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Celts in Pot 2 for Uefa Cup?!?!

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by Hammy89, Aug 19, 2009.

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  1. Hammy89 Gold Member Gold Member

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    i'm not being defeatist. i'm being realistic.

    we have to score three goals at the Emirates. i just don't see that happening with history on Arsenal's side and heavily against us.

    with us landing in the safety net of the new Europa League (it will always be the Uefa Cup to me) we will be in pot 2!

    we need 5 teams out of Weder Bremen, Roma, Hamburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Villareal, Zenit, PSV, Benfica, Ajax, Valencia, Steau Bucharest, Fenerbahce, Lille and Basel to lose their Europa League Play-Off ties for us to move into Pot 1 and in theory drawing an easier group.

    all of the above teams are all ranked higher than us. shocking really this ranking system that Basel, with all due respect, are ranked higher than us.

    the draw is on Friday 28th
    the expected pots should be...
    Pot 1
    Werder Bremen
    Villareal
    Roma
    PSV
    Shakhtar Donetsk
    Zenit St. Petersburg
    Sporting Lisbon
    Hamburg
    Benfica
    Valencia
    Panathinaikos
    Ajax

    Pot 2
    Steaua Bucuresti
    Fenerbahçe
    FC Basel
    Lille OSC
    Celtic
    Everton
    Club Brugge
    Heerenveen
    Galatasaray
    Anderlecht
    Austria Vienna
    Hertha Berlin

    Pot 3
    Lazio
    Sparta Prague
    Dinamo Bucuresti
    AEK Athens
    Levski Sofia
    Aston Villa
    Athletic Bilbao
    Partizan Belgrade
    Hapoel Tel-Aviv
    FC Twente
    Dinamo Zagreb
    Litex Lovech

    Pot 4
    Toulouse FC
    CFR Cluj
    Red Star Belgrade
    APOEL Nicosia
    FK Ventspils
    SV Red Bull Salzburg
    FC Sheriff Tiraspol
    Timisoara
    Fulham
    Dynamo Moscow
    Genoa
    Strum Graz

    teams underlined are guaranteed entrance if they lose their Champions League Play-Off. the rest still have to qualify.

    Mods, i will update this post with the official pots Thursday night.
     
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  2. Scarecrow

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    basle & steua bucharest? they finished * 7th in romania :97:
     
    Scarecrow, Aug 19, 2009
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    then it will be good if we get them in the group so what if we are put in second pot we will still finish top
     
    littlekennie, Aug 19, 2009
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    Put us in whatever pot they want we'll still be one of the best teams in the competition so who cares what pot we come out of!
     
    dickiedogg, Aug 19, 2009
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    lookin forward to the first europa league actually in the uefa cup it was * up a group of five only played four games 2 at home and 2 away and three went through this time its a group of four with 3 games at home and away so its format is like cl but their is like more groups i think
     
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    Lille is ahead of us as well. So we need 5 teams.
    Sporting/Fiorentina, Panathinaikos/Atletico all have higher coefficients so whoever loses those CL Quals will be seeded higher than us.
    If Lyon, Stuttgart, or Olympiakos lose their CL quals they will also be seeded higher than us.

    All this boils down to: It's a one in a thousand shot to be a 1seed.


    But I don't think it's that big of a deal. There will be trap teams in every seed group and easy teams in every seed group. The seeding system is mostly a joke anyway.
     
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    havingi think the fact that basle are in front is good for us if we are put in a group with them makes us certs to qualify
     
    littlekennie, Aug 19, 2009
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    It will be nice playing games we have a better chance of winning for a change.:50:
     
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    bring on anybody in the europa league. i think there is enough quality in our team to cause anybody problems
     
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    we could go on a great wee run in this.
     
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    Celtic chances of winning the Champs League before yesterday's game. Very Slim. Especially when you look at the likes of Real, Barca, Milan, United, etc. Far too much quality for us to compete against.

    UEFA cup is anyone's and we've a far better chance of progressing and winning it. Just a shame the money isnt anywhere near what you get in the champions league.
     
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    who says we will be in the europa cup? it isnt over yet lads ?not until the fat hun sings their *!!
     
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    Are we 2nd seed or what?
     
    OC, Aug 19, 2009
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    Yes Orthodox
     
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  15. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator

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    Spot on mate, I won't be giving up any chance of qualifying just yet. As Mowbray said, if we score the first goal Arsenal will either up their game or wilt. We still have a punchers chance.
     
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    Cheers, mate, great news.:50:


    That means we wouldn't have much troubles going through. Although, many clubs there would be tough sides from smaller leagues and unknown teams are the biggest threat. But I'm looking forward to many European nights at Celtic Park.:50:
     
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    Im sort of looking forward to playing in a european league where we can potentially win. the CL is great, we have done well in the past, but we celebrate getting to the last 16 as If Its a victory in its self (which it is given our finances and unfortunate situation ) .. but that for me is a bit sad given our clubs proud history, we are a good side with a good footballing ethos, cought in a really difficult situation stuck in the SPL, going nowhere fast. Championship teams can command higher salaries than us ffs. Its a bit like asking Amir Khan to fight holleyfield every year, we all know hes a gifted boxer he belongs in a certain weight group as perhaps do Celtic.. maybe its time to swallow our pride and admit that untill financiall situations change, we are better off at least competing and looking like potential winners than the glorious hardworking, proud failures of europe.
     
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    I wonder how many of those idiots will start singing no tims in europe IF we get beat by arsenal :56:
     
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    an absolute joke, because without a doubt we're better than:

    Hamburg
    Shakhtar Donetsk
    PSV
    Steau Bucharest
    Fenerbahce
    and Basel
     
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