Europa League Group Draw 25/8/17 Noon

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I'd wager we're at home Gamedays 2-3-5 as the RS are home on 1-4-6 (plus they play all of those on a Wednesday night). Hopefully this won't be because UEFA have "arranged it" after we don't get that in the draw.
 
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From a safety/pleasant experience POV we might prefer:

P1
Lyon, Bilbao, Plzen, Salzburg, Kopenhavn, Braga (to Kiev, Zenit, Lazio, AC Milan and Villarreal (too raw)) - coincidentally that includes all the teams we've played before.

P3
Hoffenheim, Koln, Guimaraes, Waregem, Rosenberg, Limassol - over Astana (Kaz), Partizan (Serbia), Rijeka (Croatia - again), Atalanta, Zorya (Ukraine), Sheriff (Moldova)

P4
Beersheba, Arnhem (where the Brits are loved of course), Lugano (Swz) are the best options. Turkey, Serbia, Albania, a big no thanks.
 
REALLY REALLY REALLY want Ostersunds!!

They are an amazing story in the north of sweden - managed by an english guy, Graham Potter.

Some context:
  • Swedens population is 9 million
  • Less that one million I think live north of stockholm.
  • Ostersund is about 600km north of stockholm (actually about the midpoint of Sweden ... so really its not even the north of the country :)
  • There is very little around the area of ostersund other than forest, bears/wolves/fish/berries and mountains.
  • Population of Ostersund is probably less than a typical goodison attendance.
  • Jämtkraft Arena's capacity is about 8-9000 I think
  • They play on a plastic pitch as grass would have a tough time in the 8 month long winter with temps dipping to -40 sometimes :)
So this little tiny club has hired Potter a few years back and since then they have gone from the swedish fourth tier (I have played in the fifth so that shows how low the quality is!) to the now pretty much mid-table stability in the Allsvenskan (premier league if you like) and now in europe.

To qualify they have beaten Panathanikos, Fola Esch and Galatassary!

Plus the missus's family is from around there and so I get free accomodation for the away game :) - though its around 1000km drive for me who lives in the south.

Just think the money they will get from this will be incredible and the attention from playing a premier league team even more so. Pretty sure they will be just as happy to play arsenal - but let it be us they talk about around there for the next few decades :)
 

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REALLY REALLY REALLY want Ostersunds!!

They are an amazing story in the north of sweden - managed by an english guy, Graham Potter.

Some context:
  • Swedens population is 9 million
  • Less that one million I think live north of stockholm.
  • Ostersund is about 600km north of stockholm (actually about the midpoint of Sweden ... so really its not even the north of the country :)
  • There is very little around the area of ostersund other than forest, bears/wolves/fish/berries and mountains.
  • Population of Ostersund is probably less than a typical goodison attendance.
  • Jämtkraft Arena's capacity is about 8-9000 I think
  • They play on a plastic pitch as grass would have a tough time in the 8 month long winter with temps dipping to -40 sometimes :)
So this little tiny club has hired Potter a few years back and since then they have gone from the swedish fourth tier (I have played in the fifth so that shows how low the quality is!) to the now pretty much mid-table stability in the Allsvenskan (premier league if you like) and now in europe.

To qualify they have beaten Panathanikos, Fola Esch and Galatassary!

Plus the missus's family is from around there and so I get free accomodation for the away game :) - though its around 1000km drive for me who lives in the south.

Just think the money they will get from this will be incredible and the attention from playing a premier league team even more so. Pretty sure they will be just as happy to play arsenal - but let it be us they talk about around there for the next few decades :)
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Their manager, Graham Potter played for York City and various other lower league teams for years mate.

Was a model lower league pro and it doesn't surprise me that he's having success with this little Swedish team.
 
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Their manager, Graham Potter played for York City and various other lower league teams for years mate.

Was a model lower league pro and it doesn't surprise me that he's having success with this little Swedish team.
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Yeah I know, I remember him most from Stoke City. He is the same age as me and this is is his first management job after retiring!
 
Milan, Lazio, Cologne, Hoffenheim, Zlin, Viktoria Plsen, Slavia Prague or Atalanta - anything would be boss.
 

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