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born2bwild
08/07/2011, 12:25 PM
I'm not generally that nosey, but im intrigued to know what you work at that has you in these parts.
So if Pats progress who are they likely(can like is there 14/8 teams possible) to get?
Organ theft and smuggling (includes murder)
Dodge
08/07/2011, 12:42 PM
According to a fella on Bert Kassies forum, the groups for the draw will be this:
I don't understand this though, I thought they dont divide the teams into groups til just before the draw, so how is it decided how to group them or is yer man wrong?
If there's no regionalistion, then they rank everyone and put them into groups that way. Thats definitely how it happened when we drew hertha and Steau previously
PartySaint
08/07/2011, 12:55 PM
According to a fella on Bert Kassies forum, the groups for the draw will be this:
I don't understand this though, I thought they dont divide the teams into groups til just before the draw, so how is it decided how to group them or is yer man wrong?
The year we got Steaua, There was strong rumours we were going into a very nice group including teams like Lazio, Wasn't true tho so will just have to wait and see
Spudulika
08/07/2011, 1:23 PM
I'm not generally that nosey, but im intrigued to know what you work at that has you in these parts.
So if Pats progress who are they likely(can like is there 14/8 teams possible) to get?
Contrary to Cornflakes idea (or is that dream job) no, but not too far off it :-) Sports basically. Also some consultancy work with clients (from previous projects) and family.
In terms of visas for a trip like that's it's fairly okay - just lots of bribes at borders. You only have to deal with (best case) Belarus and Russia before you hit Kazakhstan (that'd be the best way to go), though for a trip that long you'd need 7-10 days. I did a couple of mega long trips up and down to Saudi before and while I was able to speed along, the roads were all good (for the most part except for Bulgaria and a patch of Turkey). Kazakhstan is a good country to visit, people are sound, women are good looking, and the beer is good and cheap. Food is so so, but if you stick to local fare (rice based dishes) after your first dose you pick up resistance.
Hibs4Ever
08/07/2011, 2:01 PM
The year we got Steaua, There was strong rumours we were going into a very nice group including teams like Lazio, Wasn't true tho so will just have to wait and see
We went into nice group with AC Milan instead ;)
No, that was the time we got Hertha. Milan was one of the options
PartySaint
08/07/2011, 2:13 PM
No, that was the time we got Hertha. Milan was one of the options
And came out 1 before us:(
Hibs4Ever
08/07/2011, 2:16 PM
No, that was the time we got Hertha. Milan was one of the options
What was the other teams when we got Steau?
PartySaint
08/07/2011, 2:45 PM
What was the other teams when we got Steau?
I seem to remember out of the 5 Steaua was the second or third best option, Odense were definitely in there, Zenit St Petersburg also, Zilina maybe?? and maybe even a trip to your hometown of Prague
EDIT, Odense, Zenit, Villa, Sparta Prague (you should have known that;) ) and Steaua
sligoman
08/07/2011, 5:05 PM
Our European game will be at the Showgrounds.
Ezeikial
08/07/2011, 5:28 PM
St. Patrick’s Athletic league match with Bohemians, due to take place next weekend has been postponed to facilitate travel and preparation for Europa League fixtures.
Ezeikial
08/07/2011, 5:32 PM
Our European game will be at the Showgrounds.
Congratulations to all at Sligo for making this happen. Credit also to the FAI for promoting and supporting this at UEFA level
PRESS RELEASE
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
Friday, July 8, 2011
UEFA approve The Showgrounds for Sligo Rovers Europa League tie
UEFA has today informed the Football Association of Ireland that approval has been granted to Sligo Rovers to host their forthcoming Europa League Third Qualifying Round at the Showgrounds.
Following an inspection from UEFA officials at the ground, the FAI has been informed that Sligo Rovers must implement a number of minor upgrades to the facilities at the venue.
There will also be a requirement to increase the size of the playing area by extending the south side of the ground and to add additional seating which will bring the seated capacity up to over 3,600.
FAI Chief Executive John Delaney commented: “I recently pledged to make a personal contribution to Sligo Rovers to help with the ground improvements at the Showgrounds as I felt it was vital for football in the area that this game be allowed take place in Sligo.
“I am delighted to hear the news from UEFA today and will be glad to honour my commitment to the club as it is a great day for Sligo football.”
Sligo Rovers Chairman Michael Toolan is similarly pleased that the efforts of the FAI and the club have paid off.
“I would like to place on record my thanks to the FAI and the Club Licensing Department and John Delaney in particular for the amount of work that was put into securing this game for the people of Sligo,” said Toolan.
“This occasion will be very important for the football community in Sligo and for Paul Cook and his squad in particular it was crucial that the game took place at The Showgrounds.”
Sligo Rovers will learn their Third Qualifying Round opponents after the completion of the Second Qualifying Round over the next two weeks. Potential opponents could include Atletico Madrid, Stoke City, Sparta Prague, Red Star Belgrade or Palermo.
legendz
08/07/2011, 9:14 PM
The draw for the third qualifying round takes place next Friday July 15th. They'll learn their opponents or one of two possible opponents then.
Seeded teams
Atlético Madrid
AZ Alkmaar
Winners of match 13 Fulham or Crusaders
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Club Brugge
Sparta Prague
Palermo
Dinamo Bucureşti
Winners of match 25 Red Bull Salzburg or Liepājas Metalurgs
PAOK
Stoke City
Rennes
Winners of match 32 Austria Wien or Rudar Pljevlja
Young Boys
Winners of match 30 Anorthosis or Gagra
Levski Sofia
Winners of match 18 Žilina or KR Reykjavík
Winners of match 36 Nacional or FH
Mainz 05
Mladá Boleslav
Bursaspor
Vitória Guimarăes
Helsingborg
Karpaty Lviv
Winners of match 10 Vorskla Poltava or Glentoran
Brřndby
Winners of match 5 Sheriff Tiraspol or Željezničar
Red Star Belgrade
Alania Vladikavkaz
Winners of match 2 Elfsborg or Sūduva Marijampolė
Winners of match 9 ADO Den Haag or Tauras Tauragė
Winners of match 3 Lokomotiv Sofia or Metalurg Skopje
Hearts
Winners of match 7 Gaziantepspor or Minsk
Winners of match 26 Olympiakos Volou or Rad
DaveyCakes
09/07/2011, 8:58 AM
If the groupings were to work out like that...
AZ Alkmaar: would be a great draw
Rudar Pljevlja or Austria Vienna: Montenegro might be nice for a few days, Vienna would be handy, although I'm not mad keen on the place.
Levski Sofia: meh
Zeljeznicar or FC Sheriff: Transdniester!!
Suduva or Elfsborg: either would be fine (and you'd hope Rovers would give a good account of themselves)
bennocelt
09/07/2011, 9:29 AM
AZ would be a good away trip, but Elfsborg would be a team that Sligo would def have an outside chance of doing over.
As for the Pats game - was at it, great fun, pats were in total control for most of the game and it would be unlucky if they went out on an away goal. Longest second half imaginable though!
Another good Euro crowd from the Pats faithful - after one of the goals a fella near fell right under the stand!!!! Was lucky he didnt have a serious injury.
legendz
09/07/2011, 11:04 AM
The Pat's commentary on some ustream link was hilarious. "Finally they're taking off someone who's name we can pronounce"... "He can throw the ball where the sun don't..."
:D :D
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267912_10150222688471175_608681174_7513685_6855903 _n.jpg
Dodge
10/07/2011, 10:03 AM
Congratulations to all at Sligo for making this happen. Credit also to the FAI for promoting and supporting this at UEFA level
I only realised that Pats played Krylia in this round 2 years ago? Is the Showgrounds really worse than Richmond that it needed all that work?
Regardless, good luck to them
Spudulika
10/07/2011, 12:05 PM
Imagine, in 2009 Pats played great football in Europe, beating a quality Valletta side plus a solid Samara team. Just imagine what would have happened had Dublin City Council launched over $50million into the club as happened with Samara. Makes FCC looks positively stingy!
legendz
10/07/2011, 6:57 PM
Will there be any coverage on tv and/or radio of the 3 LoI clubs in action this week?
SPXcyan
10/07/2011, 7:06 PM
Not a hope boi!
Charlie Darwin
10/07/2011, 7:41 PM
There will, however, be such electrifying ties as Chile v Peru and Paraguay v Venezuela on Setanta.
Ezeikial
10/07/2011, 9:13 PM
I only realised that Pats played Krylia in this round 2 years ago? Is the Showgrounds really worse than Richmond that it needed all that work?
Regardless, good luck to them
The stadium requirements changed last year.
The criteria was reduced for rounds 1 & 2, but increased for round 3 onwards. AFAIK Richmond will not qualify in the event that St Pats progress to the next round, although any derogation provided by UEFA on stadium standard is to the national association, so it is possible that other grounds could benefit from the recent decision in Sligo's favour.
gspain
11/07/2011, 9:46 AM
Will there be any coverage on tv and/or radio of the 3 LoI clubs in action this week?
Yes loads of it in Estonia, Slovenia and Kazahkstan.
I'm hopeful that Khazakh TV are showing the Pats game. A couple of the betting sties streamed a game from Khakhstan last week, and this week Karagandy are the only home team playing
PartySaint
11/07/2011, 12:04 PM
Is the game in Tallaght tomorrow sold out?
Buller
11/07/2011, 12:35 PM
It'll be near enough to sold-out. We've sold about 3,000 tickets with a big uptake expected today.
fionnsci
11/07/2011, 2:26 PM
I think Rovers have as good a chance of getting into the EL group stage as any Irish club in years. If they get through this tie they're sure of a play-off for the EL groups. If they get through the round after this they're sure of a slot in the EL. A handy tie or a slice of luck in the third round could be the big break through the LOI has been waiting for. That's why their game against the Estonians are so important. Granted, I say the same thing about Bohs last year and that..eh....didn't quite work out. I saw another team from Tallinn play Drogheda in Dalymount a few years ago, they were handy enough, even took the lead.
I saw another team from Tallinn play Drogheda in Dalymount a few years ago, their were handy enough, even took the lead.
Levadia Tallinn...Drogheda beat them and Bohs have beaten them and lost to them..
I think Rovers have as good a chance of getting into the EL group stage as any Irish club in years. If they get through this tie they're sure of a play-off for the EL groups. If they get through the round after this they're sure of a slot in the EL. A handy tie or a slice of luck in the third round could be the big break through the LOI has been waiting for. That's why their game against the Estonians are so important. Granted, I say the same thing about Bohs last year and that..eh....didn't quite work out.
Glad you put that line in about Bohs.
Although in fairness, the seeds for Rovers (if they win) in Rd 3 could be
Bate/Linfield
Albanian champs/APOEL Nicosia
Skonot/Wisla Krakow
None of which should overawe them. Even the likes fo Sturm Graz of Dinamo Zagreb wouldn't be too out of reach
gspain
11/07/2011, 4:16 PM
I agree this tie is crucial for Rovers. I think winning in the next round is probably a step too far but even losing with mean a place in the 4th qualifying round and a shot at the EL group stages.
Also if Rovers win the league this season they have virtually no chance of being seeded in this round next year unless they defeat Flora. This might sound crazy with many leagues not having kicked off yet but our national coefficient is dropping and Rovers will need a decent club coefficient to compensate and this means getting through this round.
The champions league club in reality are our best hopes of an EL/CL group stage spot as they need to win 1 tie as a seed then 1 of 2 ties as a non seed. The EL group stages being the realistic target.
nigel-harps1954
11/07/2011, 7:11 PM
Rovers game online anywhere tomorrow night? Even a bit of commentary if no video?
Charlie Darwin
11/07/2011, 7:31 PM
I'm not sure what the situation with SRFC.tv is. Presumably they'll be broadcasting since nobody's bought the rights but UEFA could potentially enforce their copyright.
http://www.srfc.tv/blog/
Ezeikial
11/07/2011, 7:56 PM
I'm not sure what the situation with SRFC.tv is. Presumably they'll be broadcasting since nobody's bought the rights but UEFA could potentially enforce their copyright.
http://www.srfc.tv/blog/
No UEFA copyright in the qualifying rounds
Charlie Darwin
11/07/2011, 8:11 PM
Really? Sexy.
Good luck to Shamrok Rovers. €500,000 was the figure floated around last season as the overall benefit of getting through this round which is obviously huge for any LOI side.
Its a tie Shamrock Rovers should win but I'd like if they were in more convincing form coming into this tie. Flora are top in Estonia and have yet to lose a game. Interesting article on them on extratime.ie. Judging by whats being said there and knowing Michael O'Neills approach it could be a very cagey first leg.
Looking for a form line both Estonian sides exited the Europa at the first round stage last week. Rabotnicki beating Trans 7-1 on aggregate.
Hopefully Pats can come back with some sort of result. A win/draw would be good. Even something like a 2-1 defeat would be ok.
It'll be interesting to see how Bohs do. Hopefully they can keep the tie in the balance and get a good crowd for the 2nd leg.
bennocelt
11/07/2011, 8:20 PM
AZ would be a good away trip, but Elfsborg would be a team that Sligo would def have an outside chance of doing over.
As for the Pats game - was at it, great fun, pats were in total control for most of the game and it would be unlucky if they went out on an away goal. Longest second half imaginable though!
Another good Euro crowd from the Pats faithful - after one of the goals a fella near fell right under the stand!!!! Was lucky he didnt have a serious injury.
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/5109745-Sports_Travel-Ireland.jpg
Straight down!!!
More Scandinavian women!!!!
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/5109744-Sports_Travel-Ireland.jpg
Cracking crowd
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/5109746-Sports_Travel-Ireland.jpg
Are they your pics bennocelt?
bennocelt
11/07/2011, 9:50 PM
yep:)
Dodge
11/07/2011, 10:46 PM
Seems you were close enough to me so...
legendz
12/07/2011, 7:21 AM
Good luck to Shamrock Rovers tonight. It will be a tough game. I fear it could be a 1-1 draw but hope I'm wrong.
Is there any radio link for the game? Pat's had their own one last week: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/st-pats-live-commentary
GreenStar
12/07/2011, 9:39 AM
Good luck to Shamrock Rovers tonight. It will be a tough game. I fear it could be a 1-1 draw but hope I'm wrong.
Is there any radio link for the game? Pat's had their own one last week: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/st-pats-live-commentary
Live video stream on http://srfc.tv/blog
Straightstory
12/07/2011, 10:22 AM
Hope Rovers can do it, but they've been playing poorly recently.
Red4Eva
12/07/2011, 4:01 PM
Atanta will be showing Shams away leg live. Fair play to them
DannyInvincible
12/07/2011, 4:55 PM
Good luck to Rovers this evening. They're clear favourites with the bookies.
thejollyrodger
12/07/2011, 5:23 PM
was there a european game on around 3pm with a LOI team ? Does anyone know the score ?
ger121
12/07/2011, 5:50 PM
was there a european game on around 3pm with a LOI team ? Does anyone know the score ?
You may be thinking of Pat's game on Thursday in Kazakhstan, which has a 2pm kick-off Irish Time.
Spudulika
12/07/2011, 6:33 PM
That can be followed live on tv, Kazakh tv have it on afaik.
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