If it's Monday - it must be European Draws Day...

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22/06/2009, 10:24 AM
Dodge

Glentoran get maccabi haifi
22/06/2009, 10:25 AM
ifk101

Of course they have a chance - even if it is small :D.

Looking at the positives Bohs have been drawn against a team in their off-season and they are playing away from home first.
22/06/2009, 10:25 AM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Glentoran get maccabi haifi

Nasty. No chance and a long way to go.
22/06/2009, 10:26 AM
Dodge

Austrian football isn't too far ahead of Swedish football and LOI teams have a decent record there recently. I wouldn't be writing off Bohs yet

Nice trip for fans too
22/06/2009, 10:26 AM
Red4Eva

Janko will probably get a couple of hat-tricks against Bohs
22/06/2009, 10:27 AM
pineapple stu

Didn't know Vonlanthen plays for Salzburg.

Edit - didn't know he was Colombian either.
22/06/2009, 10:33 AM
Sheridan

Janko will be long gone by the time that game happens.
22/06/2009, 10:34 AM
Dodge

Europa League will be here

http://www.uefa.com/live/competition...raw_basic.html
22/06/2009, 10:35 AM
pineapple stu

Can he be long gone in three weeks' time?
22/06/2009, 10:35 AM
thesilverfox

was in salzburg last summer at euro2008. lovely city and excellent infrastructure. bohs will love it, especially for a few days. excellent irish pub along the river but never saw an irish person behind the bar:D. ryanair fly direct to it also and ya fly over the stadium when landing.
22/06/2009, 10:39 AM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by thesilverfox

ryanair fly direct to it

Direct from Stansted though.
22/06/2009, 10:39 AM
redobit

So basically they have put the most westerly team and the most easterly team in Europe, that are in the competition, in the same group. ffs
22/06/2009, 10:42 AM
Infadel

Its not the worst draw for Bohs. Looking at the team there are a few Bundesliga rejects playing for them so they would be a fairly ordinary outfit apart from Janko.
22/06/2009, 10:44 AM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by Infadel

Its not the worst draw for Bohs.

It's a tough draw for the stage they're at. Also, Salzburg have Red Bull's millions behind them.

Here's their European record. Not great by any means, but they're very efficient against the lower echelons.
22/06/2009, 10:48 AM
Dodge

Quote:

Originally Posted by redobit

So basically they have put the most westerly team and the most easterly team in Europe, that are in the competition, in the same group. ffs

Its based on rankings, not region
22/06/2009, 10:52 AM
Infadel

Quote:

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

It's a tough draw for the stage they're at. Also, Salzburg have Red Bull's millions behind them.

Here's their European record. Not great by any means, but they're very efficient against the lower echelons.

I see what you mean but looking at their squad they seem to make a lot of changes to their team each season and although they do have Red Bull's millions behind them the only players they do attract are form the Czech and Slovak leagues and a few players from the lower placed German Bundesliga.
22/06/2009, 10:52 AM
redobit

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

Its based on rankings, not region

So its based on the coefficent then - How is it that they can put malta (the worst of the unseeded teams) in our group.
22/06/2009, 10:54 AM
OneRedArmy

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Originally Posted by redobit

So basically they have put the most westerly team and the most easterly team in Europe, that are in the competition, in the same group. ffs

Kazakhstan being in UEFA is a joke. Extra votes for UEFA at the FIFA table seems to be the primary reason, along with the Kazakhs getting the hump with the Asians.
22/06/2009, 10:58 AM
ltfc_2004

for travel hell, imagine going to Atkobe, Kazakhstan from iceland for that champions league qualifier
22/06/2009, 10:58 AM
Sheridan

It was the only reason. The original proposal was to exchange Kazakhstan for Azerbaijan, in the end UEFA retained both.
22/06/2009, 10:59 AM
Drumcondra 69er

Quote:

Originally Posted by Infadel

Its not the worst draw for Bohs. Looking at the team there are a few Bundesliga rejects playing for them so they would be a fairly ordinary outfit apart from Janko.

It's an awful draw for us. Artificial pitch to boot, loads of money pumped in by Red Bull. They were one of about 3 or 4 I didn't want to get so gutted really. Only positive is we're home second leg. If we win we'll be the highest ranked non seeded team again so of all the bigger teams in it it was a bad one from that point of view as well. At least they're winter football and we're home 2nd leg I suppose.
22/06/2009, 11:00 AM
pineapple stu

Plus you have to give money to Red Bull Salzburg.
22/06/2009, 11:00 AM
Dodge

Quote:

Originally Posted by redobit

So its based on the coefficent then - How is it that they can put malta (the worst of the unseeded teams) in our group.

They split the seeds up into pots so basically the top 8 seeds are seperated, then the next 8 go into those pots, then the next 8 etc etc

So you could have a pot with one fo the 8 seeds, one of the 9-16, one of the 17-24, one of 25-32, and one of the 33-40 and so on.

Thats the way it was for us in the first round last year, and it looks that way here
22/06/2009, 11:10 AM
Duggie

red bull - tough draw. hardly a european force but they would be a different class to bohs. cant see them progressing.
22/06/2009, 11:10 AM
sligoman

Draw started:

http://www.uefa.com/live/competition...raw_basic.html
22/06/2009, 11:11 AM
pineapple stu

Great stream actually. makes a change frmowatching live blurry Eurosport in previous years.

Assume we don't know when they get to Sligo's pot?
22/06/2009, 11:12 AM
gustavo

Vlaznia
22/06/2009, 11:12 AM
pineapple stu

Albania it is...

Edit - that's not too bad logistically. Assuming they play in Shkoder, it's almost on the border with Montenegro. Fly to Dubrovnik and drive, or fly via Vienna to Podgorica.
22/06/2009, 11:14 AM
HarpoJoyce

Shroder.
They will love it. Its not the capital for a start.

Plenty of different routes to get there aswell.
22/06/2009, 11:15 AM
Real ale Madrid

i thought it wasnt starting until 1330 CET?
22/06/2009, 11:17 AM
Boo_Boy

So much for 12 f'n 30.

Wen't to pee and and its already done.
22/06/2009, 11:17 AM
pineapple stu

Distillery off to Georgia.
22/06/2009, 11:17 AM
brendy_�ire

Quote:

Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

i thought it wasnt starting until 1330 CET?

Thought that too.

Distillery off to Georgia.
22/06/2009, 11:17 AM
Dodge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

i thought it wasnt starting until 1330 CET?

Me too.

regardless. Its not a mountain for Sligo to climb so fingers crossed for them
22/06/2009, 11:18 AM
Duggie

albanian's will be tough enough id say. napoli beat them 8-0 over 2 legs last season. hard to know really.
22/06/2009, 11:20 AM
pineapple stu

After they'd knocked out a Slovenian side though. Another tough draw.

(Those Bert Kassies links don't work. Go to his site and click on search; it'll show up their European history, excluding the TotoToto Cup.)
22/06/2009, 11:22 AM
holidaysong

At least it's not Kazakhstan!
22/06/2009, 11:24 AM
Fester

Randers v Linfield ...... Danish Trip..
22/06/2009, 11:27 AM
HarpoJoyce

Two Albanian sides due to play at home on 09th July (mid-week) in the second leg. I don't know if this is enough to make a change to the home ties as they have been drawn though..
22/06/2009, 11:28 AM
Real ale Madrid

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

meanwhile, linfield have a 20% chance of drawing a danish team called randers fc.

I bet that would throw a few of the less literate types in the village, who would turn up expecting to see the scottish champions.....

:d

..... :d

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