League of Ireland in Europe 2016 [Archive] - Page 38

Lim till i die

16/08/2016, 8:14 PM

Ticketmaster are a terrible terrible company I've seen it first hand.

I genuinely don't think it will have much bearing on the crowd though.

People know it's not sold out if they want to go they'll go

orielabu

16/08/2016, 8:22 PM

Anyone know what are the costs to hire Aviva for one match?

Lim till i die

16/08/2016, 8:23 PM

A hell of a lot more than 25k at 12 quid a ticket.

It's ok though the fai are looking after ye

legendz

16/08/2016, 8:27 PM

Apples and oranges, BATE had only played 3 low intensity CLQ games when they took Dundalk for granted at Tallaght, while Legia are well into their domestic campaign and will not take Dundalk for granted and will have watched the videos and unlike BATE have never had CLG before and Dundalk have to raise it to those very best again and not lose concentration for one second over ninety minutes and Dundalk look to have tired legs since Tallaght plus just because Dundalk won at carpet the last time that it was priced right because in my mind it wasn't, and this time it isn't but even more so.

I make Legia 4/7 the danger is they might come to get a score draw, and then turn it on in the Army Stadium, but if that is not the plan then Legia -1 11/4 is the bet.

Not trying to rain on Dundalk's parade, I have backed against our own mob when the price demanded it, and was glad to lose when we didn't and slightly consoled when we did.
Legia are clearly favourites. Your prediction mightn't be too wide of the mark but hopefully you are wrong.

pineapple stu

16/08/2016, 8:33 PM

Steaua doing a nice job of what hopefully Dundalk can avoid - 5-0 down at home to Man City, and City have missed two penalties and hit the woodwork five times. Aguero has a hat-trick and missed from the spot both times.

So as long as Dundalk do better than that, happy days! :)

redarmyfaction

16/08/2016, 8:36 PM

Jesus dude, ever heard of a full stop? 😉

I was Charles Dickens in a previous life, I exchanged my talent in exchange to see Halham FC win the '67 Youdan Cup, we won, he took the talent, left me the long sentences, Cecilia Ahern has the talent now , her dad sold Ireland to get it, but at least nobody can now say my output was overrated compared to Thackeray, I can't even get a composition sung in the Showgs now.

Charlie Darwin

16/08/2016, 10:01 PM

Apples and oranges, BATE had only played 3 low intensity CLQ games when they took Dundalk for granted at Tallaght, while Legia are well into their domestic campaign
Other way around. BATE were halfway through their season. Legia are only a month in.

nigel-harps1954

16/08/2016, 10:07 PM

I'm not sure that 24,000 figure it too believable as total tickets sold. There's also the North Stand to remember and the likelihood of a good sized Legia support there, likely to bump up the figure by another 2,000 or so, most likely not included in any tickets sold so far as reported at the press conference.

The lower tiers are sold out, there's no doubt about that. In the upper tiers, the East Stand and South Stand are sold out. They're currently selling for Block 523 and 524 on Ticketmaster. Leaves only 5 blocks of seats in the upper tier.

Of those seats, upper and lower tiers, there's 38,700 of them. If there's roughly 800 seats in each block on average of the five blocks left, that leaves something in the region of 4,000 tickets unsold of the 'standard' seating.

There's also been €30 premium seats for sale, although I can't imagine much more than 500 of those sold.

If there's not 30,000 tickets sold already in total, then there's something seriously wrong with the way Ticketmaster are going about their sales.

redarmyfaction

16/08/2016, 10:51 PM

Other way around. BATE were halfway through their season. Legia are only a month in.

Google only showed CL games for them, they had 3 league games prior to Tallaght according to soccerway , price now 2.16 on betfair, which I will take, Dundalk two draws with harharhar or wherever they were called, and Cork's exit to Ghent and your mobs performance this year is more representative than the BATE tie of the LOI, there is also the possibility that Dundalk freeze on the night, Legia won't be bothered, they have to go Lech Poznan every season so an Aviva of mostly bandwagons won't faze then, not saying there won't be a home result, just that Legia are to big in my opinion.

El-Pietro

16/08/2016, 10:58 PM

Dundalk played Hafnarfjordour, and City played Genk.

Charlie Darwin

16/08/2016, 11:57 PM

Google only showed CL games for them, they had 3 league games prior to Tallaght according to soccerway , price now 2.16 on betfair, which I will take, Dundalk two draws with harharhar or wherever they were called, and Cork's exit to Ghent and your mobs performance this year is more representative than the BATE tie of the LOI, there is also the possibility that Dundalk freeze on the night, Legia won't be bothered, they have to go Lech Poznan every season so an Aviva of mostly bandwagons won't faze then, not saying there won't be a home result, just that Legia are to big in my opinion.
I doubt BATE were that fazed by a 3/4 full Tallaght either - Dundalk made plenty of noise but it's an open stadium as you know. I'd have said, having seen both BATE and Legia a handful of times over the years, that BATEhave better players. And their ranking/performances suggest they're a better team too. Still, it'll be a bigger ask I'd say just for what round is in it.

paul_oshea

17/08/2016, 6:05 AM

Looking forward to this now the last european game i was at was bohs before i moved to london. Flying visit literally hopefully a decent game of football and dundalk play to th3 max.

Stephen kennys press conference last night was good. I can definitely see him as a future ireland manager candidate.

pineapple stu

17/08/2016, 8:59 AM

"You may never get a chance to see a Champions' League game in Ireland again!"

Except, maybe, next year?

**** off Radio Nova...

Philosophizer

17/08/2016, 9:24 AM

red bellied

17/08/2016, 9:53 AM

Did another random search on ticketmaster for 3 tickets and got 3 in block 103. that's the west stand lower near the halfway line...

I thought the whole lower tier was sold out. Wtf are tiocketmaster at??

May be Dundalk have sent back some of their unsold tickets back? I seen on Twitter that Legia will have 750 supporters in their official end. They were allocated 2,000 in total.

paul_oshea

17/08/2016, 10:04 AM

"You may never get a chance to see a Champions' League game in Ireland again!"

Except, maybe, next year?

**** off Radio Nova...

Technically though, it usen't be Champions League until the group stages, has that changed. It's qualifers, so I kinda see what they are getting at.

I hope no through the legs from rogers or not covering the near post, or a missed place out of defense pass tonight :P

pineapple stu

17/08/2016, 10:22 AM

They'll be in the qualifiers next year sure

redarmyfaction

17/08/2016, 10:44 AM

I doubt BATE were that fazed by a 3/4 full Tallaght either - Dundalk made plenty of noise but it's an open stadium as you know. I'd have said, having seen both BATE and Legia a handful of times over the years, that BATEhave better players. And their ranking/performances suggest they're a better team too. Still, it'll be a bigger ask I'd say just for what round is in it.

the ranking/performances suggest a better team the last few seasons, this year who knows. If we are to rely on the bare figures, Legia coefficient is of a magnitude 4.5 greater than Dundalk's which could be compared to sending a Derby winner to Tranmore to win a 30-40 handicap, but this is football.

The round is a big issue the fact is that Dundalk have returned triumphant from the peak of Everest only to be told you left an ice pick up there go back up and get it, the longer it goes on the harder it gets, we are nowhere near the standard of the top leagues with similar populations like Norway and I tend to see the BATE result as an aberration rather than a progression.

My heart says Dundalk tonight but my head and consequently my wallet says 6/5 Legia on Betfair.

ToberonaTornado

17/08/2016, 10:46 AM

:rolleyes:Think we get it now

nigel-harps1954

17/08/2016, 10:49 AM

Did another random search on ticketmaster for 3 tickets and got 3 in block 103. that's the west stand lower near the halfway line...

I thought the whole lower tier was sold out. Wtf are tiocketmaster at??

Would imagine they were returned or cancelled tickets. Block 524 is all that's available at the minute.

DeLorean

17/08/2016, 11:03 AM

(BBC) Champions League: Dundalk boss Stephen Kenny & captain Stephen O'Donnell's dream (http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37091532)

paul_oshea

17/08/2016, 11:09 AM

They'll be in the qualifiers next year sure

Ya qualifiers not champions league or champions league playoff. They are wrong stu but i can see what they mean.

redobit

17/08/2016, 11:22 AM

Polish lad at work reckons Legia are there for the taking and that they are not as good as they used to be in other seasons. Of course that doesn't mean they still aren't good enough to beat a decent LOI side.

shep

17/08/2016, 11:42 AM

Redarmyfaction reminds me of your man Gary that gives punditry for the Sky Greyhounds

Ezeikial

17/08/2016, 12:25 PM

May be Dundalk have sent back some of their unsold tickets back? I seen on Twitter that Legia will have 750 supporters in their official end. They were allocated 2,000 in total.

Would imagine they were returned or cancelled tickets. Block 524 is all that's available at the minute.

Ticketmasters handling of the ticket sales has been a shambles.

The club are also culpable for not ensuring that all regular fans were able to get decent tickets

Philosophizer

17/08/2016, 12:50 PM

The club are also culpable for not ensuring that all regular fans were able to get decent tickets

What do you mean? Were some Oriel regulars not quick enough getting to the ticket office and got stuck with tickets at the corner flag or something?

jinxy lilywhite

17/08/2016, 1:12 PM

Ticketmasters handling of the ticket sales has been a shambles.

The club are also culpable for not ensuring that all regular fans were able to get decent tickets

Disagree with that. Fans had ample opportunity to source the best tickets

Ezeikial

17/08/2016, 1:31 PM

What do you mean? Were some Oriel regulars not quick enough getting to the ticket office and got stuck with tickets at the corner flag or something?

Disagree with that. Fans had ample opportunity to source the best tickets

I am disinclined to debate it further today.
I don't wish to dwell on negatives and would prefer to focus on today's fantastic occasion. But perhaps I may revisit this on another day

jinxy lilywhite

17/08/2016, 1:32 PM

I am disinclined to debate it further today.
I don't wish to dwell on negatives and would prefer to focus on today's fantastic occasion. But perhaps I may revisit this on another day

I will claim your submission as a victory.

Enjoy your day :)

Ezeikial

17/08/2016, 1:39 PM

I will claim your submission as a victory.

Enjoy your day :)

Everything is not measured through a win-lose prism (except in sport and on internet forums)

This debate can wait for another day !

jinxy lilywhite

17/08/2016, 1:46 PM

For folks like myself who have to drive. The port tunnel is closed from 9:30 tonight

White Horse

17/08/2016, 1:50 PM

For folks like myself who have to drive. The port tunnel is closed from 9:30 tonight

Someone is working overtime to limit the number of people going to this game.

passinginterest

17/08/2016, 3:29 PM

Rain now bucketing down too, might deter a few late, after work, deciders. Looking forward to heading along myself, hopefully it'll clear up by kick off time.

Larry 'da' Wyse

17/08/2016, 3:57 PM

Bit of a bandwagon type request but anyone know if he bars are open in the Aviva? Like to get in early and have a jar

Mr A

17/08/2016, 3:59 PM

Don't think they're ever open for Football. Alcohol safe for rugger types but not us plebs (premium level excluded).

redarmyfaction

17/08/2016, 4:01 PM

Don't think they're ever open for Football. Alcohol safe for rugger types but not us plebs (premium level excluded).

They were open for FAI cup finals.

paykanti

17/08/2016, 4:03 PM

I've been having a look at the pots and I think the most favourable group draw would be Barcelona, Basel/Sporting and Arsenal/Dortmund.

Beside the obvious prestige factor, I think Barcelona's defensive frailties can be best exploited by McMillan's pace out of all the top seeds, the two pot two sides are beatable and your Arsenal and Dortmund sides won't be able to deal with the Irish surface. Do we all agree or are people hoping for a different outcome come next Thursday?

D24Saint

17/08/2016, 4:07 PM

Bit of a bandwagon type request but anyone know if he bars are open in the Aviva? Like to get in early and have a jar

there is never booze sold in the general areas for UEFA games.

patrickccfc

17/08/2016, 5:10 PM

Wish I could be there tonight but best of luck to dundalk. Anything that includes a clean sheet would be amazing

paykanti

17/08/2016, 5:58 PM

Gartland and Finn on the bench.

redarmyfaction

17/08/2016, 6:16 PM

:rolleyes:Think we get it now

Legia were 2.3 on Betfair, when I posted about it last 1.89 now, so if you lay off now to lock in a 14% return for an afternoons investment, better than the bank are giving, Or else have a no risk bet on Legia returning .41c for euro invested. Glad that you got your bet on.