Meaningless matches – what do they really mean? Hibs again

[dave.woodhall]

https://heroesandvillains.info/2023/08/30/meaningless-matches-what-do-they-really-mean/

[Villan For Life]

Do away goals count double? Asking for a friend

[TelfordVilla]

What an arrogant piece. A Man City type of preview. Almost makes me wish we would get beat 6-0 just to 'egg the face. Almost.'

[Legion]

Done.

[darren woolley]

Great read Dave.

[Brend'Watkins]

I’m looking forward to it. In my lifetime we haven’t played a Scottish club in a European competition so this is a first for me and many more if not all I imagine. It’s Hibbs and if I have to like a Scottish club they’d be my club because I have friends who support them and I have a great fondness for Edinburgh. To not go to the game would be disrespectful. Hopefully we see Tielemans start along with some fringe players.

[dave.woodhall]

Great read Dave.

A pleasure Daz.

[RamboandBruno]

I’m looking forward to it. In my lifetime we haven’t played a Scottish club in a European competition so this is a first for me and many more if not all I imagine. It’s Hibbs and if I have to like a Scottish club they’d be my club because I have friends who support them and I have a great fondness for Edinburgh. To not go to the game would be disrespectful. Hopefully we see Tielemans start along with some fringe players.

Agree on all that Bren

[Nunkin1965]

Brilliant stuff Dave delivered with the usual tone.
And you almost avoided Trainspotting references.
At least you didn't mention Gregory's Girl.
Ah shite!

[Tom_Mc9?]

What an arrogant piece. A Man City type of preview. Almost makes me wish we would get beat 6-0 just to 'egg the face. Almost.'

To be fair, we did just stroll to a 5-0 away win against them without breaking a sweat. If you can’t have a degree of confidence after that, when can you?

[dave.woodhall]

Brilliant stuff Dave delivered with the usual tone.
And you almost avoided Trainspotting references.
At least you didn't mention Gregory's Girl.
Ah shite!

Wasn't that Cumbernauld or somewhere like that?

[lovejoy]

Do away goals count double? Asking for a friend

Never understood this "rule". If you lost 1-0 at home and lost 5-4 away you didnt go through 8-7 on aggregate.

[Chris Smith]

Do away goals count double? Asking for a friend

Never understood this "rule". If you lost 1-0 at home and lost 5-4 away you didnt go through 8-7 on aggregate.

It was aimed at discouraging the “park the bus” approach for away teams but only applied if the aggregate scores were equal, e.g. if you win 1-0 at home but lose 2-1 away then you go through on the away goals rule.

[LeeB]

I miss it, it's taken away some drama.

Yes, it was horribly cruel at times, but you can no longer see a tie swing from one team going out to a sudden reversal with just one goal.

[chrisw1]

What an arrogant piece. A Man City type of preview. Almost makes me wish we would get beat 6-0 just to 'egg the face. Almost.'

It's just dry humour.  It's reasonable to be confident when you're 5-0 up.  Ribbing opposition fans is part of the culture of being a football fan, particularly when they're Scottish.

But do go ahead and flagellate yourself because someone had a mild joke regarding a sporting event.