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The Official Saints European Tour 2015 / 16 Thread - Died Peacefully 27/08/2015


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Kariat 3 - 0 Alashkert FT So if it is that tie who would have the balls to book Kazakhstan tomorrow?

 

Nobody, given that when I looked up flights to Kazakhstan on the possible dates of the tie a month ago the only way to do it was a 10 hour stopover in Moscow or Latvia and you had to leave lunchtime on Wednesday even to get there in time... on the bright side, they are a lot nearer than the other Kazakh sides who are out already. Oh no, wait, they're not. They're on the Kyrgyzstan border. :o

 

Rest assured that would be one of the few games I'd be waiting to see what Saints offered.

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Nobody, given that when I looked up flights to Kazakhstan on the possible dates of the tie a month ago the only way to do it was a 10 hour stopover in Moscow or Latvia and you had to leave lunchtime on Wednesday even to get there in time... on the bright side, they are a lot nearer than the other Kazakh sides who are out already. Oh no, wait, they're not. They're on the Kyrgyzstan border. :o

 

Rest assured that would be one of the few games I'd be waiting to see what Saints offered.

Maybe the Armenians will pull back a 3 goal deficit next week, then booking flights to Kazak would be a bit of a waste.

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FWIW I think even I'd baulk at Kazakhstan.

 

Just tapped in the commercial flights, leave London at 18:35 on Wednesday, 17 hours flight time with a layover in Moscow in order to arrive at 17:15 on matchday and then fly back at 6am on the Friday morning arriving back at Heathrow at 4pm Friday afternoon after another Moscow layover. About £500 for the privilege, this is without considering any visa faffery. And that's into Alamaty to play Aktobe or Kairat (both start in 1QR). If it's Shimkent for FC Ordabasy (also start in 1QR) it's £875 for a one stopper, or £717 for a two-stopper which basically is the same route as above plus an internal Kazakh flight.

 

Pretty sure that would HAVE to be a charter flight jobbie, and we should be grateful all of them have to win two ties just to get to us. :o

 

Here we go ^^^^^^^

 

Re: tonight's scores, Apollon Limassol are 4 up after their home leg so they look a safe bet for the next round. Cyprus would be alright... :)

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Maybe the Armenians will pull back a 3 goal deficit next week, then booking flights to Kazak would be a bit of a waste.

 

My biggest problem with the whole "booking flights" is that at the point when we're probably finding out who we're playing, next week, I'm going to be in Rotterdam at De Kuip. :(

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Does anyone what time the POTS for the draw (1PM) are released tomorrow... It's at some point in the morning...

 

Not 100% sure but it's usually a few hours before the draw, maybe 9am-ish.

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So draw tomorrow at 1pm or 2pm

 

Tickets go on sale?

 

1st leg away on July 30th?

 

Have you been in a bunker or something? Tickets on sale on Monday irrespective of whether we know who we're playing or not, 1st leg is July 30th and could be home or away.

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Have you been in a bunker or something? Tickets on sale on Monday irrespective of whether we know who we're playing or not, 1st leg is July 30th and could be home or away.

 

I see. Thanks.

 

Presume we find out tomorrow if home or away on July 30th

 

Really hope the 1st leg is away

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inverness CT would be an easy one to get to. if they get through and we can actually play them

 

There are seventeen teams currently left in the competition who are closer to Southampton than Inverness (albeit some of them don't enter until after the 3QR and some will be out by then).

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I see. Thanks.

 

Presume we find out tomorrow if home or away on July 30th

 

Really hope the 1st leg is away

 

Yes, the draw will tell us home/away.

 

All questions are answered here (other than what UEFA are playing at giving the draw time in a timezone that isn't the timezone the draw is being made in)...

 

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2264495.html

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Quick update on how the ties have gone: These are the unseeded teams... away leaders or home leaders with more than 1 goal lead in bold.

 

• Vitesse

• Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0-1 Astra Giurgiu

• Cherno More Varna 1-1 Dinamo Minsk

• Jablonec

• Slovan Bratislava 1-0 UCD

• Sturm Graz

AIK 2-0 Shirak

• Mladá Boleslav 1-2 Strømsgodset

• Ślask Wroclaw 0-0 IFK Göteborg

• Dacia Chisinau 1-2 Žilina

• AEK Larnaca

• Skonto 2-2 Debrecen

• Beroe Stara Zagora 0-1 Brøndby

Charleroi 5-1 Beitar Jerusalem

• Ironi Kiryat Shmona

• Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0-1 Wolfsberger AC

• Istanbul Basaksehir

Vojvodina 3-0 Spartaks Jürmala

• Spartak Trnava 2-1 Linfield

• FH 1-2 Inter Baku

• Ferencváros 0-1 Željezničar

• Târgu Mures

• Shamrock Rovers 0-2 Odd

• Rheindorf Altach

• Jelgava 1-0 Rabotnički

Vaduz 3-1 Nōmme Kalju

• Čukarički 1-0 Gabala

• Kukësi 0-1 Mladost Podgorica

Kairat 3-0 Alashkert

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That's great.

 

Thought I'd go a little MLG there, I know how people love it.

 

The point being there are easier places to get to than Inverness. I think Charleroi is probably the most likely "near game" at the moment.

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Linfield would be good, they got a good result there.

 

Shame to see some fans not embracing the true beauty of this competition is drawing teams in the middle of nowhere and the fun you then have trying to get there, the most convenient trip is dull.

 

Shame to see Jerusalem thrashed, they'll need a miracle in 2nd leg back in the holy land

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Thought I'd go a little MLG there, I know how people love it.

 

The point being there are easier places to get to than Inverness. I think Charleroi is probably the most likely "near game" at the moment.

 

All I said was Inverness would be easy to get to. Not the easiest or the best.

 

Not paid much attention to who we can play but noticed a team in our wider nation is in this competition.

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We will be playing one of these:

 

7 Vitesse (NED)

8 SK Sturm Graz (AUT)

9 R. Charleroi SC (BEL)/Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISL)

10 FK Vojvodina (SRB)/FK Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA)

11 Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)/Odds BK (NOR)

12 FK Kukësi (ALB)/FK Mladost Podgorica (MNE)

 

From here:

 

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2264495.html#third+qualifying+round+draw+preview

 

Group 1

Seeded:

1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)

2 AZ Alkmaar (NED)

3 FC Zürich (SUI)

4 FC Vorksla Poltava (UKR)

5 HNK Rijeka (CRO)/Aberdeen FC (SCO)

Unseeded:

6 PFC Cherno More Varna (BUL)/FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)

7 FC Dacia Chisinau (MDA)/MŠK Žilina (SVK)

8 AEK Larnaca FC (CYP)

9 İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)

10 FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)/Alashkert FC (ARM)

Group 2

Seeded:

1 FC København (DEN)/Newtown AFC (WAL)

2 AS Saint-Étienne (FRA)

3 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)/ PAOK FC (GRE)

4 CF Os Belenenses (POR)

5 Hapoel Beer Sheva FC (ISR)/FC Thun (SUI)

6 KR Reykjavík (ISL)/Rosenborg BK (NOR)

Unseeded:

7 WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL)/IFK Göteborg (SWE)

8 FK Jablonec (CZE)

9 Skonto FC (LVA)/Debreceni VSC (HUN)

10 FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)/Linfield FC (NIR)

11 FC Vaduz (LIE)/Nõmme Kalju FC (EST)

12 ASA Târgu Mureş (ROU)

Group 3

Seeded:

1 FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)

2 Legia Warszawa (POL)/FC Botoşani (ROU)

3 UC Sampdoria (ITA)

4 Southampton FC (ENG)

5 Randers FC (DEN)/IF Elfsborg (SWE)

6 FC Zorya Luhansk (UKR)

Unseeded:

7 Vitesse (NED)

8 SK Sturm Graz (AUT)

9 R. Charleroi SC (BEL)/Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISL)

10 FK Vojvodina (SRB)/FK Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA)

11 Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)/Odds BK (NOR)

12 FK Kukësi (ALB)/FK Mladost Podgorica (MNE)

Group 4

Seeded:

1 Atromitos FC (GRE)

2 Apollon Limassol FC (CYP)/FK Trakai (LTU)

3 FC Slovan Liberec (CZE)

4 West Ham United FC (ENG)/Birkirkara FC (MLT)

5 R. Standard de Liège (BEL)

6 Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Unseeded:

7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (SCO)/FC Astra Giurgiu (ROU)

8 AIK Solna (SWE)/FC Shirak (ARM)

9 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR)/Wolfsberger AC (AUT)

10 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (ISR)

11 Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)/FK Željezničar (BIH)

12 FK Čukarički (SRB)/Qäbälä FK (AZE)

Group 5

Seeded:

1 Vitória SC (POR)

2 Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)/FC Differdange 03 (LUX)

3 Athletic Club (ESP) 4 FC Krasnodar (RUS)

5 NK Koper (SVN)/HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)

6 Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)/AC Omonia (CYP)

Unseeded:

7 ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)/University College Dublin AFC (IRL)

8 SCR Altach (AUT)

9 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (BUL)/Brøndby IF (DEN)

10 FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)/İnter Bakı PİK (AZE)

11 FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE)/Strømsgodset IF (NOR)

12 FK Jelgava (LVA) v FK Rabotnicki (MKD)

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So on the basis of first leg results it will in all probability be one of:

 

7 Vitesse (NED)

8 SK Sturm Graz (AUT)

9 R. Charleroi SC (BEL)

10 FK Vojvodina (SRB)

11 Odds BK (NOR)

12 FK Mladost Podgorica (MNE)

 

Bound to be Vitesse on the basis RK has managed them. Mladost Podgorica would probably be the easiest tie (stadium capacity is only 2000).

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Cheers, big news that, with Charleroi 5-1 up after first leg and Odd winning 2-0 at Shamrock around half our possible opponents are basically already known.

 

Vojvodina 3 up as well, and Podgorica leading by 1 from the away leg.

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Current scores from the undecided matches:

 

Charleroi 5 -1 Jerusalem

 

Vojvodina 3-0 Jurmala

 

Shamrock Rovers 0-2 Odd

 

Kukesia 0-1 Porgorica

 

Coefficients:

 

Vitesse (10.195)

Sturm Graz (9.135)

Charleroi (7.440)

Vojvodina (6.275)

Shamrock Rovers (5.150)

Beitar Jerusalem (4.200)

Odd (2.875)

Kukësi (2.825)

Mladost Podgorica (2.125)

Spartaks Jūrmala (0.850)

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what teams CAN we get in the draw?

 

Only the ones listed. We'll get paired with one of those 6 numbered 7-12 in the same pot as us.

 

There are 6 seeds and 6 unseeded in each pot, they draw one from the seed pot and one from unseeded pot, mix them and pull the home team in first leg first. Because there are 4 sets of pots that number drawing applies across all 4 pots to give us 48 teams in 24 matches, then they draw the remaining pot (different number of teams) to add the final 5 matches. But because you can only play a team in your pot, our possible opponents are narrowed down already.

 

As for any other questions about the draw, read the thread.

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Estimated Flight prices assuming we're playing first leg away:

 

Vitesse: £100 to Amsterdam + Train Costs (will be super cheap to arrange bus travel there)

 

Sturm Graz: £200 to Vienna + Train Costs

 

Charleroi: £120 to Brussels + Train Costs (will be super cheap to arrange bus travel there)

 

Vojvodina: £230 to Belgrade + Train Costs

 

Shamrock Rovers: Super duper cheap bus would be easy to get on

 

Beitar Jerusalem: £380 + Other Travel Costs

 

Odd: £92 to Oslo + 3 Hour Train Costs

 

Kukesi: £350 to Tirana + A lot of other travel costs to go north

 

Podgorica: £400 direct

 

Jurmala: £180 to Riga, minimal travel costs after.

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