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EalingGreen
03/08/2023, 5:30 PM
Bloody hell they just can’t seem to pull away.
Mightn't need to - now 3-3! (72 mins)
Nesta99
03/08/2023, 5:56 PM
Wasteful from KuPS, not that theres any complaints, but pinging 3 balls in to the keepers arms, long shot also with time to play. Lacked composure tbh.
Could this spark Derrys season in to some life. Performance from Duffy, stood up to the pressure and scored goals!
Philosophizer
03/08/2023, 5:57 PM
Get in, Derry!
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 5:57 PM
Derry through!
And off to northern Kazakhstan this day next week. Andrei Kanchelskis is their new Football Director; I suspect they've a few quid
Still, it's a bright spot in a crap season.
pateen
03/08/2023, 5:58 PM
Well done Derry. Flying the flag as we speak.
pateen
03/08/2023, 6:00 PM
Kazakhstan is very beautiful but also very massive. The south is stunning but the north is dull flat steppe land.
Beer is cheap though :D
MichaelCherrito
03/08/2023, 6:02 PM
FT. Lacklustre from the home side but who cares. A brilliant performance from Derry City but for a couple of defensive glimpses.
Bring on the Kazakhistan team who, by the way, beat Honka of Finland 2-1 in an earlier round.
Now it´s up to Dundalk to complete the double tonight.
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 6:05 PM
Aarhus take an early lead on Club Brugge - but still 3-1 down
Winners face Dundalk or KA next
Dundalk v Club Brugge could get ugly tbh
ger121
03/08/2023, 6:45 PM
Congrats to Derry. Always felt they had goals in them now that players have returned from injury. Tobol will be an interesting one. Free hit really.
joey B
03/08/2023, 6:59 PM
Dundalk 1 down and a mountain to climb now...
sbgawa
03/08/2023, 7:07 PM
Whatever rovers are paying celtic for Kenny is money down the drain. Beyond useless
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 7:08 PM
Crusaders taking Rosenberg to extra time is an impressive achievement
ger121
03/08/2023, 7:10 PM
Posted this on Twitter. We could lose 4 from 4 against Icelandic sides. That would give them 1.333 towards their Co-efficient this year. That is more than we have earned overall. Depressing stuff.
culloty82
03/08/2023, 7:10 PM
In further micro-state UEFA co-efficient news, the perennial Andorran competitors, Santa Coloma, have eliminated Sutjeska of Montenegro, and will now face AZ Alkmaar in Round 3 of the Conference League qualifiers.
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 7:15 PM
While slightly predictably, if not as much fun, Hibs are 3-0 up at halftime against their Andorran opposition (4-2 on aggregate
A goal apiece in Trondheim in extra time - Rosenberg take the lead but Crues equalise within minutes
Whatever rovers are paying celtic for Kenny is money down the drain. Beyond useless
You know Rovers are badly managed when they manage to make Johnny Kenny look useless.
ger121
03/08/2023, 7:18 PM
You know Rovers are badly managed when they manage to make Johnny Kenny look useless.
I think he is doing a fine job of that himself.
ger121
03/08/2023, 7:20 PM
While slightly predictably, if not as much fun, Hibs are 3-0 up at halftime against their Andorran opposition (4-2 on aggregate
A goal apiece in Trondheim in extra time - Rosenberg take the lead but Crues equalise within minutes
Not watching the Crues game but it looks like the scorer was sent off for a 2nd yellow. Did he get booked for celebrating the goal?
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 7:21 PM
Dundalk equalise. Crues with a man sent off and you can imagine it'll be backs to the wall for the last 15 or do of extra time
Haverfordwest v B36 is another interesting tie tonight - winners play Rijeka or Dukagjini (Kosovo). B36 2-1 up from the first leg
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 7:22 PM
Not watching the Crues game but it looks like the scorer was sent off for a 2nd yellow. Did he get booked for celebrating the goal?
Someone on Bert Kassies' forum says he was time wasting from a goal kick
ger121
03/08/2023, 7:24 PM
Someone on Bert Kassies' forum says he was time wasting from a goal kick
Bert has a forum? Years on that site and never twigged it. Cheers PS!
2 Year Contract
03/08/2023, 7:27 PM
Crusaders losing 3-2 now.
Elsewhere Progress Niederkorn of Luxembourg beat Midjylland of Denmark 2-0 in 90 mins to take it to extra time
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 7:30 PM
Bert has a forum? Years on that site and never twigged it. Cheers PS!
It's "Forum" on the top right :p
It's like this thread but nerdier and pan-European.
Rovers losing now; I'm shocked
joey B
03/08/2023, 7:34 PM
Dundalk equalise. Crues with a man sent off and you can imagine it'll be backs to the wall for the last 15 or do of extra time
Haverfordwest v B36 is another interesting tie tonight - winners play Rijeka or Dukagjini (Kosovo). B36 2-1 up from the first leg
Dan Hawkins formely of Harps and Shels playing in that one....
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 7:34 PM
Dan Hawkins formely of Harps and Shels playing in that one....
I have no idea who you're talking about, but they're the kind of posts I love about the Euro threads!
kksaints
03/08/2023, 7:35 PM
Crusaders losing 3-2 now.
Elsewhere Progress Niederkorn of Luxembourg beat Midjylland of Denmark 2-0 in 90 mins to take it to extra time
I was at their first leg vs Giljani the evening after we played Dudelange. Physically powerful squad with decent pace, they looked a better side then us and Dudelange.
Nesta99
03/08/2023, 7:37 PM
Dundalk can get these 2 goals. Not making opportunities count with some poor set pieces. They are also causing their own problems when they do break, quick feet where the ball sticks and there is a sense of Dundalk scrambling a defence too often. If they players respond to the managers half time rollicking and get the next goal, that building of momentum could carry us over the line....we can hope!
joey B
03/08/2023, 7:39 PM
I have no idea who you're talking about, but they're the kind of posts I love about the Euro threads!
1 solitary goal in a win at Dalymount park for us,I wouldnt be suprised if alot of Harps fans didnt know who he was either :D
ger121
03/08/2023, 7:40 PM
Will Rovers ever score a goal again.
I think he is doing a fine job of that himself.
Im just noticing a pattern here with Rovers signings.
ger121
03/08/2023, 7:41 PM
It's "Forum" on the top right :p
It's like this thread but nerdier and pan-European.
Rovers losing now; I'm shocked
Once you see it…
joey B
03/08/2023, 7:42 PM
Larne down 6 nil on aggregate to Ballkani is pretty terrible right?
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 7:44 PM
Yeah, surprised by that one. Bit of an outlier in the nordy results
Hibs 6-0 up tonight and there'll likely be no letup after last week's embarrassment
sbgawa
03/08/2023, 8:18 PM
Rovers at least playing with 11 men with Kenny gone off
ger121
03/08/2023, 8:20 PM
Rovers at least playing with 11 men with Kenny gone off
Who ever is over seeing transfers and loan signings at the club,really needs to go back to the drawing board.
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 8:22 PM
KA score again, so that's 5-2 now
Pretty bad overall really, even allowing that Dundalk aren't the side they were
ger121
03/08/2023, 8:24 PM
Losing home and away to that side really is brutal.
Ferencvaros sadly arent feeling nice enough to give Rovers a moral victory like they did last year.
Philosophizer
03/08/2023, 8:30 PM
Losing home and away to that side really is brutal.
Abysmal showing.
Derry are the only ones to come out of this
Euro campaign with any credibility. Fair play for getting past a Finnish team.
pineapple stu
03/08/2023, 8:30 PM
Losing home and away to that side really is brutal.
They must have heard you - 2-2 now
Haverfordwest going to extra time against B36 Tórshavn. Amazing to see two clubs of that size against each other in the second round. Rijeka await the winners
ger121
03/08/2023, 8:32 PM
They must have heard you - 2-2 now
Haverfordwest going to extra time against B36 Tórshavn. Amazing to see two clubs of that size against each other in the second round. Rijeka await the winners
Well they got the 2 goals they needed but their kamikaze defending has cost them in this tie.
Nesta99
03/08/2023, 8:34 PM
Poor results indeed. I think they have just done their homework and stifled us tactically not that is a major task. Miss Benson in these types of games where he can drive the team forward and not just play across in front of their defensive setup and then to the flanks and cross. Too predictable and laboured. That they doubled up on O'Kane from the start shows where they saw risk and thats where the threat was regardless. Hoban not himself at all, must not really be fit unless there was some tactical change, less dropping deep in trying to chase the tie.
ger121
03/08/2023, 8:47 PM
That is a heavy aggregate defeat for Rovers.
MichaelCherrito
03/08/2023, 8:52 PM
Spare a thought for the Swedish teams. Four ties this week(Hacken, Kalmar, Djurgarden & Hammarby) and they lost them all.
ger121
03/08/2023, 8:54 PM
Hungary had 4/4 sides in this round and may only end up with Ferencvaros in the next round.
nigel-harps1954
03/08/2023, 9:21 PM
Dan Hawkins formely of Harps and Shels playing in that one....
Sonni Nattestad was playing for B36 as well.
Hawkins was a lovely player at Harps, lot of potential but suffered badly with injuries between Harps and Shels.
CorribsideSteve
03/08/2023, 11:11 PM
Dundalk... The 2016 vintage era seems very far away now. Wet paper bag defending, poor first touches, and a good 150 aimless crosses to nobody, over two legs against not the best team in Iceland. Hockeyed 5-2 on aggregate. Technically outclassed.
Damn for Rovers, they don’t even get to have a moral victory that they at least got last year.
pineapple stu
04/08/2023, 7:08 AM
Slightly surprisingly, we're still ranked 32nd after all that, though it's getting tighter. In fact there's three countries level in 32nd, of which Latvia have a team in the CL path of the Conference League, which should be easier to get points from.
Behind us, Finland have at least four games to come as HJK are in the CL Europa League path and probably favourites to reach at least the Conference League groups. Kosovo have a match against the Gibraltar champions next, Kazakhstan have three teams left (including Tobol against Derry, and Astana who have at least four matches left and should make the Conference League groups you'd imagine)
Even the Faroes have two teams left, one of which has four qualifying games and a group stage to come. Group stage gives a bonus point by itself and then carries double points.
We could be looking at finishing this season around 36th - which is where we finished last season too, but (and I think we've done this before) we dropped a bad year five years ago off our coefficient only to replace it with another bad year. That's on top of the questions being beaten out the door by sides from Iceland and Luxembourg raises
I don't know what to make of Derry's chances next week. Tobol were a bit lucky to beat Basel - who had two players sent off and conceded three goals in 15 mental minutes at home. But they got back level in Kazakhstan early enough yet Tobol not just held on but scored again to win it.
Derry v Shakhtor Soligorsk is the game that stands out - one where you thought Derry had a chance but they got stuffed instead. But hopefully they can set least get a home result
UCD v Derry postponed this week.
pineapple stu
04/08/2023, 7:16 AM
Sonni Nattestad was playing for B36 as well.
Hawkins was a lovely player at Harps, lot of potential but suffered badly with injuries between Harps and Shels.
Another random LoI link - KÍ of the Faroes play Molde next. Sivert Gussias of KÍ is ex-Molde - scored for them against UCD in the Youth League in 2017. Leo Østigård (now Napoli) scored the other two. Erling Haaland scored in the shoot-out. Three others are playing top flight in Norway or Sweden. Neil Farrugia is the only player of note from the UCD team. Conor Kearns, Joe Manley, Mark Dignam also played.
Mad the difference in careers between two sides who needed penalties to separate them then.
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