And there's the goal for Qarabag. 11 minutes in. Big gap in class here unfortunately. Would fear Qarabag will push to have this closed off ahead of the second leg
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And there's the goal for Qarabag. 11 minutes in. Big gap in class here unfortunately. Would fear Qarabag will push to have this closed off ahead of the second leg
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Originally Posted by Tomas
Qarabag are a quality side and many levels above shel's( and any other LOI team).
Shels unlucky not to score but if Qarabag decide to put the foot down it could be 3 or 4 quite quickly
The Zoubir fella is a cracking player
I don’t think they do install goal line technology in grounds no. Not that it was needed there, that Gannon chance was clear cut not over the lineQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
3 Shels defenders ball watching.
2-0 to the Andorrans in Slovenia. Something's brewing there!
How did Gannon not get a yellow there?
2-2 now. Excitement over...Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
3-2 now but still…Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Shels have been kicking the Qarabag players around the pitch and somehow the ref books a Qarabag player for a nothing offence first
Makes a nice change. Need more refs like this Croat looking after our games!Quote:
Originally Posted by RealJohn91
Qarabag just look a couple of steps up from Shels,struggling to make any impact going forward…
And 4-2. Ah well! Banana skin in the Conference maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Shels have done well to keep this at 1-0 in fairness to them. They've had sniffs of goal and it'd just take one to make it interesting again. But Qarabag just the better team. Sometimes there's not much you can do about that
Is the Andorra v Ljubljana match not a Conference league qualifier? Ljubljana were eliminated from the CL by Kairat Almaty.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Any link for a stream for someone who doesn't have a premier sports subscription/dodgy box?
Oh you're right too. That's much less fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by kksaints
As I was saying in my post last night, I’ll probably be a laughing stock saying Shels could get something out of this game. What was I thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
They were inches away from really not making you a laughing stock there anyway. They've come out all guns blazing this half
Shels much better than they were against Linfield. More open and aggressive, dominating the second half so far.
Shels finally have a striker on, in Boyd
Mipo is woeful
Goodnight Irene
The old LoI problem when playing up - get a head of steam, create some chances, get picked off on the break
Ach. Tough to concede the 2nd against the run of play. Not a bad performance all the same.
And there goes the tie
And then there was 3.
Just as I was looking for my post predicting a 2-0 win
Absolute howler there - I presume from Ledwidge for not looking where his keeper was rather than Healy for lack of comms. Not that it matters in the end of the day
The bloody cheek of Ledwidge there - blaming that goal on the keeper. Woeful header from Ledwidge. Just own your mistake!
The defender is having a laugh if he thinks its the keepers fault there.
A real brain dead moment.
Its is, cour clebs need to create about 5 good chances to take one and that wastfullness will always undo all the great work. It was similar against Linfield only they werent up to the ruthlessness either, missed chances especially 1 on 1. Any club here, indeed even up to international level, finds or develops a really clinical striker will earn a club serious money one way or another. Im obviously thinking of Elding....Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
That's a shame after Shels looked like they were capable of making a game of it in the second half.
They'll be disappointed when and how the conceded goals 2 and 3 but Qarabag are just a level about them. They just lost to a better team.
Shels huffed and puffed second half but those two teams were just miles apart when it came to final product. Still hilarious people thought they had a chance.
Shels will want to hope Razgrad beat Rijeka next week cos I'd say Razgrad will do the same thing to them. Though Rijeka hardly a handy tie either given they did the double last year. They might be hoping for a nice Conference League playoff draw
They need a good draw in Conference PO because I think either of those clubs will beat Shels. More likely to be facing Rijeka.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Jeeez thats bad. Money well spend :)
:eek: :(Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Thought packed Tolka Park would make Kazachs wobelling...
Shels are the weakest champions we’ve had in a while. Were never gonna get anywhere , even if the clown hadn’t resigned. They need a really favourable draw in PO round (as do Rovers) but as an unseeded team hard to see them getting through
Shels must be the worst defending champions in the history of the league. This is a hammering that sets the league back.
Shels are definitely a mid-table team this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knocklyonhoop
That said, and I only caught the second half, I thought they played some good football and looked threatening at times. Maybe it was a bit naive (or maybe worth the risk) to open up and push for the equaliser. Other teams might have sat back, kept things tighter, and taken their chances in the second leg.
Still, that third goal is hard to shake.
It’s one of those where the scoreline feels both harsh and justified at the same time. Reminded me of some Dundalk games from last year...
Overall, across the League of Ireland, we’re still lacking quality and guile in the final third. The general standard of play has improved massively, but we just don’t have the same cutting edge you see in other leagues. We can hold onto the ball well, and be defensively solid for large periods, but we struggle to create chances against the run of play and don’t convert enough of the half-chances we do get.
Maybe there is not enough pace in our teams or cant switch it up the passing enough, I dont know.
From what I’ve seen of the Icelandic league, that’s the biggest difference between them and us.
Rovers were the exception to it last year. They looked they could score at any stage of any game. Having a player of Johnny Kennys standard really makes a huge difference in how you can play in Europe.