Phew. Pioty they couldn't find a way to win in normal time.Extra time at least. On one hand Rovers are a man up, on the other they look leggy now.
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Phew. Pioty they couldn't find a way to win in normal time.Extra time at least. On one hand Rovers are a man up, on the other they look leggy now.
Jaysus Greene , where did that come from, great strike.
Dodgey link but can hear the Rovers fans, fair play.
Win it in extra time.
There goes the man advantage
Grace off. First yellow was a bad decision as there was no contact.
That was hardly an attack worth getting sent off for.
**** sake.
20 mins to find a winner.
I was wondering how Rovers would mess this up. Of Course! Get a man sent off for a stupid foul and completely throw away the initiative. Brilliant.
Ugh. Lucky goal. They're celebrating like they've won. Maybe it will drive on Rovers. Carr's been decent since he came on.
No penos now! That one more goal still needed by Rovers and I wouldnt rule it out. Thought that deflected cross was dipping under the bar earlier. The ability of these teams to run at players with serious pace, drawing a foul or creating a chance is scary.
Crusaders 1-0 up on Wolves!
2-1 on aggregate to Wolves now
Edit - Wolves equalise immediately...
Rovers playing into the Dan Murray end this half , hopefully it will inspire them.
A goal for Rovers would change everything but I cannot help feeling that they should have pressed their advantage towards the end of normal time.
Rovers are missing some great chances.
Will they get a better chance. So close.
Unlucky. They gave it a good go. Missed too many chances.
Great effort by Rovers but they'll feel that they should have won that tie.
Heat got to them in extra time, but they didn't really take full advantage of that extra man, pity really.
Yep.Should have won that.Cyprots no great shakes.
Carr excellent as usual.
They completely blew it. All they had to do was keep eleven players on the pitch, and the Cypriots would have been happy to play for penalties. Ridiculous stuff.
Hard luck Rovers,gave it a right go.
Relief on the Appolon players faces at ft says it all.
That was disappointing, the way the game evolved Rovers could have gone through deservedly, but at least they put everything into the effort.
They know they got out of jail. Finn going off cost Rovers, Carr did nothing when he came on.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
Is there some rule I'm not aware of that bars us from getting a decent set of officials? Could have at least booked the whole apollon team the amount of diving and kicking there was going on from them. Nevermind the stamp on Bolger they got a free for, as for the Grace first yellow, your man 20 wasn't touched all day but spent more time on the floor than on his feet. Ref only gave them the red because his assistant told him to.
Careful now or you will hurt RH's and Asterix's feelings!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Bloody hard luck Rovers. Ye did the league proud
Good effort but a pain to go out again in ET. Rovers have been great in Europe this season and can consider themselves a tad unfortunate tonight.
These are classic antics by those continental types that seem to work a treat year after year against teams from.our league.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
Only saw a snip of Greene's goal and a few updates but seems that Shams put up a decent fight in the fuxture.
After his goal tonight, Aaron Greene becomes the 3rd player to score for 3 LOI clubs in Europe. The other players are Glen Crowe and Neale Fenn.
Ireland's league drop down to 39, just ahead of Moldova and Luxembourg, just below illustrious Latvia and notably Albania and Macedonia have a higher league co efficient which was a surprise since we would usually expect to beat teams from there.
since the new QR round teams are able to pick up more points meaning a haul of 1.25 in a year wont be good enough over the 5 years...
case in point northern ireland would usually have a weak haul but this years 1.625 isnt due to some amazing heroics other than Linfield still being involved.
Agreed. I thought the referee was out of his depth & was going to lose control at several times during the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
I was not surprised by the play acting from Apollon as it seems par for the course in Cyprus.
There were 9 yellow & 2 red cards most of which came about because of all the diving.
Irish clubs should know at this stage what to expect & shouldn't allow themselves to be drawn into it. Grace's first yellow was a perfect example of that. The ball was gone so Grace shouldn't have given the Apollon player a chance to do a dozen rollovers.
Easier said than done I know especially in the heat of the moment.
The move to EL2 in 2021 is going to render this redundant in the short-medium term (as long as we don't drop another 10 places), though obviously we want the LoI as high as possible in the rankings.Quote:
Originally Posted by sparky12345678
any reason that ronan finn went off lads?
I wonder was it fatigue. I saw a photo of him from last night and he looked like he just stepped out of a shower with all his kit on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
He was ******ed, same with McEneff. O'Brien was carrying an injury from CorkQuote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I get the impression he has been told to run himself into the ground every match these days as we have cover on the bench.
The shifts he put in against Brann and Appolon were immense
No. But you're assisting another club in their quest for millions. So it would be up to the European club to decide if switching the match is worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by seand
You don't have cover for Finn on the bench. He is a natural at this level; passing movement, dictating play etc. He is a toroughbred and should not be instructed to run himself into the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
If Dundalk get past Slovan will the game against us on the 16th be postponed? The next Europa League round is the week after.....
Pairings for the draw out, if Dundalk win could they get Qarabağ again, can that be allowed to happen?
GROUP 2
Seeded (teams eliminated from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round champions path)
Match 4: APOEL (CYP) / Qarabağ (AZE)
Match 5: PAOK (GRE) / Ajax (NED)
Match 6: Maribor (SVN) / Rosenborg (NOR)
Unseeded (UEFA Europa League third qualifying round champions path winners)
Winner match 6: Sutjeska (MNE) / Linfield (NIR)
Winner match 7: Ludogorets (BUL) / The New Saints (WAL)
Winner match 8: Sarajevo (BIH) / BATE Borisov (BLR)
Winner match 9: Astana (KAZ) / Valletta (MLT)
Winner match 10: Slovan Bratislava (SVK) / Dundalk (IRL)