13 Brentford Rd 2:55 Sat Jul 25
Why do we keep getting drawn away 2nd leg in the Euro qualifiers?
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.........anyone know if it's just bad luck in the draw or do we get a choice? I thought being top seeds meant we play the 2nd leg at home if we want to.
2nd leg away is usually a disadvantage so this is why I ask.
Sorry if done already or if I've missed something here.
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Annony
3:01 Sat Jul 25
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Antly will know the definitive answer to this.
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jimbo2.
3:04 Sat Jul 25
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Just coincidence I guess, but it is a small disadvantage.
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Sven Roeder
3:05 Sat Jul 25
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HOT BALLS
Must have been pre done as well as I'm sure they were saying we would be at home first next Thurs against the Romanians or ICT even around the first leg of the Malta game.
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Takashi Miike
3:09 Sat Jul 25
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isn't it to do with the higher seeds getting the home draw in the second leg or am i again talking utter fucking bollocks?
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ironsofcanada
3:14 Sat Jul 25
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Watching the draw, its random.
Unless its rigged.
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Sven Roeder
3:14 Sat Jul 25
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That's why you'd think we'd be at home second against Andorrans, Maltesers & Romanians
Hasn't mattered til now but being in Romania on the Thurs before the season starts isn't ideal.
Surely the Romanians could play their home leg in Hyde Park?
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Far Cough
3:17 Sat Jul 25
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The first 2 ties we couldn't play away first leg due to logistical problems for the opposition, this round is the first time we have been drawn at home without those problems
HTFH
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terry-h
3:18 Sat Jul 25
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Aberdeen are a seeded team and they have played their first two ties away then home. Their next tie is also away then home.
Anything to do with the way we qualified through fair play?
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iron
3:18 Sat Jul 25
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We were originally drawn away first leg to Birkirkara but they switched the tie round.
All our Intertoto games in 1999 were home first leg as well.
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ironsofcanada
3:24 Sat Jul 25
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So they put two balls in a bowl
one containing the seeded team(s) number(s),
one containing the unseeded team(s) number(s)
They swish them around, presumable randomising them.
The first one they pull out is the home team in the first game.
Random, unless you think it is rigged.
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Far Cough
3:27 Sat Jul 25
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FFS, We may well have been drawn away first leg for Lusitanos and Birkirkara but we couldn't play away due to logistical problems for both of those sides
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ironsofcanada
3:27 Sat Jul 25
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Sorry there is only one number in each ball but it sometimes represent a bunch of teams if that is confusing.
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whufcroe
3:31 Sat Jul 25
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We were drawn away to Lusitanos first but that game was switched because the other Andorran side were also drawn at home and as they finished higher our game was switched.
We were then drawn away twice.....
It's luck, combined with set rules
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ironsofcanada
3:32 Sat Jul 25
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Far Cough 3:27 Sat Jul 25
First one - yes
Second - orginally at home.
You can see the results on the UEFA site still say we were drawn away in the first round. You can all watch the videos if really wanted too.
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whufcroe
3:32 Sat Jul 25
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Old man cough is wrong, the Malta tie was played as it was drawn.
It would have been switched if Valetta had have beaten a Welsh pubside as they finished 2nd but they didn't.
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Far Cough
3:34 Sat Jul 25
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OK so we have drawn at home twice for the first leg?
Nothing out of the ordinary there then
Didn't we have a terrible run of luck with away draws in the cups recently?
Shit happens in that regard
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Brussels Sprout
3:35 Sat Jul 25
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At least having the 2nd round away helps the travelling fans who have more time to book their trips.
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whufcroe
3:37 Sat Jul 25
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Lets be honest we should have smashed both these no hopers at home and didn't
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ironsofcanada
3:38 Sat Jul 25
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Off topic
The UEFA site has story on Southampton as they are entering the EL, complete with Bale in his original "earful" glory.
The surgeons earned their money.
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whufcroe
3:40 Sat Jul 25
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Brussels Sprout 3:35 Sat Jul 25
It didn't in the case of Malta as the flights were more expensive
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