CL qualifier

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Chippy
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CL qualifier

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The draw is next Friday. By then the second qualifying rounds will only have played one leg so we will still be uncertain who we will get. It does look a bit of a mare whoever we get as there are a chunk of good teams in there,

Rangers,
Sparta Prague,
Fenerbahce,
Anderlecht,
Panathinaikos
Dinamo Kyiv

or teams in god awful places that will be difficult to get to/from

Inter Baki Azerbaijan
Sherrif Moldova
Beitar Jerusalem
Bate Borisov Belarus
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia

One that would be interesting but highly unlikely is Drogheda. Can you imagine the craic if Arsenal were to play in Ireland. :corkbarry: :db10_1: :db10_2: :tricolour:
:barscarf:

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Re: CL qualifier

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Chippy wrote:The draw is next Friday. By then the second qualifying rounds will only have played one leg so we will still be uncertain who we will get. It does look a bit of a mare whoever we get as there are a chunk of good teams in there,

Rangers,
Sparta Prague,
Fenerbahce,
Anderlecht,
Panathinaikos
Dinamo Kyiv

or teams in god awful places that will be difficult to get to/from

Inter Baki Azerbaijan
Sherrif Moldova
Beitar Jerusalem
Bate Borisov Belarus
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia

One that would be interesting but highly unlikely is Drogheda. Can you imagine the craic if Arsenal were to play in Ireland. :corkbarry: :db10_1: :db10_2: :tricolour:
:barscarf:
we all know we're gonna get Sparta Prague anyway.

Will hopefully be heading out for the away leg of the qualifiers, unless we get one of the shitty places that you mentioned. Fuck playing in Glasgow aswell that's worse than any backward Soviet bloc country.

Wouldn't mind a trip to eastern europe but only one the decent countries.

Does anyone know if the seeded team play at home first cause if we're away first i can't go :cry:

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half the seeded teams will be at home first, as for drogeda , well they must win there next round and there ground isnt fit for cl games so would be moved to dalymount park which holds about 15000

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Can we draw a British team?

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Yes "Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn together" so we can't get the Scousers but anyone else is OK.

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Chippy wrote:The draw is next Friday. By then the second qualifying rounds will only have played one leg so we will still be uncertain who we will get. It does look a bit of a mare whoever we get as there are a chunk of good teams in there,

Rangers,
Sparta Prague,
Fenerbahce,
Anderlecht,
Panathinaikos
Dinamo Kyiv

or teams in god awful places that will be difficult to get to/from

Inter Baki Azerbaijan
Sherrif Moldova
Beitar Jerusalem
Bate Borisov Belarus
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia

One that would be interesting but highly unlikely is Drogheda. Can you imagine the craic if Arsenal were to play in Ireland. :corkbarry: :db10_1: :db10_2: :tricolour:
:barscarf:
Chippy mate. I hate to criticise, but how do Glasgow Rangers qualify as useful side?

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Given our propensity to slip up against weak opposition I would not be so confident. :oops: :roll: :goalie:

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or teams in god awful places that will be difficult to get to/from

Inter Baki Azerbaijan
Sherrif Moldova
Beitar Jerusalem
Bate Borisov Belarus
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia
Thank you.. :oops:

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Chippy wrote:Given our propensity to slip up against weak opposition I would not be so confident. :oops: :roll: :goalie:
Fair comment. I just loathe them.

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DanielD wrote:
or teams in god awful places that will be difficult to get to/from

Inter Baki Azerbaijan
Sherrif Moldova
Beitar Jerusalem
Bate Borisov Belarus
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia
Thank you.. :oops:
DD I am thinking purely as a UK based fan travelling to a midweek game. Going to Jerusalem would be expensive and wipe out 3 days as would the others in that list. The longer journeys are also more disruptive to the team.

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I know mate, all in a good spirit.. :)

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we can get barcelona can't we??

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i dont think we can,but wouldnt it be brillaint to see hlebs face when we knock them out :barscarf:

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Lethal wrote:i dont think we can,but wouldnt it be brillaint to see hlebs face when we knock them out :barscarf:
too fucking right :evil:

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Post by Chippy »

Everything is seeded (fixed :roll: ) so we can't meet them at this stage. Look forward to knocking them out in the quarters. :barscarf:

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