Quotewould be a brilliant draw for Derry, real real chance of progressing!Originally Posted by pete
12noon irish time friday 25th August. Click
Potential seeded team opposition here
I think best teams to get would be Livorno, Chievo, Grasshopers, Brondby, Heerenveen, Blackburn or Newcastle (dispite high seeding could only beat Lithuanians 1-0)
Newcastle would be good draw for Derry as nothing to lose & Newcastle seem poor.
would be a brilliant draw for Derry, real real chance of progressing!
there are a good few teams in there that derry can beat over two legs
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Found this on a site for predicted groups in the draw:
Group 2
Seeded
Panathinaikos
Sparta Praha
Celta
Austria
Litex
Unseeded
M. Haifa
Nancy
Zaporizhya
Sion
Derry
There seems to be a "system" of shifting teams to ensure cannot play team from your own country.
Austria and Litex would be the preferred draws in terms of possible progression
will it be regionalised?
I don't think it's meant to be.
From the official UEFA site
Group 2: Seeded Unseeded
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) Legia Warszawa (POL)
Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA)FC Metalurg Zaporizhzhya (UKR)
FK Austria Wien (AUT) Odense BK (DEN)
PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) Derry City FC (IRL)
Some tasty potential ties there Panathinaikos. Hertha BSC Berlin , Paris Saint-Germain all good money spinners
Id fancy Litex if i was a derry fan
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never mind the money spinners in the first round, get either the austrian or bulgarian team, hopefully progress and then the money spinner is all around you.
Exactly. Better off getting a beatable side at this stage- make the group stages and take the money-spinners there.
I don't think any of the ties would be easy but certainly Litex or Austria Vienna would be a lot more beatable than PSG.
Does anyone know if they re-draw for the group stages or do the winners of the 5 ties make up the group?
re draw for the group stages
Your all crazy! I want an easy draw here and i want all the top seeds knocked out so there is no money spinners in the group stage! then i want Derry to romp home with 5 wins (or however many!) then crush the remaining minnow plus some weak teams from the Champions league (like FC Thun last year!) in the knock out stages and win the bloody thing! Then we'll have a nice health co-efficient for next year.... and a few years after that! Then do that a few years in a row and everyone in the EL will be getting a place in Europe as long as a) you don't get relegated and b) you don't have Roddy as your manager (which means you default to A)
From the money spinning perspective, Olympiakos have Rivaldo and he could be a crowd puller. Hopefully they get the weakest draw though.
Brilliant!
When will the 1st round ties be played?
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Maybe but Olympiakos aren't in Derry's pool so they dan't draw them at this stage.
14th and 28th of next month! Mark it on the calendar!
When will the 1st round ties be played?
Derry's possible opponents are here
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEF...Id=448958.html
Panathinaikos, Hertha Berlin PSG, Austria Wien and Litek Lovech.
Litex won 2-1 at home to Omonia of Cyprus to go through 2-1 on agg. Can be beaten over 2 legs by Derry if they play to their potential.
Hertha won 3-2 on agg but were pushed on the way by the Georgian side Ameri. Would be tough for Derry but you never know.
Austria Wien are in the UEFA cup after losing 4-1 on agg to Benfica in the 3rd qualifying round of the CL. As with Litex could be beaten over 2 legs.
PSG and Panathinaikos are the 2 draws they'd want to avoid if they want any chance of progressing. The only consolation is it would probably be on tv and they'd get a decent crowd at the match.
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