CL PO vs Olympiakos/Ludogorets if we beat Malmo- EL Draw Kairat/Alashkert if we lose.

[london_bluenose]

Im confused, I thought yahoos had AZ if the cz echs beat them?

No, they have AZ if they get past the Czechs.

 

[KazKoz]

Now I don’t hope we play them cause it would mean we are out of the CL but I am off to Almaty next week for work.
It is a great city with lots to see and beautiful women.

 

[Hilly5411]

That's pretty much a bye into the Champions League. What a draw.

Not gonna be easy, Olympiacos have qualified for the CL 20 times in the past 23 years. It is however the best draw we could have got, due to the current state of their squad

 

[GazzaG]

That’s if they beat the Czech’s.

Probably been asked a million times, but where do they go once Alkmaar or Jablonec scud them?

Is it Conf. Playoff if it's Jablonec and group stages if it's Alkmaar?

 

[Main Stand]

Probably been asked a million times, but where do they go once Alkmaar or Jablonec scud them?

Is it Conf. Playoff if it's Jablonec and group stages if it's Alkmaar?

Yes mate.

 

[LoganBear]

That’s if they beat the Czech’s.

ahhh, jeez all these draws and tournaments are confusing me tae fcuk

 

[ELGers]

Really hoping that we beat Malmo now. I've always said I'd go to Kazakhstan if we drew a team there to prove how staunch I am.

I don't want to have to actually do it.

 

[Jjbscotty]

That's pretty much a bye into the Champions League. What a draw.

No it’s not.

 

[ICA_86]

That's pretty much a bye into the Champions League. What a draw.

Eh?

 

[KensingtonBlue]

Eh?

Olympiacos are an absolute mess, they were lucky to scrape through against an Azerbaijani side in the last round. Imagine being told at the start of the season that them or Ludogrets are all the stand in the way between us and the our first CL group stages in over a decade. Compared to what we could have got, it's a dream draw for us.

 

[WilkinsBullet]

I compared them to Galatasaray in another thread.
A big name, but full of Africans and aging European has beens on big wages.
Biggest problem would be the crowd over there.

That's just how I described them to my son. A type of Galatasaray

 

[WilkinsBullet]

I won’t be angry if we don’t get CL and go into EL.

You might yet get both. CL and then a brave 3rd place and qualification for EL.

 

[LizzyDrippin]

Potential for Red Star v Dinamo. Ooft!

Has anyone got the number for the UN ?

 

[london_bluenose]

Olympiacos are an absolute mess, they were lucky to scrape through against an Azerbaijani side in the last round. Imagine being told at the start of the season that them or Ludogrets are all the stand in the way between us and the our first CL group stages in over a decade. Compared to what we could have got, it's a dream draw for us.

An absolute mess having just won the Greek league by 26 points?

 

[Davie2021]

I compared them to Galatasaray in another thread.
A big name, but full of Africans and aging European has beens on big wages.
Biggest problem would be the crowd over there.

That played arsenal off the park last season .

 

[ICA_86]

Olympiacos are an absolute mess, they were lucky to scrape through against an Azerbaijani side in the last round. Imagine being told at the start of the season that them or Ludogrets are all the stand in the way between us and the our first CL group stages in over a decade. Compared to what we could have got, it's a dream draw for us.

An absolute mess that won their domestic league by more points than we did?

 

[AdiCR2]

Olympiacos are an absolute mess, they were lucky to scrape through against an Azerbaijani side in the last round. Imagine being told at the start of the season that them or Ludogrets are all the stand in the way between us and the our first CL group stages in over a decade. Compared to what we could have got, it's a dream draw for us.

I dont think this is quite right? Olympiakos are Greek champions.

They put out PSV last season and also won 1-0 at the Emirates. They finished 3rd in a CL group behind Man City, Porto and finished ahead of Marseille.

I think they are beatable but to write them off like that is madness.

 

[Hilly5411]

Olympiacos are an absolute mess, they were lucky to scrape through against an Azerbaijani side in the last round. Imagine being told at the start of the season that them or Ludogrets are all the stand in the way between us and the our first CL group stages in over a decade. Compared to what we could have got, it's a dream draw for us.

The squad they played for those two games were second/third string squads because of COVID and injuries. I do agree that it is a better tie than the other ones we could have got though.

 

[Davie2021]

Olympiacos are an absolute mess, they were lucky to scrape through against an Azerbaijani side in the last round. Imagine being told at the start of the season that them or Ludogrets are all the stand in the way between us and the our first CL group stages in over a decade. Compared to what we could have got, it's a dream draw for us.

Very good , a mess lolz . They absolutely smashed their league last season . This will be a very , very tough tie .

 

[ICA_86]

That played arsenal off the park last season .

The humped PSV last season in the EL round of 32 after falling out the CL, but Arsenal put them away 4-1 on aggregate in the next round.

In the 19/20 season, they put Arsenal out of the round of 32 before going out to Wolves in the last 16.

 

[DoubleWhopper]

That's pretty much a bye into the Champions League. What a draw.

Where do people get this pish from?

I mean that’s genuinely one of the most nonsensical statements I’ve ever read of here.

 

[Withambear]

If we lost to Malmö a trip to either Armenia or Kazakhstan wil be a long flight

A trip to Greece in the height of summer will be a tough one aswell

 

[ICA_86]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympiacos_F.C._in_European_football

Easier to track their results on this.

 

[WilkinsBullet]

I dreamt of Europe not necessarily the CL . I like the Europa league it’s been superb for us the last three seasons , which have been the most enjoyable times in Europe for us since 2008 and 1992/3. The champions league isn’t enjoyable any more , it’s a lopsided tournament designed to make 7 or 8 clubs a lot of money every year. I prefer the Europa I don’t think I’m alone .

That's like saying you go on ahead and I will hide behind a tree

 

[Jjbscotty]

The humped PSV last season in the EL round of 32 after falling out the CL, but Arsenal put them away 4-1 on aggregate in the next round.

In the 19/20 season, they put Arsenal out of the round of 32 before going out to Wolves in the last 16.

3-2 on aggregate with Arsenal they won at the Emirates after losing 1-3 at home.

 

[WilkinsBullet]

They cancelled out our away goal in 14 minutes

Yes but didn't you know we had a Tardis on standby to solve that

 

[albertz81]

Too much overconfidence from some posters.
If we do face Olympiakos it's be a tough game, 50/50 i'd say.

I'm old enough to remember this lot of sides:

Levski Sofia, AEK Athens, IFK Goteborg, Fenerbahce, CSKA Moscow. Even Malmo.

All put us out on our arse in the qualifiying stages of the Champions League.

We have no place to be writing off anyone.

 

[Monteith]

Worth pointing out that the first leg of the Play Off round of the CL qualifiers is before the Greek League starts. And half of Olympiacos’ team have missed much of preseason due to covid.

That should be a significant advantage should we progress against Malmo

 

[RfcIbrox]

Not gonna be easy, Olympiacos have qualified for the CL 20 times in the past 23 years. It is however the best draw we could have got, due to the current state of their squad

That’s some amount of loot they’ve either wasted or their owners have trousered.

 

[DJ_RFC_1872]

If we dispatch Malmo Oympiacos will be tough they are a good team might not be firing yet looking at results but they'd be favourites against hopefully Ludogorets cause an upset in that one as sadly i think Olympiacos would be a step too far for us just now.

 

[RfcIbrox]

You might yet get both. CL and then a brave 3rd place and qualification for EL.

And CL teams going into EL have a real chance of going to the latter stages.

 

[Davie2021]

Too much overconfidence from some posters.
If we do face Olympiakos it's be a tough game, 50/50 i'd say.

I'm old enough to remember this lot of sides:

Levski Sofia, AEK Athens, IFK Goteborg, Fenerbahce, CSKA Moscow. Even Malmo.

All put us out on our arse in the qualifiying stages of the Champions League.

We have no place to be writing off anyone.

This . Not to mention FC Kaunas !

 

[albertz81]

This . Not to mention FC Kaunas !

I forgot about that one. Thanks for bringing that horrible memory back up from the vaults

 

[DoubleWhopper]

This . Not to mention FC Kaunas !

Or the Czech mob in 2002/03.

 

[Davie2021]

Or the Czech mob in 2002/03.

Nightmare game that . The away tie was an absolute disaster . Can’t remember the name of the team , started with a V I’m sure .

 

[Thor]

Not gonna be easy, Olympiacos have qualified for the CL 20 times in the past 23 years. It is however the best draw we could have got, due to the current state of their squad

What’s up with their squad?
I genuinely know nothing about them apart from the fact they play in red and white stripes and come from Greece.

 

[albertz81]

Or the Czech mob in 2002/03.

Viktoria Zizkov.
Arse collapsed in the first leg in the Czech Republic then papped out on away goals in the 2nd leg after battering them the entire night.
That was a UEFA cup tie however.

 

[TPP]

It’s a ridiculously hard pathway to the CL. Olympicos is by far the hardest draw we could have had. We have zero luck in this years draw.

 

[theweeman]

PAOK will batter Hibs, of that there's no doubt. Aberdeen have a fighting chance

 

[TPP]

What’s up with their squad?
I genuinely know nothing about them apart from the fact they play in red and white stripes and come from Greece.

Smacked with COVID. Will be fine by the time they play us unfortunately.

 

[Thor]

Nightmare game that . The away tie was an absolute disaster . Can’t remember the name of the team , started with a V I’m sure .

Probably wouldn’t have done the treble right enough if we had a long European run that year.

 

[MSF]

It’s a ridiculously hard pathway to the CL. Olympicos is by far the hardest draw we could have had. We have zero luck in this years draw.

Olympiacos are by far harder than RB Salzburg, Slavia Prague and Dinamo Zagreb? On what basis?

 

[sregnar]

It’s a ridiculously hard pathway to the CL. Olympicos is by far the hardest draw we could have had. We have zero luck in this years draw.

No it's not

Slavia and Salzburg would've

 

[DoubleWhopper]

Nightmare game that . The away tie was an absolute disaster . Can’t remember the name of the team , started with a V I’m sure .

Has to be up there with the worst. Partly because it felt like we’d got out of jail when we went 3-0 up at Ibrox, then they scored.

Can also remember Klos going up from a corner and nearly scoring

 

[AdiCR2]

Lot of ridiculous comments in here for and against the Greeks.

If we beat Malmo then we start worrying about the plate smashers.

 

[DoubleWhopper]

It’s a ridiculously hard pathway to the CL. Olympicos is by far the hardest draw we could have had. We have zero luck in this years draw.

I reckon you don’t suffer adversity or challenges very well.

It’s not an easy tie….but the champions route now makes it much easier for a team like us to get into the CL.

A decade ago we could have been playing a top 4 english or Spanish side.

 

[TPP]

I reckon you don’t suffer adversity or challenges very well.

It’s not an easy tie….but the champions route now makes it much easier for a team like us to get into the CL.

A decade ago we could have been playing a top 4 english or Spanish side.

Sometimes getting a 4th tier Spanish or epl side can be easier.

 

[TamS-RFC]

Lol I remember when Gerrard first came here majority of folk weren't confident of getting a result against Maribor in the qualifiers.

Happy with the draw though and I think we absolutely have a squad that can get us to the groups.

 

[DoubleWhopper]

Sometimes getting a 4th tier Spanish or epl side can be easier.

Easier than what ?
Olympiacos, should we both progress, will be a challenge but a very winnable one.

You made it sound like it was scaling Everest !

 

[LetsGo]

Greek league doesn't start until 20th August.

They've been back since end June, perhaps a week or 2 before us, played more friendlies than we did arguably against better opposition, and aren't losing too many goals there. Wouldn't read much into their league starting date.