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2016/17 UEFA Champions League Qualifiers

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  1. dmccourt95

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    Literally all of those teams should probably be seeded
     
    dmccourt95, Jul 21, 2016
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  2. VikingBhoy

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    Would prefer ludogorets or bate borisov from that list
     
    VikingBhoy, Jul 21, 2016
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  3. Celtic_renard News Writer News Writer

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    oooft bate unseeded these days?
     
    Celtic_renard, Jul 21, 2016
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  4. ILoveTheCeltic

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    Difficult games the unseeded teams, BATE are in the CL most seasons it seems. Dinamo Zagreb make it the odd season, Ludogorets have quaified once or twice recently and Copenhagen used to make it a lot but fell away a bit. Only Legia never usually qualify and they already pumped us before.
     
    ILoveTheCeltic, Jul 21, 2016
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  5. Heb Celt

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    That's a tough couple of legs no matter who we face.Think this is the toughest pre/start of season we've had in a long time with Leicester,Inter and Barca friendlies in there too.
     
    Heb Celt, Jul 21, 2016
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  6. GavCFC1

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    Hopefully some of the unseeded teams go through in the other ties and we put out Astana
     
    GavCFC1, Jul 21, 2016
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  7. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    I'd want Copenhagen.

    They have lost a couple of players recently, not far to travel and we will be more aware of them as we do a bit of scouting around Scandinavia etc. Erik could fill us in as well.

    The Eastern European ties like BATE, Ludogrets, Legia etc just fill me with dread.
     
    Mr Shelby, Jul 21, 2016
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  8. Glorious1967

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    Those unseeded teams are every bit as good if not better than the seeded ones, getting harder every season
     
    Glorious1967, Jul 21, 2016
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  9. Seán Mac D Gold Member Gold Member

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    Wouldn't feel very confident going up against any of those sides with the current squad. 3 or 4 quality additions (CB,LW, DM, FW) and we'd be in with a great chance. If we get through to the play-offs then 2nd leg at home would be a huge benefit obviously.
     
    Seán Mac D, Jul 21, 2016
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  10. Keano88

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    Reckon at least 2 of the faves will crash out.

    Olympiacos (GRE) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
    Astra Giurgiu (ROU) v FC København (DEN)
    Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
    Rosenborg (NOR) v APOEL (CYP)
    Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
    BATE Borisov (BLR) v Dundalk (IRL)
    Partizani (ALB) v FC Salzburg (AUT)
    Trenčín (SVK) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
    Astana (KAZ) v Celtic (SCO)
    Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) v Qarabağ (AZE)
     
    Keano88, Jul 21, 2016
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  11. GavCFC1

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    Winner of Astra Copenhagen please
     
    GavCFC1, Jul 21, 2016
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  12. Keano88

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    Would say Olympiacos, BATE, Salzburg, Zagreb & Legia are good to go through... But the rest are poised.
     
    Keano88, Jul 21, 2016
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  13. ILoveTheCeltic

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    Aye, most likely a Dutch team will end up in with us soon too(2 seasons) as the Eredivisie has plummeted down the ranking the last 3/4 years which will mean that Ajax or PSV will be seeded above us, along with probably Olympiacos and maybe Salzburg so we could be under pressure to get a seeded place in 2 years time as BATE, Ludogorets, Legia, Sparta Prague/Viktoria Plzen, Steaua Bucharest, Maribor, Molde, Malmo, APOEL Nicosia will all have a bawhair between us come then.

    So we need to outperform most of them in Europe this season and next season, to guarentee our seeded place. Wouldnt want to end up playing Ajax or Olympiacos just to get into the CL.
     
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    ILoveTheCeltic, Jul 21, 2016
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  14. honda Gold Member Gold Member

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    I used to look at these qualifiers like nothing. I remember the teams lennon got. A relative walk in the park. Now we're playing a team just in the champions league last year, potentially harder teams again in the next round. What happened to all the * we could brush by? Or have we just fallen that much?

    I still fully believe we can qualify it just seems harder this year than previous.
     
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  15. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    We still didn't really brush by anyone under Lennon.
    Those kind of teams were still there, we were just lucky with the draws.

    I mean, Helsingborg won the Swedish league for the first time in a while. Weren't actually that great. Karagandy is a similar tie to this.

    Helsinki was quite a decent tie to get at this stage. I do think though that teams on the continent are constantly improving.
     
    Mr Shelby, Jul 21, 2016
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    It would be disrespectful to Astana to start talking about who I'd want out of that in terms of football, it's not a given that we'll get past Astana; but for purely non-football reasons Dundalk would be awesome and Legia would be very unpleasant.
     
    Random Review, Jul 21, 2016
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  17. honda Gold Member Gold Member

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    Anyone else sort of get a bit of relief after this round? It means atleast were Gaurenteed some sort of European football no matter the result.
     
    honda, Jul 21, 2016
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  18. The Celtic Way

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    No it doesnt we are not guaranteed europa yet.


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    The Celtic Way, Jul 21, 2016
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  19. honda Gold Member Gold Member

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    That's why i said after this round? As in Astana?
     
    honda, Jul 21, 2016
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  20. Keano88

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    If we get by Astana I'll be happy to know the worst case is Europa group stage aye.
     
    Keano88, Jul 21, 2016
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