So confirmed we are getting an extra couple of weeks to prepare for our entry into this tournament and will be seeded for our second round tie.

 

Obviously a little early to discuss our chances of reaching the group stages again as require to see who our potential opponents are and also what players actually come and go from the club in the coming weeks.

 

Anyone got any preference for a location for our second round opponents 

If you are transferring on a flight you don't need a visa. remain in the airport.

 

But yes it means you to need to fly London-Tashkent-Almaty-Shymkent.  It takes 4 days to get a Visa for Uzbekistan, maybe 3 days express.

Home leg confirmed as 13th July.

 

http://www.afc.co.uk/news/9712.php

Siroki Brijeg now play Ordabasy at home next week 1st leg - 29th. Swap occurred.  We may have a good indication next week of whom is the better team.

 

Also Ordabasy have never won a home game in European football.  Given they have to play a home game 600km from normal ground you'd hope if Siroki win next week that is us playing them.

So, here's hoping for a good Siroki win tonight.  Oh and a St. Johnstone win along with Niederkorn 

Kairet Almaty won 6-0.

 

Haugasund are up 7-0 v Coleraine.

 

Shkendija won 3-0.

 

Still 0-0 Siroki Brijeg

Siroki Brijeg 2 v Ordabasy 0 HT.  Siroki Brijeg to me look ok and have dangerous players. 

Which is which?  The ones in blue look gash, the ones in white fractionally less gash.

Bosnians in blue.

 

 

 

Best not to draw conclusions this early in the season

Only saw the last 20 minutes, but it was like watching 22 Ash Taylors.

FT Siroki Brijeg 2 v Ordabasy 0.  Kazak team are not up to much, and the Bosnian team have far more threatening players. Ordabasy have never won a game in Europe and play 2nd leg 600km from home ground.

 

Bar a collapse its Bosnians.  And they are not up to much but not bad.

Only saw the last 20 minutes, but it was like watching 22 Ash Taylors.

 

 

A bucket of drunken legs.

Just got an e-mail from AFC giving me till next Thursday 5.30pm to reserve my seat at a discounted price.

 

Perfectly reasonable except the time of KO is not confirmed.

 

BBC website shows 17.00 TBC 

 

 

Saw that, I've sent the ticket office an email to check. Haven't heard back yet...

 

Siroki Brijeg will get through bar a daft collapse. 

 

They all are mostly Croats in the team.  98% of the population of that town is Croatian. 

 

Having looked at them its a similar match opposition wise to the one v Shkendija.  They are very very beatable.

The first (penalty) was an atrocious attempt at a tackle, and the second was just embarrassing goalkeeping. Difficult to tell from the short clip, but anyone who has giant numbers and no names on their strips must be shite. 4-0 dons, Maloney hat-trick.

Into these fascist bastards.  Jebes Hrvatska!

 

Have a watched a couple of reels of highlights, we should have enough to deal with these guys.

Tommy Wright happily saying that every team in the EL qualifiers are better technically than his team. I'd be embarrassed if he was our manager coming out with stuff like that.

Tommy Wright happily saying that every team in the EL qualifiers are better technically than his team. I'd be embarrassed if he was our manager coming out with stuff like that.

 

Saw that. Thank fuck we didn't land up wi' him this summer.

That's one think DM does quite well, he's a smart media guy who tends to say the right thing. Regardless of what TW thinks I wouldn't be saying that publically  about my players.

It's straight out of Mark McGhee's "it's nae my fault, whit do you expect me to do?" book of shite excuses.

Aye, he pointed out that some mob that knocked them out a few years ago were also miles better technically. Surely he should at least have attempted to do something about that since then?

Nearly kick off

Looks like its a riveting 0-0 at HT

 

Good grief, i couldn't watch any more of that, i'm sticking with my original assessment of both teams.

 

On that showing, i'd fancy our chances against Siroki (who were the marginally better side).  They enjoy a good punt over the top, so if we still had Taylor i'd have given them half a chance, but they look pretty uncoordinated other than that.

 

Ordabasy were eye-bleedingly awful, although kudos for the wild yet ninjalike goalline clearance by one of their players, like a startled gazelle on muscle relaxants.

 

 

For a selfish reason I'm gutted we got the Bosnians. Flight prices appear to have completely ruled me out. Enjoy meeting the Red Army in Mostar if anyone does go 

 

And remember to shout jebes hrvatska at the siroki cunts