saintj Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I hope it's a decent team we get. The last 2 diddies by comparison have pumped us out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockneySaint Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 If Saints not seeded could they get West Ham?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Don't want to start a new thread, plse excuse the off topic, but our egg-chuckers are doing the Nation proud. Edinburgh reached the final of the Europa League equivalent, and Glasgow right now are winning the sort of UK league without England thing play off final (it's complicated). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzsaint Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 My brand new passport dropped through the letterbox this morning. It was a sign! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I guess that rules out a glamour pre season friendly & the pitch getting sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Beatson Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Just printing out my passport renewal now! Glad I stuck to my guns about not jinxing it. Wife almost did by asking when the Europa League draw was 30 seconds before Falkirk's equaliser. There's actually a chance we could be seeded for the second round as well looking at the Bert Kassies lists. There are 9 unseeded teams to be decided and seven seeded teams. Five of the undecided teams are definitely going to be lower co-efficients than Saints. We'd then need four of the seven other undecided teams to have a lower coefficient than us to squeeze in there. No idea how likely that is - you're looking for the cup winners in Bulgaria and Poland and the final Europa League qualifiers in Denmark, Poland, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic to be lower ranked sides. Someone else may have the info as to who is likely to fill those slots and what their co-efficients are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Don't want to start a new thread, plse excuse the off topic, but our egg-chuckers are doing the Nation proud. Edinburgh reached the final of the Europa League equivalent, and Glasgow right now are winning the sort of UK league without England thing play off final (it's complicated). Great to see teams celebrating. Well done Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 via 1884's twitter Today's Scottish Cup victory for Inverness Caledonian Thistle has guaranteed St Johnstone a place in the UEFA Europa League for 2015/16, becoming the first Scottish club outside of the Old Firm to qualify for Europe in four consecutive seasons since Aberdeen between 1988/89 and 1991/92. Saints will enter the Europa League at the first qualifying round, with the ties scheduled to be played on Thursday 2 July and Thursday 9 July. The draw for both the first and second qualifying rounds takes place in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday 22 June. Saints will be seeded in the first qualifying round, which is a regionalised draw. Based on the regional groupings for 2014/15, a list of potential but unconfirmed opponents include: Flora Tallinn (Est) Skonto Riga (Lat) Vikingur (Far) Odd Grenland (Nor) Glentoran (Nir) VPS Vaasa (Fin) Kalev Sillamae (Est) SJK Seinajoki (Fin) FC Lahti (Fin) FK Jelgava (Lat) NSI Runavik (Far) Atlantas Klaipeda (Lit) Glenavon (Nir) Cork City (Ire) Uni College Dublin (Ire) Kruoja Pakruojis (Lit) Airbus UK Broughton (Wal) Progres Niederkorn (Lux) FK Trakai (Lit) Spartaks Jurmala (Lat) Bala Town (Wal) Newtown (Wal) StSerfSaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I'm back in Scotland for a wedding from the 1st-6th of June. Ideal scenario for me is a draw against a team from Finland/one of the Baltic states with the home leg first. Having seen more than my fair share of football in this neck of the woods in recent years, I'd be very confident facing any of the Finnish/Estonian/Latvian/Lithuanian sides in the draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat McGroin Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 VPS Vaasa. It has to be. Mike and rickardo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychunder Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I'm back in Scotland for a wedding from the 1st-6th of June. Ideal scenario for me is a draw against a team from Finland/one of the Baltic states with the home leg first. Having seen more than my fair share of football in this neck of the woods in recent years, I'd be very confident facing any of the Finnish/Estonian/Latvian/Lithuanian sides in the draw. Nice one Mike looking forward to another visit to Scandinavia. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardo Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Back to Vaasa! No way could it ? MySpazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I'd love VPS, they're absolute horse this season. Rooted to the bottom of the table with one point! They're renovating their stadium next year but at the moment it's not Europe-worthy and they'll be playing their games in Helsinki or Tampere (which are infinitely easier to get to). Got a few pals over here who are big VPS fans and still follow Saints. We go to games together fairly often. It'd be absolutely incredible to get together with them before a Saints game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardo Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Here I might find my alien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Baltics countries would be ace...easy to get too, cheap hotels, and birds that look like they're fae YouPron.com !!. Not keen on Ireland (plane to get there and it is just like here!), but Wales would be cool...cheap to get too and mental a place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerthSeany Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Baltics countries would be ace...easy to get too, cheap hotels, and birds that look like they're fae YouPron.com !!. Not keen on Ireland (plane to get there and it is just like here!), but Wales would be cool...cheap to get too and mental a place I've never heard Wales described as a mental place before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintdunc Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 It was when stationed in South Wales and the ladeeeees, known as the Valley Commandos came a visiting!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastsaintee Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Well done Saints . Absolutely amazing !!! Have to admit when I was at the home game vs Killie In Oct I really thought this was gonna be a tough season. I'm away in USA on July 2nd so I can guarantee it's an away game vs Irish opposition !!! COYS Edited May 30, 2015 by belfastsaintee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Don't want to start a new thread, plse excuse the off topic, but our egg-chuckers are doing the Nation proud. Edinburgh reached the final of the Europa League equivalent, and Glasgow right now are winning the sort of UK league without England thing play off final (it's complicated). So??? If fitba's no yer game,leave, as there's nothing else babychunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byebyedundee Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Baltics countries would be ace...easy to get too, cheap hotels, and birds that look like they're fae YouPron.com !!. Not keen on Ireland (plane to get there and it is just like here!), but Wales would be cool...cheap to get too and mental a place Capital of the world for single mums.. Dont add to the % boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 After a wee look at Bert Kassies site, I had usbas seeded in the first round and provably seedednin the second? And CH the seedings (and yes I know this tough) and that emgives a third round home and away against the likes of Schalke, Villarreal or Marseilles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 I really hope it's NOT Vaasa.. somewhere new please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percy Johnston Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 After a wee look at Bert Kassies site, I had usbas seeded in the first round and provably seedednin the second? And CH the seedings (and yes I know this tough) and that emgives a third round home and away against the likes of Schalke, Villarreal or Marseilles It's very unlikely that Saints will be seeded in the second round. There are six seeded places still to be filled, and at least three of the teams entering at round 2 stage (Vojvodina, Spartak Trnava and Hafnarfjardar) have higher coefficients than us - so Saints will be fighting to get one of the three other seeded places in the draw. One of these places is likely to be taken today if Sturm Graz get a better result than Rheindorf Altach (Graz are at home today against a mid-table side, whilst Altach are away at relegated Wiener Neustadt) That would leave just two places available and we'd be dependent on results going our way in Poland and Bulgaria over the next three weeks. I've just also spotted when looking at the second-round draw that ICT's coefficient is lower than teams from Malta and the Faroe Islands! That shows how far Scottish football has slipped in recent times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brogan Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 I've just also spotted when looking at the second-round draw that ICT's coefficient is lower than teams from Malta and the Faroe Islands! That shows how far Scottish football has slipped in recent times. Also surely reflects the advantage the really diddy countries have: the have the same tiny pool of clubs that always play in Europe; hence a reasonable club co-efficient. As it's Caley's first time in Europe they're being punished for that fact. Saints four-in-a-row helps us a bit in that respect. What I was really surprised by is Aberdeen, runners-up in Scotland, having to enter at the same stage as Airbus in Wales. That's frightening. And wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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