Manchester are lowest seeded English team in cl next season

[J.R.R. hartley]

Manchester are lowest seeded English team in cl next season

Kinda crazy, no?

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2007.html

 

[Professor Piehead]

Kinda crazy, no?

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2007.html

No.

 

[STEVIEG]

Think they are level with Chelsea

Not that it matters

Both don't have to pre-qualify

 

[ho chi feen]

tnice to see derry city as a seeded team. shows that domestic football has come on alot

They could get APOEL Nicosia in the next round, which be a good draw... if they weren't such a shambles at present.

 

[RonnyB]

I think it runs on past performances over the last 5 seasons so I'd even expect United's seeding to fall lower in the next few years if they dont win the thing.

last 5 seasons

06/07 - semi finals
05/06 - group stages
04/05 - last 16
03/04 - last 16
02/03 - last 8

Quarters at least required next season to keep current co-efficient if my understanding is correct.

 

[KolaKubes]

Kinda crazy, no?

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2007.html

Not really except for Inter being so much higher.

What's that based on?

 

[ho chi feen]

Not really except for Inter being so much higher.

What's that based on?

Co-efficienty type stuff.

 

[Rebelred]

united's co-efficient is reflective of our performance in Europe over the last 5 seasons, which has been poor for the main part

 

[ho chi feen]

united's co-efficient is reflective of our performance in Europe over the last 5 seasons, which has been poor for the main part

Yes, and the 5 years are weighted towards the present. Therefore, if we get to the last 8 next season, our record will read the same, except in terms of order:

07/08 - last 8
06/07 - semi finals
05/06 - group stages
04/05 - last 16
03/04 - last 16

Instead of :

06/07 - semi finals
05/06 - group stages
04/05 - last 16
03/04 - last 16
02/03 - last 8

The last 8 in the first example would be weighted higher than the last 8 in the second. The poor performances from 03/04 - 05/06 would be lower on the last, hence our coefficient would be improved.