Be careful for who we wish for

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Dinamo Zagreb
Ludogorets Razgrad
Kobenhavn
Hapoel Beer-Sheva

Dundalk

The story of the third round wasn’t Dundalk’s magnificent win over BATE Borisov (Uefa coefficient points: 34), it was Hapoel Be’er-Sheva’s incredible defeat of Olympiakos (Uefa coefficient points: 70).

Only Manchester City, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk were higher seeded in the qualifying competition than Olympiakos.  The lesson here is that pretty much anything can happen in the qualifiers.  From the above list, I’d bite your hand off for Dundalk or Hapoel, but all five of them are on the verge of Champions League qualification on merit.  We should be careful for who we wish for.

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  1. coolmore mafia on 5th August 2016 10:58 am

     

     

    That wee Dembele boy reminds me a bit of myself as a 13 year old, before lager and girls put an end to yet another promising scottish football career

     

     

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    I wish I had those excuses. Shy guy and yah.

     

     

    SA isnae going to cut it.

     

     

    Olde TD isnae daft whatsoever.

  2. BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 5th August 2016 10:55 am

     

     

    VFR

     

     

    That warms the cockles of my heart!

     

     

    Genuinely.

     

     

    Thanks.

     

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    Ditto; I hope he stays that way. Great link on the previous post with the story; I will dig out the link and post it.

     

     

    KTF

  3. traditionalist88 on

    macjay1 for Neil Lennon on 5th August 2016 11:00 am

     

     

    Yes, a massive time for Celtic on and off the park. Very frustrating when the big picture issues are outwith your control, but we’re not alone,

     

     

    HH

  4. PETEC on 5TH AUGUST 2016 11:11 AM

     

    The Holy Land and the Holy Ground.

     

     

     

    SPECIAL.

     

     

    I like that

     

     

    HH

  5. Phyllis Dietrichson on

    Excellent draw.

     

     

    All the seeded teams were drawn first, so I’m not sure if we’re at home first.

  6. Bottom line as with Maribor and Malmo, if you can’t beat this level of team you don’t deserve to be in CL.

  7. BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 5TH AUGUST 2016 11:13 AM

     

    DENA

     

     

     

    No. Entirely different

     

     

     

    Welcome back!

     

     

    Thanks Bobby …………I have never heard of them , thought it might be a reincarnation or rebranding of sorts

     

     

    Its good to be back,I’ve missed this place and its been hard catching up …… an awful lot of negativity but hoping that will change with new season.

     

     

    HH

  8. BR…………..“If you think in the game, we had a 20 year old at right-back, a 19 year old at left-back and a 20 year old at centre-half and young boys further up the team and a 20 year old coming off the bench to score a crucial penalty-kick.penalty.

     

     

    “At this level, it is a very young team. They are gaining experience and with talent, you have to have time. You have to encourage and be supportive and if they make mistakes, well, they make mistakes.

  9. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    DENA

     

     

    It changes the minute my favourite Guinness-guzzling not a drinker really Celtic doll comes back on board.

     

     

    I hope yeezuraw fine and dandy over there.

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