Tame and timid from Derry. A repeat of 100 LOI games in Europe where the team in question have zero cutting edge, fall foul of the 'dark arts' of the game, and get picked apart by an average team that they make look like world beaters.
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Tame and timid from Derry. A repeat of 100 LOI games in Europe where the team in question have zero cutting edge, fall foul of the 'dark arts' of the game, and get picked apart by an average team that they make look like world beaters.
I pop in sporadically but it is certainly more fun when Derry are doing well (not a common occurrence over the years)Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Results don’t make a good team of course.
It is over unfortunately although I appreciate your well wishes.
My interest in this thread is all but over but hopefully you will catch me in another again some time soon.
I am turning my attention to the GAA for the weekend - a proper sport!!
Seems fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
Have the matches this week shown up that our players are lacking a bit of savvy getting sucked into red cards.
Sligo and Derry both had reds and Gaffney should def have had a red and probably a lengthy ban too. He kicked a lad in the face (albeit lightly enough), but it was a ridiculous loss of self control. And then to admit it on camera was very naive. Would you ever see a pro from another league do that?
The sligo one was a mistake at last man back and he had to take him down. Couldn't see what smith did for Derry but looked fairly innocuous.
Gaffney admitted he connected with the guy but it was an accident. His looked the worst and yet he stayed on the pitch. Go figure.
They're actually not really a pub team anymore reading that article on the42Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Nice of someone else to "let the league down" this year
The first leg of the tie Pats are waiting on ended up Sfintul Gheorghe 1 - 2 NS Mura.
Max Mata winner gives Sligo Rovers advantage over Welsh rivals in Europa Conference League - Independent.ie
"Park Hall in Oswestry, Wales"
Basic error by the Indo, Oswestry is in England not Wales.
Two decent wins so far, and Sham Rovers should be capable of another one in Malta, and Sligo at home also, these are all good for the overall league coefficient, you hardly get anything for a draw.
I looked it up and that was Sligo's only second ever away win so that's good going, these are very hard to come by, we got two away wins last year but again its rare it happens consistently.
Disappointing for Derry, but Riga are no mugs, big investment into that side in recent years, we just scrapped by them (on pens) in 2019, also I note the only decent foreign player that P6 bought for us in 2021 played for them last night, Jurkovskis, the right full, very good player, he is Latvian Internationalist.
It’s also only our fourth ever win
Why didn't ye keep him Oriel? He played well last nightQuote:
Originally Posted by oriel
He was good going forward but my God he was a woeful defender. Remember him being totally shown up against Longford in a game last season. Better off to give someone like Leahy a run than wasting wages on some fella because he has international caps for a poor sideQuote:
Originally Posted by pateen
Going by the money that was offered to the imports Jurkovskis was probably on stupid money. Good job the policy was also short term contracts for these players.
When you've been watching LOI in Europe since 1999, you get the feeling that you've seen this movie before.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
It must have been the reboots that had LoI teams go toe to toe only for a defensive calamity to undo 90+ minutes of an effective performance. The difference between Dundalk playing BATE one year was not coping with the dark arts, eg Rodionov, BATE'S main goal threat, poleaxed Dane Massey with a blatant elbow to the face the 2nd leg of the first tie. got away with it one the pitch and his club new how to keep him out of trouble. Following year we were savvy to their acting up and but used it to hang on in the 1st leg and then to frustrate them when ahead in Tallaght. We were criticised domestically for effective 'game management' by other supporters after. I doubt the Welsh were up to much but Riga were a piece of work when we played them to stalemate, slowing thins down in the heat ourselves and really bugging them. It why I think at times, with a couple of games under the belt, Irish teams get a better grip on things as often, certainly in the earlier rounds we are not vastly inferior.Quote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
Jurkovskis was on the classic P6 one year deal, thankfully most they signed on this were rubbish and left, but Stanton was another exception, Scottish lad, would kept him, but Jurkovskis was always going after his 12 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by pateen
https://mobile.twitter.com/SSEAirtri...36353164464135
Good highlights there of the Rovers game. McGinty made a good save in the first half tho that wasn't shown.
Any issue with the pitch.....
Do I jinx it for Sligo Rovers by booking a train to Motherwell