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But we would qualify if we won the first two rounds of the Europa League qualifiers as we’d be guaranteed conference?
Yeah but the point Fergus makes is that to win both those ties is a huge ask due to the seeding system. If we were to even win the first round somehow then that could then make the conference play off much harder in the likelihood we lose the next EL round. Of course if we somehow turn into juggernauts and win the first two rounds we’re golden, but we’d have to beat two sides that are well ahead of us in the pecking order. Whereas if we lose the first time round and then beat Shamrock we’d have a much more winnable tie than if we beat Braga and then lost to Cluj for example.