The fixtures on the Europa League Conference website had the Pats game down as Tallaght and Sligo in the showgrounds.
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The fixtures on the Europa League Conference website had the Pats game down as Tallaght and Sligo in the showgrounds.
They are reasonable enough about it as long as the stand is built on a concrete base/foundation. Not sure about tarmac but could be capacity based on that. I know Richmond isnt available in the next round but if it did meet all the other criteria they would most likely be able to use the 'temporary' stand behind the goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
I see Dan McDonnell confirming it. Don’t even need the temporary stand. Great news.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
Great for Sligo,some common sense for a change!
Kind of sad that the league has to scramble so much for a third qualifying round game, but great to see it going ahead in Sligo alright.
Local authorities should take the blame on that one. The SDCC have shown what can be achieved when a council shows a bit of interest in creating facilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I think the blame is'nt just with local authorities , the FAI have a lot to answer for tooQuote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
I do agree, but I doubt there are plenty of options for clubs in a number of similarly ranked/size leagues. Some obviously have incredibly good infrastructure but it not unusual for games to be moved to national stadiums either. Its is great that UEFA are willing to work with clubs that just do not have or need the same scale of criteria that bigger leagues have. As long as the facility is safe, can be televised to sufficient standard etc. who cares about a load of seats for dignitaries or UEFA sponsors or hundreds of media positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I expect nothing from them , the Church of Scientology is less crooked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glen Of Aherlow
Has anyone ever seen a better free kick by a central defender than the one Shane Blaney scored last night?
But they are crap relative to what's in our league stu and apparently not relative to what's in the SPL. Now we have good European results, as we did last year bar Rovers v Flora (which if played 10 times would come out in Rovers favour I think). Could it be that the league isn't really regressing as much as you think or even at all? Or do we need at least one club to be getting into the EL groups to prove that? Or is it all just random chance in Europe?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
It is kind of sad alright. In UEFA speak it is damaging the LoI brand.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I thought results didn't matter otoh? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
Rovers v Flora wasn't last year's only bad result. Sligo losing to FH home and away and Dundalk scraping by Levadia Tallinn with a 92nd minute winner were both poor.
But bigger picture is we're up to 40th in the rankings, which still isn't great - and that takes account getting unexpectedly good teams and teams in crisis and should balance out fairly well (whereas you before were trying to focus just on getting teams who turned out to be good). But last night's results were definitely good and it'd be nice if they could become a regular thing. Whatever about the SPL (which is a weird league in many ways), we should be able to compete against countries Slovenia but we only had one draw from seven matches before this week.
I think it's clear though we've regressed since the peak of the 00s and I still think we've dropped a bit in the intervening decade too (I think the overview of results hints I posted earlier hints at that)
The only time the Motherwell fans were heard was when they sang “you’re getting sacked in the morning” a couple of timesQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I'm only poking the bear stu. I still don't think European results tell us much but wanted your take after the recent results. Reading back over the thread you'd actually swear all the clubs were knocked out weeks ago given the level of analysis and negativity around the leagues current state but here we are. When all 3 clubs are sent packing in the next round maybe we can just delete this current section of positivity.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
bradser made a good point after the 2 to 1 win over Ludugrets that people base there naratives off results and noy performances. Rovers shoukd have come away friom the first leg 2 nil ezcept for Lee Grace last minute brain fart (could even have nicked 1) but it was 3 nil and the world is ending. sligo were awful against Bala but made it through, Pats could have lost last night.
im probably in the camp fot getting hung up on results myself but its hard not to be
He listened to them if the report is accurate that he was the one who called the meeting - maybe for once mutual consent was actually mutual. No matter how confident a coach is that they can turn bad performances around and want to stick, you'd have it in yer head that a torrent of vile abuse is heading your direction and family in the social media age are on the front line now also. That or the fact Motherwell was that poor that he gave up on them and cut his losses. Be interesting to see their domestic form.Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
Is Tallaght the only LOI ground which can host ECLQ3 games? Turners Cross too I'd guess?
Clubs are going to be reaching this round with regularity given that ECLQ1 is going to be between the weakest 20 leagues going forward. It hasn't seemed like too big a deal for Dundalk and Bohs to play games in different stadiums given the proximity but for Sligo to have to travel 2/3 hours to get to a facility good enough to host their game is a scandal. I wonder if them getting permission to go ahead in Sligo will be worse in the long run given the backlash will never arrive like it really should have.
Is that Category 3?Quote:
Originally Posted by yurt
If so, it's really just Tallaght. Lansdowne and Windsor would be the only other grounds here that would meet the criteria (both are category 4).
Turners Cross would have the required 4.5k seating capacity, but things like car parking, I presume not?
As we've seen with the Showgrounds, and Tallaght, UEFA seem to have a bit of flexibility in how rigidly they apply the rules.
Considering that, you would imagine Turners Cross and the Brandywell should be fine.
With the extra stand in Tallaght, it should be category 4 handy enough.