Popular Post Bronzy 25,502 Posted April 9 Popular Post Share Posted April 9 Here’s all the details about the upcoming CL qualifiers (I’ve shamelessly plagiarised this thread format from @psb07158). As it stands, Russian teams are still booted out. We will enter in QR3 - meaning if we lose we are guaranteed Europa League group stage football. We’re seeded in both rounds, being seeded means we avoid Braga. https://kassiesa.net/uefa/AccessList2023.html Key dates: 24 July 2023 - Draw for 3rd qualifying round 7 August 2023 - Draw for play-off round 3rd round dates: 1st leg - 8–9 August 2023 2nd leg - 15 August 2023 Playoff round dates: 1st leg - 22–23 August 2023 2nd leg - 29–30 August 2023 Potential opponents update: 3rd round Sturm Graz (AUT) Backa Topola (SRB) Dnipro-1 (UKR) or Panathinaikos (GRE) Genk (BEL) or Servette (SUI) Play-off round (assuming highest seed progresses) PSV Eindhoven (NED) Marseille (FRA) Teams are confirmed based on final league positions. AlbertzLoyalRSC, JCDBigBear, Clemdog and 16 others 19 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Specky Forum Organiser 61,130 Posted April 9 Popular Post Share Posted April 9 Fuck the Champions League MacBoyd, Nk89, Gascoigne8 and 10 others 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzy 25,502 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 3 minutes ago, The Specky Liar said: Fuck the Champions League Tbh I’m far more keen on the away trips than the actual games falkirkNS, Blueshoff, Blue_Snib and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post falkirkNS 6,298 Posted April 9 Popular Post Share Posted April 9 1 minute ago, The Specky Liar said: Fuck the Champions League Europa leagues our level. Correct. Smile, Brubear, DMax399 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VanVeenRangers 2,402 Posted April 9 Popular Post Share Posted April 9 I only want to win the league. Europe helps budgets but we are starved domestically and it's sickening JCDBigBear, graeme_4, bluenose244 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rum Ham 1,989 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 hours ago, falkirkNS said: Europa leagues our level. Correct. Europa leagues not our level this season, but to write off wanting CL is a fickle and defeatist mindset. Ridiculous. googglebot, JograBear, GlasgowRangersFC and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post five stars 1,576 Posted April 9 Popular Post Share Posted April 9 Europa league after finishing 3rd in a Champions League group will do nicely for now. LegendofCoop, Giiise, Geo17 and 11 others 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyCR1 1,453 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Would rather play in europa league and be competitive, our confidence took an enormous battering and that carried over into our league form. We get through a few rounds in the europa we end up with the same kind of money anyway. As said above, fuck the champions league and the elitism. One Jock Wallace, Smile and Geo17 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prso's headband 34,027 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Good to know we’ll be seeded actually, we’ve got some amount of redeeming to do in the CL. To go from EL finalists to complete whipping boys in 6 months is shocking. Beale should be demanding exactly what he needs at least 2-3 weeks before the first games of the season. If it’s the same old story signing players with a day to go, as usual that’ll set us on the back foot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 52,050 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Europe is huge financially for us but the squad we build has to be capable first and foremost of winning back the league trophy. JM1872, One Jock Wallace and barrymorrison1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanksRFC 3,814 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 The absolute tankings in Europe didn't help us much in the league this year. chris182, HG5 and Gascoigne8 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
left winger 12,967 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Another six tankings in the CL won’t do us any favours. A narrow defeat to a top team in the play offs, then qualifying from our EL group and hopefully making the last 16 would be okay for next season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyGer 34 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Would rather play Europa league tbh and have a chance of being competitive. Unfortunately the fact is if we're going to compete with the scum financially we need CL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixonRFC 1,294 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 The Europa League is our level and I think winning games regularly in that competition helps us maintain our form in the League, getting spanked in the Champions League does nothing for us as a club, it demoralises the players and the fans. The money is a factor though, we can't be letting the tims get double the European money than us just by being in a different competition, it's not just the prize money, the TV share and the 10yr coefficient is also huge and that would all go to them if we don't make it. googglebot and HG5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrupsleftfoot 9,854 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Can't believe there are so many not wanting us to make the CL groups. ayrshireranger, googglebot, Malkytfp1 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 19,111 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Good thread, op. We need the Champions league money, especially while the scum are getting it. I take it Braga or USG are the stick ons who we're guaranteed to get if we get into the play off? Raligt, chris182 and Bronzy 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromDeAnglais 4,640 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 31 minutes ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said: Can't believe there are so many not wanting us to make the CL groups. Financially I do. But we're so far from that level of football. This seasons performance was embarrassing. Fuck going through that again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzy 25,502 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 28 minutes ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said: Can't believe there are so many not wanting us to make the CL groups. The CL feels like a bit of a vicious cycle, in that we need the money from it to compete for the league, while at the same time playing in it seems to fuck up our league season. At this point I wouldn’t be overly gutted if we didn’t make the groups, it’d be annoying from a financial perspective but I can see it wreaking havoc with us domestically like it did this year. Making the playoffs would probably soften the blow as we get a decent chunk from that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 17,907 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 minute ago, The FF Snitch said: The CL feels like a bit of a vicious cycle, in that we need the money from it to compete for the league, while at the same time playing in it seems to fuck up our league season. At this point I wouldn’t be overly gutted if we didn’t make the groups, it’d be annoying from a financial perspective but I can see it wreaking havoc with us domestically like it did this year. Making the playoffs would probably soften the blow as we get a decent chunk from that. Who the fucks your avatar?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 5,885 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 hours ago, left winger said: Another six tankings in the CL won’t do us any favours. A narrow defeat to a top team in the play offs, then qualifying from our EL group and hopefully making the last 16 would be okay for next season. Last year was an anomaly for me. With additions, a squad not bereft of injuries and a full preseason under our belt, I predict we'll perform much better if we qualify. ice 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzy 25,502 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 14 minutes ago, King Jela said: Good thread, op. We need the Champions league money, especially while the scum are getting it. I take it Braga or USG are the stick ons who we're guaranteed to get if we get into the play off? If the league positions stay as they currently are, yes. Though I believe we could get Genk, Antwerp, Porto, Ajax or Partizan if positions change. Getting to the playoff appears relatively hassle-free, which is a plus as just reaching that round gets us £5 million or thereabouts. King Jela 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzy 25,502 Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 3 minutes ago, G.E.C. said: Who the fucks your avatar?! Hi there, my name’s Scott, welcome to Planes, Trains, Everything LochendBilly 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrupsleftfoot 9,854 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 18 minutes ago, The FF Snitch said: The CL feels like a bit of a vicious cycle, in that we need the money from it to compete for the league, while at the same time playing in it seems to fuck up our league season. At this point I wouldn’t be overly gutted if we didn’t make the groups, it’d be annoying from a financial perspective but I can see it wreaking havoc with us domestically like it did this year. Making the playoffs would probably soften the blow as we get a decent chunk from that. I get that we've been burnt this season with it, but the financial perspective is hugely significant. So is being able to attract and keep players who want to play in it. Finishing third in the CL group and making the EL would be my preferred outcome. Bronzy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 61,130 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 minute ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said: I get that we've been burnt this season with it, but the financial perspective is hugely significant. So is being able to attract and keep players who want to play in it. Finishing third in the CL group and making the EL would be my preferred outcome. Robertson told us it was only worth an extra £3m Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sRcFoCt 7,251 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Fuck sake talking about the champions league and we can't even win our back water of a league Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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