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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12000 on: February 19, 2026, 09:56:21 PM »
Only the four for Stutgart.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12001 on: February 19, 2026, 09:57:46 PM »
Stuttgart look handy.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12002 on: February 19, 2026, 10:01:17 PM »
Celtic - LOL

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12003 on: February 19, 2026, 10:01:55 PM »
Goodbye Celtic

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12004 on: February 19, 2026, 10:06:47 PM »
Well watched all our potential opponents, Red Star looked the best, Lille looked a disorganised rabble though have some good players, PAOK looked very average to shite and Celta looked very calm and organised but a bit lightweight.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12005 on: February 19, 2026, 10:07:12 PM »
Only the four for Stutgart.
O'Neill can not be humiliated enough in Europe for me since Moscowgate.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12006 on: February 19, 2026, 10:11:16 PM »
Well watched all our potential opponents, Red Star looked the best, Lille looked a disorganised rabble though have some good players, PAOK looked very average to shite and Celta looked very calm and organised but a bit lightweight.

So assuming these scores stay the same on aggregate who do we play?

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12007 on: February 19, 2026, 10:12:00 PM »
Well watched all our potential opponents, Red Star looked the best, Lille looked a disorganised rabble though have some good players, PAOK looked very average to shite and Celta looked very calm and organised but a bit lightweight.

So assuming these scores stay the same on aggregate who do we play?

Either Red Star or Celta Vigo

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12008 on: February 19, 2026, 10:12:49 PM »
Finishing higher in the league phase gives you the supposed advantage of playing your away leg first, both in the play off games and in the knock out stage. This seems reasonable.
However tonight has seen 16 games resulting in 2 home wins, 3 draws, and 11 away wins. There are going to be a lot of dead rubber 2nd legs.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12009 on: February 20, 2026, 09:17:35 AM »
Well watched all our potential opponents, Red Star looked the best, Lille looked a disorganised rabble though have some good players, PAOK looked very average to shite and Celta looked very calm and organised but a bit lightweight.

So assuming these scores stay the same on aggregate who do we play?

One of the ones who win.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12010 on: February 20, 2026, 09:24:15 AM »
Finishing higher in the league phase gives you the supposed advantage of playing your away leg first, both in the play off games and in the knock out stage. This seems reasonable.
However tonight has seen 16 games resulting in 2 home wins, 3 draws, and 11 away wins. There are going to be a lot of dead rubber 2nd legs.

Not sure where you get that. I would count three games as confident to call over for the second leg and that is Fener/Forest, Celtic/Stuttgart and Jaggy/Fiorentina. As you stated, it is a supposed advantage playing at home but if the losing team get an early goal, crowd might start putting undue pressure on the team.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12011 on: February 20, 2026, 02:21:03 PM »
Well watched all our potential opponents, Red Star looked the best, Lille looked a disorganised rabble though have some good players, PAOK looked very average to shite and Celta looked very calm and organised but a bit lightweight.

So assuming these scores stay the same on aggregate who do we play?

Either Red Star or Celta Vigo

Thanks.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12012 on: February 20, 2026, 10:45:07 PM »

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12013 on: February 20, 2026, 10:52:25 PM »
Blackburn winning not good for the Boggies. Hopefully Leicester will get the points back.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #12014 on: February 21, 2026, 12:29:40 AM »
I don’t really give a stuff about the Albion but Preston and others around the noses keeping fcuking up does.

 


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