1.3 million V 19.7 million, excellent
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Anyone uneducated in football would think dundalk were the team who have been CL group stage regulars the last few years based on that. Absolutely ridiculous performance I'm buzzing for them. Europa league at least, but a favourable draw and we could have our first ever Irish team in the champions league groups.
Hopefully we can pull off a similar result on Thursday now.
On this night we are all League of Ireland fans.
Just leave this here. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
EasilyQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Cue Dodge saying this is bad for the league.
Spend well on facilities now.buy their pitch
Seeded teams so far -
APOEL Nicosia (who scored three times in injury time today to knock out Rosenborg)
Viktoria Plzen (who scored late on to squeak past Garabag Agdam on away goals)
Dinamo Zagreb might be seeded or unseeded.
Ludogorets will probably be unseeded. As will Dundalk.
Other matches tomorrow, and too tight to call at this stage. But maybe Copenhagen, Celtic and Olympiakos seeded?
Nothing hugely daunting yet for a side who've just thumped BATE. No Depor, for example
I assumed as much. But given the timeframe between now and the Europa groups and the fact that they have guaranteed cash now...Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I wonder what Nigel Clough is thinking?
This is superb. Well done Dundalk!
Are you sure? I get worried when you start being optimistic.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
That was pretty incredible. Quick one for ye gurus.... I know Dundalk would have went into the Europa if they had lost tonight, but what happens if they lose the CL playoff round? Eliminated from Europe altogether?
Who gives a flying ****!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
They qualify for the Europa League group stage. It's guaranteed now. If they'd lost tonight, they'd have needed to go through a final qualifier for the group stage of the Europa League.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
They would have went into the Europa PO if they lost tonight. Now they are Guaranteed the EL Groups. It's what happened to Shams when they beat Partizan. They played Copenhagen in the CL Playoffs and got beaten and then were in the EL as a result.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Unbelievable stuff from Dundalk. After they went 1 up they were a team inspired and BATE had little to offer in reply. An amazing 8 more games to come at a minimum in Europe. Tonight is a night for celebration. I really hope Dundalk can turn this into something meaningful in the medium term. The club seems to be well run, I hope they keep their heads now and move the club to the next level.
Its an example to other clubs that success can be achieved sustainably if the right foundation is put in place.
Look forward to seeing them in Eamonn Deacy Park on Friday.
Well done to Dundalk. All the rest of us LOI fans can only dream of nights like this with our own clubs. Continued success lads.
They are in group stage of Europa now worst case. If they lost tonight would have been play offs for EuropaQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
No if they lost tonight they would've been in the Europa League play off round.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
If they lose the CL play off, they go straight to the Europa League group stage
Bit confused, I thought Kenny said that Dundalk take BATEs seed?
Shels 2 Split 0 wasn't too shabby.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Poor Towell..
Class. That's great news for Cork City too I guess, as long as they don't do something crazy now and qualify themselves. :p
Watching that would really make you wonder how far First Division Champions League Cup Finalists 2016 Limerick FC would progress if in the champions league this year.
I'd say they basically need to knock Oriel and start again.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
And that's without the pitch; don't know about that.
Not a hope of being ready for the Europa League.
Nah. This is bigger. I'll gladly say it. Now a 1-0 v Depor would have been different.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
So they'll be playing in Lansdowne so. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Yup. The money means the Split win can't compare.
This is much bigger even than Rovers beating Partizan.
E6.3m. Plus gate receipts and merchandise, etc, etc.
And I can't see Dundalk getting no points - E120k per point extra. Could be seven or eight times what Rovers earned.
Huge implications for the league.
Thanks folks, yeah I knew it was Europa League playoff round if they lost tonight, didn't know they were into Europa groups though, that's massive. I actually thought Rovers made it by beating Partizan, well I know technically they did. Can't remember that Copenhagen game at all.
No point doing a half-arsed rush job just to cover one season. You'd change little without planning permission, and that would take a minimum of 3mths if you had the architect's plans ready to submit tomorrow (which I doubt Dundalk have).
Oriel needs work, so do it properly from scratch over the next few years. Take the time to get it right, and to draw in further public and private capital for it.
Congratulations Dundalk! Powerful mighty stuff! Champions to be proud of!
**** the barstoolers with their barstools, pints, peanuts, crisps and tvs.
UEFA Champions League playoff rounds are given the full tv coverage. TV3 will be showing the Tuesday leg and RTE the Wednesday leg.
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Originally Posted by legendz
It already had full coverage. I hope they're no where near TV3 or RTÉ.
McGeady left out of Everton's 2016/17 squad.
Would he get in the Dundalk team? :)
It's true in the 2nd and 3rd round that an unseeded winner takes the seeding of the seeded loser but it stops there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave77
Dundalk will be unseeded in the play off draw.
They have the money and Everton would stump up some wages for a loan move. Would be class.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I'm pretty sure they have to be, as part of the rights package.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Proper order too. Stop those feckers showing Celtic or some other foreign team instead :)
APOEL and Plzeň are through and seeded.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Assuming Olympiakos, Salzburg and Celtic (the seeded teams) qualify, Dundalk will face one of those sides.
http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/...eedcl2016.html
I know the reality. But I can still hope can't i?Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
RTE will be bulling if they have to show Dundalk ahead of one of the English teams or Celtic. Hee hee.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
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Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
You mean that lower division manager in England?:cool: