Originally Posted by
pineapple stu
Another Euro day over and we're somehow still 32nd. But it's getting tight - there's only 0.250 between us and 37th. Six countries below us have teams in the group stages - Kosovo, Kazakhstan and Finland are within that 0.250 of us and need just a draw to pass us out. The Faroes, Bosnia and Iceland are further back. Taking two points for a win, the Faroes need five group points, Iceland need four points and Bosnia need seven points to pass us out.
Tobol (who beat Derry) lost 5-1 to Plzen on aggregate; fairly sound beating. Ballkani (Kosovo), Astana (Kazakhstan), HJK (Finland), KI (Faroes), Breidablik (Iceland) and Zrinskij Mostar (Bosnia) are the sides we want tough draws for in the group stages; they're all in the Conference League, and Astana and HJK are third seeds.
Still reckon we'll end up 36th - Finland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and one of the other three. Looks like 43rd for the year.
Here's for better next year!
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