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As tough as Hibs' drawing Midtjylland is, it could work out well for him.

Although underdogs, not an impossible tie to win, and if they do I think they would take Midtjylland's seeding for QR3 (draw is before the QR2 games are played) so would be seeded for QR3.

Good chance for them to get to the play-off round.

They'll lose 5-0 on aggregate.

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RicoS321
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You could always go and watch Hearts in the league cup group stages.

RicoS321
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Lost their battle?

tlg1903
tlg1903

Aye there's not much difference between euro and conf league cash wise.  You could argue the conference is a better option for a club our size as we are more likely to progress.  Hearts should have go

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tlg1903

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10 hours ago, Panda said:

As tough as Hibs' drawing Midtjylland is, it could work out well for him.

Although underdogs, not an impossible tie to win, and if they do I think they would take Midtjylland's seeding for QR3 (draw is before the QR2 games are played) so would be seeded for QR3.

Good chance for them to get to the play-off round.

They'll lose 5-0 on aggregate.

It will all depend if they can carry last seasons form into next season.  If they do they have a chance and if they don't 5-0 is probably about right.  

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RicoS321

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46 minutes ago, Panda said:

Crystal Palace demoted to the Conference League due to duel ownership rules with Lille.

Nottingham Forest promoted to Europa League.

Lost their battle?

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scotfree

scotfree

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On 26/05/2025 at 23:38, BigAl said:

So where does everyone fancy heading.

I've been to a fair few places with Aberdeen but the twice I can remember us drawing Italians I haven't been at the away games.

Juve in the early seventies even I was too young 

Torino in the early nineties, had a young family to keep a roof over their heads and to feed 

I know, a shocking lack of priorities on my behalf 

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tom_widdows

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So it would appear these are the potential teams the dons could face come Monday afternoon

- Shaktar Donesk(UKR) or Panathanikos(GRE)

- PAOK Salonika(GRE) or Wolfsberg (AUS)

- Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISL) or Hamrun Spartans (MLT) (how the fuck is a maltese team potentially seeded?)

- Young Boys (SUI)

- AEK Lanrarca (CYP) or Legia Warsaw (POL)

- FC Utrecht (NLD) or Servette (SUI)

- FCSB (ROM) or Drita (KOS)

- Midtjylland (DEN) or Fredrikstad(NOR)

- CFR Cluj (ROM) or Braga (POR)

- Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) or Ferencváros (HUN)

- Malmo (SWE) or FC Copenhagen (DEN)

- Lech Poznan (POL) or Red Star Belgrade (SRB)

 

 

Jute

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33 minutes ago, tom_widdows said:

So it would appear these are the potential teams the dons could face come Monday afternoon

- Shaktar Donesk(UKR) or Panathanikos(GRE)

- PAOK Salonika(GRE) or Wolfsberg (AUS)

- Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISL) or Hamrun Spartans (MLT) (how the fuck is a maltese team potentially seeded?)

- Young Boys (SUI)

- AEK Lanrarca (CYP) or Legia Warsaw (POL)

- FC Utrecht (NLD) or Servette (SUI)

- FCSB (ROM) or Drita (KOS)

- Midtjylland (DEN) or Fredrikstad(NOR)

- CFR Cluj (ROM) or Braga (POR)

- Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) or Ferencváros (HUN)

- Malmo (SWE) or FC Copenhagen (DEN)

- Lech Poznan (POL) or Red Star Belgrade (SRB)

 

 

Are Hamrun not just carrying the seeding from Tel Aviv

Panda

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1 hour ago, manc_don said:

The terrorists been kicked out the comp?

No, Hamrun face Maccabi in QR3, but take their seeding as the draw is made before the QR3 ties are played (Monday to be precise).

Hamrun were in the Champions League and have dropped down after losing to Kyiv.

Hibs and Dundee United are now big underdogs in their Conference League QR3 ties, but the one good thing for them both is they will be seeded for the play-off draw as they'll take Partizan Belgrade & Rapid Vienna's seeding respectively. There's still some very tough teams who are unseeded though so they could still end up with a Utrecht, but there are also some very winnable ties there.

From what I watched tonight though both need to improve massively, especially United.

Panda

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Pairing 4 I think would be the one we want. FCSB (Steaua Bucharest in old money) have had a poor start to the season. Danny Armstrong (formerly of Kilmarnock) scored a hat-trick against them at the weekend in the Bucharest derby, and they were knocked out of the Champions League by losing home and away to Shkendija.

Of course Drita (of Kosovo) could beat them, sure that would be a lovely trip for our Balkan lads.

Clearly we want to avoid Panathinaikos who may well have found the shooting boots they lacked against Rangers.

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manc_don

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I’d say 3 or 4 are who we’d like to get. Thelin will understand both sides in pot 3, so that could be our best bet in all honesty. We will of course get panathinaikos 🤦‍♂️

OxfordDon

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4 hours ago, Panda said:

Pairing 4 I think would be the one we want. FCSB (Steaua Bucharest in old money) have had a poor start to the season. Danny Armstrong (formerly of Kilmarnock) scored a hat-trick against them at the weekend in the Bucharest derby, and they were knocked out of the Champions League by losing home and away to Shkendija.

Of course Drita (of Kosovo) could beat them, sure that would be a lovely trip for our Balkan lads.

Clearly we want to avoid Panathinaikos who may well have found the shooting boots they lacked against Rangers.

Done.  If it all goes wrong now it's Panda's fault.

BigAl

BigAl

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Think that draw was as good as it could get for us 

Our name is on the 🏆 

P S very unlike UEFA draw as no real faffing about and straight down to business

Panda

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Great draw (presuming it's FCSB, I haven't really looked into Drita), but only if their current form continues. 

They had a very impressive season last campaign. Won the league & cup double (went from November until the EOS unbeaten in the league), and in Europe had some solid results such as beating PAOK three times, winning away to Qarabag, drawing away to Hoffenheim, beating Midtjylland, and making it to the last 16 of the Europa League (they did get hammered 4-0 by Rangers though - I don't actually remember that game taking place at all).

On current form though, every chance Drita might do the business. I don't know if we prefer that trip or not.

tlg1903

tlg1903

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29 minutes ago, Panda said:

Great draw (presuming it's FCSB, I haven't really looked into Drita), but only if their current form continues. 

They had a very impressive season last campaign. Won the league & cup double (went from November until the EOS unbeaten in the league), and in Europe had some solid results such as beating PAOK three times, winning away to Qarabag, drawing away to Hoffenheim, beating Midtjylland, and making it to the last 16 of the Europa League (they did get hammered 4-0 by Rangers though - I don't actually remember that game taking place at all).

On current form though, every chance Drita might do the business. I don't know if we prefer that trip or not.

Que sera sera I suppose, let's just hope we give a good account of ourselves.   My gut instinct is it would better to go into the conference league 2bh.  I appreciate that could come across as an attitude that lacks ambition but we would have a far better chance of winning some games and getting out of the league phase.  Also less likely to get a confidence sapping doing from someone.  

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