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Latest list of probable seeds for round 3 - still another half dozen to be confirmed:

Rubin Kazan

Standard Liege

Udinese

Club Brugge

Hapoel Tel-Aviv

AS Saint-Etienne

Lech Poznan

Trabzonspor

AaB Aalborg

Anorthosis Famagusta

Rosenborg BK

FC Zurich

Swansea City

MSK Zilina

BursasporFC

Utrecht

Maccabi Haifa

Metalurg Donetsk

Levski Sofia

Estoril Praia

Omonia Nicosia

Chernomorets Odesa

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Latest list of probable seeds for round 3 - still another half dozen to be confirmed:

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Of that list for the jaunt I'd have one of:

 

- Club Brugge

- FC Zürich

 

 

For best chance of qualification probably:

 

- Rosenborg BK (we pumped the last Norwegian side)

- Omonia Nicosia (3rd/4th in Cypriot League with similar recent Euro record to ourselves)

 

 

For best all round trip/chance the one team that stands out is:

 

- Estoril Praia (Just outside Lisbon which is a great city, finished a distant 5th in the Portugese league, just promoted last season and no real pedegree in Europe)

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Of that list for the jaunt I'd have one of:

 

- Club Brugge

- FC Zürich

 

 

For best chance of qualification probably:

 

- Rosenborg BK (we pumped the last Norwegian side)

- Omonia Nicosia (3rd/4th in Cypriot League with similar recent Euro record to ourselves)

 

 

For best all round trip/chance the one team that stands out is:

 

- Estoril Praia (Just outside Lisbon which is a great city, finished a distant 5th in the Portugese league, just promoted last season and no real pedegree in Europe)

 

I would take Rosenberg. The Lerkendal is a decent stadium and Trondheim is a smashing place to visit. Loads of nice pubs/restaurants. Bit expensive but would be a cracking trip. Its a long way from Oslo mind you!

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How come they seeded then ???

 

They take Portugal's co-efficient, I think.

 

Yeah, everybody gets 20% of their nations coefficient as a base then their own ranking added on top.

 

Estoril have not been in Europe in years so only take Portugals base ranking. Due to really good performances by Porto and Benfica in recent seasons Portugals ranking is very high.

 

5th overall in europe. Portugal have a ranking of 59.168, so any team has as a base ranking 59.168 * 20% = 11.833

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If I am looking at this right, we could possibly get a flukeable tie in the Third Round and be seeded in the Playoff as the draw is done the same days as the second leg, meaning we'll take the seeded position (if high enough, and the bigger CL teams don't fuck up). All if's and but's - although I thought they used to do the playoff draw AFTER the conclusion of the Third Round

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If I am looking at this right, we could possibly get a flukeable tie in the Third Round and be seeded in the Playoff as the draw is done the same days as the second leg, meaning we'll take the seeded position (if high enough, and the bigger CL teams don't fuck up). All if's and but's - although I thought they used to do the playoff draw AFTER the conclusion of the Third Round

 

According to Bert Kassies site the dates are as follows:

 

August 8, 2013 3rd qualifying round Europa League, 2nd leg

August 9, 2013 draw for 4th qualifying round (play-off round) Europa League

 

 

So there would be no carrying forward of seeding from 3rd round to the play off round.

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Ok for most of our potential opponents ==== with its proximity to Weegieland, Motherwell is fairly simple to get to. Zilina, Kazan, Odessa, Trondheim ?? :wallbash: We are gonna have to be very lucky out the pot.

 

To be fair, to get to Glasgow from a lot of these places you'd need to go via London or another hub. Some might be 100s of miles from an airport mind you!

 

Surely they are just doing our journey in reverse?

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To be fair, to get to Glasgow from a lot of these places you'd need to go via London or another hub. Some might be 100s of miles from an airport mind you!

 

Surely they are just doing our journey in reverse?

 

 

The pot of teams we could get in terms of travelling looks a lot better to me than it has in previous years.

 

They kind of fall into 3 brackets:

 

1) Would likely be a bastard to get to:

  • Rubin Kazan Rus
  • Hapoel Tel-Aviv Isr
  • Maccabi Haifa Isr
  • Metalurg Donetsk Ukr
  • Chernomorets Odesa Ukr
  • Trabzonspor Tur
  • Bursaspor Tur

 

2) Probably OK but might be some issues:

  • Lech Poznan Pol
  • AaB Aalborg Den
  • Anorthosis Famagusta Cyp
  • Rosenborg BK Nor
  • MSK Zilina Svk
  • Levski Sofia Bul
  • Omonia Nicosia Cyp

 

3) Would be a skoosh:

 

  • Standard Liège Bel
  • Udinese Ita
  • Club Brugge Bel
  • Viktoria Plzeň/Sparta Prague Cze
  • AS Saint-Étienne Fra
  • Sevilla/Getafe/Levante/Espanyol/Athletic Bilbao Esp
  • FC Zürich Sui
  • Swansea City Eng
  • Eintracht Frankfurt/VfB Stuttgart Ger
  • FC Utrecht Ned
  • Estoril Praia Por
  • Rapid Vienna/Sturm Graz Aut

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