I think it's a great draw for us!
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I think it's a great draw for us!
Back hibs. We're still in the competition. Permutations only matter if we fail.
Let's do this.
God I hope we get to the final. Imagine wanting the Huns to win a cup! I'd be showering for weeks.
Yeah, would normally want Celtic and Rangers to meet but because we want us or one of them to win so 3rd place gets the Europa League, it might not be so good. We'll just have to secure 3rd and get to the final against Celtic or Rangers (easier said than done).
People are crazy thinking Rangers getting Celtic is a bad draw. We’re in the cup to win it. One of them going out early is great for us.
Obviously we wanted rangers, Celtic or us to win the scottish cup so that we entered the Europa League at the final qualifying round but I thought they weren’t finishing the Scottish Cup this season so therefore the winner of the cup was irrelevant?
I think we’re all looking to win the cup, but also keep our options open if we should lose in the cup (more chance of not winning the cup than winning it). As for Rangers or Celtic, couldn’t care less. Both are far better than the rest of the competition. The winner of that tie will be in the semi, we should also be in the semi given our draw.
The OF drawing each other is only ever a good thing for aspirations, is 2016 really that long ago we’ve all forgotten the chain of events?
Not sure if I’m missing something, but does a finalist beaten by the league winners (or runners up) revert to taking the next best European slot by virtue of that? I thought that had been binned a long time back.
If, imagine it , the Huns or Celtic beat St Mirren say (or anyone below 3rd in league placing) in the final, isn’t the preferred Euro slot going to go to 3rd place anyway?
Great draw for us in terms of our progress but for me I'd rather the Uglies had avoided each other until the semis if we were still in and the final if we are out. Better to concentrate on getting through tomorrow and making sure of third first though
We haven't beat QoS yet.
I’m guessing the Stranraer game will be moved for tv if we get past QoS.
It has just made it slightly more likely that a non OF team could win.
The likes of Aberdeen and St Johnstone for example are more of a threat with one of them taken out.
It is still likely that the remaining one would win it but something can always happen that is not expected. Just need that to happen once now instead of twice.
It’s been described as a terrible draw for Hibs. Sounds desperate. Nothing of the sort surely.
There’s always a chance someone else could win it. Recently that’s been happening quite a lot. If Hibs get knocked out we can start rooting for one of them to win it.
People get scared of the day they’ve not seen yet.
While I agree, if they’re both oot and Hibs get beat then we can’t root for them to win it can we? Chances are one of those two will win it, the chances of someone not us or the old firm winning it are slim anyway so I’m not getting all worked up about draws. Rangers haven’t won a domestic cup in so long that they’ll have the bit between their teeth now, and Celtic haven’t not won a trophy in a season in so long that they won’t want that to happen. And we’re the third best side by a distance. Our draw to the semi couldn’t have been kinder and once we get there I want us to avoid Rangers/Celtic as usual.
Out of the others that I could see winning it, Aberdeen, St Johnstone, st mirren and Dundee United, only two of them will be in the semi if one of the uglies get there. And in a final I can’t see any of them beating Rangers or Celtic; their best chance would be in a semi.
If someone has said it’s a disastrous draw I don’t agree with them though.
As soon as the draw was made the jitters appeared about how bad this was!
Lots of ifs and buts but it’s unquestionable that they could both have been out next round or they could both have been through.....not now though.
And right now we are guaranteed to miss one of them if we keep our minerals about us and make the semis. So that’s a tick for a percentage shot at avoiding them.
Changing world I know but losing our **** about the potential cup finalists when we’ve yet to play a tie is a new one on me.