Extratime has 2534 in attendance in Inchicore?
Seems disappointing for a European match - did people stay away after last week's 2 1 loss?
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Extratime has 2534 in attendance in Inchicore?
Seems disappointing for a European match - did people stay away after last week's 2 1 loss?
Fitness for Pats might get them that equaliser
Injury-time equaliser for Glens against Gzira of Malta - 3-3 on aggregate and heading for extra time.
Winners play Pat's or Dudelange
Dundalk with a third to really end that one; they play Akureyri next week, who won 4-0 against Connah's Quay
Edit - that Glens goal ruled out, so Gzira going through.
Dudelange down to ten but still in the lead. Pat's have injury time to rescue it
Edit edit - Glentoran score in the 13th minute of injury time!
Extra time back on
Scenes at the Oval! 12 minutes into injury time and they bag that goal.. incredible stuff.
Capacity capped to seating only, still a sell out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohtastic
Dudelange score to win it on the night; Pat's presumably chasing extra time and caught on the break. Van Lingen with a hattrick. Probably not many of them against LoI sides in Euro games? One for the stats nerds there!
Other two through but another really poor week really.
Pats conceed at the death,they'll rue this tie I think,Dudelange were beatable with better defending ....
Dreadful week for LOI. 2 losses against Lux and Icelandic opposition. That‘s so poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
And to think, many were saying it was the best draw we’ve ever had and could get 4 teams through.
Ah team in pre-season. Need to be doing much better
I still think it was and we could have hadQuote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Law of averages was probably one team wouldn't make it through, but yeah, home/away defeats for Pat's and Rovers is unexpectedly poor.
Wouldn't fancy Derry against the Finn's next. But Europe can be strange. Dundalk v Glens/Gzira - God knows!
Crues winning deep into injury time. I see Linfield hung on to go through. Could be a great night for their sides. We’ll see…
Dundalk play our old friends - KA.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Oh yeah - having said it on thread before!
Dudelange v Glens/Gzira...
Not sure how much I'd fancy Dundalk in that one
At least Dundalk and Derry saved us from further woe.
NI teams have overall been more competitive than us this year. And they’re part timers in pre season, against better opposition. embarrassing!
Crues through. The Finnish sides hardly world beaters this year either. Derry should be trying to get through in the one.
Disappointing although the better team went through over the two legs. They tore us apart defensively much too often. Their second was such a poor goal to concede, criminal pass by Norman, he hasn't impressed since he signed. Murphy had a great game when he came on but too many of our key players underperformed in the two matches.
I think most of their top sides are now FT. I believe Larne, Linfield and Glentoran are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Meanwhile, up North, Linfield and Crusaders through, Glentoran in Extra Time at home (3-3 on aggregate).
Yeah, just Derry's form really isn't great which is why I don't fancy them. Even 1-0 on aggregate v HB isn't much to write home about.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
We just don't have consistent enough quality in the squad for ties like that. Some great players at this level, but in equal amounts ones that would struggle to get a game for any other side (outside of UCD I suppose) and young players who while great often come with their own inconsistencies.
Please. Pats have more than enough quality to be getting past any Lux side.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Ive not seen much of Pats but they looked badly organised,with some decent attacking play and some poor defenders,Jamie Lennon has an awful lot of work to do on his own and didnt get much help,Mulreany has some real flashes but seems like a bit of a luxury player,some really excellent young players though in Curtis,Carty and Murphy......
We've conceded the third highest amount of goals in the league. Doesn't matter how much quality going the other way when we're so easy to get at.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Against Dundalk and An Other under Clancy. Different since and ye dont get within touching distance of top spot leaking goals. Bt of deflectionn there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Glens 10-10 in their shoot-out. Every kick scored so far
Edit - the keepers score too. Has there ever been a shootout where all 22 players scored?
Aaron McCarey scored for Glentoran - ex Dundalk keeper
Not really? I'm a supporter of the club literally saying that we aren't particularly good hahaha, not sure what you lot want from me here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Unbelievable 24th spot kick. Keeper saved it, ran away to celebrate but forgot the ball which ended on the back of the net.
13 each now.
The 28th penalty is missed; Glens go out 14-13
Incredible stuff
And that's not the half of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Glens missed a penalty out there to draw 2-2, after being the better team in the Maltese heat. Back at The Oval, they missed another penalty after 5 mins. Went 1-0 down in the second half, then had a goal disallowed. Hit the woodwork twice. Ref awards 8 mins of injury time (Maltese timewasting) and Glens had another goal disallowed half way through it. Maltese kept time-wasting, and Glens evenualy got the equaliser after 12 added-on minutes! Extra time couldn't split them, then we see 27 consecutive penalty conversions, before a Glens 17 y.o. misses the 28th. (He'd converted his first effort)
"Luck of the Irish"? "Rub of the Green (Red and Black)"? "Better team went through"?
Fcuk off all three! :mad:
Pats had Dudelange rattled at 2-1 and should have more of the pressure to get a vital third. Their second goal was an absolute gift, so sloppy at the back from Norman who was very poor over the two legs, as was Brockbank. Third goal was your typical pick off on the break goal while pats were throwing men forward for the late goal they needed to force extra time. I think if Joe Redmond had've been available for even one of the two legs we could’ve scraped through but overall in the two legs Dudelange defo deserved to go through when you look at the chances they missed. Onwards and upwards to domestic duties now to have another crack at it next year.
Dundalk made extremely heavy lifting of that tonight. Probably won't get much further but in saying that the Icelandic side they've got have feck all European pedigree so who knows. For a European game though the standard tonight was woeful
Brilliant. Absolutely bonkers stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
@EalingGreen I haven’t seen a game in the Oval since pats played there in 2013, is that fans standing on the terrace behind the goal there? Or have seats been added behind that goal? And if not then how did the club manage to get away with using a terrace in a European game?
Quick coefficient update - we remain in 32nd, but Armenia, Latvia and even the North are in touching distance and have all four teams left.
Looking unlikely we'll make the group stages and that'll impact things too. Bonus point just for qualifying and double points for any results. You'd imagine we'll drop a couple of places yet unless we can muster much improved performances and results in the next round
(Also, looking back for my earlier coefficient post, I saw one from another poster noting Akureyri had just knocked Breidablik out of the Icelandic Cup... That's a bit more impressive all of a sudden)
We’ve missed Joe Redmond big time, and also Tom Grivosti. I think it’s fair to say we’d be a different team with those two in it. We were very poor defensively tonight, no question. A little better in the second half, but then Norman plays an awful ball into midfield, when we’d managed to get ourselves into the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
The own goal though, absolutely hilarious.
I didn't think terracing was allowed either, nor are there seats behind the goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Maybe someone opened a gate and fans made their way round from the stand?
Don't get it.
Ah ok that makes sense, cheers! I’d imagine the club will be hit with a fairly hefty fine for it regardless so. UEFA are notoriously strict with the enforcement of their rulesQuote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
"All four"?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Are you winding me up?
Well I'm guessing, since I can't think of any other explanation, so a fine would rub salt in the wound.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Unless we claim we had a couple of hundred ball boys, stewards and, er, litter pickers on duty?
EDIT: Perhaps terrace standing was allowed tonight? I'd forgotten that standing was allowed on a trial basis in CL, EL and ECL games during season 2022/23 in England, Germany & France (though not in Spain and Italy, since none of their qualifying teams had "adequate" standing sections):
https://www.dw.com/en/europe-wants-t...ons/a-62618330
Perhaps this was extended in some cases, with The Oval terraces being big enough, and with suitable crush barriers, to permit, say 10% capacity occupancy?
(I'm clutching at straws here, mind)
SECOND EDIT: Back in 2014, Linfield were fined €15k after a Europa League tie at Windsor for "... Linfield supporters watching the game from a standing position behind the goal, an action specifically prohibited by Uefa."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29005409
So it seems a rank bad evening just got even worse... :rolleyes:
Hard Luck. Really thought it might be your night after that late late equaliser.Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
Why do you think the Northern clubs are doing so well in Europe this season?