18-09-2014, 01:01 PM
Alan Borwell Wrote:Somebody in Northern Spain maybe has a warped sense of humourYou do not go all that way to play other Scottish Club - this is where automated computer derived pairings need varying with a bit of common sense,
I'm afraid it was quite likely to happen sooner or later. The seeding range 45-51 consists of 2 Scottish, 2 Welsh, 2 Irish and 1 English team. There has already been several cross-pairings from within the group and you can expect to see more in the last couple of rounds.
As soon as you start to 'manipulate' pairings you will potentially create anomalies and leave yourself open to justified protests from teams may have been given a harder pairing than they would otherwise have had. So I think it's probably best to go with the computer even if it results in an unwelcome pairing like this.