Lennon ‘targeting Europa League group stages’

[JeMeSouviens]

If it went to seeding this would be the line up for the last QR before the groups:

Sevilla **               Esp 113.000              Maccabi Tel-Aviv *       Isr  22.500
Zenit St. Petersburg *3  Rus  78.000              Feyenoord *3             Ned  21.500
Besiktas **              Tur  57.000              Rapid Wien *3            Aut  21.500
Olympiakos Piraeus *3    Gre  54.000              RB Leipzig **            Ger  17.000
Sparta Praha **          Cze  34.500              Partizan Belgrade *      Srb  17.000
FC København *           Den  34.000              Burnley FC **            Eng  15.921
Sporting Braga *3        Por  30.500              NK Rijeka *3             Cro  15.500
PAOK Thessaloniki @2     Gre  29.500              Atalanta **              Ita  15.249
FCSB **                  Rom  27.500              Molde FK *               Nor  12.500
AA Gent *3               Bel  27.000              Girondins Bordeaux **    Fra  11.283
AZ Alkmaar **            Ned  25.000              FC Ufa **                Rus  10.676
NK Maribor *             Slo  22.500              Apollon Limassol *       Cyp  10.000
Racing Genk **           Bel  27.000              Sturm Graz @2            Aut   6.570

So that's the kind of standard we'd be looking to muscle in on. It would be a hell of an achievement.

[Billy Whizz]

Would be great if we could make it, but would cost me a fortune. Need to talk nicely to Mrs Billy Whizz😄

[Sir David Gray]

I can't see us doing it this year but I absolutely love hearing this from our manager.

It's great that he's so ambitious. I hope we can keep him long term.

[theonlywayisup]

It would be so funny if the 'big' team failed to get out of the League Cup Groups as per last year and the 'wee' team made the Europa League Groups.

[Mick O'Rourke]

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It really would be a massive money spinner, would maybe make up for the cash we are ot getting the tv companies.

Very Robbie Neilson,that term !
A number of years ago when Hertz played in Europe.
They played a German side and the TV/advertising money they got for the tie at Tynecastle was substantial.
The Germans seemed to dictate the k.o time of the tie to fit German TV schedule and the advertising boards round the track were mostly promoting German companies.

So Aye ...Getting a German side would likely be a "money spinner"
That could happen if we are successful at the first hurdle.
Possibility of RB Leipzig in the next round and that would be a hurdle itself.
But hey....We have beaten the best in Europe in the past at The Holy Ground.
So why not !

[jgl07]

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It really would be a massive money spinner, would maybe make up for the cash we are ot getting the tv companies.

The Europa League has never been a massive money spinner unless you get to (if not beyond) the Group Stages.

I don't think that the TV deal with BT Sports kicks in before the Group Stages or the Playoff Round. Previous seasons have seen Hibs televised by obscure companies like Premium Sports. I can't see that being that lucrative. The Qualifying Rounds will be played on Thursday nights in July and early August.

The best that Hibs could do in the First Qualifying Round is probably an Irish or a Welsh club (preferably Cliftonville).

The Second Qualifying Round could bring up the likes Sevilla, Bordeaux, Burnley, Besiktas, etc.

By the Third Qualifying Round Zenit St Petersburg and Olmpiakos come into play.

They should be better bets than Cowdenbeath, Inverness, Raith Rovers, and Cove Rangers, who Hearts will be playing.

[Skol]

Love it. Hibs targeting getting into the Europa League Group section as signs of improvement meantime Hearts are targeting getting out of the Betfred Group stages to show how far they have progressed

[Dashing Bob S]

Let's bring the Europa back home to ER.

[Col2]

Lennon targeting Europa group stages. Levein wants to stay at home for pre season as “trip didn’t feel right”

Lennon has biggest budget in club history. Levein has significant cut due to costs for 3rd year of building one tier basic stand.

Lennon targeting finishing 2nd in league next season. Levein wants to win a few games away from home and not setting targets yet Budge wants a 4th place finish.

Hibs sign up Britain’s biggest sportsman Andy Murray to mentor talented footballers. Hearts trying to get Ronnie Corbett to showcase bake sale and cash cow funding event in the gorgie suite.

Enough said.

[Mick O'Rourke]

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Lennon targeting Europa group stages. Levein wants to stay at home for pre season as “trip didn’t feel right”

Lennon has biggest budget in club history. Levein has significant cut due to costs for 3rd year of building one tier basic stand.

Lennon targeting finishing 2nd in league next season. Levein wants to win a few games away from home and not setting targets yet Budge wants a 4th place finish.

Hibs sign up Britain’s biggest sportsman Andy Murray to mentor talented footballers. Hearts trying to get Ronnie Corbett to showcase bake sale and cash cow funding event in the gorgie suite.

Enough said.

Ronnie Corbett passed away 2 years ago.

[Col2]

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Ronnie Corbett passed away 2 years ago.

They can’t catch a break can they....

[andybev1]

This is surely the sort of thing that potential signings want to hear too.

[Pedantic_Hibee]

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They can’t catch a break can they....

😂😂😂

[davhibby]

Some of the bigger teams can be caught out in the early rounds of this too. That Swedish team that got to the last 32 against Arsenal this season beat Galatasary in the qualifying rounds last year. It's not impossible if you get a bit of luck

[Pagan Hibernia]

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The Europa League has never been a massive money spinner unless you get to (if not beyond) the Group Stages.

I don't think that the TV deal with BT Sports kicks in before the Group Stages or the Playoff Round. Previous seasons have seen Hibs televised by obscure companies like Premium Sports. I can't see that being that lucrative. The Qualifying Rounds will be played on Thursday nights in July and early August.

The best that Hibs could do in the First Qualifying Round is probably an Irish or a Welsh club (preferably Cliftonville).

The Second Qualifying Round could bring up the likes Sevilla, Bordeaux, Burnley, Besiktas, etc.

By the Third Qualifying Round Zenit St Petersburg and Olmpiakos come into play.

They should be better bets than Cowdenbeath, Inverness, Raith Rovers, and Cove Rangers, who Hearts will be playing.

that would be beautiful. I live in Belfast

[A Hi-Bee]

I have been lucky enough to watch Hibs playing against some of the best Europe had to offer in the past, we always expected Hibs to get into Europe and did not give a **** who we were drawn against. Why should that change now, you just got to go for it and see where we end up.
The manager is dead right, no use going into a competition and being scared of who you may or not meet, all part of the game.

[Austinho]

I know it doesn’t work like that, but one way to gauge our changes of success is by looking domestically. Celtic have a coefficient of 31.000 and we’d be more than capable of knocking them out over 2 legs - our last two games against them would have seen us through on aggregate in fact.

There’s only a small handful of teams in the qualifiers who have a better coefficient than Celtic. I know coefficients aren’t the be all and end all, but in my eyes it’s a good benchmark of what we are capable of on a good day.

[Mixu62]

speaking of co-efficient scores, does anyone know how far in the competition we would have to progress in order to improve ours? Is there a chance of avoiding the 1st qual round in future?