Toxteth O'Grady Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Draw starting now https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/draws/2021/2001236/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Home draw v Glentoran or HB Thorshavn or however you spell it. At least it is at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Home tie against Glentoran or torshaven, that will do for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbomuir Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Glentoran or Torshavon home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Home to Glentoran or HB Torshavn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Can't ask for much more than a home tie,hopefully our form has picked up going into the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 It just feels like a potential banana skin at the moment. Without the prospect of a big home crowd or an away trip there's not much to get excited about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Is the Glentoran v Torshavn game available anywhere, willing to do the scouting for this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 52 minutes ago, steelboy said: It just feels like a potential banana skin at the moment. Without the prospect of a big home crowd or an away trip there's not much to get excited about. Glentoran certainly has the potential to be awkward. I'm quite happy we have been drawn out first. Under normal circumstances the prospect of a trip to Belfast with 1000 odd 'Well fans would be one to look forward to. Current times I'm happy enough at being drawn at home. If they're fast though there should be some useful footage easy to hand on them which should be of help. They were on BBC NI on Friday night in the Irish Cup Final and I think the Semi-Final might well have been on a few days before that too. I can't agree though that it doesn't hold any excitement given the potential for what lies ahead if we can overcome either or the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted August 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Also worth noting if I read correctly that their tie v HB will be their 1st competitive game this season or whatever season they are in. Which means that even if they do come through that tie then we will probably be only their 2nd competitive game, whereas we will have played 5 league matches by 27th August. Will it make a difference. You would hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris-A-Goalda Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Glentoran will be coming into their first tie here with a good bit of momentum, but will also be lacking their star guys from last term. They won the Irish Cup two Fridays ago, after extra time, and less than 24 hours later, they sold Navid Nasseri, arguably their best fit player, to Linfield. Hrvoje Plum was a standout for them from August til January, pinging in free-kicks and worldies all over the shop until he injured himself trying to do a Larne player in at the turn of the year. Hasn't played since. No coincidence that their Irish League title challenge tailed off after that, as Plum had been pulling the strings towards it. Patrick McClean, brother of James, has put in some shift for them, scored a belter of an overhead kick in the earlier Irish Cup rounds and was a real driving force in the semi and final. Robbie McDaid is also a tricky wee player up front for them, while Elliot Morris is still a top goalie at Irish League level, despite his age. Manager Mick McDermott has instilled a good ethos in their dressing room and on the pitch, something they've badly lacked in the 6 years I've been over here and taking an interest in the local football. Like with almost all Irish League clubs, the Glens are a part time team, so by virtue of that, our fitness should be miles ahead. Both the semi and final went to extra time for them and after about 70 minutes in both games, Glentoran, Cliftonville and Ballymena were all blowing out their arses. If they manage to get past HB, then we should be able to see them off, although if Plum and Nasseri were still options for them, I'd maybe be a bit warier of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 We'll absolutely scud Glentoran ffs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohwulliewullie Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 53 minutes ago, GazzyB said: We'll absolutely scud Glentoran ffs ... said Kilmarnock last year re Connah’s Quay Nomads! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spit_It_Out Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 We shall destroy any of those pair of teams come on ladies and gents!Lost 2 first league games,not looked like scoring,don't look fit,can't take a throw in,can't take corners and don't look the best what's not to worry about! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellwell91 Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, GazzyB said: We'll absolutely scud Glentoran ffs Ah wouldn’t bet on us beating a junior team right now … … … and none of them have played for 4 months !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, Spit_It_Out said: We shall destroy any of those pair of teams come on ladies and gents!Lost 2 first league games,not looked like scoring,don't look fit,can't take a throw in,can't take corners and don't look the best what's not to worry about! We certainly haven't looked sharp in front of goals, but we've been fit enough to dominate for long spells in both games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellwell91 Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, weeyin said: We certainly haven't looked sharp in front of goals, but we've been fit enough to dominate for long spells in both games. Think dominate is going a tad to far Yes we’ve had more of the ball … but if teams know your not going to punish them there quite happy for you to have the ball to pass about and do nothing Think this is what both County and United were prepared to to … … let us have the ball because they knew eventually we would give it back to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, GazzyB said: We'll absolutely scud Glentoran ffs Agreed , We will pump either one of them to be honest, Glentoran, 5th place finish in the league last year and ranked 421 out of 423 team in uefa and Torshavn, 3rd best in the Faroe Islands ffs, we have already beaten them 7-1 on aggregate in 1994 and its a fair bet they have not improved since then. This is a good starter for us, home tie against probably the lowest ranked teams we could have got, whats not to like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 5 hours ago, wellwell91 said: Think dominate is going a tad to far Yes we’ve had more of the ball … but if teams know your not going to punish them there quite happy for you to have the ball to pass about and do nothing Think this is what both County and United were prepared to to … … let us have the ball because they knew eventually we would give it back to them We had 15 shots to County's 9 and 18 shots to Utd's 11. So the additional possession led to more attempts. Every team eventually concedes possession, so I'm not sure that is much of an argument. Our strikers struggled to score last season, but our midfield bailed us out in that department. I'm hoping one of the new signings will have a 20 goals season this time, but it needs to start soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 So we start in the second qualifying round? How many rounds are there, 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, Shaka said: So we start in the second qualifying round? How many rounds are there, 4? Prelim > 1st Qual > 2nd Qual > 3rd Qual > Group Stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 42 minutes ago, Shaka said: So we start in the second qualifying round? How many rounds are there, 4? We start in Q1, along with Aberdeen, Rangers start in Q2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles & Flippers Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Spiderpig said: Agreed , We will pump either one of them to be honest, Glentoran, 5th place finish in the league last year and ranked 421 out of 423 team in uefa and Torshavn, 3rd best in the Faroe Islands ffs, we have already beaten them 7-1 on aggregate in 1994 and its a fair bet they have not improved since then. This is a good starter for us, home tie against probably the lowest ranked teams we could have got, whats not to like Yeah but in 1994 we also went toe-to-toe with Borussia Dortmund. I sometimes watch that game on youtube and get annoyed at how close we came over there. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Welcome back Stephen. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Andy_P said: Prelim > 1st Qual > 2nd Qual > 3rd Qual > Group Stage. I think there is a playoff round between 3rd qual and group stage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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