Europa League Draw: Real Betis, Sparta Prague and Aris Limassol | Fixtures Announced

[JohnMc 2,750]

I'm surprised at the confidence some are showing. Having watched us this season it's not something I currently share. 

[Frankie 8,562]

5 minutes ago, JohnMc said:

I'm surprised at the confidence some are showing. Having watched us this season it's not something I currently share. 

I don't think it's confidence per se; perhaps more relief that we've not drawn some of the bigger sides...

[Graeme Ro55 759]

Normally I would expect to see us top this group, but our form has been Gladys this season.

[Malangsob 1,264]

Get out of the group or Europe a failure this year?

 

Me thinks.

 

Hopefully the team do well. 
 

[Gonzo79 15,292]

Betis are a decent side.  Teams from the Czech Republic are generally quite capable and Aris will be no mugs.  It's all about winning at Ibrox - I think Betis will top the group.

Edited September 1, 2023 by Gonzo79

[Malangsob 1,264]

Confident is not a word I would choose right now. 
However I will pass that off to recency bias. 
Having stated that we need to make it out of this group. 

 

 

[weebluedevil 1,239]

What the group daw has offered up to us, is a great chance to progress to the knock-outs, whether that's Europa, where I think our chances of going deep there is very limited, or the Conference - where perhaps we could go quite far. I wouldn't mind it if we dropped down and got through to the semi/final of that competition (would still require massive progress in performance from where we currently are right now). 

 

[Tannochsidebear 2,406]

We are top seeds for a reason, so anything less than 1st place is statistically a failure. We have beaten far better sides than these 3 in the last couple of years. The bonus of missing a round plus additional bonuses for topping the group is the only target we should have.

 

 

 

 

 

And then I remember Beale is still our manager, our star European performers are mostly gone, and our new recruits we have to give at least a year to bed in, so as long as we get 3rd place and drop into the diddy diddy cup that would be acceptable now wouldn't it?

[ranger_syntax 4,320]

9 minutes ago, Tannochsidebear said:

And then I remember Beale is still our manager, our star European performers are mostly gone, and our new recruits we have to give at least a year to bed in, so as long as we get 3rd place and drop into the diddy diddy cup that would be acceptable now wouldn't it?

Third place is failure.

[CammyF 8,080]

Decent enough group that all things being equal offers us an opportunity to progress into the knock-out stages. 

 

Will be interesting to see how Rangers price the 3 match package given they went top dollar in last seasons CL.