Kmcalpin Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 The draw for the groups will be made tomorrow. Once again we'll be first seeds, along with Accies, Livingston and St Mirren in the south section presumably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 Hopefully we get East Kilbride away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 QoS or Berwick away, Ayr.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezz Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 I think I’m right in saying as top seeds we will be at home to the 2nd seeds so that rules out away days to Ayr, Morton, Patrick and 1 other depending on where they draw the north/south divide. For the unseeded teams QOTS, Berwick and Airdrie/East Kilbride would be decent with potential for a good day out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Quite fancy getting drawn against East Kilbride away just because we haven't played them yet. Wouldn't mind a game against Airdrie also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Dezz said: I think I’m right in saying as top seeds we will be at home to the 2nd seeds so that rules out away days to Ayr, Morton, Patrick and 1 other depending on where they draw the north/south divide. For the unseeded teams QOTS, Berwick and Airdrie/East Kilbride would be decent with potential for a good day out. East Kilbride would be a crap away day, the K park is in the middle of a country park no decent pubs anywhere near it,, plus it's a shitety wee ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilwell86 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Spiderpig said: East Kilbride would be a crap away day, the K park is in the middle of a country park no decent pubs anywhere near it,, plus it's a shitety wee ground Being from East kilbride, I can back this up....saying that the town centre isn't a kick in the arse away, could walk it along the dual carriageway in twenty minutes. Bonnie prince charlie isn't too far either. You do have the cricket/Rugby club, as well as the golf club in the country park which would probably be opened up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezz Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Maybe I should have been more clear, I meant QOTS/Berwick would be the good away days rather than EK. I fancy Airdrie or EK we that would give us a local tie against a rival or team we have never faced. Wonder if Darren O’Dea would play if we drew EK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Group E: Motherwell Greenock Morton Queen of the South Annan Athletic Dumbarton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 I liked the freshness the changes brought to the competition but the regionisation is increasingly taking much of that freshness away. It's becoming repetitive when you are restricted to only half the teams in the country in the group stages. What's that now Morton twice in four seasons? Queen of the South twice in a row, Annan twice in three or four seasons. We've also had two trips to Stranraer and played Edinburgh City twice too since the revamp. Time for another tweak, or for us to qualify for Europe again methinks! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 4 decent away games there tbf. I assume we'll get Morton at home if the formats the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinkydink Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 21 minutes ago, Andy_P said: I liked the freshness the changes brought to the competition but the regionisation is increasingly taking much of that freshness away. It's becoming repetitive when you are restricted to only half the teams in the country in the group stages. What's that now Morton twice in four seasons? Queen of the South twice in a row, Annan twice in three or four seasons. We've also had two trips to Stranraer and played Edinburgh City twice too since the revamp. Time for another tweak, or for us to qualify for Europe again methinks! I'll take the latter option Andy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Hopefully QoS and Dumbarton away for a bit of variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 I prefer avoiding the plastic pitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Two Championship sides and a decent League One one is shite luck. I'd imagine we'll still go through but we can probably only afford one slip up to still be seeded for the knockouts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 54 minutes ago, Yassin said: Two Championship sides and a decent League One one is shite luck. I'd imagine we'll still go through but we can probably only afford one slip up to still be seeded for the knockouts. I will be very disappointed if we don't beat all 4 of them, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Time to get rid of seeding and regionalisation altogether and go with a free draw. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 The format is a crock of shit. Club invited elsewhere and can’t due to fulfilling these fixtures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 The group format was tried before and failed fairly quickly. I know they tweaked it slightly, but the repetition of fixtures and the early scheduling certainly doesn't help matters. Of all the formats tried, I always preferred the single tie, guaranteed result on the night, approach. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 I quite liked this at the beginning but as Andy says, the regionalisation takes away the freshness. The last two names in the heart were Clyde and Dumbarton so I’m glad we could the latter for a wee bit of a change. Will be interesting to see if this format is maintained once the tv deal is up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Never been to Annan, Dumfries or the new Dumbarton stadium so should get at least one new ground ticked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 I think the last time I was at Palmerston was when we were in the 1st Division and we won 5 - 2. Was a famously good playing surface - so obviously they ripped it up and laid plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Spiderpig said: I will be very disappointed if we don't beat all 4 of them, Well aye we should be favourites every game but chances are we'll slip up in at least one of the four I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Lobey_Dosser said: Will be interesting to see if this format is maintained once the tv deal is up. That's a thought. Based on the blurb that came with Premier Sports taking the rights, they boasted of showing between 12 and 16 games a season from 2020'21 , that would suggest we might be looking at 2025'26 before there may be a change from the group format. That number would seem a shade excessive if there were any plans to revert to the regular knock-out format from the off. I don't actually mind the group format itself and I'll concede that however artificial a creation it may be penalty shoot-out bonus point provides a handy differential to help decide the qualifiers. But we definitely need to lose the regionalisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The African Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Whilst agreeing with many about regionalisation and the best format being the old Skol Cup idea of straight knock out with a result on the night ( and every team taking part) this is what it is. As such, it is pretty much part of our pre season and, although it does mean that we could slip up and miss out on the cash from the knock out stages, it offers competitive matches to get us ready for league action. Our draw is quite interesting. Not the easiest and lots of ex ‘well players at Dumbarton to add to the spice of a cup tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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