Join me at 11.00 gmt for live coverage of the draw.
I’ll be pissed off watching it but I owe it to our army of members to cover it. hi5
Right, it’s a completely open draw with no country barriers.
UEFA are expected to drag it out for nearly half an hour and Sky have their team of pundits primed in the studio to talk scheidt for about 3 hours after the draw is made.
Can you play someone that you have already played?
eg Liverpool v PSV
No country or group protection. You can play anyone even if you played them before (not including teams who you knocked out in the previous round who are not actually in the draw).
You sure about that?
PS answer your PMs
Charlie Nicholas and Ray Wilkins think Chelsea will win it.
Phil Thompson says the 3 English teams must be the 3 favourites to win it outright and hopes they avoid each other so ‘we can have 3 teams in the last 4.’
Ray says it proves the EPL is far and away the best league in the world.
Fook.
Trevor Francis thinks Bayern Munich will win it.
He cited the Hitzfeld factor, Podolski’s return to fitness and Makaay’s return to form.
Where is this xenophobia we’re all so fond of?
Oh, there it was. He was shouted down by the other 3.
Well looking at the odds for the CL the 3 English teams are the 3 favourites
Chelsea 11 - 4
Man Utd 7 - 2
Liverpool 11 - 2
Valencia 7 - 1
AC Milan 15 - 2
Bayern Mnchen 15 - 2
Roma 9 - 1
PSV 18 - 1
Check the odds with an Italian or Spanish firm.
Ludovic Giuly is doing the draw.
What the fook?
Now, they’re going to interview him first.
Great to hear from the mayor of Athens. Lovely man.
Michel Platini has received the cup back from Giuly.
You really miss Lennart Johansson on days like today.
Mayor chap still waffling away.
Giuly’s not doing the draw. He just ‘turned the balls’, handed back the trophy, said a few words and fooked off.
Who is doing it?
Being presented by Sky Sports News’ Matt Lorenzo! He was run out of ITV about 10 years ago.
We’re being reminded who’s in the draw now.
This is getting boring now.
Still, a great way to catch up on posts with rocko.
Something’s about to happen now.
2 boring UEFA suits ambling forward and now fiddling with their balls together.
Ah come on, we’re getting a video of Greece’s sporting history now.
Theo Zagorakis is to assist the 2 suits.
First an interview with the Euro 2004 winning captain.
I’m losing the will to type (possibly even live) at the moment.
Now we’re getting 2 or 3 translations of the interview.
HERE IT IS NOW.
The first suit is talking away, giving stats on the teams left etc. Everyone in the arena is asleep. Now he’s talking about having a responsibility to maintain fair play. Tut tut Valencia and Inter. Another reminder of the 8 teams…fook sake.
I cant find the poxy station in work, it seems to have dissappeared and I cant find it or tune it. Im now watching the live stream on UEFA.com
Remember round of 8 and round of 4 draws are to be made.
Milan vs Munich
Flano, surely you should be watching it here rather than on UEFA.
PSV vs Liverpool.