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Anyone any suggestions on where we would like to be going on the road to Austria/Switzerland? I would take anywhere apart from Georgia and the Central Asian Uefa members.
Spoke to some of the Pats lads who went to Chisinau in Moldova and that place sounds god forsaken.
A trip to Scandanavia would be warmly welcomed by all and maybe a trip to Milan/Rome or Seville/Madrid
Im not talking about qualification prospects just good trips:ball:
Well if you want sunshine then this would probably be the best line up:
Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Albania, Cyprus and Malta.
Actually wouldn't be a bad group for qualification either!
Germany, Sweden and Greece would be good:). Not great for qualification though:o.
Hoping for (travelwise) -
Sweden
Croatia
Bulgaria (make up for missing UCD's InterToto game there in 2000)
Ireland
Estonia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Liechtenstein
The latter two I'd be particularly interested in going to. A return to the Faroes wouldn't go amiss either though!
Well I'd say Ireland will be in our group anyway:rolleyes: :p.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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Originally Posted by sligoman
Croatia is an away trip I could make handy if it were in Zagreb. Serbia and Montenegro might be handy too as I could get a place to stay in Belgrade.
* Armenia or Kazachstan anyway (because the countries have fascinated me for most of my life, just like the ex-USSR in general)
* a Scandinavian trip (apart from Norway, which would force me to for once support against the Boys In Green)
* Luxembourg or San Marino: easy 6 points
* something like Hungary, Belaruse, Lithuania, Scotland or so: the easiest ones of the countries ranked just above the minnows. Scotland'd be a guaranteed full house as well.
* as for the pot I countries: I'd say you better avoid Greece cause they're decent enough to give a hard time, yet not good enough to get a full house + massive TV incomes. Maybe Portugal or Czech Republic are the best bets.
As for NI, I'd like them to draw Belgium and beat them. That'd be sweet to then phone my friends back home :D
Kazhakstan or Azerbaijan from Pot 7. Pot 6 has Georgia, Macedonia, Belarus, Armenia and Moldova in it!
Reasons being you would never go to these places otherwise unless your club played there in Europe. But mainly because none of the ole ole brigade would go there cos they wouldnt know how to go independently and there would be nobody there to hold their hand:rolleyes:
KOH
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Originally Posted by Gerrit
Luxembourg gave us hell in the jack charlton years in european qualifiers. We struggled to beat them home and away. FACT!
For me, its anywhere thats easy to fly to from Scotland. Being a teacher, I can only make weekend matches (unless it falls during school hols - like Israel last campaign). New flight from Edinburgh- Helsinki - never been to Finland:)
Luxembourg were hammered home and away by Liechtenstein in their last campaign - they're a shockingly poor side now. Amazingly, I think they have the longest reigning manager in Europe - could have been appointed even before Charlton!Quote:
Originally Posted by wws
Agreed, we need at least 1 trip to separate the men from the boys..:)Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
Lads can you not just enjoy the trip yourself without having to look down on others. I see this with music too. I heard Arcade fire Before you etc etc.
wouldnt mind finland actually or the baltics. from the lads who were in Rijecka craotia sounds a blast.
Places i dont want (i) Cyprus- ****ing kip (ii) Scotland - Too Local (iii) Norn Iron - Ticket shortages.
plus from our point of view, all games will be a sell out at home
It's not about one-up-man-ship. The difference in craic and atmosphere in the ground was marked between the Faroes and Cyprus in the last campaign. Only the true fans - hate to use the phrase, but you know what I mean - went to the Faroes, which practically everyone who was there has nominated as one of the best ever away trips, while every bandwagon jumper was in Cyprus, which had a dire atmosphere despite the 11,000 there and ended in me nearly punching some bloke for telling me to shut up during the game!Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
agreed craic was better in israel than elsewhere I was. Many didnt make the faroes due to the weather though
Agree. Heard the Faroes was great alright and only heard bad things about Cyprus. Best trip I've been on has been Finland and this from someone who's been to the 3 World Cups:DQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
True fans rule!
KOH
And one fan has nominated as the best night of his life. Oh Yeah.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple