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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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Didn't you write a book about beating a team from Luxembourg?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
7 wins, Rovers beat slovan bratislava. Best result imo but knocked out on aggregate...thems the breaksQuote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Bohs fans - you know what to do! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucket
Over to Rovers now. For Dundalk and Bohs to go beyond QR3 would be exceptional stuff, much less daunting v Teuta so no pressure. 1st year of ECL has benefited us, hard to gauge whether EL would have been much different in terms of the luck of the draw but so far so good and something to build on.
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
yep, agreed, clearly it is "easier" to get "points" these days due to the various complexities and intricacies.
Still obvious improvement over previous years to have 3 teams still competing..
No thanks, lets get carried away t'f*ck.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I've been following these European fixtures religiously for years now and the experience is usually watching a dodgy stream with our teams under the cosh for 90 minutes and inevitably being punished for a sloppy mistakes.
Today though, I paid 20 quid for 2 proper broadcasts, and got some unbelievable value for money. Dundalk with a last minute winner and Bohs win 3-0 in the Aviva. These games go the other way so often with hard luck stories and then the long wait for another chance.
Can't really think of too many better days for the league, so think everyone is entitled to get as carried away as far as they possibly can.
On the co-efficient I think it's worth mentioning that we've got to 2 points already with Rovers not playing in what is arguably the most winnable round for Irish teams.
Our record in Europe so far this year is P12 W7 D2 L3.
I don't know how anyone who follows the league could look at that and not think this is f**king class.
Knowing us it will be a Poetry Book.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I do think we could go close to replacing the 2.6ish we lose this year. Probably depends what Rovers do in Round 3 but maybe ourselves and Dundalk can chip in too.
Ah now!Quote:
Originally Posted by yurt
Rovers v Partizan?
Dundalk v Alkmaar?
Benson's volley? Derry drawing with PSG? Shels drawing with Depor? Cork knocking out Nijmegen to reach the InterToto quarter-finals? Bohs beating Aberdeen?
There's been a few.
It's a great result for Bohs - not a hanging-on 0-0; but a comprehensive 3-0 win - and fair dues to them for it. But perspective is good.
The standard of European football is really through the roof at the moment. I think you can see it in just how well teams from small leagues are playing (a lot of them playing good football too), and its reflected in the results. Larne, Dinamo Batumi and Breidablik all with great results. No easy games in Europe, and the smaller leagues have never been closer to the mid sized leagues.
I'm 100% getting carried away, what a fecking night. Outstanding performance, will be a different kettle of fish against PAOK on Tuesday but glad the first leg is at home, hope we have a real go at them. Its just great to experience nights like that again after missing going to games for so long.
Fair play to Dundalk with their late winner, and its great for Irish football to have 3 teams going at this stage.
Coefficient is looking good too - we are the only country below 32nd place with 3 teams still in competition:
32 Belarus 3.250 5.000 2.500 1.500 0.250 12.500 4
33 Lithuania 2.375 2.625 1.625 1.625 1.500 9.750 1/ 4
34 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1.375 2.000 1.500 2.625 1.500 9.000 1/ 4
35 Luxembourg 0.875 2.625 3.000 1.000 0.750 8.250 1/ 4
36 Latvia 0.750 1.625 2.250 1.375 2.125 8.125 2/ 4
37 Albania 2.625 1.000 0.750 2.000 1.625 8.000 2/ 4
38 Kosovo 0.000 2.500 1.500 1.833 2.000 7.833 1/ 3
39 Northern Ireland 0.750 0.500 2.375 2.833 1.375 7.833 2/ 4
40 Moldova 2.750 1.125 0.750 1.375 1.750 7.750 1/ 4
41 Armenia 0.625 1.500 2.750 1.375 1.125 7.375 1/ 4
42 Ireland 1.125 1.000 1.250 1.875 2.000 7.250 3/ 4
43 Finland 1.250 0.875 1.625 1.375 1.875 7.000 2/ 4
44 North Macedonia 3.125 1.000 0.500 1.750 0.625 7.000 1/ 4
45 Faroe Islands 0.750 1.125 1.125 2.750 1.166 6.916 1/ 3
46 Georgia 0.125 1.625 2.250 1.750 1.125 6.875 1/ 4
47 Malta 1.375 1.500 0.750 1.500 1.625 6.750 1/ 4
48 Liechtenstein 2.000 1.500 2.500 0.500 0.000 6.500 1
49 Iceland 1.125 1.500 0.625 0.625 1.500 5.375 1/ 4
50 Wales 0.500 1.000 1.000 1.500 1.250 5.250 1/ 4
51 Gibraltar 0.500 1.000 1.000 1.666 0.750 4.916 1/ 4
52 Montenegro 1.125 0.375 1.000 1.625 0.750 4.875 4
53 Estonia 0.625 0.500 0.875 1.375 1.333 4.708 1/ 3
54 Andorra 0.166 0.833 1.500 0.666 1.500 4.665 3
55 San Marino 0.166 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.166 1.332 3
Belarus having such a stinker of a year is great news for us. The way I see it now is that anyone from 32 down we can over take if we were to string together some more results.
35th place is the aim as it will likely get our cup winners straight in ECLQ2. We're 1 point and 7 places off that as of now.
Rovers really are the key if we're going to push the co-efficient towards 3.0 and push for that spot. It's more reasonable to hope that we could reach 35th by the end of next season but if Shamrock Rovers were to somehow go and qualify for the ECL group stage it could have us in and around there by the end of this season.
On the individual club rankings, all 3 clubs will get at least 2 points from this season. Meaning Rovers and Bohs should both be seeded should they make the same competitions again next year. Dundalk's ranking will only take a relatively small hit given they are losing their first group stage qualification rankings, would likely still be seeded for the first 3 rounds if they managed to win the cup..
Very quick turnaround when are tickets on sale for that ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Northsider
Given the numbers Bohs have brought to Aviva it's no wonder Shamrock don't want to play there. It would be extremely embarrassing knowing they couldn't sell as as many tickets as BFCQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
From my reading of co-efficient, theres quite a few leagues above us that we have outperformed so far - Latvian league have done similar or better and then Polish league sides next remarkably. I know it doesnt mean moving ahead of other leagues significantly but i am surprised at some of the results this year.
Lol , you boys are getting a little carried away aren't you.Quote:
Originally Posted by wexfordned
Enjoy.
Ned, the lesser spotted boez mule, shows up... And still spouting crap by the looks of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by wexfordned
Good results for LOI last night and a sign of progress perhaps, or just an acknowledgement of our level being the Europa Conference - which is no bad thing in my view.
Hopefully Rovers can get past Teuta, although our record in Europe when playing away second is not good. If we can take a lead to Albania and take it from there I guess.
Onwards and upwards.
Probably also worth acknowledging two very good draws in the second round. Bohs' pool was Belgium/Portugal/Scotland/Denmark/Luxembourg, while Dundalk had Slovakia/Sweden/Estonia/Hungary/Georgia - fair to say both got by far the best draw in those pools, albeit that Georgia would probably have been approachable too, and of course the Danish side in Bohs' pool got dumped out by Larne.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
The ECL, as you say, has to be that little bit easier with the top 20 teams removed, and no preliminary round meaning 8 of the crappier teams are added. That's the point of the ECL of course, and it would have been nice to see them skew it even more towards the smaller leagues, but that was probably always wishful thinking.
Any crowds in Albania or whats going on there?Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
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Originally Posted by sbgawa
You lost the tie, so difficult to see how thats the best result? Dundalks last minute winner, I would say is the single best result. And heartiest congrats to them. Will Patching is a bit of class.
Dudelange just had too many top knotted and pony tailed journeymen. Seemingly the departure of their benefactor , a Luxembourgan version of Dermot Desmond , has left them short of cash of players.
Are we thinking it’ll take getting through this round before any of theses games get picked up by a tv station?
Yes, I’d imagine the playoff round is the earliest any games being shown by RTÉ but even then with the olympics and Paralympics on straight after it then RTÉ may not pick up any. Not sure if any other channels would show much interest.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Maybe the Clubs are better off doing their own broadcasting thing ? Getting people used to buying the broadcast as near directly as possible from them especially for the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
Hopefully but it's 50-50. Maybe virgin may cover it. I actually think the commentator is great on virgin. Adds great passion for the goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
8000 tickets sell out in less than 20 minutes for Bohs game on Tuesday…
Got 3 tickets for the boez PAOK game. Have 3 London based PAOK fans coming over. Should be good atmosphere anyway.
Have heard its sold out already
How come it's still limited to 8k, what changes are going in the 5th of August?
Serious ticket selling, do bohs get the Aviva for free as part of this trial/test run ?
That, and the end of the Olympics. RTE will say they've already got plenty of sport on at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Though you'd think the speed at which the Bohs games have been selling out would spark a bit of interest with at least one broadcaster. And selling the feed for the PAOK game on to Greek television would probably make it worthwhile too.
Yeah, sold out in about 15 minutes, members/t holders must have bought well in excess of 6K.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Any chance of any Bohs fans going to Greece for the return?
Or is the ban on away fans still in place (officially of course)? Seems less needed now than it was a month ago tbh.
From all accounts , it seems that approx 50 Bohs fans at the Dudelange game. If exorbitant Ryanair flight prices are an indication, very heavy booking of Dublin Thessaloniki flights for next week!Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Would be some athmosphere in Lansdowne if they had allowed a couple of thousand away fans down the North end
No bandwagon rolling in to town at all?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Hard to tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
5,500 tickets for the Dudelange game were sold to members/ST ticket holders. Didn`t seem to be a limit on the number of pairs you could buy, so it could be that some of those are for new fans. If the two home euro matches are their introduction to LOI football, chances are that most of them will stick around for the future.
That be good in fairness. I don't see much hope of ye beating PAOK, but it's the kind of game that's a real step up from the usual LoI in Europe experience. Not quite Rovers v Milan last year, but heading in that direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Given how broke the FAI are theres no way its for free, id say some sort of ticket split if i was guessingQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I'm thinking that you're looking for a wind up, because you didn't get 3 tickets PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Happy to clarify since that ruling is that you cant have two ties in the one city in the same UEFA competition so Bohs had no choice in it! Wont make this game as too short of notice for annual leave when I was off for the last week anyway!Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Nope, no wind up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohtastic
I got the same number of tickets as the number of goals I watched my beloved team, the Champions of Ireland scored against set piece athletic,including 2 lovely goals by Danny "ultra-white smile" Mandriou.
You remember Danny, don't you boez fan😁.
Enjoy your night, mate.