YHallSaint Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Their will be at least 2 fans there, met a guy who has diplomatic immunity in Belarus and is a Saintee today and him and his son will be there. Small world especially in a pub in Uphall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
541ntees Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 gutted for the team that their will be pretty much zero support for them. the fact they are half way through their season isnt good either(tho didnt help rbk) no chance to see them beforehand either will mean the unknown unless we get video footage. wonder if part of the managemet team will stay on after the away game to scout them at the weekend? currently sitting 7th pld 18 won 6 drawn 7 lost 8 gf 17 ga 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 gutted for the team that their will be pretty much zero support for them. same here chief. am gutted i cannae go as well. lets hope they do well away without us and we do the business at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosenborg Trondheim Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Do you consider yourselves favorites for this round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Do you consider yourselves favorites for this round? ------------------------ no one will admit to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland-Saint Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Do you consider yourselves favorites for this round? ------------------------------------ bookies don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelsinkiSaintee Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Do you consider yourselves favorites for this round? No, have never seen this team so no idea what to expect. They have a higher UEFA ranking than us, although we do seem to do ok against higher ranked opposition andy rhodes fancy watch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noose76 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) Belarus is the last Dictatorship left in Europe so expect nothing less than this debarcle. Edited July 28, 2013 by Noose76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSam1884 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Press reporting that both Saints and Motherwell stand to lose a lot of money in this round because of the cost of getting to the respective countries. Motherwell's flight alone is costing £180,000 while Saints are having to fork out a small fortune to fast track visas for the entire team, coaching staff and club officials and to keep the airport open for the flight back as it only operates from 10am - 2pm! More important than ever that we get folk along to the return leg to try and help the club offset these costs. Teamwork, fergiefootball, ancientsaint and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenko82 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Press reporting that both Saints and Motherwell stand to lose a lot of money in this round because of the cost of getting to the respective countries. Motherwell's flight alone is costing £180,000 while Saints are having to fork out a small fortune to fast track visas for the entire team, coaching staff and club officials and to keep the airport open for the flight back as it only operates from 10am - 2pm! More important than ever that we get folk along to the return leg to try and help the club offset these costs. I hope we at least managed to off-set the cost of the last round with our large turn-out on Thursday. Would love to see McD packed to the rafters again on the return leg. Hopefully there was a Belarussian scout in attendance yesterday seeing our first choice team playing to their best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 We've seemingly got in touch with Valetta to get information about Minsk, and I think they've agreed to give us information. Been confirmed that Valetta have sent us videos and scouting reports of Minsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Broons Golf bag Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 The whole visa and lack of opportunity to get to the away leg is a real shame Only offset by the fact it gives us a better chsnce of getting through with the Second leg at home1.A reasonable result on Thursday and I reckon the home leg Could be a sell out.Hopefully get a better chance to travel if we get to the group Stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I actually think we'll see a smaller home crowd for this game than the Rosenborg game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochwinnochsaintee Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I actually think we'll see a smaller home crowd for this game than the Rosenborg game In1971 there were smaller crowds for the vasas Budapest game and smaller again for the Sarajevo game than the hamburg one. But this was later in the season with the nichts drawing in and the weather deteriorating. If saints have a reasonable chance of going through I'd expect a similar crowd to Thursday's. there may also be more folk back from their summer holiday. AthensSaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 In1971 there were smaller crowds for the vasas Budapest game and smaller again for the Sarajevo game than the hamburg one. But this was later in the season with the nichts drawing in and the weather deteriorating. If saints have a reasonable chance of going through I'd expect a similar crowd to Thursday's. there may also be more folk back from their summer holiday. I just don't think many people will see this as such a big game. Rosenborg were well known whereas Minsk aren't, and knowing the Perth public they probably expect us to win heavily as we have no idea about them ex-montrosesaintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenrothes saintee Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 If we draw or win in Belarus, follow up with a win vs Hearts and have reduced admission for the return leg, then I think we will get a very healthy crowd. Not asking for much is it Promotion of the game will help too, lots of hotels, caravan parks, campsites where flyers could go up, in the hope of getting some holidaymakers coming to the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 In1971 there were smaller crowds for the vasas Budapest game and smaller again for the Sarajevo game than the hamburg one. But this was later in the season with the nichts drawing in and the weather deteriorating. If saints have a reasonable chance of going through I'd expect a similar crowd to Thursday's. there may also be more folk back from their summer holiday. i think it was SV Hamburg 12,000 Vasas 15,000 Zelejnicar 10,000 the Vasas crowd is phenomenal (if i'm right?? may have got the 1st 2 wrong way round but don't think so) i also feel we wont match Thursdays crowd again but would love to be 100% wrong with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 If we draw or win in Belarus, follow up with a win vs Hearts and have reduced admission for the return leg, then I think we will get a very healthy crowd. Not asking for much is it Promotion of the game will help too, lots of hotels, caravan parks, campsites where flyers could go up, in the hope of getting some holidaymakers coming to the game. I think the fact the majority of even half interested football fans would have heard of Rosenborg helped. Most people haven't heard of Dinamo Minsk, the big team. Never mind FC Minsk, I have to admit I don't know anything about them myself. Can't see us reaching the same crowd as we did against Rosenborg, hope I'm wrong though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBored Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Reckon we'll be going into this one with the same kind of set up as against Rosenborg away. Keep it tight and make sure we are still in the tie when its back here.Given that they are seventh in the league and have only scored seventeen in eighteen league games will hopefully mean we can at least keep the tie alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochwinnochsaintee Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 i think it was SV Hamburg 12,000 Vasas 15,000 Zelejnicar 10,000 the Vasas crowd is phenomenal (if i'm right?? may have got the 1st 2 wrong way round but don't think so) i also feel we wont match Thursdays crowd again but would love to be 100% wrong with that Reports of the hamburg crowd varied between 12 and 16k, it felt more like the latter to me. From my memory, admittedly a long time ago, it felt like there were fewer fans at the vasas game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Reports of the hamburg crowd varied between 12 and 16k, it felt more like the latter to me. From my memory, admittedly a long time ago, it felt like there were fewer fans at the vasas game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- i thought it seemed like 50,000 at the time being a wee 9 year old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensSaint Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Can see a 6,000 plus if we still have a a shout in the return leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 What's pleasing is that TW seems to be loving every minute of euro preparation. Unlike that arse Lomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintj Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I think so long as we come back still in the tie with it all to play for we'll have a decent crowd. Saints should go mental on the advertising though, to see another 8k at McDairmid would be great. I don't see us as the favourites but that's the default Saints stance If we can get an away goal and a decent scoreline it should be good. I'd take a score draw now to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I don't see us as the favourites but that's the default Saints stance To be fair I think we should be considered favourites. They finished 6th in the Belarussian league last season, on 39 points with a goal difference of -7. For perspective the team who finished second, 22 points ahead of Minsk, got knocked out this years competition by the team that finished 4th in the Moldovan league. They only qualified due to reaching their Cup Final, and got destroyed in last seasons Europa League by a team who finished bellow EsEs This season they've won 6 of 18 games, and sit 8 points off the relegation play offs. And apart from a three game winning streak against some of the weaker teams they've generally struggled for consistent form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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