Champions League/Europa League draws 2010

[pineapple stu]

Bohs will have to be disappointed with that to be honest. They were largely dominant but their finishing really let them down at times, and TNS defended quite doggedly too; the centre backs were quite good, I thought. Ignore the stats saying the Welsh had no shots on target; TNS were very dangerous on the break, really should have taken one of their chances and it's definitely all to play for in Wales. On last night's showing, better teams than TNS will cut through Bohs.

2600 or so looked about right for the gate; the Jodi was fairly full and the rest of the ground was empty (not that anyone would have wanted to be in the Connaught with the weather). Ticketing was a bit of a mess though; three turnstiles open, with one selling children's tickets only, so it was very slow getting into the ground. A steward then told people to head into the children-only turnstile five minutes from kick off cos they'd now give adult tickets as well, but the turnstile operator then said that was nonsense, which lost people their places in the other queue. A couple of minutes later, anyone with E20 exactly could pay cash at that stile, get no ticket and just head in.

Overall though, Bohs are still favourites to go through, but the tie's not over by any stretch, when it possibly should be.

Edit - oh yeah, and boo Amond! Did better than I was hoping out in Sligo given how many players we were missing; sounds like we were hammered first half, but kept in it and it's always galling to score in the 88th and lose in the 90th...

[mrtndvn]

:eek: why would setanta IRELAND want to show Linfield over Bohemians?

RTE try to broadcast Irish football and this is all the thanks they get!

[paul_oshea]

I'm confirmed as driving up from London for the TNS away game on the 20th July now if any curioius exiles fancy a lift.

what time are ye going?

pm or facebook me.

[pateen]

I would say 2600-2700

Not great really, wud have expected 4000+ but then again maybe not for bohs

[Straightstory]

Enjoyable game last night.
Bohs made too many errors in defence - lucky not to be punished. Against that, they should have scored a few more themselves.
Should be edgy in Wales, but 1-0 without conceding an away goal is a good result.

[Duggie]

ya maybe our sides need to realise that its over 2 legs. id expect bohs to score at least 1 away next week leaving TNS having to score 3 times to progress. seem bohs created a good few chances so if they put away 1 or 2 they should be ok.

[Duggie]

Not great really, wud have expected 4000+ but then again maybe not for bohs

well for a side like TNS id say bohs would have been happy enough with that turnout.

[Boo_Boy]

Levski v Dundalk wont be on satellite TV. Just read it on sportal.bg.

It says something about Levski TV+ winning the rights battle. I don't know what this is, maybe an online service?

[TheBoss]

Levski v Dundalk wont be on satellite TV. Just read it on sportal.bg.

It says something about Levski TV+ winning the rights battle. I don't know what this is, maybe an online service?

http://www.tvplus.bg

[gspain]

Good enough result for Bohs but I was disappointed with the performance. TNS were well organised but limited. Bohs seemed to be able to open them up
but misplaced too many passes and tried high balls into Madden and Cretaro.

Having said all that had Madden taken a quarter of his chances then it would have been tie over and a great result.

Bohs should go through comfortably enough and hopefully win the return leg which will help the national coefficient and probably Bohs in future years.

[Mr A]

According to the Indo there's €550,000 in it for Bohs if they progress. Is it really that lucrative?

[gspain]

According to the Indo there's €550,000 in it for Bohs if they progress. Is it really that lucrative?

Yes but they actually get a lot of that anyway. Think they get approx 330,000 total if they lose to TNS and 550,000 total if they win and then lose in the next round of the CL and then lose in the next round of the EL.

This doesn't count home gates and other income.

According to the Bohs fans last night they are going all the way to Wembley which would presumably end all financial worries for a long time. .

[pineapple stu]

"We're going to win the league", I thought?

[Boo_Boy]

http://www.tvplus.bg

Sweet, so it is on Satellite TV. I looked up the EPG on my receiver and it's listed.

Now I just need to find a bulsatcom card so I can decrypt the channel :o.

I'll post here tomorrow morning if I can show it.

[citybone]

Bohs should go through comfortably enough and hopefully win the return leg which will help the national coefficient and probably Bohs in future years.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html
we went ahead of Bosnia last night keeping our seeded team in the champions league qualifier & 2 teams in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa league rather than 1 team.
But They could still jump ahead of us, or maybe even Finland.

[BohsFans]

Pat Fenlon gives BohsTV 1 his thoughts after the 1-0 victory over The New Saints, in the UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round, 1st leg at Dalymount.
He also looks ahead the second leg in a week’s time and previews the Airtricity League game vs. Sligo Rovers this Friday.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgpc28BSUeM

[Duggie]

if you look at some of the countries were close to (Norway) in 25th place for example just shows how well we have done in the last few years. With the money in european competitions now we should be going all out to do well. Basically grab the money and run with it!!

[Dodge]

if you look at some of the countries were close to (Norway) in 25th place for example just shows how well we have done in the last few years. With the money in european competitions now we should be going all out to do well. Basically grab the money and run with it!!

its not like LOI clubs haven't given everything in the past in europe.

And everyone knows what happened Shesl when they chased european success "at all costs"

[Dunny]

Sweet, so it is on Satellite TV. I looked up the EPG on my receiver and it's listed.

Now I just need to find a bulsatcom card so I can decrypt the channel :o.

I'll post here tomorrow morning if I can show it.

Very very very much appreciated BB! You were great with the streams last year!

[SkStu]

Bohs will have to be disappointed with that to be honest. They were largely dominant but their finishing really let them down at times, and TNS defended quite doggedly too; the centre backs were quite good, I thought. Ignore the stats saying the Welsh had no shots on target; TNS were very dangerous on the break, really should have taken one of their chances and it's definitely all to play for in Wales. On last night's showing, better teams than TNS will cut through Bohs.

2600 or so looked about right for the gate; the Jodi was fairly full and the rest of the ground was empty (not that anyone would have wanted to be in the Connaught with the weather). Ticketing was a bit of a mess though; three turnstiles open, with one selling children's tickets only, so it was very slow getting into the ground. A steward then told people to head into the children-only turnstile five minutes from kick off cos they'd now give adult tickets as well, but the turnstile operator then said that was nonsense, which lost people their places in the other queue. A couple of minutes later, anyone with E20 exactly could pay cash at that stile, get no ticket and just head in.

Overall though, Bohs are still favourites to go through, but the tie's not over by any stretch, when it possibly should be.

Edit - oh yeah, and boo Amond! Did better than I was hoping out in Sligo given how many players we were missing; sounds like we were hammered first half, but kept in it and it's always galling to score in the 88th and lose in the 90th...

while youre correct that the result probably looks poor on paper and that TNS had chances, i think its fair to say that TNS are a decent side, full time professionals, conceded 13 goals last season and have a couple of current and former internationals in their ranks. They are no mugs and i had said prior to the game that i would have taken a 1-0 win if offered it. It is a good result - we are leading and have conceded no away goals. In fact there aren't too many mugs in Europe anymore comparitively speaking. For example, Litex only beat Rudar at home 1-0 and similarly AIK only beat Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg by the same score. Most Bohs fans would have wanted Jeunesse d'Esch after TNS or Linfield. You would, on paper, have expected Litex and AIK to win those ties more comfortably too im sure.

Overall, I am happy enough with the result but its a pity we couldnt have made next week more of a formality.

Anyway, this will all be a distant memory when we're walking out at Wembley next Spring. ;)

[pateen]

sweet, so it is on satellite tv. I looked up the epg on my receiver and it's listed.

Now i just need to find a bulsatcom card so i can decrypt the channel :o.

I'll post here tomorrow morning if i can show it.

post any tv info boo boy.
Rovers game i wud imagine will be covered by isreali tv too

[Charlie Darwin]

This Rosenberg outfit look dreadful - a shadow of the club that has consistently caused top European teams trouble for decades. The Norwegians occasionally look technically superior but really Linfield will probably be disappointed if they don't get a goal.

[galwayjames]

any place to watch on the internet?

[Spudulika]

can we post peer to peer info or will that unleash the hounds of hell?

[Charlie Darwin]

any place to watch on the internet?

http://www.iraqgoals.tv/ch3.html

[Réiteoir]

This Rosenberg outfit look dreadful - a shadow of the club that has consistently caused top European teams trouble for decades. The Norwegians occasionally look technically superior but really Linfield will probably be disappointed if they don't get a goal.

They don't tend to perform well in Europe over the past few years (saying that - they've been through a bit of managerial turmoil over the past couple of seasons)

Just to put into context:

Last season's League campaign:

1 Rosenborg (C) P 30 W 20 D 9 L 1 F 60 A 22 GD +38 PTS 69

This season so far:
1 Rosenborg P 16 W 10 D 6 L 0 F 29 A 8 GD +21 PTS 36

The only game they lost in 2009 was 3-2 to IK Start in Round 27. This was after the title had been secured - and came about thanks to Start scoring goals in the 89th and 90th minutes (the winner coming from the penalty spot as a result of idiocy by a Rosenborg defender)

From having watched a lot of them over the past two years (mainly due to me living in Norway where EVERY League game is shown live on either free-to-air or satellite TV) - I'd say they not to be taken lightly - the tie will be won and lost in the Lerkendal next week...

[Munster Saint]

Good result for Linfield tonight, final score against Rosenborg 0-0.

[Charlie Darwin]

They don't tend to perform well in Europe over the past few years (saying that - they've been through a bit of managerial turmoil over the past couple of seasons)

Just to put into context:

Last season's League campaign:

1 Rosenborg (C) P 30 W 20 D 9 L 1 F 60 A 22 GD +38 PTS 69

This season so far:
1 Rosenborg P 16 W 10 D 6 L 0 F 29 A 8 GD +21 PTS 36

The only game they lost in 2009 was 3-2 to IK Start in Round 27. This was after the title had been secured - and came about thanks to Start scoring goals in the 89th and 90th minutes (the winner coming from the penalty spot as a result of idiocy by a Rosenborg defender)

From having watched a lot of them over the past two years (mainly due to me living in Norway where EVERY League game is shown live on either free-to-air or satellite TV) - I'd say they not to be taken lightly - the tie will be won and lost in the Lerkendal next week...
Could it be that a weak league ill-prepares them for European football? I mean, man for man they have a better set of players and should have controlled the game tonight. Even allowing for the fact pre-season unfamiliarity tends to narrow the gap between weak and strong teams, they never really looked like they believed they could score, let alone win the game.

[Schumi]

Good result for Linfield tonight, final score against Rosenborg 0-0.Good result but Rosenborg will be pretty happy with it too. Bigger teams are usually happy to get out of the away leg even and look to win the tie at home.

[Dunny]

Few pics of Dundalk Training today:

http://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/10070106/
http://www.inpho.ie/cgi-bin/WebObjects/INPHO-Shop.woa/wa/e?e=OC8Ep70lI0TQUDCiEINCDCrjG8Q8sDrfU_mkZp7-5oY.a

Great to see Peter Cherrie back training!

[Réiteoir]

Norwegian press reports as follows:


Linfield - Rosenborg 0-0

(Dagbladet): It is three weeks since the Northern Irish team Linfield started their run up to a new season, and two and a half months since they played their last competitive game.

Nevertheless, they were in no way inferior to the current leaders of the Norwegian League at an almost deserted Windsor Park tonight, where Rosenborg should show that last year's qualifier defeat against Qarabagh was only a temporary glitch.

Rosenborg were the better side, but with a little luck could have gone home with a loss. With 0-0 in the first game - the task of winning should be manageable in the return meeting at Lerkendal next week.

They had more than enough to break down a hard-working Linfield team. Before the break Rosenborg created a few small chances, and they were criticised by Viasat expert Knut Torbjørn Eggen after the first 45 minutes.

- "Rosenborg must sharpen up", growled Eggen, and called the half "high pressure and hopelessly unsuccessful".

If Rosenborg progress next week as expected at the Lerkendal - there remains much work to do before they are ready for group play in the Champions League. If so, expect both a third and fourth qualifying round later this summer.

[Charlie Darwin]

"With a little luck" seems to have the complete opposite meaning in Norway.

edit: I guess it probably doesn't have the automatic positive connotation it has in English

[sligoman]

What time(Irish time) is the Dundalk game tomorrow? Will Cherrie be back no?

[bullit]

1845 irish time & no:o

[Boo_Boy]

I'll be able to show this as long as the weather isn't as bad as it was here this evening. It knocked my satellite signal out :(.

I'll post the channel link tomorrow evening when I make one.

[HarpoJoyce]

Great result for Linfield. Three for three unbeaten at home for Irish League, it's a route upwards.

For fans of the Country ranking, at the beginning of the season 9 match points this season would give IRL a co-efficient fo 10.000 in season 2012/13.
Match points are 2pts for win, 1 point for a draw, 0 for loss. Half that for qualifiers and Play-Off rounds.
Play-off rounds don't recieve the full points.

Or enjoying the cup atmosphere and the race for the Play-Off Round.

[Straightstory]

[QUOTE='at an almost deserted Windsor Park':[/QUOTE]
Very strange. No one in Norn Ireland seems to take European competition very seriously.

[marinobohs]

Very strange. No one in Norn Ireland seems to take European competition very seriously.
Probobly not unrelated to results for Northern Ireland teams over the years, cant imagine too many fans getting excited about going to watch their team getting trashed (as was expected V Rosenborg). Also off season up North and fans are on holiday, marching, marching,. marching ;)

Very good result for the Blues but expect Rosenborg to progress.

[seand]

Probobly not unrelated to results for Northern Ireland teams over the years, cant imagine too many fans getting excited about going to watch their team getting trashed (as was expected V Rosenborg). Also off season up North and fans are on holiday, marching, marching,. marching ;)

Very good result for the Blues but expect Rosenborg to progress.

Attendances seem to be even worse up there than here, but it's a bad time of year, and even a crowd of 5,000 in a 20,000 capacity ground like Windsor would look 'almost deserted'

Couple of good results for NI clubs this season though.

[Cymro]

Brilliant effort by Linfield. Rosenborg are a team that quite regularly play in the group stages of the Champions' League so a draw is a fantastic result. That said, you'd expect the Norwegians to win the away leg.

TNS will be relatively happy with the 1-0 defeat I'd have thought, gives them a decent chance at home. In recent years, they seem to do well in the first leg and then blow it in the return (last year they lost 2-1 in Iceland, the year before that 1-0 in Lithuania, and the year before won 3-2 at home to Ventspils, and the year before that lost 1-0 in Finland to MyPa.) They lost all ties, so hopefully they can finally get it right this time.

[marinobohs]

Brilliant effort by Linfield. Rosenborg are a team that quite regularly play in the group stages of the Champions' League so a draw is a fantastic result. That said, you'd expect the Norwegians to win the away leg.

TNS will be relatively happy with the 1-0 defeat I'd have thought, gives them a decent chance at home. In recent years, they seem to do well in the first leg and then blow it in the return (last year they lost 2-1 in Iceland, the year before that 1-0 in Lithuania, and the year before won 3-2 at home to Ventspils, and the year before that lost 1-0 in Finland to MyPa.) They lost all ties, so hopefully they can finally get it right this time.

TNS started very well (and Bohs very poorly) on Tuesday night. Still an open tie but if TNS come out to chase the goal I expect Bohs to nick an away goal and finish it. But for some poor misses on tuesday night by Bohs the tie would already be over, have to hope we dont regret them.

[dcfcsteve]

Very strange. No one in Norn Ireland seems to take European competition very seriously.

Very true.

I'm sure some of it is down to the fact that there's been so little to cheer about recently in Europe, but it is weird that up to 10,000 will turn out for a local derby, yet only 20% of that figure can be bothered with a big game against a team who are regularly in the Champions League.

Also - NI has a deeply inward-looking/parochial streak which may help explain it to some degree as well. It's always better putting one over the neighbours than watching these glamour forrin sides.

[pateen]

http://www.iraqgoals.tv/ch3.html

looks liek there not showing it today charlie


i'll be able to show this as long as the weather isn't as bad as it was here this evening. It knocked my satellite signal out :(.

I'll post the channel link tomorrow evening when i make one.

keep us posted boo boy

[Sam_Heggy]

keep an eye here: http://www.livefootballtvs.com/ they have the Dundalk game listed so fingers crossed they show it later on.

[pateen]

Dundalk game is on Bulgarian TV+
See http://liveonsat.com/footy_today.php for schedule

Hopefully Sam Hoggy's link above will work

[pateen]

Try these links also, some are blocked at work so cant see what they say but they have worked in the past

http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/
http://www.livesportontv.com/
http://myp2p.eu/
http://www.free-football.tv/

Dont think the rovers game is on any Euro channel

[gspain]

Attendances seem to be even worse up there than here, but it's a bad time of year, and even a crowd of 5,000 in a 20,000 capacity ground like Windsor would look 'almost deserted'

Couple of good results for NI clubs this season though.

I went up to the game last night. They only opened the south stand but that seemed fairly full but hard to call the attendance when sitting in the stand. Seemed on a par with Bohs v TNS so maybe 2,500.

Agree it is very disappointing for the champions league. Great result and great performance by Linfield who were well worth the draw.

[Boo_Boy]

I'm good to go.

Here (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/booboy1)

Same stream but fullscreen (http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/1/4979959)

[cob655]

Thanks boo_boy,i love you!!!
come on the town!!
oh were you uploading the vids last year on justintv as sligofella or is that someone else?

[Boo_Boy]

That was me. I was going to stream on justin again but they must have banned me :o.

I'm taking the stream down now but I'll start it up again at around 6pm. It's just wasting my bandwidth having it up for the next 6 hours before the match is on.