Dutch Eagle Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Monday August 7th is the draw for the ECL play-off round at 15.00 EEST. We (or Hajduk) will be seeded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 and will play either Osasuna from Spain or the winners from the following matches: Lech Poznan (POL) - Spartak trnava (SVK) Rapid Vienna (AUT) - DVSC Debrecen (HUN) Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) - Levski Sofia (BUL) APOEL Nicosia (CYP) - Dila Gori (GEO) Besiktas Istanbul (TUR) - Neftchi Baku (AZB) FC Twente Enschede (HOL) - Riga FC (LAT) B36 Troshavn (FAR) - NK Rijeka (CRO) FC Arouca (POR) - SK Brann bergen (NOR) Steaua Bukurest (ROM) - FC Nordsjaeland (DEN) Legia Warsaw (POL) - Austrie Vienna (AUT) Rosenborg BK (NOR) - Hearts of Midlothian (SCO) Adana Demirspor (TUR) - NK Osijek (CRO) Hibernian (SCO) - FZ Luzern (SWI) Tobol Kustanai (KAZ) - Derry City (IRL) Sepsi OSK (ROM) - FK Aktobe (KAZ) NK Celje (SLO) - Neman Grodno (BLR) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. Therefore it is not possible to draw the winners of ties involving Croatian clubs. They will be in another (sub)group. These groups btw will available on Monday at 10:00 EEST (uefa.com). Clubs receive these groups earlier and put them sometimes on their social media before 10:00 EEST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 With our luck it will probably be Osasuna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokarag4 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Give us the winner of Celije-Grodno or Rosenborg-Hearts please. Honestly being seeded really gives no massive advantage it seems, there are some tricky potential ties in there. We always seem to get put in a tough mini-pot. Anyway Hajduk first before we worry about the next round I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 4 hours ago, paokarag4 said: Honestly being seeded really gives no massive advantage it seems. The advantage is huge! The odds to draw a minnow are higher, the odds to draw a big fish are lower. Amongst the seeded there are the likes of Aston Villa, Fiorentina, Eintracht Frankfurt, AZ, Fenerbahce, Lille etc. You really don't want to draw them. But first things first: the scalp of Hajduk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 And we will play against the winner of Rosenborg - Hearts as predicted by pash. First game away. Of course we need to eliminate Hajduk Split first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunfermlineAthleticPAOK Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Oh boy.. .here we go!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 ^ hahaha Funny enough I misread the wiki article about qualifiers last week and thought this game was already decided (thus my strange post on the last game thread). I'm glad this came about, though. Just need to get through the Croatians first... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nea Bafra Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 22 hours ago, DunfermlineAthleticPAOK said: Oh boy.. .here we go!! Hearts will be tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 First leg is in Edinburgh on August 24. Kick off 21:45 EEST Return leg at Toumba on August 31. Kick off 20:30 EEST There will be VAR! Awayfans in both matches allowed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Who do you guys think is favored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Us and it’s not even close. They work hard, but they aren’t a good team. If we play to our best we easily win this leg. Their best player is Shankford, valued at 1.3 mil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 100% us, all day and all night. Though I did catch the last three minutes of yesterday's game and the limey was waxing poetic about how passionate their friends were. Good lord they'll be eaten alive... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nea Bafra Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Soprano76 said: Who do you guys think is favored? them. personally I think we overestimate our abilities. we try and play a possession passing game but don't have the class to pick teams apart. hearts can and will counter attack at pace. our defence is slow and if we allow them space we will suffer. I hope I am proved wrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Some May think we lose, but we are the favorites according to the betters. Also due to coefficients. Being better doesn’t mean we win though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Since when are our defenders slow? Anyway, couple of articles to share: Karipidis speaks (gasp): https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/exclusive-paok-director-christos-karipidis-speaks-on-hearts-fans-safety-salonika-heat-and-tynecastle-memories-4260217 A kind of pointless article: https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c2qlppyr77do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 List of players submitted to UEFA for the matches against Hearts: Λίστα Α Μπάμπα, Τάισον, Εκόνγκ, Γιαξής, Κεντζιόρα, Κωνσταντέλιας, Κοτάρσκι, Κουλιεράκης, Λύρατζης, Μιχαηλίδης, Μουργκ, Νάρεϊ, Νάσμπεργκ, Οζντόεφ, Σαμάτα, Σάστρε, Σβαμπ, Ράφα Σοάρες, Ταλιχμανίδης, Μπράντον, Τσιγγάρας, Βιεϊρίνια, Βρακάς, Ζίβκοβιτς , Α.Ζίβκοβιτς. Λίστα Β Μπαλωμένος, Γκορντεζιάνι, Παναγιώτου, Τζίμας. Ο Δικέφαλος διατηρεί το δικαίωμα για δύο αλλαγές μέχρι 24 ώρες πριν το πρώτο παιχνίδι. Näsberg and Sastre replaced Douglas Augusto and Felipe Soares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 News about the tickets for Tynecastle Park: https://inpaok.com/785118/1312-eisitiria-gia-edimvourgo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 We have a fairly decent chances of being seeded in the top group in the Group Stage draw. Basically we need all the favorites in Europa League to advance and then one of the following things to happen in Europa Conference League: Osasuna to eliminate Club Brugge. First game Osasuna - Brugge 1:2 Brann Bergen to eliminate Alkmaar. First game Alkmaar - Brann Bergen 1:1 NK Rijeka to eliminate OSC Lille. First game Lille - Rijeka 2:1 APOEL to eliminate AA Gent. First game Gent - APOEL 2:0 Legia to eliminate FC Midtjylland. First game Midtjylland - Legia 3:3 Best chance to achieve this is probably the Legia advancement. Needless to say is that we need to take care of our own business first and eliminate Hearts next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 That second Legia match is at home for them? I think I'd put money on a win there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Yes it's at home. I would put money on that one too, but I would not be surprised if one of other options work in our favor too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 None of the deciding games went our way today, so just barely we end up in group two in the seedings for tomorrow's draw. Some of he games came very close (Alkmaar advancing on penalties, Lille in extra time). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 PAOK got 3 pretty tough draws and came out on top in each of them. No luck drawing a minnow from Estonia or Latvia lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 The Legia game is still being played. Still a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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