Topic: The Champions League Draw Thread - 2007/2008: Toulouse in the 3rd QR

[JP-65]

this may have been awnswered already but when is the game likely to be, so i can book a flight?

Away on August 14/15, home on August 28/29

[SwedenRed]

I sense Toulouse...

a bit of lautrec ...

arf

FUCK ME! I PREDICT THE FUTURE.

Who do you want in the League stages fellas?

 

[figgy12]

Fucking boss that.

I'm two hours drive away from Toulouse on me hols at that time - so will be able to make the away leg and the home leg.

Made up.

[StevieG26]

About the best draw we could've hoped for, considering our Premiership fixtures. A relatively short trip to France before Villa and a nice, hopefully comfortable game before Chelsea come to Anfield.

Wrong. The away leg will take place before the Chelsea game

[Something Else]

not easy but like has been said not the hardest either

[Le Terrible]

Not happy with this draw. I would have preferred some Nordic part timers or even a trip to the outer Mongolia.  Toulouse is no joke.  Let's hope Benitez doesn't underestimate Aston Villa before we go there.

[Hoppy]

Fucking boss that.

I'm two hours drive away from Toulouse on me hols at that time - so will be able to make the away leg and the home leg.

Made up.

Nice one!

[SwedenRed]

Nice one!

If he gets a ticket!

[nige]

Find out at 3pm today

Each clubs representatives will meet to decide on the dates and release them at 3pm

Funny how they don't mention all the wheeling and dealing by the TV companies & chief exec's between now and 3pm.

I hate this bit, waiting for the confirmed dates, when it looks like I can go to the first leg but not the second.

well if it's re-arranged to be away second I'll have to see if i can get out of  a work trip to the US

I'm praying its away on Tuesday 14th. Bet Rafa would prefer that too. More prep. time for the Chelsea game.

[Hoppy]

Wrong. The away leg will take place before the Chelsea game

Christ, with our squad, we should have no problem sending over the 'so called reserves' to do a job against Toulouse before taking them apart at Anfield!

[Roy The Red]

Scared of no-one, would of been happy if we played Barca or AC in the qualifying rounds. Bring on any one

[Alan_X]

Toulouse finished 4th, right?

They finished 3rd. Italy, Spain and England have 4 spots. France, Germany & Portugal have 3.

[Disintegration]

Wrong. The away leg will take place before the Chelsea game

Ah, well that's disappointing. I'd be delighted with 4pts from our first couple of league games.

[Gilly La]

I'm disappointed, I know people wanted Toulouse for proximity reasons, but in my eyes the qualifiers are the chance to go to some no mark club in a dusty rural eastern european town.
Ah well I'll have to go to Sarajevo for some other reason.

[Pheeny]

http://tfc.wifeo.com/stadium.php

[bigbear]

Could have been worse. Celtic have got a tough draw and will probbaly go out.

Decent travel arrangements for players and easy to get to fans. Great part of the world too.

Anyone going down for a few days, try Montpelier, nice beach, great city with good crack.

I fancy a road trip !

[mika1983]

We have to win this at all costs, cause it won't be nice tou louse this one.

[Art Vandelay]

To lose to Toulouse, would be unfathomable.  In fact we must not play to lose when we play Toulouse, because if we don't play to win we could in fact find ourselves in a situation which causes us to lose to Toulouse.

[Joe Rogans Chin]

The only down side is that they are a week ahead of us in fitness wise, dosen't their season start this weekend?

[DaveLFC]

The worst part of dawing them is the 'puns' we will have to endure for the next few weeks. The 'to lose' pun is not funny, it was amusing just after 11am, now it's annoying.

[ic843]

Is it just me whos now listening to the CL music on repeat play getting nostalgic bout past glory?

[nige]

I'm disappointed, I know people wanted Toulouse for proximity reasons, but in my eyes the qualifiers are the chance to go to some no-mark club in a dusty rural eastern european town.

Ah well I'll have to go to Sarajevo for some other reason.

I feel exactly the same - though I did want Toulouse in the group stages.

the draw has not even been particularly favourable to getting a decent number of E. European teams in the hat for the groups  I'm guessing Kyiv will be quite pleased to draw Sarajevo (who won away in Belgium), though.

[NickoH]

This is a goer for me

[StevieG26]

Ah, well that's disappointing. I'd be delighted with 4pts from our first couple of league games.

Perhaps...

[Jon_H]

pain in the arse this
flights are a joke considoring its france, and the eurostar is hardly cheap
im gonna have to get somebody to ferry me ha

[mark_lfc_forever]

Wont be a walkover but dont see any problems with toulouse i see a 2-1 away victory and a 3-0 home victory.

[Alan_X]

Just to point out that as far as I'm aware, Toulouse have never played in European football before and have no UEFA coefficient points apart from the 17.706 they get for being French representatives. If you took those away they'd be ranked below Hafnarfjardar of Iceland.

Is there anyone who watches French football that can explain how they scraped into 3rd spot in the French league? Do they have any decent players?

[ic843]

We can't afford Toulouse this one!!!
























SOrry

[red morning light]

FUCK ME! I PREDICT THE FUTURE.

Who do you want in the League stages fellas?

 

fuck that give me saturdays lotto numbers first!

[DonkeyWan]

Are Toulouse in season now, or do they start later than the PL?

[a partridge in seat_5c]

that's a bastard of a draw
 

wold never underestimate a French side

[Wewonit6times]

Are Toulouse in season now, or do they start later than the PL?

Weekend

[Wewonit6times]

Is there anyone who watches French football that can explain how they scraped into 3rd spot in the French league? Do they have any decent players?

Because the French League bar one team is utterly awful. Elmander is a decent enough player.

[Notayesman]

Tricky draws all round for the British clubs with the exception of maybe Rangers, don't fanct Celtics chances much. I think we did ok to be honest, and its nice  that there's not another Europe wide trek involved after all the travelling done preseason.

[Pr0n]

Is there anyone who watches French football that can explain how they scraped into 3rd spot in the French league? Do they have any decent players?

Elmander was one of the better players in the french league last season. Hard working athletic. Not sure he's their mvp, but thereabouts.

Since it's a tie we are very serious about winning, regardless of the opponents, (we can't afford to slack on that one) Toulouse will be interesting and not too far away either. Rather see us having a decent opponent, making it two (hopefully) good games..

[Jon_H]

250 quid trip i reckon this maybe more

[SMD]

Well, if we can't beat Toulouse then I don't think we deserve to be in the Champions League.

Should be a good match for the new players to stretch their legs and hopefully they'll play some good football as opposed to some of the yard dog shit you can get from some of the worse teams in Europe.

[Milly B]

The French club finished third in their domestic league last season to qualify for Europe's premier competition for the first time.
 
The achievement was unexpected as a week before the end of the season they were mathematically out of the race for a CL spot following a draw with Nantes.
 
However, the game was abandoned with three minutes to go because of a pitch invasion, and Toulouse were later awarded three points instead of one.
 
Five years ago they were in the third division.



League Table --> http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue1/historique/classement.asp

[figgy12]

Damn, no internet for 2 weeks.

Looks like I will just have to chance it outside the ground.

[MoSzizlak]

Damn missed Rangers.  Have we ever played them in Europe. 

Here comes Liverpool

Couldn't get them as they were also seeded