LOI in Europe 2022

[pateen]

They had 7 players last week who were full internationals. With Derry's injuries I can't see any good result.

Whose out candy, besides Duffy?

[EatYerGreens]

Ye were never in danger of going out - or even losing - for sure, and I can understand (indeed, even predicted) the desire to save energy in warm conditions with a healthy first-leg advantage.

But it would have been nice all the same to show something that'd give active hope, if not for Ludogorets (who are a properly good team), for the other two bites at the cherry to get into the group stage, and that a repeat of the Flora debacle isn't a possibility.

That's trying to find the downside of course. A game against a better team will naturally push the side more, so as I say, hopefully there's another gear there when required.

Plus a win would've meant more coefficient points and more money (?) for the club.

[Asterix]

Wouldn't have made any difference to either for rovers.

[pineapple stu]

No extra money, and I think club coefficient is now based on the round you reach, not individual match results.

It would have meant an extra 0.125 for the country coefficient, which just decides what round clubs start in.

And it'd be nice to know we can win two legs against a Maltese side, which we've still never done in six meetings. That'd be a sign of the progress we're always looking for.

[sbgawa]

No extra money, and I think club coefficient is now based on the round you reach, not individual match results.

It would have meant an extra 0.125 for the country coefficient, which just decides what round clubs start in.

And it'd be nice to know we can win two legs against a Maltese side, which we've still never done in six meetings. That'd be a sign of the progress we're always looking for.

I said last night i would have liked us to push on but to be honest if we had done that and shipped a goal people would have said Bradser was a mug.
If they had scored we could have gone up a few levels i believe.
The sight of Gaffney picking up the ball and dribbling back into his own half multiple times summed it up,

[joey B]

Rovers first leg away to Ludogorets confirmed for RTÉ.

[SPXcyan]

Ahhhh and here I was hoping for Rovers to get the win for club coefficient points, and it's not like that anymore? I'm getting too old to keep up with how this stuff works >.>

[Buller]

Ahhhh and here I was hoping for Rovers to get the win for club coefficient points, and it's not like that anymore? I'm getting too old to keep up with how this stuff works >.>

I'll admit I was in the same boat myself, missed the memo!

[joey B]

Klaksvik of the Faroe Islands 2 up on Bodo/Glimt coming into half time after losing the away leg 3 nil!

[SPXcyan]

Watching that game myself, fascinating to watch to be honest.

[ger121]

No easy games. Malmö scrapped through last night in Iceland 6-5 on agg.

[SPXcyan]

Bodo Glimt with a goal, likely game over now, the Vikingur v Malmo game last night was a joy to watch, definitely no easy games it would appear.

[ger121]

I see Rovers club ranking now 141 with a Co-efficient of 9.000. You would expect that should have them seeded again next season in CLQ1

[joey B]

3- 1Klaksvik now with 5 minutes left and they should have made it 4!!!

[joey B]

Only watched the last 5 minutes of that game and it was fun,Faroes team unlucky not to bring it to extra time!

[joey B]

123rd minute winner from Slovan Bratislava after being 1 down and going out with 5 minutes of extra time left!

[SPXcyan]

93rd minute equaliser for Linfield!

[paul_oshea]

Rovers looked comfortable last night and dealt with Hibernians mostly. Will be interesting to see if the words meet the speak from Bradley in the next round hopefully he more than anyone has learnt from last year's outings

[ger121]

93rd minute equaliser for Linfield!

2-0 now

[ontheotherhand]

Rovers looked comfortable last night and dealt with Hibernians mostly. Will be interesting to see if the words meet the speak from Bradley in the next round hopefully he more than anyone has learnt from last year's outings

Well I'd say he learned not to go into big european games with half the team crocked but I'm not sure we learned anything from last year that's going to help against the 10 time Bulgarian champions who've only been in the top division for 10 years....

But I'm all ears if you've got some lessons to dish out?

[yurt]

Now that we can actually see how the next round shapes up there's actually a massive opportunity here for Rovers if they can come out on the right side of the draw again.
Funnily enough I think they actually now have a better chance of getting into the Europa league than the Conference league.

Assuming they lose the next round, the EL playoff will be against one of the 9 losers from UCLQ2.
Shkupi, HJK, Linfield, Zalgiris, Pyunik/Dudelange would all be close enough to 50/50 ties.



Ferencváros
Match 1
Slovan Bratislava


Dinamo Zagreb
Match 2
Shkupi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KF_Shkupi)


Qarabağ
Match 3
Zurich


HJK
Match 4
Viktoria Plzeň


Linfield
Match 5
Bodø/Glimt


Žalgiris
Match 6
Malmö FF


Ludogorets Razgrad
Match 7
Shamrock Rovers


Maribor
Match 8
Sheriff Tiraspol


Maccabi Haifa
Match 9
Olympiacos


Pyunik
Match 10
F91 Dudelange



Whereas looking at potential ECL PO opponents it will be one of 5 of the following.
Which most likely will include the Poles, Romanians and Kazkh teams.


Team 1
Agg.
Team 2


Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Bye (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_(sports))
N/A


RFS
Bye
N/A


La Fiorita
Match 1
Ballkani


Víkingur Reykjavík
Match 2
TNS


Sutjeska Nikšić
Match 3
KÍ Klaksvík


Hibernians
Match 4
FCI Levadia


Tirana
Match 5
Zrinjski (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%A0K_Zrinjski_Mostar)


Lech Poznań
Match 6
Dinamo Batumi


Cluj
Match 7
Inter Club d'Escaldes


Tobol
Match 8
Lincoln Red Imps



Lots of football still to be played, but basically from an LOI perspective we don't want any underdogs winning in the UCLQ2 ties and we are hoping for some shocks in the ECL Champions path.

[joey B]

Slovan Bratislava’s winning goal tonight,the keeper makes our couple look half decent!

https://mobile.twitter.com/FutZakulisie/status/1547327099433877504

[sidewayspasser]

Terrible setup defending that corner. No one at the near post, everyone including the keeper a few yards away from goals - that was an invitation for a curled attempt.

[nr637]

What attendance are Sligo Rovers expecting against Balla tonight, any news on ticket sales?

There are three seated stands in the Showgrounds giving a total seated capacity of 4,000. The Treacy Avenue stand has a capacity of 1,800 seats. Opposite that is the Jinks Avenue stand which has 900 seats. The third stand is the Volkswagen Bank End which is behind the goals at the opposite end and has 1,300 seats but is uncovered.

[joey B]

What attendance are Sligo Rovers expecting against Balla tonight, any news on ticket sales?

There are three seated stands in the Showgrounds giving a total seated capacity of 4,000. The Treacy Avenue stand has a capacity of 1,800 seats. Opposite that is the Jinks Avenue stand which has 900 seats. The third stand is the Volkswagen Bank End which is behind the goals at the opposite end and has 1,300 seats but is uncovered.

It’s sold out….

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Think it’s 3,750 for Europe as no standing

[pateen]

Is the Derry game on the box/online ?

[nigel-harps1954]

Is the Derry game on the box/online ?

247tv are showing it.

https://www.247.tv/gaa/247/video/1200352-riga-fc-v-derry-city-fc-thursday-14th-jul-2022-6-00pm

Pretty sure it's the same 247 that run the LOITV production.

[pateen]

Cool, just bought, hopefully commentary too

[lofty9]

Mickey Duffy on bench for Derry, some 2 months ahead of schedule. Massive bonus.

[joey B]

Derry have missed 2 good chances already,Akintunde with a bad one…

[TheBoss]

Can't afford to waste those chances...

Also, sounds like Gru from Despicable Me is commentating! 😂

[pineapple stu]

Derry 1-0 down and B36 Torshavn go 1-0 up - means we've actually fallen behind the Faroese league in the UEFA rankings.

Long way to go this season (including Sligo who should win this evening) and obviously the Faroese have been getting points in preliminary rounds we got a bye through - but still and all...

[legendz]

Ludogorets v Shamrock Rovers will on RTÉ2 next Tuesday.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/0713/1310044-rte-set-to-broadcast-shamrock-rovers-second-round-game/

[ger121]

I get the feeling there is money floating around Latvian football. Their clubs seem to be doing a lot better in Europe. Having been over there it is full of Russians and Russian money so maybe no surprise.

[ger121]

Flora Tallin (remember them) Were 2-0 up
on the night, away from home with a little over 30 minutes to play and 3-0 up on agg. They are now 4-2 down (4-3 on agg.)in the match, deep into extra time and also down to 9 men. Football, eh!

[joey B]

Don’t do it Sligo!

[ger121]

Derry could play another leg of this match and you feel they would still not score. 2 nil down too.

[pineapple stu]

Long way to go this season (including Sligo who should win this evening) and obviously the Faroese have been getting points in preliminary rounds we got a bye through - but still and all...
And Sligo are losing at home...

Derry 2-0 down as well.

Not a great Euro campaign at all so far.

[ger121]

Don’t do it Sligo!

Oh ffs!

[placid casual]

It has to be said, the mentality of every LOI except Rovers is absolutely dire at the moment and these farcical performances in Europe are evidence of that. Derry should have been 2 nil up after 10 mins and putting the opposition under serious pressure at home, 1chance the other end and its game over. As for sligo losing to a pub team...

I make no apologies for disparaging dundalk at every opportunity but put hoban in on those derry chances and he'd have the mentality to finish. They have guys in their ranks at dundalk who believe themselves equal of the European opposition they would face, in stark contrast to the derry & sligo lads it seems...

Fenlon, on a recent podcast, said the league is poor because the teams below Rovers (except dundalk presumably) are just happy finishing in the European places but show no mentality to go and win the league. These european performances tonight's back that up, in my opinion. Hopefully sligo can get their head out of their hole for long enough to put away the Welsh dog and duck 11.

[pineapple stu]

Hoban's European record is awful (5 in 23), so I wouldn't bank on him, but there's a definite point in there alright. I think it's partly that it's a transition period where Cork/Dundalk aren't a patch on what they were, Derry haven't yet got to their level, and I'm not sure who else is likely to get there. Possibly Cork, if they're anyway properly run.

Though I don't think it's a problem limited to this year - Rovers v Flora was just as bad a result for example, and there's been plenty of key missed chances down the years.

Mura are 1-0 up into the second half - 3-1 on aggregate - so they should be playing Pat's next week.

[kksaints]

Sligo are unbelievably poor so far. Really fortunate not to be two down.

[pineapple stu]

Bala just missed a one-one-one it seems.

I think Dog and Duck 11 is a bit harsh on Bala, who've been regulars in Europe and have picked up a fair bit of cash from that, but they are a small Welsh side a month away from their first league game of the season, so while Sligo should finish stronger, it's really poor to be facing into extra time after 150 minutes of the tie. Winning these games is pretty much the main reason we switched to summer soccer.

[sbgawa]

The Bala manager probably doing an imitation of Roy Keane with the infamous. " look lads it's spurs" sligo have a bit of form here

[swinfordfc]

Typical Sligo! .... Freeze when the pressure comes on them ...

[ger121]

Hoban's European record is awful (5 in 23), so I wouldn't bank on him, but there's a definite point in there alright. I think it's partly that it's a transition period where Cork/Dundalk aren't a patch on what they were, Derry haven't yet got to their level, and I'm not sure who else is likely to get there. Possibly Cork, if they're anyway properly run.

Though I don't think it's a problem limited to this year - Rovers v Flora was just as bad a result for example, and there's been plenty of key missed chances down the years.

Mura are 1-0 up into the second half - 3-1 on aggregate - so they should be playing Pat's next week.

1-1 now in the Mura game. Say it every year but some mad scores doing the rounds tonight.

2-1 so tie over.

[pineapple stu]

1-1 now in the Mura game. Say it every year but some mad scores doing the rounds tonight.

Tis a great time of the year alright!

Bruno's Magpies equalise in Belfast, speaking of mad scores. They're 3-2 up on aggregate

[ger121]

You can really see the affect tonight of the removal of the away goals rule. The amount of matches going to ET and even penalties.

[ger121]

Newtown win on penalties. Let’s hope that is the only Welsh win tonight in ET.