06 Nov 2024 22:03:13
Sitting at 15th in the table (Joint 10th on 7 points)
07 Nov 2024 03:56:42
I'll take 24th place!
07 Nov 2024 08:08:30
How does next rounds work, know first 8 in league wait for playoffs between 9-24.
So does 9th play 24th then 10th play 23rd and so on. Or is 9 to 16 seeded.
Tried to look on Eufa website but can't find how it works.
If 9th plays 24th system we would be looking at 15th pl getting real Madrid or Bayern.
07 Nov 2024 09:08:37
Benny, I remember reading that 9th-16th will be drawn against 17th - 24th.
07 Nov 2024 09:36:57
As much as I enjoyed Tuesday and will watch the highloghts again and again, we still have some very tough games to play and I as I saw on the BBC CL show last night, most teams can win on any given night.
However, I do feel this season, the manager and squad have learned from past experience and are currently in a fantastic position.
Celtic are a joy to watch this season and the team spirit and work ethic all through the squad has been magnificent.
07 Nov 2024 10:15:20
I don’t know for sure Benny but it would be great and fair if that’s how it works.
Also 9th to 16th place to be at home for the 2nd leg.
Or maybe that’s too sensible for UEFA.
07 Nov 2024 11:07:59
The super computer is predicting Celtic to finish 16th.
07 Nov 2024 11:49:23
Aye was also thinking a fair system would be 9th plays 24th and so on.
{Ed007's Note - In the knockout phase, the teams that finish between 9th and 16th will be seeded in the knockout phase play-off draw, meaning they will face a team placed 17th to 24th – with, in principle, the return leg at home.
The eight clubs which prevail in the knockout phase play-offs will then progress to the round of 16, where they will each face one of the top-eight finishers, who will be seeded in the round of 16.}
07 Nov 2024 13:44:16
I think UEFA have missed a trick here, which is unsurprising.
It would be more exciting and fair with what Benny wrote.
{Ed007's Note - It just means we'll be seeded and hopefully an easier draw, Buzz ?? that's if we don't make Top 8 right enough.}
07 Nov 2024 15:13:14
The super computer is predicting 16 points to reach the Top 8.
Celtic could potentially be going to Villa practically already Qualified ?.
07 Nov 2024 15:41:44
Buzz, if it wasn't a seeded/ unseeded draw and they went with 9th play24th etc. You could get teams purposely loosing or trying to draw the last game so they would get an "easier" opponent.
08 Nov 2024 07:31:26
wyllie,
Or you could have weakened teams for the last couple of games because the club has easily Qualified for playoffs but have no chance of a Top 8 place.
Doing it the way Benny described, keeps it interesting until the last minute because a late goal could give you a different opponent in the playoffs.