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[Albion] Are we through to the next round?
- Thread starter The Wookiee
- Start date
A play off is knock out football
Cotton Socks
Skint Supporter
- Feb 20, 2017
- 1,758
Some up there ^^^ are saying you're wrong and that we can't play in the conference.
I'm just not going to worry about it and take each game as it comes (whilst checking prices for flights to Dublin).
BN41Albion
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2017
- 6,452
OK, thanks, it was starting to feel almost impossible to be fully knocked out of Europe at one point on this thread bar finishing bottom
- Oct 20, 2022
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We would only go to Conference if we came 3rd in the group - we have secured at least a place in the Europa playoffs where we would face 3rd placed Champions League and winners from the Conference group too - if we get knocked out of those, we are out - but we are going to beat Marseille and go straight to the round of 16.
- Apr 5, 2014
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I bet you never thought we'd make Europe, have the possibility of playing a major name and say 'Nah, can we pass on that, there's more important things to worry about like an away match against Sheffield United'We would only go to Conference if we came 3rd in the group - we have secured at least a place in the playoffs - if we get knocked out of those, we are out - but we are going to beat Marseille and go straight to the round of 16.
My worry is that we reach the Quarter Finals and end up being dumped out by Newcastle United
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
- 11,187
If we finish second in the group we will be playing one of the 3rd place Champions League sides.
The Conference League group winners are not involved in the play offs. They are through to the last 16 of that competition. Clubs can only drop into a lower competition there is no pathway to move up into a higher competition.
Most likely teams to drop down:
Copenhagen
Lens/Sevilla
Braga
RB Salzburg
Feyenoord
Milan
Young Boys
Shakhtar
Some tricky potential fixtures there, but nothing that's clearly beyond us.
Copenhagen
Lens/Sevilla
Braga
RB Salzburg
Feyenoord
Milan
Young Boys
Shakhtar
Some tricky potential fixtures there, but nothing that's clearly beyond us.
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
Oh bollocks. I'm still going by the old rules and round of 32.
Bastards...we need to stuff the french then to remove doubt on the extra two games of a playoff
Bastards...we need to stuff the french then to remove doubt on the extra two games of a playoff
Ffs this thread.
5th game in and still people don’t get the very simple format
It’s f***ing embarrassing. How are people struggling.
- Oct 20, 2022
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That’s what I said
But that wasn’t— I meant runners up of course, brain fog
The UEFA Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs involves 16 teams: the eight runners-up from the Europa Conference League group stage and the eight third-placed teams from the UEFA Europa League group stage.
Cotton Socks
Skint Supporter
- Feb 20, 2017
- 1,758
Don't be so mean! It's not like we've ever been in this situation before!
The only football I take any notice of at all is Brighton & strangely enough until last season I have never had to worry about which position in the PL you had to reach to get into Europe competitions!!! FFS, I didn't even realise there were 3 Europe competitions until last season. I just thought there was the CL. 
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
Bugger
Because they keep changing the rules you red faced, ugly fish
I hadn't heard this before, is that definitely the case?
Hope we finish second and draw Young Boys so we can finally say we've been Wankdorf.
I'm now more confused. Doesn't the '10 teams eliminated from the EL play-off round' mean that yes, yes it is the case that if we finish 2nd, then lose the play-off game, we go to the conference?