Djurgarden at home first and then away to Gent.
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Djurgarden at home first and then away to Gent.
Djurgarden home, Gent away, Molde away, Molde home, Gent home and Djurgarden away.
Delighted with a home match to start, dont think it mattered to much which team all look strong
the mindset for these games is going to be different both home and away.
They are 90 minute matches with points at stake so no "keeping the tie alive" stuff, not that we were that good at that away from home :D
In fairness to the team at least they wont be playing in an oven playing in Northern Europe so we can play more our normal game hopefully.
Best possible start for them. If they did get out of the group's how would they sort getting match fit and ready for the playoff with EL third placed team? It would be a very long season
Rovers will be going from "keeping the tie alive" to keeping the match alive! They were 2-0 down away to both Ludogorets and Ferencváros at half time.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
There will be a high probability of Rovers going a goal down away to Gent and Molde in the opening halves. The challenge for the Rovers management and players in those match situations is to stay in the game.
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Originally Posted by paul_oshea
This prospect also creates an interesting dilema. It was all well and good for these qualifying stages to be match fit/fresh and motivated but if group stage football becomes a "regular" expectation then they are in the group stages at the business end of the season with tired legs etc (this was also a problem for Dundalk I feel in 2016).
Season finished by 10th November latest if we were in the cup final so break until early Jan and have over a month to get ready for the play off in mid Feb. Effectively it will be the start of the following season if it happens.
Rovers in another Euro draw tomorrow - the UEFA Youth League.
Coleraine are in it this year, the first ever NI team. They're the lowest seeds, and benefit from Russia being banned.
No pots as yet, but probably something like AZ, Genk, Hibs, Molde, AIK, Racing Union, Coleraine and Rovers.
If Rovers, or someone else, qualifies on a regular basis they can (in theory) assemble a very deep squad so they can rotate players in the league. The danger would be that they blow the cash on no hopers like Dundalk did.Quote:
Originally Posted by sparky12345678
I resent you bringing that up!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
There seems to be healthy competition for European places at the moment. Dundalk and Bohs did well in Europe last year but missed out this year. Pats and Sligo did well this year but only one might get back into Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Rovers, Derry, Dundalk, Pat's, Sligo and Bohs will go into next season with realistic European ambitions. Cork, Galway and Waterford will want to join the Euro race. Interesting times.
AZ Alkmaar for Rovers in uefa youth league. First leg on the 14th September second leg in Tallaght on the 5th of October.
Tickets for Rovers europa conference home matches on general sale there this morn.
Interesting that they are being sold in blocks. 3 games for €75.
Alternative is €30 a ticket- would that put off any walk ups or neutrals?
Not an issue for me, obviously, as I'd gladly pay a kings ransom to see the most successful football club in Ireland play in a beautiful stadium.
I think the 3 match thing is a good idea tbh it means Rovers fans will buy the tickets for all 3 matches and get looked after first as i presume its expected to sell out and neutrals are unlikely to buy a 3 match bundle.
Saw a Rovers fan tweeting that last night and "said" the ticket office told him individual match tickets will go on sale next Monday/Tuesday is any left.
Some people whinging about the ticket price of €30 when the club are spending a fortune getting Tallaght ready (Marquees etc) having turned down the option of going to the Aviva, you really cant please some people. Same people paying 70+ euro to watch a ****e IReland team in the Aviva
Edit: They arent on general sale at the moment you have to be in the database of people who have bought a ticket off Rovers in the past to buy a ticket at least thats what i assume as you have to put in your email address and it doesn't work if they don't recognise your email.
So the order was Members / Season ticket holders / People who have attended games before / general Sale.
have to compliment the club here it means LOI supporters who've attended Tallaght before are ahead of people who decide to go to a game having never been before. I assume the general sale of individual tickets will be when its available to everyone.
30 is a fair price I think for Europa group stages.
There will always be a few who complain. And isn't there category 2 tickets for 25? Behind the goal presumably?
I got the 3 game pack this morning, thought it was a pretty reasonable price for Euro games.
Linfield?Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
It was the sole highlight of a car crash year while p6 were on their way out, 3 wins and the away 2-2 draw v Vitesse which we should have won had p6 not recruited a GK that never played GK at pro level before.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Take it handy now PC, Tallaght is more Plane Jane or Shane than a thing of beauty! Say that to some of ECL visitors and you could sound a bit mad!Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
I'd be ok with €30 for group stage football, but i'm already a LoI follower that doesnt need converting, i'd say most neutrals would be ok with it too. €25 probably would seem significantly better value for walk ups, even if the difference wouldnt buy a beer. €75 for the block of tickets is grand and it helps cater for the regular Rovers support. It could have been an opportunity for a publicity push to hold the price down with all the furore over inflation/energy crunch, go for the full community club hearing the concerns and with the games already going to be higher profile for media coverage, it could have been if big platform to do it from. Maybe Rovers need the money....
Beautiful is a bit OTT. It's a normal stadium. It's just that most of our other stadia are total dumps.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is kingQuote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
It's easily the best stadium in the league - no doubt about it. But beautiful it is not!Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I was in Paris last week and saw the Stade Francais rugby ground. Now THAT is a genuinely beautiful stadium.
Ah i agree with you its not the most beautiful at all i just love that phrase about the kingdom of the blind.
My favourite ground in the league (outside of Tallaght) is Inchicore (with the roof on a bit of the away section)
I love the fact you are right on the pitch almost as well as the sheer random madness of every side being completely different
The roof is gone. I came across a Pats/Rovers game on YouTube recently, from the late 80’s, at Richmond. My god, If you think LOI grounds are bad now ........... plus the pitch was an absolute muck heap. At least that’s one thing that has improved. Most pitches are decent now I think. No doubt summer football has played its part in that.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
I know it's gone I just meant I preferred it when it was there. It was another bit of randomness that it only covered part of the end
Rovers are only selling 3 match packages on their website. Anyone know when/ if matches for individual games will become available?
Monday I've heardQuote:
Originally Posted by Straightstory
On a similar note, any idea when away tickets for the Gent match will become available? It's going to be my 1st ever European LOI away game.
The most important part of tallaght is the pitch and its beautiful. Ask any players who play on it for proof.
Its also significantly better managed than an other pitch in Ireland, including landsdowne Rd.
Unrelated to the above, but, every time I see an unread post in this thread when I load up foot.ie, I have to remind myself that this thread will be very much active for months to come. Great to see.
The pitch is gorgeous and so is the view of the Dublin mountains above it. The stands themselves are as basic as you'll get but the entire setting is beautiful, particularly as the sun is setting. If only we had a club poet...........Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Can't think at of a nicer stadium in Ireland to be honest although it's seriously lacking in character (i.e pubs) outside the ground.. The Brandywell has something about it but most are brought down by the state of the facilities. Dalymount should be good. Carlisle grounds could be top notch. Inchicore is solid and I like that it's below street level. People seem to like the RSC but it's really unbalanced for me.
In fairness the attendance thread was active there for a good while without any attendances being postedQuote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
Yep, that's Tallaght all over. People shoved out with nothing to do. 50 years later nothing's changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
That's like most places in London, full of people who do nothing.
Looking at odds online. Bookies have Djurgarden win or a draw as most probable results.
I remember someone posting on here they’ve a big league game afterwards that they may prioritise. I’ve had a look and they play again at 2pm Sunday away to Hammerby in a top of the table clash. (Also a derby)They are two points behind them with 9 games to go.
Very short turnaround after playing away on Thursday night with the game ending around 10pm. I think this could be a good time to play them. Do they go all out Thursday and risk losing Sunday on what could be a bigger game for them in the grand scheme of things. Lose that and they are 5 behind with 8 to go. Interesting fixture.
Its tight at the top of the swedish league with all 3 stockholm teams fighting it out. Edvardssen is suspended for that game on Sunday so he will be playing Thursday. they'll be looking for a win thursday and probably happy to get home and get the draw against Hammarby. Djugardens have also won a league title relatively recently ( 2019 I think) so Europe is just as important for them.
Rovers have been unlucky I think in getting two weaker teams who are on great form, and one stronger team on iffy form.
Djurgarden have won 9 and drawn 2 of their last 11 league games. They've dropped two points at home all season, and their route to the groups was impressive too as I think ger noted earlier (4-1 v Rijeka, 6-2 v Sfantu Gheorghe of Romania, and 5-3 v APOEL Nicosia).
Molde have won 14 and drawn 2 of their last 16 games and in Europe beat Elfsborg 6-2, Kisvarda of Hungary 4-2, and Wolfsberger of Austria 4-1. There's no particularly good teams in there - APOEL the stand-out maybe - but there's plenty of goals going in and the ties against APOEL and Kisvarda were over after 3-0 first leg wins really.
Gent lost their only European qualifier 4-0 to Omonia to drop into the ECL groups and are seventh in the Belgian league, but that's a stronger standard than Norway or Sweden, so it doesn't necessarily mean they're much weaker than the other two.
Thursday will be interesting.
Yeah not a huge fan of the group. All 3 will need to beat us home and away to have a chance of qualifying. It would have been nice to get a no-hoper club in there and a big club to waltz the group and make it leas competitive. I fear things will be too close between the other 3 clubs for them to be caught out by us.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
But maybe Graham Burke will be fit and we can do a job at home. 4 points would be a huge achievement I think.
Tickets for tommorows match finaly on general Sale for anyone who wants one