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patrickccfc
09/07/2015, 1:12 PM
Cork need an early goal.They need to utilise the quality midfield they have and go at KR, hit them on the break and put them to bed early.

Agree with this. If we go at them and get control of the midfield then we can cause them problems. I think we'll need 2 goals tonight
Nailor
09/07/2015, 1:24 PM
Agree with this. If we go at them and get control of the midfield then we can cause them problems. I think we'll need 2 goals tonight

Is this on Sellatanta tonight ?
patrickccfc
09/07/2015, 1:27 PM
Is this on Sellatanta tonight ?
Yup setanta Ireland at 8:15
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 2:03 PM
UCD will go through. They're not the type of team to sit back and defend a short lead and will go and score at least one there.

Cork need an early goal. I'd fear Caulfield will set them up to be rather negative though and it'll go against them. They need to utilise the quality midfield they have and go at KR, hit them on the break and put them to bed early.

Pat's should grab a goal or two, but I'd worry about their defence. Skonto aren't a great side, but they're not bad either. I'd worry about this one the most.
I think the bookies are being way too harsh on UCD. They were fairly battered in the first half last week and scored against the run of play, but they were much more comfortable in the 2nd half and should have won by more. I'd be confident that they'll grab a goal and I can't see Dudelange scoring 3.
Nesta99
09/07/2015, 2:11 PM
I feel the surprise factor helped UCD and now that they have been found out to be quite capable of playing ball they wont be under estimated again. So I think they will be under a lot of pressure and will only go through with some luck and backs t the wall defending.

Pats have no reason at all not to fully expect to win this home leg. Riga are not a great side and it was slack enough for Pats to go behind away. If they play at 70% of what they can do then they will go through comfortably.

Cork is a tough one to call. Caulfield wouldn't have that much experience of coaching in Europe I think(?) so if he treats this much the same as an away domestic game then they're out. There is no doubt that Cork have a better standard of player especially in midfield so if they are let play they should get back in to the tie. One thing Cork dont want is to have the game go in to extra-time as there is a few old legs that might struggle. I hope the Dennehey stuff hasnt disrupted things too. All being said Cork City should be beating KR but I shall give them a free pass this season if they go out then use the experience next season.

If all our clubs in Europe, including Dundalk, play without that inferiority complex (Pats looked a bit shell shocked initially when they were outplaying Legia last year) this could be a really positive year for LoI in Europe.

Even the Irish League have done something so far. Linfield are through, Crues could go another round but i'm not so sure that Albanian football is as weak as some would assume - they went out to BATE as it happens last season on away goals after a 1-1 draw at home and 0-0 away (hopefully due to Belarus football not actually being that much at all!! :p). Glenavon grabbing that late goal at home to Soligorsk gives them a slim chance if they score first in Belarus tonight. If anyone happens to find a stream for that game please post it up!! Glentoran are gone after the home leg with Zilina.

Aberdeen are struggling a bit after the away draw against Macedonian opposition, and only Newtown of the Welsh look like going through v Valetta with Bala 3-1 down to Lux opposition.
Charlie Darwin
09/07/2015, 2:18 PM
Irish sides have faced Luxembourg sides three times so far and haven't conceded a goal, and in truth haven't really looked like conceding either except from their own mistakes. UCD probably will concede over there but they're good enough to score and if they do the tie is over because Dudelange don't have three goals in them. They're even worse than the crowd Rovers faced and just as ugly.
Real ale Madrid
09/07/2015, 2:33 PM
For an added interest I've gone for:

UCD (+2) Evens
Soligorsk (-2) 5/4
Linfield Win Evens
St. Pats Win 8/13
€10 @13.5/1
paykanti
09/07/2015, 3:25 PM
Why would Cork need to change their usual approach of grinding out games? The usual 1-0 95th minute Dan Murray header will do, no need to start playing tiki-taka, especially without the Dennehys and Kavanagh.
PartySaint
09/07/2015, 3:54 PM
I don't suppose there's any chance of a stream for the UCD game?
paykanti
09/07/2015, 4:02 PM
None. Twitter, http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/27917/1/ and http://www.goal.com/en-ie/match/f91-dudelange-vs-ucd/2049480 are our only hope.

Why is Ryan McLaughlin out? Will be a loss, Sean Coyne comes in.
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 4:06 PM
None. Twitter, http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/27917/1/ and http://www.goal.com/en-ie/match/f91-dudelange-vs-ucd/2049480 are our only hope.

Why is Ryan McLaughlin out? Will be a loss, Sean Coyne comes in.

Yellow card in the first minute. ;)
ForzaForth
09/07/2015, 4:16 PM
Goal UCD - Swan. Brilliant!
paykanti
09/07/2015, 4:16 PM
0-1....let's be ****in 'avin you!!!!!
DannyInvincible
09/07/2015, 4:18 PM
Excellent. Away goal. Dudelange need three now.
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 4:19 PM
Cracking start that. Well in control of the tie now.
Charlie Darwin
09/07/2015, 4:19 PM
Gwan UCD!
PartySaint
09/07/2015, 4:21 PM
Holy Sh*t. Gwan the College
L.T.F.C.
09/07/2015, 4:22 PM
Great stuff! I don't want to count my chickens, but who would they be due to play next?
Charlie Darwin
09/07/2015, 4:23 PM
Great stuff! I don't want to count my chickens, but who would they be due to play next?
Slovan Bratislava
Dodge
09/07/2015, 4:24 PM
Great stuff! I don't want to count my chickens, but who would they be due to play next?

Slovan Bratislava
paykanti
09/07/2015, 4:25 PM
What pot will they be in in the group stages?
PartySaint
09/07/2015, 4:26 PM
Great stuff! I don't want to count my chickens, but who would they be due to play next?

Those chickens are counted, Dudelange need 3. There's no way they'll get that without reply against the mighty UCD
paykanti
09/07/2015, 4:28 PM
Sean Coyne :bad:
ger121
09/07/2015, 4:28 PM
UCD down to 10. Could be a long game now
L.T.F.C.
09/07/2015, 4:28 PM
Slovan Bratislava


Slovan Bratislava
Thank you gents!
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 4:28 PM
UCD are down to 10. Sean Coyne sent off..
PartySaint
09/07/2015, 4:29 PM
Those chickens are counted, Dudelange need 3. There's no way they'll get that without reply against the mighty UCD

UCD down to ten....Crap
Nesta99
09/07/2015, 4:29 PM
What a cracking experience for the Students! Apologies to UCD for ever doubting you or hoping there would be a thrashing dished out. Dundalk's First Division European experience had me fearing the worst. Nice trip to Bratislava which I may consider joining if Dundalk go out to BATE. Assuming UCD finish things off now.
Nesta99
09/07/2015, 4:34 PM
UCD down to ten....Crap

Ah! They'll hand in there. €60 return from Dublin, for that ye could even do a day trip!
OldNassau
09/07/2015, 4:34 PM
UCD 1 up Ryan Swan plus down to 10 men, Séan Coyne sent off
Charlie Darwin
09/07/2015, 4:38 PM
Dudelange are useless, they won't score three even against 10 men.
Real ale Madrid
09/07/2015, 4:41 PM
1-1 f***
paykanti
09/07/2015, 4:43 PM
Well our combined mammoth jinxing efforts have come good. That goal just before HT makes things ugly.
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 4:43 PM
1-1. Balls.
Straightstory
09/07/2015, 4:43 PM
I can see this going pear-shaped for UCD now. Hope they can hang on.
TheOneWhoKnocks
09/07/2015, 4:45 PM
Ah! They'll hand in there. €60 return from Dublin, for that ye could even do a day trip!

Looks like Slovakia won't be in your traveling itinerary after all.
ger121
09/07/2015, 4:46 PM
That red card is going to cost them dearly.
Real ale Madrid
09/07/2015, 4:47 PM
2-1 Dudelangers
paykanti
09/07/2015, 4:47 PM
Yep, 2-1 before HT. It's over. RIP Irish football.
TheOneWhoKnocks
09/07/2015, 4:47 PM
Disaster for Irish football.
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 4:48 PM
That's a shocker. Can't see them holding out now.
TheOneWhoKnocks
09/07/2015, 4:48 PM
Two thoughts.

3 minutes stoppage time in the first half is extremely unusual even allowing for a red card.

And what the hell did Sean Coyne do to get a straight red card?
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 4:50 PM
Two thoughts.

3 minutes stoppage time in the first half is extremely unusual even allowing for a red card.

And what the hell did Sean Coyne do to get a straight red card?
Bad challenge according to twitter.
PartySaint
09/07/2015, 4:51 PM
F*ck sake, they're f*cked now

Coyne shouldn't be allowed back on the plane home
Straightstory
09/07/2015, 4:53 PM
Whenever things are going well for an Irish club in Europe, you can always bet on them to self-destruct. Uh!
White Horse
09/07/2015, 5:05 PM
Bad challenge according to twitter.

And UCD there due to "fair play", the irony.
MeathDrog
09/07/2015, 5:21 PM
We've entered the heartbreak stage of the game. Come on UCD hang on.
nigel-harps1954
09/07/2015, 5:25 PM
Glenavon well and truly dead and buried. 1-0 down at HT away to Soligorsk after losing their home tie 2-1.
DmanDmythDledge
09/07/2015, 5:32 PM
Come on the boys.

Statistics for the game tell it's own story.
http://www.flashscore.com/match/pzRWgUD4/#match-summary
Nesta99
09/07/2015, 5:36 PM
Dudelange are useless, they won't score three even against 10 men.

What would a Rovers fan know about football:p

Should have kept our collective gobs firmly shut til FT! Bad UCD for building up our hopes of not having a nervy European game and thinking that we might not have anyone implode with clangers or sendings off....

4 yellows and a red card in the first half - is a LoI ref masquerading as a 'neutral' in Luxembourg?