Can we keep this thread locked-up till the 2021-22 season actually starts?
What happens if we miss out?
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We pin all the blame on @GermanRed 
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… because I can take it.
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Well done Laaaaaaaaaaaad
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UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw
Champions path
Omonoia (CYP) vs Flora Tallinn (EST)
Mura (SVN) vs Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) vs Alashkert (ARM)
Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) vs Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Neftçi (AZE) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Main path
Jablonec (CZE) vs Celtic (SCO)
Rapid Wien (AUT) vs Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP)
Galatasaray (TUR) vs St Johnstone (SCO)
Alashkert progresses to play-off round and will face Rangers.
Qualified clubs
BEL: Genk
CZE: Sparta Praha
DEN: Midtjylland
ESP: Real Sociedad, Real Betis
ENG: Leicester, West Ham
FRA: Lyon, Marseille
GER: Eintracht Frankfurt, Leverkusen
ITA: Napoli, Lazio
POR: Braga
RUS: Lokomotiv Moskva, Spartak Moskva
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Rangers qualifies for the group stage. 
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Group stage draw done. I’ve bolded the British teams.
Would be nice to see Rangers get far, and Stevie to pick up some valuable European management experience. Brenda’s got a tough one after Leicester drew Napoli, and then have the joys of trips to Poland and Russia - lots of travel coming right up. West Ham’s draw’s not too bad.
Group A: Lyon, Rangers, Sparta Prague, Brondby
Group B: Monaco, PSV Eindhoven, Real Sociedad, Sturm Graz
Group C: Napoli, Leicester, Spartak Moscow, Legia Warsaw
Group D: Olympiakos, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce, Royal Antwerp
Group E: Lazio, Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Galatasaray.
Group F: Braga, Red Star Belgrade, Ludogorets, Midtjylland
Group G: Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic, Real Betis, Ferencvaros
Group H: Dinamo Zagreb, Genk, West Ham, Rapid Vienna
Jeez, that group E looks like a box of problems off the pitch… hopefully not.
Why?
None of those teams, to my knowledge, have a great away support. It’s just home fans doing what they always do. 
I would say introducing this new competition has made these groups a little tastier.
West Ham seemed to have got lucky with that.
Though it means I might be in Croatia at the time they are. Luckily in Split.
assume Bayern…hoops?
GREEN AND WHITE
GIVE ME THE PANATELLA
Green and white is correct, but not hoops.
No Panatella for you- you get a counterfeit Silk Cut Light.
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Who said anything about hoops
Oh man the real Silk Cut Lights are bad enough - that fibreglass does you dirty
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Amazing describes Union Berlin reaching Europe as Hertha continues to kick the can down the street. And how ironic, Union officially qualified playing at Olympiastadion. 
I don’t care if it’s “Conference League”, it’s still a wonderful achievement and I’ll be excited for them. And the Forsterei will be a raucous caldron and a beautiful atmosphere on match nights. It’s exciting on a normal match so the support will be “extra” on those evenings.
They are in Group E: Feyenoord, Slavia Prague, Maccabi Haifa, Union.
@Iftikhar get hyped!
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Normally I would have said, easy win for Union against Feyenoord. But, and there is always a but isn’t there? 
This season they have a new relatively young manager after that extremely conservative Advocaat who made AZ into a title contender 2 years ago. His name is Arne Slot, he added a few unknown players from nowhere, put in some youth players, and all of a sudden it clicks.
Do they win every match easily, no but some they do and they don’t lose much. I think this guy (Slot) is a proper manager and Union who plays in one of the toughest leagues in the world will have a fight on their hands against Feyenoord. I’m looking forward to that match.
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Very happy to know I’ll be in Split when WHU play Zagreb.
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Enjoy.
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