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Who cares? We can only beat what is put in front of us.This time let’s be prepared and hit the ground running no excuses.Lets do this!
Quite fancy one of the Armenian or Moldovan sides for a real old fashioned adventure! Not that many of my mates are able to make it though - pre-existing holiday plans getting in the way for a good few. Colleagues' holiday plans might make an away trip for the second leg difficulty for me too.
Well yes, if you are being realistic. But who the hell cares about realism, this is football :greengrin
Even if it is a 100/1 one shot I would love to see Hibs just get the chance to knock an EPL team out ... imagine the meltdown south of the border if a club from the council house that is Scottish football got past one from the stately home of the EPL ... There would be questions in the house and letters to the Times :greengrin .... the other thing is I reckon we would take a huge support down, even if we got pumped in the first leg.
Europe is our oyster. Just be patient. You might get a pleasant surprise or a nasty wee shock.The most important thing is to avoid another Maribor or Malmo when we were out of Europe before our preseason had even started. The away defeat to Brondby was over the two games very unlucky. It may well be Azerbaijan the most important thing is getting through to the next round and then into the sections in the Europa League proper where the real money is.Think I have had too much Sangria.
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We were in Moldova with Scotland when Bertie was the man in charge. Interesting trip.
We walked into a bar and a fellow Scot was sitting with his leg up on a stool. I asked him if he had sprained it but it transpired he had been shot in the back of the leg with an air rifle as he walked down the poorly lit streets. The owner of the bar had poured iodine into the hole in his leg. There was no exit wound so I was a bit concerned. The owner asked me not to phone the police or ambulance as the police would blame him. After a rather tense stand off he decided to call an ambulance and the Scot was taken off to a hospital sharpish after the ambulance crew saw his leg. I went with him to the hospital as he was a young lad and a bit frightened. I stayed outside the operating room
as they took out the pellet fragments It was rather a run down hospital and open windows with a busy road right outside. I saw no harm having a smoke at the window when the door burst open and the surgeon came out with blood covered gloves and apron. "Are you smoking " he said. "Sorry yes I am I replied. " Can I have one please " he said.
Just had a look at one of the Burnley forums .... some of them seem surprisingly cagey about their prospects if they were to draw the Huns or the Sheep in their first qualifying match, mostly because of the hostile reception their team would get at Ibrox or Pittodrie ( shows what they know about Pittodrie lol ) ... they aren't happy about the possibility of a visit from the The Rangers and who can blame them :confused:
No mention of us because as yet we aren't a potential opponent ..... a lot of them do seem keen on a wee trip to Scotland though, if any of them are looking in you cant get better than Edinburgh for an away trip. I will leave it to others to give them an idea of what the crowd at Easter Road can be like :greengrin
Surprised that nobody had picked up on the first leg date and the chance we may draw Linfield.
Hibs’ potential first qualifying round opponents
: Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
; FCI Levadia, Trans Narva (Estonia)
; Milsami Orhei, Petrocub Hincesti, Zaria Balti (Moldova),
Stjarnan, IBV (Iceland),
Ferencvaros, Ujpest (Hungary),
Balzan (Malta)
, Cliftonville, Coleraine, Glenavon (Northern Ireland);
DAC Dunjaska Streda (Slovakia);
Buducnost Podgorica, Igalo or Mladost Podgorica (Montenegro);
Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia);
Pyunik Yerevan, Banants Yerevan, Gandzasar Kapan (Armenia);
Partizani, Laci, Luftetari Gjirokaster (Albania),
Chikhura Sachkhere, Samtredia (Georgia); Liepaja, Riga FC (Latvia);
Skhupi (Macedonia);
KuPS, Lahti, Ilves (Finland);
Shamrock Rovers, Derry City (Republic of Ireland);
Stumbras (Lithuania);
Racing FC, Progres Niederkorn (Luxembourg);
Connah’s Quay Nomads (Wales);
NSI Runavik (Faroe Islands);
Winners of preliminary round match involving Birkirkara (Malta);
Winners of preliminary round match involving Trakai (Lithuania);
Winners of preliminary round match involving Europa (Gibraltar);
Winners of preliminary round match involving B36 Torshavn (Faroe Islands);
Winners of preliminary round match involving Folgore (San Marino);
Winners of preliminary round match involving Bala Town (Wales);
Winners of preliminary round match involving Gzira United (Malta).
Hibs’ potential second qualifying round opponents:
Sevilla (Spain);
Besiktas (Turkey);
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic);
Steaua Bucharest (Romania);
Genk (Belgium);
AZ Alkmaar, Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands);
RB Leipzig (Germany);
Burnley (England);
Atalanta (Italy);
Bordeaux (France);
Ufa (Russia);
Rio Ave (Portugal);
Asteras Tripolis, Atromitos (Greece);
Mariupol (Ukraine);
Hajduk Split (Croatia);
LASK Linz, Admira Wacker Modling (Austria);
St Gallen (Switzerland);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving FC Copenhagen (Denmark);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Maribor (Slovenia);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Partizan Belgrade (Serbia);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Molde (Norway);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Apollon Limassol (Cyprus);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Dinamo Minsk (Belarus);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Lech Poznan (Poland);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving FH (Iceland);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Dundalk (Republic of Ireland);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Qabala (Azerbaijan);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Osijek (Croatia);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Nordsjaelland (Denmark);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Vardar Skopje (Macedonia);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Trencin (Slovakia);
Winners of first qualifying round match involving Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia).
Potentially some absolute howlers in there!