PaokCT Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 We will be underdogs vs Sparta and Galatasaray. Need to avoid them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 We can take any of them, but obviously Galatasaray is the one to skip. I'm sure Sparta Prague will beat the Romanians, but that would be the second-scariest matchup for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 On 8/1/2024 at 8:01 PM, Blackhawk said: The draw for the Playoff round of the Champions League takes place on Monday. The winner of the PAOK - Malmo matchup will be among seeded teams. Here are the seeding for the draw: SEEDED TEAMS Dinamo Zagreb CRO 50.000 Red Star Beograd SRB 40.000 winner PAOK Thessaloniki - Malmo FF 37.000 winner Ferencvaros Budapest - Midtjylland 35.000 Young Boys Berne SUI 34.500 UNSEEDED TEAMS winner Qarabag FK - Ludogorets Razgad 33.000 Galatasaray Istanbul TUR 31.500 winner Slovan Bratislava - APOEL Nicosia 30.500 winner Bodo Glimt - Jagellonia Bialystok 28.500 winner Sparta Prague - FC Steaua Bukurest 22.500 If we manage to eliminate Malmo, we will face one of the teams from the unseeded section. In case we drop to the Europa League we will be seeded too: Group 2 Seeded LASK (AUT) Winners of pairing 5: FK Panevėžys (LTU) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) Pairing 3: Malmö FF (SWE) / PAOK FC (GRE) Pairing 4: ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) / APOEL FC (CYP) Unseeded Pairing 5: AC Sparta Praha (CZE) / Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) Winners of pairing 6: NK Celje (SVN) / Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) Winners of pairing 7: UE Santa Coloma (AND) / FC RFS (LVA) FK TSC Bačka Topola (SRB) Best picks for me: CL: Qarabag/Ludo EL: Santa Coloma/RFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 CL: Sparta Praha or FCSB it is. First leg in Toumba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokarag4 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Probably the trickiest of all possible match-ups. I think Sparta Prague will get through, but I am only guessing. They have some good European Pedigree, making the round of 16 in the Europa League last season. Anyway, no point worrying about them or Steaua until we take care of Malmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 EL: Celje or Shamrock. First game in Toumba. Hopefully just a hypothetical draw for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Stauea is no joke, they can definitely beat Sparta Prague (but I agree the Czech team will probably go through). The only team I was dreading was Galatasaray. Remember, we beat Eintracht Frankfurt twice with a lineup that (on paper) was much worse than we have now. No need for doom and gloom (I'm looking squarely at @PaokCT here). Good to see that the EL path is a lot more straightforward for us, but let's hope it doesn't matter anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 The draw for CL could have been better, but if we want to be taking part in the group phase, we should be able to beat teams like Sparta Prague or Steaua. First things first though. Let's take care of Malmo FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 Indeed, we need to eliminate all opponents. And for the record Sparta Praha is despite being a strong opponent the lowest unseeded. And it is FCSB! They are the fake Steaua bought by crook Becali. The "real" Steaua plays in Liga II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Looks like we will be traveling to Ireland for the EL playoffs. Shamrocks are up 2:0 at half time against Celje. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 15 Author Share Posted August 15 Celje score in 83' to make it 2-2 on aggregate. Last minute of regular match. If they don't score in the added time they will have 30 minutes extra time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 3:1 in extra time for Shamrock with 15 minutes left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athens4 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Shamrock Rovers it is. A blast from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 15 Author Share Posted August 15 Yep. 2011/2012. A 2-1 win in Toumba. 1-3 win away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Anything less than 2 comfortable wins would be a disappointment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 We know PAOK. We will make it difficult away. Anglo-Saxon teams give us trouble. UK, Irish, Scottish. They fight and battle. We have much more talent but they always challenge us. They have a different play style. Will pump the ball down force us to play, and we will make mistakes. I see it being a one goal leg at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athens4 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 If we can't beat an Irish team then we might as well shut up shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Anglo-Saxon hahahaha This guy's been marathoning the exploits of Uhtred, and it shows 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Prijovic 2.0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 1 sub in the list for Shamrock Rovers compared to Malmö FF: Rafa Soares instead of William Troost-Ekong: Λίστα Α Μπάμπα , Μπαλωμένος , Τάισον , Καμαρά , Όττο , Τσάλοφ , Ντεσπόντοφ , Κεντζιόρα , Κωνσταντέλιας , Κοτάρσκι , Κουλιεράκης , Μιχαηλίδης , Μουργκ , Οζντόεφ , Σάστρε , Σβαμπ , Ράφα Σοάρες , Ταλιχμανίδης , Μπράντον , Θυμιάνης , Τισουντάλι , Τσιφτσής , Τσιγγάρας , Βιεϊρίνια , Α.Ζίβκοβιτς . Λίστα Β Φίλων, Γκούμας, Κωττάς, Μοναστηρλής , Ρούμιαντσεβ, Σμυρλής, Τασιούρας. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Do we have anything to indicate that Lucescu actually wants to get rid of Soares? The blogs went nuts over him being left off the list, but we only have so many spaces here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 22/8: PAOK- Shamrock Rovers 20:30 EEST with a ref from Albania. 29/8 Shamrock Rovers - PAOK 22:00 EEST with a Lithuanian ref and a Dutch VAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Here's a rundown of prize money for Europa League. I'm not sure if the knockout stages are cumulative or not, but even without the variable ranking and media bonuses, a team that qualifies to the league stage and wins all eight games will make at least 8.21mm. Such a team would also probably make around 5 million in additional prizes for those variable share-based bonuses. Qualifying to league stage: 4,310,000 (a down payment of 4.14mm and a deferred payment of 170k) Win: 450,000 Draw: 150,000 League stage also gives ranking bonuses. This is a big departure from how it was done previously. The league will provide "shares," which are each valued at 75k. The lowest-ranked team will receive one share, while the highest-ranked will receive 36 (so, a max payout of an additional 2,700,000) League stage will also pay 600k to each of the top eight teams, and 300k for the teams ranked 9th through 16th Qualifying for the knockouts yields additional bonuses: 300k for making it to knockout 1.75mm for round of 16 2.5mm for quarter finals 4.2mm 7mm for qualification to the final 6mm for winning the final There is also a new "value pillar" associated with media rights. There will be 666 shares (rock on), which we don't yet have the value for, but is estimated at 74k. The lowest-ranked team in the competition will receive a single share, the highest ranked team will receive 36 shares. Let's hope I don't have to look this up for Conference League, eh? Source: https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/028b-1a7880138a24-7a993e2e33d1-1000/20240322_circular_2024_13_en.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nea Bafra Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 On 8/16/2024 at 1:41 PM, PaokCT said: We know PAOK. We will make it difficult away. Anglo-Saxon teams give us trouble. UK, Irish, Scottish. They fight and battle. We have much more talent but they always challenge us. They have a different play style. Will pump the ball down force us to play, and we will make mistakes. I see it being a one goal leg at the end You keep on using this word, I do not think this means what you think it means. Has anything we have shown this season indicate we have "talent" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Talent does not just evaporate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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