29 Jul 2025 18:13:55
Too far down now. This is copied and pasted from uefa site as obviously some still think that if we beat pana but lose in the next round we go into a playoff game for europa league. But that's not the case. Here it is amd again, we are in the league path:
League Path
Club Brugge vs Brann/ Salzburg
Viktoria Plzeň/ Servette vs Rangers/ Panathinaikos
Benfica vs Nice
Fenerbahçe vs Feyenoord
How does it work?
• The winners of each tie advance to the play-off round of their respective path.
• Defeated sides in the champions path switch to the UEFA Europa League play-off round.
• Defeated sides in the league path switch to the league phase of the UEFA Europa League.
29 Jul 2025 19:19:40
Yeah i was thinking about it also based on last year we lost at the 3rd qualifier to kiev same stage as servette/ plzen this year so i'm sure we beat pana were guarenteed europa group stage.
29 Jul 2025 19:37:44
If they get to the CL play off that's what your missing, we lose to servette/ plzen it's a play off for Europa lose and its conference, the relevant phrase in your post is:-
"The winners of each tie advance to the play-off round of their respective path" its only the Europa league phase guaranteed if you get to the playoff. The 3 points you have posted tells you that OT. I and I may even still be wrong think your reading it wrong bud? or I am.
29 Jul 2025 20:08:32
So the fixtures in my above post are the 3rd round qualifiers for the champions league. It then explains to you what happens to the winners and the losers of each 3rd round fixture in each path (league and champions) . It states that the winners will go through to the champions league playoffs of all the ties in the 3rd round. It then states that the losers of the champions path go into the play off round of the europa league. Then it says the losers from the league path (our path) will switch to the league phase of the europa league. I think your reading it wrong fork mate.
29 Jul 2025 20:09:33
This is what I've thought before the pan game, win the tie against them and lose the next tie against Servette or Plzen we then play a play off for the Europa and if we lose that tie we end up in the conference.
29 Jul 2025 20:33:07
I'm not bud your not seeing that it's the " play off" that is being referred to not the 3rd qualifier, its the first bullet point, 3rd qualifiers are irrelevant, it's the play off that guarantees Europa, lose the 3rd qualifier and it's a play off for Europa/ Conference mate.
29 Jul 2025 20:33:30
Correct Star.
29 Jul 2025 20:42:23
So the fixtures in my above post are the 3rd round qualifiers for the champions league. It then explains to you what happens to the winners and the losers of each 3rd round fixture in each path (league and champions
The above part from your post is not what your bullet points pertain to, it explains it yes, but only on reaching the CL playoff do u guarantee Europa, the defeated sides it mentions in both paths are if losing in the CL playoff bud?.
29 Jul 2025 21:05:01
Your not seeing it mate lol. The first bullet point is talking about their respected path playoff in the champions league.
29 Jul 2025 21:19:51
If I haven't already mentioned as well that bit I put up os specifically for round 3 fixtures.
29 Jul 2025 21:31:51
Seems to be a bit of confusion and differing opinions on this. That's why I've asked a few times in posts myself.
29 Jul 2025 21:33:48
It's not bud it's only relevant if we get to the play offs,
This part explains it:-
The winners of each tie advance to the play-off round of their respective path.
• Defeated sides in the champions path switch to the UEFA Europa League play-off round.
• Defeated sides in the league path switch to the league phase of the UEFA Europa League.
These 3 points don't relate to the 3rd quali, they relate to the paths to the play off when you get there and what competition u go into dependant on result of your playoff not the 3rd qualifier, don't know how else to explain what your not seeing bud??.
29 Jul 2025 21:38:53
The post u made about the respected path is exactly what you are missing lol? its the comp you enter after the path you are on culminating in the playoff that determines the Europa league phase, losing in the 3rd qualifier means a europa/ conference play off?.
29 Jul 2025 21:40:44
Ot the playoff for CL is not the 3rd qualifier bud? nuts this ?.
29 Jul 2025 21:43:41
Not confused Partick, but getting there??.
29 Jul 2025 21:51:24
We win tomorrow we are guaranteed Europa.
29 Jul 2025 21:59:57
I'm only getting more confused reading this.
29 Jul 2025 22:01:58
We are not Storm.
29 Jul 2025 22:05:10
Win tomorrow we play servette/ plzen win that were in play off that guarantees Europa, lose and its a playoff, not going to comment on this anymore done trying to explain it. If I'm wrong then so be it, but I'm not.
29 Jul 2025 22:07:27
I don't think we are storm, we lose the next tie and we have a play off tie for the Europa, but we lose that it's conference.
29 Jul 2025 22:24:48
Fork we were last year mate we lost to kiev and went straight to europa groups, we also went straight to europa groups the year before after losing in play off round but because it was the play off stage wee got a 5mill sweetner.
29 Jul 2025 22:30:15
Sorry fork taking sh*te just looked properly your bang on bud?.
29 Jul 2025 22:42:06
Thanks fergie? 2 years in a row I've done this bud, same arguments as last year. Different everything in those years bud coefficient/ format/ quali rules. ?.
29 Jul 2025 23:28:25
it's pointless arguing fork lol. You said that you might have read it wrong but when I said I think you might have you have basically said multiple times that I'm wrong or those of the same opinion of me are wrong. So I'm just going to leave it at you read it one way and I see it a different way. Uefa must have put it up wrong on there site then. I will hold my hands up when I am proved wrong.
30 Jul 2025 04:25:50
Me too bud I now have no idea if I'm right I may not be. ??.