1. James is right, Jota can't play Villa because the Euro squad is set till the play off round.
2. Celtic were actually a Pot 3 side for the draw this season, so we did have games against "lower rated" sides. A traditional four team group against our draw would probably have been OK.
1. James is right, Jota can't play Villa because the Euro squad is set till the play off round.
2. Celtic were actually a Pot 3 side for the draw this season, so we did have games against "lower rated" sides. A traditional four team group against our draw would probably have been OK.
Our opponents from each pot were:
1. Leipzig and Dortmund
2. Atalanta and Brugge
3. YBB and Zagreb (forget them)
4. Villa and Bratislava
Of the eight possible groups that gives us, only one (Dortmund, Atalanta and Villa) is a massive problem. Leipzig, Brugge and Slovan would probably have seen us challenging for the last 16.
There's only a 25% chance we don't get Slovan or Leipzig, so a great shot at 3rd or better.
A couple of factual corrections.
1. James is right, Jota can't play Villa because the Euro squad is set till the play off round.
2. Celtic were actually a Pot 3 side for the draw this season, so we did have games against "lower rated" sides. A traditional four team group against our draw would probably have been OK.
Our opponents from each pot were:
1. Leipzig and Dortmund
2. Atalanta and Brugge
3. YBB and Zagreb (forget them)
4. Villa and Bratislava
Of the eight possible groups that gives us, only one (Dortmund, Atalanta and Villa) is a massive problem. Leipzig, Brugge and Slovan would probably have seen us challenging for the last 16.
There's only a 25% chance we don't get Slovan or Leipzig, so a great shot at 3rd or better.