[Albion] ***Europa League Group Stage Draw - Official Thread***

[BadFish]

Is anyone else still struggling to take all this in. It may be the distance but it just all seems a little . . . .

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I'm right in thinking - hard to tell from what they were banging on about at the start - we will be 5.45pm kick offs for each of the group games? Hope so.

My understanding is half earlier kick off, half later kick off

 

[dazzer6666]

away allocations

Heck of a lot better than they might have been.

 

[upthealbion1970]

How can you order that when no mens option is showing - or has the pre-order been sold out already?

Yes sold out before 12

 

[Seagull Saz]

Ajax, Marseille & AEK please

(Sporting would be nice too.)

Not bothered about getting through. More interested in finishing 6th again and or winning a cup. Dreamland!

Have you bought a lottery ticket this week?!

 

[PeterT]

Will we be able to wear our white shirts then?

Maybe not!!

 

[HeaviestTed]

How can you order that when no mens option is showing - or has the pre-order been sold out already?

They were there earlier, must have sold out

 

[Horses Arse]

Yes sold out before 12

Wow - pissed off I had meetings this morning! Bad planning

 

[BevBHA]

Crazy to think that we would have been that tricky Pot 3 team that all of the Pot 1 and 2 clubs would have wanted to avoid. I don’t fear them one bit and I wouldn’t trade any of their squads for ours. Bring it on.

 

[pb21]

Stadium Sizes

Ajax: 55.8k
Marseille: 67k
AEK Athens: 32.5k

Couldn't be much better for away allocations could it?

 

[Gwylan]

Just had a look at a Marseille forum, they weren't chuffed about drawing us and Ajax. As someone said: "I can't decide whether we're going to finish top or bottom of that group."
Which is odd because I feel exactly the same

 

[Mellotron]

I think we get paired with Villa for kick offs.
One game gets the early slot the other later.

Yes, but weren't they saying first 4 groups 5.45pm and last 4 groups 8pm?

 

[Guinness Boy]

I'm right in thinking - hard to tell from what they were banging on about at the start - we will be 5.45pm kick offs for each of the group games? Hope so.

No. We alternate with Villa. If they're early we're late and vice versa.

 

[Mellotron]

Ah ok, think I misunderstood them. Fortunately all that pre-draw stuff was really clear and easy to follow.

 

[A mex eyecan]

yes if it’s only 5% allocation then tickets will be hot property

 

[BevBHA]

No. We alternate with Villa. If they're early we're late and vice versa.

Thank god someone was listening at the start. My head was scrambled

 

[wellquickwoody]

Due to leave restraints, or lack of it, have/had resigned myself to not going to these group games, consoling myself that even third in the group would see us in the conference after Xmas.
Now I am far less confident. Good luck everyone going, and make sure to roar on the team enough to at least keep us off the bottom spot.

 

[theboybilly]

Three last minute player purchases incoming then

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I think we get paired with Villa for kick offs.
One game gets the early slot the other later.

I think so, but imagine that Ajax will get paired with someone first (or Marseille) and then ours follows? Could we have some early and some late?

 

[MattBackHome]

Ah ok, think I misunderstood them. Because of course all that pre-draw stuff was really clear and easy to follow...

I don't know why they bother tbh.

I'm absolutely buzzing about all this, even more so than I was before