The Champions....League

[Horneris]

Last time no British side was in the last 8 was 1995-96

Must be a decent chance of that this time

Yeah they are toast.

3 German sides in the last 8 imo!

ChipPrince must be doing cartwheels.

[TightEnd]

6/4 Bet Victor no British sides get through

[Rod Paradise]

This is made even more complicated when no team in the winners pot can play the team in the runners up pot who came from the same group , and no teams from the same country can play each other.

Surely this only makes the chances of team A playing team B come out twice in a row greater? 

First team out can only play one of 8 teams and can't play those that are in the same country.  The big key is Galatasaray being drawn first both times, by the time it comes to drawing a Spanish team, there was probably only 2 teams they could play.

Yep - but it still makes the calculations higher. Like you say Galatasaray and Celtic out in the first 2 meant the odds of the subsequent pairings were reduced.

[Rod Paradise]

Last time no British side was in the last 8 was 1995-96

Must be a decent chance of that this time

Yeah they are toast.

3 German sides in the last 8 imo!

ChipPrince must be doing cartwheels.

Schalke in a terrible state at the moment though - whether they can get it back together in time??

[Boba Fett]

This is made even more complicated when no team in the winners pot can play the team in the runners up pot who came from the same group , and no teams from the same country can play each other.

Surely this only makes the chances of team A playing team B come out twice in a row greater? 

First team out can only play one of 8 teams and can't play those that are in the same country.  The big key is Galatasaray being drawn first both times, by the time it comes to drawing a Spanish team, there was probably only 2 teams they could play.

Yep - but it still makes the calculations higher. Like you say Galatasaray and Celtic out in the first 2 meant the odds of the subsequent pairings were reduced.

Not 100% sure but I think steps have to be taken from the start to ensure 2 teams from same country dont play each other otherwise they could pick out a couple teams and be stuck

[The Baron]

Everytime I have seen Dortmund they have looked impressive, considering they are an underdog for the whole competition.

I haven't seen anything much of Barca, Madrid & Man United to say I can see them winning the whole tournament.

Dortmund are definitely the team to watch.