If Rovers beat Celje - they are guaranteed Conference group stage?
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If Rovers beat Celje - they are guaranteed Conference group stage?
Yes I believe so....Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
yes. But a big if!Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
did SB not call him out as no1 fairly early after Mannis left?Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I have to hope that was manager speak for "he's all we have now" otherwise the alternative is he knows **** all about goalkeepers"Quote:
Originally Posted by Knocklyonhoop
If Pat's get through the second leg unscathed, what sort of threat are Sabah?
They came a distant 3rd to Qarabag in Azerbaijan, who are very good, so they're nowhere near as good as Qarabag but I'd still assume the top handful of clubs over that way have cash money LOI clubs can only dream of.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
They beat Rigas of Latvia 4-1 last season who beat Larne 7-0 this season :D
A credible enough showing from Rovers against a team many level's above LOI.
Delighted to see we at least had some threat in attack,Aaron Greene took his goals very well. Defensively, Rovers are very porous in European competition and there's little to be done about it at this stage so it's more in hope than expectation that we can scrape into the conference league somehow.
The result against Waterford on friday will probably determine the focus for the rest of the season.
A commendable effort and would give you some hope for the next round in Europa, or failing that Conference playoff. They won't play anyone nearly as good as Prague again. Aaron Greene the goalscoring machine was not on my bingo card for 2024 :D
I wouldn't be so confident of that. Looking back at the transfer thread you had Stacey lined up to come in as Pohls back up in the middle of November. Unless you were trying to unload Pohls as well I can't see why you would have anyone else lined up. It seems like your coaching staff truly believed in Pohls and tbh outside of Mannus and Bazunu Rovers have had some stinkers of keepers during Bradley's time. Off the top of my head Colm Horgan, the swedish lad, Chechinski or however it was spelt. IIRC during the Horgan season you played all 3 of your keepers before getting back to Horgan. It could just be that your coaching staff isn't good at judging keepers.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Pohls must be deceiving on the training ground. His shot stopping is usually good. Even last night be made a few top quality stops.
But in real games when the pressure is on he just can’t be trusted. He doesn’t inspire any confidence on crosses and routinely makes awful decisions coming off his line.
I can’t believe Rovers haven’t signed another keeper this summer…
He has very little first team minutes for a player his age, it feels like he's probably been a good lad and excellent in training for years at Rovers, so they decided to give him a chance, this season could be the making of him and he will grow in confidence and learn to be more commanding, but the growing pains are painful. Every now and then he comes for a ball and does well, so he can do it, but he doesn't look like he believes in himself at all and that's half the battle.
Playing is the only way he'll get better, and choosing to be a sub keeper for years has probably harmed him a lot.
Rovers making the group stage and St Pat's making the playoffs will be a good return for what seems like a non vintage year. Non vintage being influenced by Derry's embarassing exit, Rovers not going well in the league and Pat's struggles domestically as well.
You've jinxed it now ;)
Anyone know if the pats away leg is been covered or not?
No word from the club yet on that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by pateen
Not the easiest spot to get toQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Slovenia? It's not too bad - about two hours from Zagreb by train for example. Can also get there from Vienna (direct train, albeit longer)
I went via Vienna two years ago. It’s a lovely country to visit.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
btw our game is live on LOI tv for a tenner.
Cliftonville knocked out without much fuss against Auda from Latvia,disastrous European campaign for teams in the Irish League….