LOI in Europe 2022

[ger121]

Linfield never recovered from this

I’m like the foot.ie version of the cooler

[sidewayspasser]

Looking at the pots for the draw, there are huge differences in what you can get. It could be something like Villarreal, Fiorentina and Silkeborg, or it could be something like Partizan, Slovan and RFS.

[legendz]

Rovers home wins over Ludogorets and Ferencváros have an asterisk next to them. The ties were over after the first leg.
Good to pick up the coefficient points. Hopefully Rovers determination to protect their home record will serve them well in the group stage.

[pineapple stu]

Looking at the pots for the draw, there are huge differences in what you can get. It could be something like Villarreal, Fiorentina and Silkeborg, or it could be something like Partizan, Slovan and RFS.

The fourth seeds are probably the most interesting as it's there that points are most likely to be got.

Ukraine - Dnipro-1
Poland - Lech Poznań
Czech Republic - Slovácko
Denmark - Silkeborg
Sweden - Djurgårdens IF
Armenia - Pyunik
Latvia - RFS
Kosovo - Ballkani

They're mostly not teams you'd think of an LoI side being seeded higher than . Lech Poznan like?

Anderlecht and Nice are also third seeds - qualifying every year is a big benefit in terms of seeding, which is probably a bit silly, but it is what it is.

Full seedings here.

[sparky12345678]

The fourth seeds are probably the most interesting as it's there that points are most likely to be got.

Ukraine - Dnipro-1
Poland - Lech Poznań
Czech Republic - Slovácko
Denmark - Silkeborg
Sweden - Djurgårdens IF
Armenia - Pyunik
Latvia - RFS
Kosovo - Ballkani

They're mostly not teams you'd think of an LoI side being seeded higher than . Lech Poznan like?

Anderlecht and Nice are also third seeds - qualifying every year is a big benefit in terms of seeding, which is probably a bit silly, but it is what it is.

Full seedings here.

you,d have to hope that Rovers can put it up to the bottom 4.
Silkeborg might be shaky it seems but yea it wont be easy. They will have to have some grit, determination or ambition. I hope they put on a good show anyways.

[Nesta99]

Baseksehir, Fiorentina, Rovers, Lech Posnan, would be some group. I suppose a good draw would be from Partizan, Gent, Partisan, AZ /Molde, Appollon/ reasonS to think they can beat anyone in pot four/

[joey B]

Ferencvarosi get Crvena Zvezda, Monaco and Trabzonspor in the Europa league,a pretty horrible draw for them that….

[pineapple stu]

you,d have to hope that Rovers can put it up to the bottom 4.
Silkeborg might be shaky it seems but yea it wont be easy. They will have to have some grit, determination or ambition. I hope they put on a good show anyways.

Well the bottom three anyway. The Swedish league is half decent and doesn't deserve to be grouped with Armenia/Latvia/Kosovo, all of which Rovers should be targeting for an aggregate win in the normal course of events

[ger121]

Well the bottom three anyway. The Swedish league is half decent and doesn't deserve to be grouped with Armenia/Latvia/Kosovo, all of which Rovers should be targeting for an aggregate win in the normal course of events

Danish side PS.

[ger121]

I’ve been running a few simulators since last night and Ballkani keep coming out. So do Slovan.

[pineapple stu]

Danish side PS.

Djurgarden?

[ger121]

Djurgarden?

I thought Sparky was talking about Silkeborg?

Apologies, I did not read his post fully.

[pineapple stu]

He was - but I was taking Djurgarden out of the bottom four he referred to. I think they're far closer Denmark/Poland/etc than Armenia/Latvia/Kosovo

[sparky12345678]

Well the bottom three anyway. The Swedish league is half decent and doesn't deserve to be grouped with Armenia/Latvia/Kosovo, all of which Rovers should be targeting for an aggregate win in the normal course of events

agreed. of the northern/scandanavian leagues we used to be confident of winning a tie against icelandic, and finnish opposition and not as confident at all versus norwegian or danish opposition but swedish opposition I thought would still be a team/league to aim to beat...
On top of that the Danish team, silkeborg haven,t done that well so far and were placed 3rd last year so might not be the creme de la creme...(?)

I mean the other teams are also low ranked for a reason and Rovers like Dundalk before should be aiming to take points off them...

[pineapple stu]

We used to have a great record against Swedish sides back at the peak, but Pat's were fairly handily dispatched by Norrköping three years ago, so I don't think the wins in the 00s count for much any more.

Rovers lost 2-1 to Solna in 2018 so there's a chance of a result for sure. I'd take the bottom three as sides Rovers should get aim for 4 points off, and the other five as sides they could get a home point off anyway.