LoI in Europe 2024

Vaduz being knocked out last season by a club from Belarus was my main reason for expecting Pats to win. They ebb and flow, any time they do well, like in 22/23 they get picked apart and have to reset. Lost their top scorer before the start of this season. New striker in scored 1 goal in the same league.

They have many advantages for a tiny club, but they're still a relatively small fry in the Swiss system and don't keep their best players for very long. Pat's can definitely still throw it away but you'd be hopeful for at least a draw out there to get it done.

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Originally Posted by Jamesie

Don't go swallowing too much of that Western media horsecrap. The same people gave us weapons of mass destruction among many others.

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You've lost me there...?

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Originally Posted by Jamesie

Don't go swallowing too much of that Western media horsecrap. The same people gave us weapons of mass destruction among many others.

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I guess we must all have just imagined Putin invading Georgia and Ukraine, de-facto annexing part of Moldova, making Belarus a puppet/vassal state etc.

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Originally Posted by Acornvilla

They have many advantages for a tiny club

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A little harsh on Pats ? :D

Good win for Pats. Anyone know why our game next week is still scheduled for the day after they play in Liechtenstein? It’s been known for months they’d be playing that day

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Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Good win for Pats. Anyone know why our game next week is still scheduled for the day after they play in Liechtenstein? It’s been known for months they’d be playing that day

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Yeah it’s an odd one that it hasn’t been postponed yet, I guess it will over this weekend. Shels and Derry on the same night was only moved to the following Monday night a couple of days ago when it was announced for TV coverage, although I’d have expected them to re-fix the Pats Sligo game in the same announcement

They had no need to move the Shels game until they qualified for round 2. Pats have been in round 2 for ages.

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Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

They had no need to move the Shels game until they qualified for round 2. Pats have been in round 2 for ages.

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There is no place for that level of common sense in FAI fixture scheduling ;)

Goals from Zurich below. "Was für ein Fehler!" - the commentary at the start of the second goal - means "What a mistake!" Different language, but same view of the LoI in Europe... Also says it was a goal "their absolute dominance deserved"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA4H2OAxg08

And goals from Richmond here; Vaduz messing about for the second Pat's goal, and Pat's returning the favour for the Vaduz goal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaMICzKWntc

(Limit of one video per post)

I think it's time to admit...

Dundalk is Irelands only truly consistent European club, and it is in the best interest for the coefficients that teams let Dundalk win in the LOI for ever.

Some of the Shels defending for those goals must have had Joey O’Brien pulling out his hair.

Delighted for Kenny - he hasn't had the best of luck in recent years (which leads me to think Pats might struggle to get over the line in the second leg).

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Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Good win for Pats. Anyone know why our game next week is still scheduled for the day after they play in Liechtenstein? It’s been known for months they’d be playing that day

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Was speaking to someone from the club the other day and they said it was being played on the Sunday. Absolutely no idea why nothing has been communicated about it though.

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Originally Posted by ger121

Some of the Shels defending for those goals must have had Joey O’Brien pulling out his hair.

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Kearns not great either,the 3rd goal in particular….

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Originally Posted by Jack B

Was speaking to someone from the club the other day and they said it was being played on the Sunday. Absolutely no idea why nothing has been communicated about it though.

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Just been confirmed by the league for 6pm on the Sunday now

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

You've lost me there...?

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The whole Putin wants to conquer the world and we better all spend all our money on weapons and let's start WW3 to be on the safe side...kinda of a line I'm hearing from the media

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Originally Posted by Jamesie

The whole Putin wants to conquer the world and we better all spend all our money on weapons and let's start WW3 to be on the safe side...kinda of a line I'm hearing from the media

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If Putin isn’t an obscure player that nobody has heard of then it shouldn't be discussed on the site. There is enough of this crap online these days.

Gunna be Putin a lot of pressure on the mods if this keeps up

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Originally Posted by D24Saint

If Putin isn’t an obscure player that nobody has heard of then it shouldn't be discussed on the site. There is enough of this crap online these days.

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I hear he had a spell with Celtic as a youngster and was never quite the same since.