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I'm sure it plays a part, but we've been wasteful in general this season. Difference being in league games you get a lot more chances to make up for it!
marinobohs
11/07/2018, 10:13 AM
Only saw bits of the game but Cork looked to do OK. With limited possession (to be expected) in 2nd leg they will need to be very clinical and keep it tight at the back. Don't concede in first half and it can make for a nervy second half for the home side. Just need to take one chance and its all equal again, but concede early and it will be a long night !
ger121
11/07/2018, 5:22 PM
Suduva of Lithuania 3 up against APOEL. Just goes to show you what is possible.
Nesta99
11/07/2018, 6:16 PM
Only saw bits of the game but Cork looked to do OK. With limited possession (to be expected) in 2nd leg they will need to be very clinical and keep it tight at the back. Don't concede in first half and it can make for a nervy second half for the home side. Just need to take one chance and its all equal again, but concede early and it will be a long night !
This is it! They are a hostile crowd more to their own side if its still 0-0 after half time. Not making the mistake that Dundalk made in chasing a goal and then getting undone, if we had taken the 0-1 in the Aviva rather than cough up the second it would have made for an interesting finish to that time after our away goal in Warsaw. It's doable!! Imagine if an on form Maguire had been playing to capitalise on those chances!?
bennocelt
11/07/2018, 7:04 PM
Suduva of Lithuania 3 up against APOEL. Just goes to show you what is possible.
Was following that one alright, lost a bit of money on it:mad:
Scored the three early on, very early, inside about 15 mins, then held on to the 90 after that.
Wouldn't be surprised if APOEL turned it round next tie but yeah very impressive from Suduva
This is it! They are a hostile crowd more to their own side if its still 0-0 after half time. Not making the mistake that Dundalk made in chasing a goal and then getting undone, if we had taken the 0-1 in the Aviva rather than cough up the second it would have made for an interesting finish to that time after our away goal in Warsaw. It's doable!! Imagine if an on form Maguire had been playing to capitalise on those chances!?
Said it during the game last night! We'd have beaten them with Seani. Last night anyway. They do look to have another few gears in them though. Once they scored they started playing it about a bit more.
Another good showing from the Irish League in Bulgaria🙈
pineapple stu
11/07/2018, 7:31 PM
And Ludogorets are crap too don't forget. :(
Ezeikial
11/07/2018, 7:32 PM
Another good showing from the Irish League in Bulgaria
Our own Bulgarian nemesis Levski Sofia were beaten today 1-0 by FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein!
Nesta99
11/07/2018, 7:52 PM
Our own Bulgarian nemesis Levski Sofia were beaten today 1-0 by FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein!
Vaduz play in the Swizz leagues? Cant be at the level of their national side. Though Ireland always made that a hard fixture!
bennocelt
11/07/2018, 7:54 PM
And Ludogorets are crap too don't forget. :(
ha ha Stu please, you do know that half of the Crusaders team are still on holidays (probably)........................
Were you expecting a different result? As the bookies had it about 1/7 for Ludo to win, good lad, tsk, silly.
Ezeikial
11/07/2018, 7:55 PM
Vaduz play in the Swizz leagues? Cant be at the level of their national side. Though Ireland always made that a hard fixture!
From wikipedia
They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Challenge_League) following relegation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation) from the Swiss Super League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Super_League) after a poor 2016–17 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Swiss_Super_League) season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League) when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league.
Nesta99
11/07/2018, 7:59 PM
Walk in to Europe every year then. Not so different from the days of Wrexham and Cardiff dominating the Welsh Cup until the Welsh FA stood up. They should have a decent co-efficient early rounds and obviously are not a bad side if beating Levski.
I also thought that to play international football UEFA rules mean that there must be a domestic league.
bennocelt
11/07/2018, 8:04 PM
From wikipedia
They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Challenge_League) following relegation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation) from the Swiss Super League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Super_League) after a poor 2016–17 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Swiss_Super_League) season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League) when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league.
Yeah were in the top league last year, they are a handy enough team, but was surprised about today's result tbh.
Have seen them play a few times, very tidy team. Liechtenstein is a class place to visit, small but nice.:D:D. And you dont even notice it when you cross the border from Switzerland, just that the bus stops are a different colour. They use Swiss francs too.
bennocelt
11/07/2018, 8:05 PM
Walk in to Europe every year then. Not so different from the days of Wrexham and Cardiff dominating the Welsh Cup until the Welsh FA stood up. They should have a decent co-efficient early rounds and obviously are not a bad side if beating Levski.
I also thought that to play international football UEFA rules mean that there must be a domestic league.
Just need a cup competition (I think)
pineapple stu
11/07/2018, 8:28 PM
Cup competition means cup winners qualify, yeah.
Molde losing 2-1 to Glenavon, and have missed a peno. Maybe the IL's not so bad, eh, benno? ;)
That said, wouldn't be Molde's first 2-1 defeat in Ireland lately
bennocelt
11/07/2018, 8:42 PM
Cup competition means cup winners qualify, yeah.
Molde losing 2-1 to Glenavon, and have missed a peno. Maybe the IL's not so bad, eh, benno? ;)
That said, wouldn't be Molde's first 2-1 defeat in Ireland lately
Ha ha Stu, you are on form today, I dunno, lump on a fifty there with PP:D
EatYerGreens
11/07/2018, 11:21 PM
ha ha Stu please, you do know that half of the Crusaders team are still on holidays (probably)........................
Were you expecting a different result? As the bookies had it about 1/7 for Ludo to win, good lad, tsk, silly.
Was at the Glenavon-Molde game.
Glenavon were 14/1 to win, and were playing with a second-string team due to holidays and injuries. But they deserved the win. Very good second goal scored by ex-Derry player Josh Daniels.
Molde were very average, and on that performance would probably have lost to any of this year's 4 LOI Euro entrants. They had a big 17yr old player up front who apparently had 16 scouts at the game watching him. They'll all have gone home with empty notebooks though, as he was cac.
David Jeffereys was at the game, and was universally popular with Glenavon fans. And a highlight for me was Gary Hamilton (Glenavon Manager's) unorthodox way of ensuring he could leave his technical area. He put a bib on and told the 4th official he was warming up :)
brendy_éire
12/07/2018, 12:55 AM
And a highlight for me was Gary Hamilton (Glenavon Manager's) unorthodox way of ensuring he could leave his technical area. He put a bib on and told the 4th official he was warming up :)
Brilliant. He's still player-manager, so fair enough.
Take your point about Molde looking average, but that's a cracking result all the same.
Many at it? Dreadful timing clashing with the WC semi-final.
Longfordian
12/07/2018, 8:37 AM
I think that’s Alf Inge Haaland’s son that the scouts were watching. Linked with the likes of Juventus and Man United. It’s said on here every year but I can’t believe the amount of players and managers in the IL that are on holiday at the time of the European games. It’s not like they’re all amateurs.
sparky12345678
12/07/2018, 8:46 AM
and what happened to powerhouse, Rosenburg of Norway? lost 1-0 to Valur, Iceland? Also the Maltese team pulled off an away draw with their seeded Albanian opposition...
sparky12345678
12/07/2018, 8:52 AM
Pristina, this is only their second year in the Europa league, also got an away 0-0 draw, albeit against Luxembourg opposition (Fola technically have a higher coeffecient than well any of the irish teams bar Dundalk)
Straightstory
12/07/2018, 9:23 AM
ha ha Stu please, you do know that half of the Crusaders team are still on holidays (probably)........................
Were you expecting a different result? As the bookies had it about 1/7 for Ludo to win, good lad, tsk, silly.
Can never get over the fact that Irish League clubs allow their players to go on holidays while the club is playing in Europe. Utterly mind boggling and baffling.
pineapple stu
12/07/2018, 3:58 PM
Ventspils of Latvia 5-0 up on Luftetari Gjirokaster of Albania at half time in the Europa League.
Wonder how long till Gjirokaster get banned for match rigging?
CorribsideSteve
12/07/2018, 4:33 PM
Anyone know how Dundalk have been doing so far? Just joined a stream of it now, 30 mins in 0-0
Asterix
12/07/2018, 4:35 PM
Levadia have been the better team so far.
CorribsideSteve
12/07/2018, 4:38 PM
Cheers.That electronic scoreboard is something else
bennocelt
12/07/2018, 4:44 PM
damn, Benson way over when he should have slotted it home, tsk
ToberonaTornado
12/07/2018, 5:04 PM
damn, Benson way over when he should have slotted it home, tsk
Levadia df blocked him perfectly just as it looked he was about to score.
Estonians started smartly but Dundalk wore into the match as it progressed would be my summary of the 1st half.
El-Pietro
12/07/2018, 5:05 PM
Derry's Euro campaign over inside the first 5 minutes two years in a row.
ToberonaTornado
12/07/2018, 5:11 PM
Dylan ****in Connolly ya boy!!
bennocelt
12/07/2018, 5:14 PM
excellent goal by Dundalk, well worked, great, Dundalk can get another one I think
White Horse
12/07/2018, 5:15 PM
Derry's Euro campaign over inside the first 5 minutes two years in a row.
Ah here.
sparky12345678
12/07/2018, 5:17 PM
Fair play Dundalk
How come a team from Malta can put 4 past a seeded (azerbajan) team and Irish clubs struggle to do the same? is it just constant bad luck of the draw?
Also Luxembourg team one nil up against the seeded Azerbajan team...
Nesta99
12/07/2018, 5:22 PM
Fair play Dundalk
How come a team from Malta can put 4 past a seeded (azerbajan) team and Irish clubs struggle to do the same? is it just constant bad luck of the draw?
Also Luxembourg team one nil up against the seeded Azerbajan team...
Common denominator?!
sparky12345678
12/07/2018, 5:36 PM
Common denominator?!
yea fair enough but it still begs the question how they got seeded when all irish clubs bar dundalk would have been unseeded. Obv the co effecient doesnt always reflect quality of teams or league but its still helpful for what should be a reasonably stable LOI...
White Horse
12/07/2018, 5:43 PM
Dundalk should really be three up. Some great chances being missed.
Real ale Madrid
12/07/2018, 5:44 PM
Fair play Dundalk
How come a team from Malta can put 4 past a seeded (azerbajan) team and Irish clubs struggle to do the same? is it just constant bad luck of the draw?
Also Luxembourg team one nil up against the seeded Azerbajan team...
Ni thuigim an ceist
sparky12345678
12/07/2018, 5:52 PM
Ni thuigim an ceist
Gach bliain bíonn roinnt foirne a fhaigheann an lámh in uachtar ar na foirne ainm is a bheith níos fearr, sé sin seeded.
An ceist ná cén fáth nach féidir le foirne na hÉireann é sin a dhéanamh?
Bhí Dún Dealgáin an t aon foireann ainmnithe is a bheith "níos fearr" i mbliana ach bhí 3 foirne Azerbajan... cén fáth nach féidir le foirne na hÉireann beagáinín leanúnachas a thaispeáint?
Why are so few Irish teams unseeded when 3 teams from Azerbajan were seeded? why cant irish clubs show some of the consistency required for seeding in QR1?
ger121
12/07/2018, 5:54 PM
Progres the crowd Rovers beat won 2-0 away against Gabala. Weren’t they in the EL within the last couple seasons? Luxembourg football clubs seem to be getting decent results in Europe the last 4-5 years. Are clubs now full time there?
Straightstory
12/07/2018, 5:54 PM
1-0 Dundalk. Missed two very good chances to add to the score, but they'll be happy enough.
White Horse
12/07/2018, 5:56 PM
14 wins in a row in all competitions. Could have put the tie to bed though.
patrickccfc
12/07/2018, 6:19 PM
The bits of the game I managed to see, levadia looked good. Just caught dundalks goal, great ball in and a nice simple finish by Connolly. Expect Dundalk to be comfortable in the return leg
ger121
12/07/2018, 6:40 PM
Levadia improved on last years’ side so very impressive result for Dundalk. Nothing silly at home and it should be on to the 2nd round.
ger121
12/07/2018, 6:41 PM
Derry 2 down and down to 10 men.
Real ale Madrid
12/07/2018, 6:45 PM
Levadia improved on last years’ side so very impressive result for Dundalk. Nothing silly at home and it should be on to the 2nd round.
How have they improved from last season?
ger121
12/07/2018, 6:51 PM
Few new signings and played well enough in that match against a seasoned European side.
pineapple stu
12/07/2018, 7:10 PM
Coleraine 1-0 up in Serbia. Great start there
pineapple stu
12/07/2018, 7:12 PM
Progres the crowd Rovers beat won 2-0 away against Gabala. Weren’t they in the EL within the last couple seasons? Luxembourg football clubs seem to be getting decent results in Europe the last 4-5 years. Are clubs now full time there?
Progres beat Rangers last year remember.
Dudelange's annual budget was about 2m when we beat them. Top player on more than five grand a week. The league there has improved alright. How we won - never mind with ten men - I don't know
ger121
12/07/2018, 7:13 PM
Coleraine 1 up in Serbia.
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