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2015/16 Europa League - Round of 16: Borussia Dortmund

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Mr_B said:
Garabag Agdam, Gabala, are these pub sides ?
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Gabala once hired Tony Adams to be their manager, so quite possible. They would probably be the worst team to draw as they're located far inland in Azerbaijan.

Garabag (or Qarabag) originally hail from the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the same country. The area is populated almost entirely by Armenians and due to constant unrest they have moved the team to the capital Baku.
 
So we want short trips. Spurs, Celtic, Saint-Étienne, Os Belenenses (portugal) that'll do. But gonna get trips to the coldest furthest parts of russia etc
 
Group stage, matchday one 17/09/15 - home to palace on sunday
Group stage, matchday two 01/10/15 - away to swansea
Group stage, matchday three 22/10/15 - away to bornemounth
Group stage, matchday four 05/11/15 - away to arsenal
Group stage, matchday five 26/11/15 - home to chelsea
Group stage, matchday six 10/12/15 - home to Saudi Sportswashing Machine

These seem to be our fixtures on return from europa
 
Jordinho said:
Pot 1: Schalke (GER), Dortmund (GER), Basel (SUI), Napoli (ITA), Tottenham (ENG), Ajax (NED), Villarreal (ESP), Rubin Kazan (RUS), Athletic Bilbao (ESP), Sporting (POR), Marseille (FRA), Dnipro (UKR)

Pot 2: Braga (POR), Fiorentina (ITA), Lazio (ITA), Anderlecht (BEL), Liverpool (ENG), Alkmaar (NED), Viktoria Plzen (CZE), Club Brugge (BEL), PAOK (GRE), Celtic (SCO), Besiktas (TUR), APOEL Nicosia (CYP)

Pot 3: Monaco (FRA), Sparta Praha (CZE), Fenerbache (TUR), Legia Warzawa (POL), Bordeaux (FRA), Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS), Lech Poznan (POL), St. Etienne (FRA), Liberec (CZE), Augsburg (GER), Rapid Wien (AUT), Krasnodar (RUS)

Pot 4: Partizan Belgrade (SRB), Asteras (GRE), Belenenses (POR), Rosenborg (NOR), Garabag Agdam (AZE), Molde (NOR), Dinamo Minsk (BLS), Groningen (NED) Sion (SUI), Midtjylland (DEN), Skenderbeu (ALB), Gabala (AZE)

Draw is on Friday at 12 pm.
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Looking at the list of clubs involved it seems to me as though the standard of teams qualifying has definitely improved. Many of the clubs in pot 1 would not look out of place in the Champions League (and most are recent/regular qualifiers). Pot 2 also has a number of clubs with Champions League aspirations and experience. Even Pot 3 has recent CL qualifiers in it in Monaco, Fenerbache, Bordeaux and Lokomotiv Moscow. There are also 3 or 4 clubs in Pot 4 that you wouldn't want to underestimate.
 
What are people's views on how we should approach it this season? Obviously, like last season with the carrot of a champions league place, perhaps we should put out full second choice reserve squads for both the fa cup & league cup, considering we will have to play around 17 games to win the Europa league.
It's really time to either take this completion very seriously and place it as high as getting 4th sport in the league or don't bother. No room for a balancing act with the other cup competitions
 
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