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Nope. We're essentially allowed to lose once in the qualifiers. If we lose in the Europa League qualifiers then we drop into the conference league qualifiers. If we lose in the conference league qualifiers then we're out completely. So with that in mind we're guaranteed 2 ties in Europe (if we finish 4th and Aberdeen don't win the cup). If we finish 5th or if we finish 4th and Aberdeen win the cup then we'll enter into ECLQ2. We would expect to be seeded for this round so would expect a much easier tie, although there are definitely still possibilities for some big names (Panathinaikos being one). Here's a selection of teams we could face if we were to play in this round:

My mistake, so there is. Will amend.

The squad Clarke inherited was bottom of the league, I'd argue that he did have to build from scratch. Turning bad players into good players is arguably more impressive than signing good players.

Someone much smarter than me has created a spreadsheet to track it all - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12rV12J729nZYIAzmogNHu-t3kak3CcsCKCXcSfrTFvk/

It has changed now. If we're in the Europa groups then we'll play 8 group games, if it's conference groups we'll play 6 group games.

I think Clarke's team beats McInnes' team, but as others have said I think our squad is in a much more stable position now that under Clarke.

If we finish 4th and Aberdeen don't win the Scottish then we'd enter in the Europa League Q2. Here's how that works: ELQ2 -> ELQ3 -> EL playoff ->×EL groups and here's the state of play if we lose. If we lose in ELQ2 we enter at ECLQ3. If we lose at ELQ3 we enter at ECL playoff. If we lose in EL playoff we'll go into the ECL groups. ECLQ3 -> ECL playoff -> ECL groups Here's a selection of teams we could play at each round. ELQ2: ELQ3 ECLQ3 ECL playoff Some absolutely massive names in there.

How long does he have left on his contract?

Looked like he was in the 10 position from the little of the game I seen. The big striker Bavidge in front of him was hopeless.

He's a fantastic championship player, so it isn't really surprising that the best championship teams are after him.

It's never a red to be honest. The challenge happened at the corner of the box and Vassell's touch was in the direction of the corner flag. He then has to get to the ball and hit a shot from an incredibly tight angle, and beat a few defenders on the line in order for it to be a goal.

St Mirren give us an entire stand, which is absolutely enough tickets. Any moaning that they've not given us more is befitting of the entitled two from Glasgow. If that's your opinion then I'd assume you'd be fine with all of the Killie fans kettled into the East stand next time we play Rangers so they can have the 3 others?

That's the only way to progress as a club like ours though. Sign promising players, turn them into good players, and sell them at the height of their value. Without that then what means do we have of increasing our revenue and progressing as a club? We should be following the Brighton model, albeit to a much lower value. It also has the knock on effect in the future of players being more willing to sign long term contracts, as they'll trust that they'll get sold then their stock is highest, which benefits the player by giving them more security while also maximising their value to the club.

Is that a million quid gamble we'd want to take? Which could realistically be the difference between selling Armstrong now and selling him in the summer.

I'm conflicted about the Armstrong situation. If we don't sell in January then we'll end up in the Taylor position again where one of the old firm can hold us to ransom in the summer with the threat of taking him for nothing in January. But we really can't afford to lose him this season. I really think I'd be tempted to cash in and reinvest some money over a few problem positions, which will solve our depth issue and hopefully bring some goals in.