What kind of opposition are we looking at?
If it was based on these teams right now
Correct that’s essentially what they were - with the most worrying thing being the lack of desire and urgency in those games - never mind the fact we nearly (or did) hand each team a goal in the 1st minute of each game.
Has anything changed with the parachute payment (for anyone losing the playoff) this coming season due to the wider CL changes?
If Atalanta win the Europa but drop 5th place in the league to Roma, they play tonight I think, then Benfica remain in the qualifying rounds and don't get an automatic spot as there is no longer an extra place. Brugge, as it stands, are currently second in Belgium 1 point behind Anderlecht with a game in hand. If they remain second, hoping they don't, and the above happens with Atalanta then we would find ourselves as 3rd highest seeds, they passed us in the knockouts, and likely have to beat either Benfica or Brugge in order to qualify. Preferably neither scenario happens obviously but it could still be the toughest qualifying we've faced to date considering we'd have to likely beat one of Lille, Twente, Fenerbahce or RB Salzburg before facing Benfica or Brugge. What I still have no clue about is what happens if Leverkusen win and Benfica do get the auto place in terms of who replaces them, if anyone.
Yes the payment is now €4.29m for the losers (was €5m)
Right it get more confusing!
Yup, it really is.
Not ideal that it's gone down but still makes getting through the first tie non-negotiable as that's a whole player... and a decent one if you include the gate money, etc.
Yeah, passes the time now though since the league is gone.
Are we seeded right through?
yes should be as we have 63,000
Have you been watching us lately we are rank rotten unless we sign at least ten players and the manager starts to get his tactics correct we have no chance personally instead of people talking about champions league qualification the main objective is to overtake the scum and win the league not bothering about trips abroad
Or reworded “we’re playing Europe’s league football next season”
Brest, not Lille, after tonight's results
Take it you’re not comedian
Lille now in 3rd, Brest currently in the qualifying position.
A very, very tough ask.
Which also bumps Fener into the seeded pot in QR3.
As is, now assuming Benfica get an auto spot, it'd be Brugges, us, Slavia and Salzburg as the seeded sides. Fenerbahce would be the team with the highest coefficient in the unseeded side. If Anderlecht end up 2nd in Belgium (I personally think they will) then we go to 1st seed and fener take the 4th seeded spot. Still all up in the air for a lot of these teams.
Also assumes those in the 2nd round win their tie as well.
Yup, and Fenerbache, Salzburg and Slavia all start in round 2.
With brest replacing lille it looks doable
6th/7th August
