A 4th place finish could be more lucrative to the club than 3rd place finish.

 

Here's why:

 

We finish 3rd place and are rewarded with 3rd place lump sum and a qualifier game to get into the group stages of Europe.  Generally speaking Scottish clubs haven't faired too well in this as you're likely to be facing some decent teams.

 

3rd place money + 1 home game + 1 away game (tv/attendance cash)

 

Or we finish 4th place and are rewarded with a 4th place lump sum (£100,000 less than 3rd?) and two qualifier games to get into the group stages of Europe.  Granted you need to win the first qualifier to get the second but then it's a backdoor entry for many cup competitions so you'd probably have more of a chance against 'lesser' opposition.

 

4th place money + 2 home games + 2 away games (tv/attendances cash)

 

Loose the first qualifier game and you're only really loosing out on £100,000 for the 3rd place finish in the SPL.  Win it and your fans are more likely to get twice the European games than Scottish teams normally get (Huns included) and the club will also financially benifit twice as much as 3rd place.

 

Or am I talking bollocks?

Pretty sure the qualifying rounds are regionalised so if we make it we would only be drawn against Northern European sides.

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Pretty sure the qualifying rounds are regionalised so if we make it we would only be drawn against Northern European sides.

 

So that's why we get the friggin freezing-bollocks places to go in the early rounds of Europe. I was wondering why we'd never come up against any warmer-climate opposition in the early qualifiers of Europe

Pretty sure the qualifying rounds are regionalised so if we make it we would only be drawn against Northern European sides.

 

Yeah, thats what I thought too 'North Atlantic' be us, but from what I can gather, thats the 1st round of qualifying, and we go in at the second?

A fluked draw against Bayern who humped us in the second leg, we caught  Copenhagen  cold, I am positive that if we polay them again at home they will destroy us.

A fluked draw against Bayern who humped us in the second leg, we caught  Copenhagen  cold, I am positive that if we polay them again at home they will destroy us.

 

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