QuoteLast year, Bohs were knocked out of intertot by a latvian side, who were then knocked out by Elfsborg
Who Pats beat...
jeez no easy ties there for either team. i think pats can still go through, derry at home i would hope would be able to see of skonto. i see rapid vienna thrashed vllaznia 5-0....Originally Posted by Maribor
Last year, Bohs were knocked out of intertot by a latvian side, who were then knocked out by Elfsborg
Who Pats beat...
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Good call.
Posted this in an other thread too.
Was looking at the UEFA.com website there, was wondering if anyone knows if they show the draws online today like they have done in previous years?
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For Derry, Flora would be a good draw provided Bronby don't win in Estonia. Tromso also wouldn't be a bad draw though not sure what the 1st leg score was against Dinamo Minsk.
Pats, no easy ties there but from a money making perspective you'd hope they get Hamburg as German TV companies can pay good money.
Anyway 2nd legs to go yet before we know for sure but always nice to speculate
I'd take Flora or Tromso for defs. Anyone else, and I doubt we'd have a realistic chance.For Derry, Flora would be a good draw provided Bronby don't win in Estonia. Tromso also wouldn't be a bad draw though not sure what the 1st leg score was against Dinamo Minsk.
Pats, no easy ties there but from a money making perspective you'd hope they get Hamburg as German TV companies can pay good money.
Anyway 2nd legs to go yet before we know for sure but always nice to speculate
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None of the seeded teams there look beatable tbh. I haven't checked how their first legs went but Pats' or Derry's best chance would be to be drawn against the seeded team with the best chance of going out in this round. Hamburg and Brondby would probably be the most lucrative.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Jayz, if Flora can beat Brondby away, I don't think they'd be a "good" draw for Derry! (Though I can see where you're coming from).
Tromso drew 0-0 against Minsk.
Don't know what fans of teams who've been this far reckon, but I'd almost prefer a money and fun game against, say, Rosenborg or Hamburg than a game against Flora, who could easily win and you'd be left with nothing.
We know from last year that German companies don't pay huge amounts when there are plenty of games to choose from. Hamburg would of course be the best draw overall
Russia would be a financial disaster for us (and personally I don't think I could make the game)
I'd expect some of those to beat us heavily. I should stress that I don't think we'll beat the Maltese either...
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Hamburg would still be by far the more preferable financially, obviously. Qarabağ drew 0-0 with Rosenborg, so the possibility of a charming trip to the front-line of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, replete with battle-scarring and ghost cities, remains open.
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On a personal level I would prefer a smaller team. You at least retain a chance of beating them. Memories are great, but at the same time you don't want to just keep getting to the same round and losing.
Given none of the teams in our pot are "big" I'd like to get someone we have a chance of beating.
Definitely. Even if it is only a very remote chance that we'd win, I'd take that over a PSG type opponent any day.
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Last year for the first round we wanted someone beatable, and somewhere that was relatively decent to visit. We got the perfect draw with Olimps and Riga
In the second round we wanted to avoid the Danish and Norwegian as I fancied us against the rest. We got a decent trip too when Elfsborg was drawn
For the next round it was highly unlikely we'd progress so I think most pats fans wanted AC Milan. Hertha wasn't a bad draw at all. Money and the experience being the main factors
This year we're pretty poor, and I don't think we'll beat any of them, so i'll plump for Hamburg for financial reasons (personal and club wise). I won't be going to Russia or Azerbaijan
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Glad that all the Irish teams (Irish League excluded!) have given a good account of themselves so far. Bohs and Derry should make their away goal count. I look forward to the home leg versus Skonto Riga!
I really can't wait for the game at home. I hope to god we don't slack off and think we have it wrapped up.
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Don't Crusaders count as Irish League then?
He's probably mixing them up with Pat's.
None of the Belfast teams will make it through though.....
Don't rule us out Steve. Of course Rabotnicki probably had an off day, but they aren't that good.
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