As an aside, Ludogorets have just beaten Steaua in a pen shoot-out. Ludogorets' keeper was sent off in the last min of extra time so their centre half had to go in for the pens and ended up saving two of them!

[manwiththestick]

As an aside, Ludogorets have just beaten Steaua in a pen shoot-out. Ludogorets' keeper was sent off in the last min of extra time so their centre half had to go in for the pens and ended up saving two of them!

Scored one too, plus he's a Romanian.

[an tha]

Bring it on. We will get a tough group for certain, but, bring it on.

[Faustus]

I've just conducted our group draw based on the stringent and scientific method of getting the four pots up on Wikipedia and blindly jabbing my pen at the laptop screen to select a team from each. We will be drawn with the following:

 

Benfica

Basel

APOEL

 

Lump on, boys. Lump on.

[bouncebrigade]

All you can ask for is a home draw.

[fowler9]

don't care, bring on anyone, convinced we'll get Barca though

[Mook]

I was hoping for Celtic but unfortunately they were just a bit too shit.

 

Just glad to be back in it.

[Lario]

Biggest teams imaginable. Show the current generation of players at home and abroad what European nights are like at Anfield, and we'll have the pick of them next summer.

[BCM]

So we are in Pot 3........ Whichever way they fall today we are going to get a tough group.

[Paco]

[Bjornebye]

Bring whoever on. The bigger the better. Its about time we reminded these flash european cunts whose still around. PSG? We'll shit em

[aRdja]

Barcelona, Dortmund, Liverpool, Roma.

[Guest davelfc]

After five years out of the Champions League, Liverpool will today find out who they will face upon their much-anticipated return to the tournament – and we have a handy guide to the possible match-ups supporters could look forward to.

 

The draw for the 2014-15 group stage will take place from 4.45pm BST on Thursday at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, setting out the next round of fixtures for the elite European competition.

Liverpool are one of 32 teams to have qualified for this stage of the Champions League, with all participating sides to be seeded into four separate pots based on their UEFA coefficient.

One club from each pot will be drawn into every pool, making up eight sections for the group stage, which gets underway in mid-September - and the Reds have been placed in pot three.

Brendan Rodgers' charges cannot be paired with a rival from the Barclays Premier League, ruling out ties against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, but a number of mouthwatering encounters could be set up.

Potential opponents from pot one, for example, include heavyweights such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich, plus both of last season's finalists - Atletico Madrid and reigning champions Real Madrid.

For a full breakdown of the pots for today's draw and Liverpool's possible challengers, scroll below, and let us know your dream group by leaving a comment at the bottom of this page.

Pot 1
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Benfica
Atletico Madrid
Arsenal
Porto

Pot 2
Schalke
Borussia Dortmund
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Shakhtar Donetsk
Basel
Zenit St Petersburg
Manchester City

Pot 3
Bayer Leverkusen
Olympiacos
CSKA Moscow
Ajax
Liverpool
Sporting CP
Galatasaray
Athletic Bilbao

Pot 4
Anderlecht
AS Roma
APOEL Nicosia
BATE Borisov
Ludogorets Razgrad
Maribor
Monaco
Malmö

[mouse1989]

Barca

Juve

Monaco

[Hand Shandy]

Don't give a fuck - it's just nice to be back...

[Xherdan]

It feels good.

[Captain]

Barcelona

Borussia Dortmund

and

Malmö

[Reckoner]

Barca, PSG, Roma

Fucking av it

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I reckon we'll get one of the Madrids, Basel and Roma.

[Tony Moanero]

I reckon we'll get Manchester United.

[Guest davelfc]

I reckon we'll get Manchester United.

 

Already got them in the league cup, oh hang on they are not in that either. 

[Special K]

Nailed on Barcelona