LOI in Europe 2022

[pineapple stu]

Gent and Molde for Rovers so far so.

[ger121]

That is not a bad group so far.

[El-Pietro]

Gent is a beautiful city. Its a less touristy version of Bruges.

[pineapple stu]

Fourth seed is key now. Molde are a decent side, but Dundalk a couple of years ago put it up to them, so with a crap fourth seed and a home win against Molde, you never know...

Won't be the Latvians though.

[pineapple stu]

Djurgardens of Sweden the fourth seed.

Handy group for travel, if nothing particularly interesting in there. Tough one to get out of. No obvious easy wins either.

[ger121]

Djurgardens of Sweden the fourth seed.

Couple of better draws in that pot but maybe some worse ones so about average.

[2 Year Contract]

That’s an excellent group for rovers to get with getting points on the board in mind. Second place in the group shouldn’t be out of the question either. It’d be a big achievement but not impossible by any stretch

[joey B]

Some expensive drinking spots there!!

[D24Saint]

Some expensive drinking spots there!!

Irelands gone so bad that I didn’t find Sweden that excessive when we played there in 19.

[ger121]

Some expensive drinking spots there!!

Yeah Dublin will be very expensive for supporters of those 3 sides.

[Philosophizer]

Am I the only one that thinks this has been a terrible draw for fans. Trips to Norway and Sweden are going to cost an absolute bomb for fans. Belgium has great beer at least.
No glamour tie, no fine weather destination. I was disappointed they didn't get a trip to Villarreal or Cyprus. They'd be lovely in Autumn.

[El-Pietro]

I'm with you Philosophizer. Ahead of the draw I was looking at the potential draws I'd want if it was us and only Gent was in that selection and there were plenty more ahead of them. Easy enough to get to for the most part, but no real glamour tie and not exactly winnable ties either

[D24Saint]

Am I the only one that thinks this has been a terrible draw for fans. Trips to Norway and Sweden are going to cost an absolute bomb for fans. Belgium has great beer at least.
No glamour tie, no fine weather destination. I was disappointed they didn't get a trip to Villarreal or Cyprus. They'd be lovely in Autumn.

The trip to Belgium is the only one that will draw a huge away support I’d say. They have a nice stadium in Gent these days , the ground I visited in 2002 in the intertoto cup was nothing special. They have gone up in the world since.

[EatYerGreens]

Definitely all Tallaght fixtures those. Lansdowne would be wasted on them.

[pineapple stu]

Am I the only one that thinks this has been a terrible draw for fans.

It's a bit samey for sure, and with no real glamour tie as you say. Gent are a decent team and should have no trouble with Rovers, but it's not quite the same as Fiorentina or Villarreal.

Was in Molde when we played there in 2017 and the area is nice (Atlantic Road and Trollstigen nearby) but it's just an expensive and small town. Stockholm is maybe a bigger version of the same thing. If it was me, I'd have liked someone like Pyunik or Ballkani in there for something a bit different.

On the pitch, Rovers need to sort out their away form if they've to have any chance.