dave mc Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Home to Partick, not too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Pish draw. Dave H and Shibbydoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibbydoo Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Partick. Again. Yaaaay. Dave H and Wee Mental Davie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted July 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Home draw, what more do you want? A bye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I'd have liked somebody we don't already play four times a season. Pat McGroin, Wee Mental Davie, Smarmy Arab and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I'd have liked somebody we don't already play four times a season. Given it was 5 times last season all the more reason it should just be an open draw at this stage. PauloPerth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 A home draw against Partick (the best unseeded team) was the scenario I least wanted. Disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 We've lost four of our last five home matches against Thistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sainteefaecupar Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Partick Thistle at home braw draw Thistle should bring a decent support with them. hopefully a good atmosphere. Bring it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Given the teams that were unseeded we were virtually certain of getting a hard draw. We have a home tie which is normally an advantage but sometimes an away draw for Saints based on last years performances would be best. If you are going to win it you need to win these sort of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hopefully this season we can beat bottom 6 teams. I know Partick finished 6th but we have had problems them & Killie at home. New season,better team. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I'd have liked somebody we don't already play four times a season. Just sums up the joke that is Scottish football.over familiarity,boring pish. same old same old. fuqing scunnered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Partick Thistle at home braw draw Thistle should bring a decent support with them. hopefully a good atmosphere. Bring it on. Rubbish. If your excited about playing the same teams so often then you enjoy it . personally am sick of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 That will get the crowds rolling in .NOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford 72 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 It's a rubbish draw. Thistle's fourth visit to McDiarmid since February. Familiarity breeds... Hard game too, the best of the unseeded teams and they have a good recent record in Perth. On the draw generally, it's exposed a couple of things. It's a joke that there is another Dundee derby and what was the point of United winning the penalties. If you are going to play four games for seeding, then I think you need to reward the teams with a home draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 The seeding isn't adding anything at all. Last season we were unseeded at this stage and drew Hearts. This season we're seeded and get Partick Thistle. Ayr won all their group games and as seeds drew Hibs away. How has being seeded helped them? I like the format with the groups a lot, I would just remove the seeding, and as above, make the draw so that teams from the same group can't draw each other in the very next round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford 72 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Ayr haven't been helped but being at home would be a start for them. I like seeding for the League Cup, it just needs tweaked a bit to add home advantage IMO. Last season we were punished for the draw at Brechin. Those four seeded spots make the groups even more interesting. Without seeding, you will inevitably end up with more meaningless group games and that doesn't help the competition. Havana Saint and blueheaven 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejksjfc Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I think 10 groups of 4 would work better than the 8x5 we have just now. The groups could then be regionalised better I also think the Euro teams might actually benefit from taking part in the groups. Dave H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I think 10 groups of 4 would work better than the 8x5 we have just now. The groups could then be regionalised better I also think the Euro teams might actually benefit from taking part in the groups. Play Tuesday ,Thursday & Saturday then. Travel to be taken into account as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Ayr haven't been helped but being at home would be a start for them. I like seeding for the League Cup, it just needs tweaked a bit to add home advantage IMO. Last season we were punished for the draw at Brechin. Those four seeded spots make the groups even more interesting. Without seeding, you will inevitably end up with more meaningless group games and that doesn't help the competition. I like seeding for the groups as it ensures teams from different divisions play against each other, and guarantees variety to the fixture list. At this round I think it would be fair game if everyone could potentially play everyone else, E.g. Celtic v rangers or Aberdeen, other than teams who qualified from the same group. I guess winning a group should carry a reward as you say, so 4 best group winners are guaranteed home ties. The rest are all-in and luck of the draw. Dave H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 We should have a fanzone and invite the Patrick fans.it looks like we will be sharing each other's company for possibly 5 times or more this season. Also look on the bright side it's not Hamilton fuqing accies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Play Tuesday ,Thursday & Saturday then. Travel to be taken into account as well. Great ideas unfortunately naw Kunt in authority gives a fuq about supporters views.they just want yer money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I think 10 groups of 4 would work better than the 8x5 we have just now. The groups could then be regionalised better I also think the Euro teams might actually benefit from taking part in the groups. I think regionalisation is quite hard to do due to the geographical spread of our clubs. If it's overly-regionalised then the downside is some teams end up facing each other quite regularly, and the competition would go stale if this was the case. For example, last season we were drawn with Falkirk, Stirling and Brechin. Those 3 were in the same group again, which would be pretty disappointing. I was wondering if it was possible for the football authorities to devise a computer programme whereby it told you which teams hadn't played each other, in any competition, for the longest period of time, and divvy up the groups that way. Would keep clubs from the same division apart and keep a good bit of variety to the groups. Fixtures between clubs furthest apart would be held on the Saturday, and more local ones would be midweek. I agree I would far rather Saints had a team in the competition. Even if we were still in Europe, we could have fielded a young side in this competition and had these competitive games to fall back on if/ when we got knocked out. I really like the group format, just needs a bit of tweaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScottMann Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I was wondering if it was possible for the football authorities to devise a computer programme You're asking a lot there Paulo. Scotland's football authorities...computers? Half of them are still stuck in 1690 and the rest are still getting their heads round those new fangled calculator thingies to help them with the change to 3 points for a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Home draw, what more do you want? A bye? No. Away please. We are better away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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