Saw CC's comments in the Sunday Mail. So whats the craic?

What comments were these?

Ive just book flights to germany since i thought the intertoto was off!

Apparently Scotland "may" be getting two Intertoto places.

He said that there's another avenue we've been told we can go down. It just needs clarifying......who knows :017:

i hope the 'avenue' is a second team and not us trying to get in becuase we got more points. That would be a bit ridicules on our part.

I would have thought he might be referring to the Fair Play system... would we not get an extra Uefa / Intertoto place perhaps depending on our position in these tables?

Alternatively, if the Intertoto Cup is short of teams, then spare places might be awarded to higher ranking leagues, and we might be one of them.

Also, if Tony Mowbray goes to Middlesborough (assuming I haven't missed an announcement about that job one way or the other!) would the new manager want to enter it?

It must be very difficult to plan for pre season with this still up in the air.

Someone needs to find out exactly what Charlie's on about. If he's getting hourly updates from his secretary then i want them too.

i hope we find out soon so we no dates and things if we are in it.

I wish CC would forget about this Intertoto cup nonsense. The club should be concentrating on gearing up for another tough season in the SPL instead of being sidetracked by a European misadventure.

Is competition not an excellent way of preparing for the new season? When this competition was first mentioned it was suggested that there may be a second spot for Scotland. Something to do with Portugese teams not entering.

There was some suggestion a while back that if certain countries did not put a representative forward then other countries might get two if two clubs were up for it.

This will be the potential 2nd spot that LG and I mentioned on the old site and everyone told us we were talking nonsense then? :010:

Thanks Caley D. Everyone seems surprised by this revelation, but it has always been the case. There should be at least one extra place now and a couple of extra places at the 2nd round stage, which is where we were entering anyway. So not dead in the water yet.

Does anyone know when this issue will finally be resolved ?

Taken from Teletext

Inverness Caley have been told there is a chance they can enter the Intertoto cup, but they have to wait till June 5 to find out. UEFA have told the SFA the they are the first stand-by for an Intertoto place should a club withdraw or reach the UEFA Cup instead.

But Charlie Christie says his team needs to know within seven days if they are in the Intertoto cup.

So it looks like it might be on, but we'd have to play a first round tie on June 17th

Not much time for planning then.

I'm really not sure if getting into the Intertoto Cup this year would be a good thing.

I can see it having a big impact on pre-season training and as it is we don't have the biggest squad anyway.

I still think our priority should be SPL survival with a Top 6 finish and decent cup runs as the goal.

You just need to look at Everton and how badly European foortball affected there season and league form

This could be our first and last chance to play in a European competition. Getting pished abroad with ICT could be a dying feckin wish for some of the older gits on here.

The bit that interests me is:

the first stand-by for an Intertoto place .... or reach the UEFA Cup instead.

To me this implies that one (or more) team(s) somewhere in Europe have applied for an intertoto place, however their league/cup season has not yet finished yet AND this club is still in with a shout of a UEFA place proper through either a cup final appearance or league placing AND that nation has no other intertoto applicants.

Who is this team? So we can start supporting them! :021:

jj

It would be my dying wish to travel and see Caley play in European competition, and i'm only 22! :021:

Theres a short history of the Intertoto from a German perspective here http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story...ope&cc=5739.

Current fixture list can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup_2006

I guess where the country name is listed (instead of a team name) the team is not yet confirmed/decided.

It seemed to work for Villareal.

Plus, if its good enough for Juventus..

Nothing ventured nothing gained as far as I am concerned. If we have the opportunity we should grasp it with both hands.

Absolutely,Caledonian Delight.. :003:

Nothing ventured nothing gained.

Interesting comment on Five Live last night from the Newcastle chairman.

He said the Intertoto Cup was a means to an end to enter the UEFA cup, and competition of any sort was far better than playing meaningless pre-season friendlies.

Couldn't agree more sir - and I still havnae booked ma holidays yet :004: