Quoteshocking from Drogheda but the San Marino lads celebrated their 'historic result' as if they won the CL final.
Fair play to them, they worked hard and defended well.
Bad for the coeffecient
Libertas players hugging the ref at full-time!
Like I said, I wouldn't be particularly fussed about this result If I were Drogheda. They don't score many at the best of times, they now know they're vastly superior to Libertas and they got the away goal which protects them against catastrophe. Job done.
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shocking from Drogheda but the San Marino lads celebrated their 'historic result' as if they won the CL final.
Fair play to them, they worked hard and defended well.
Bad for the coeffecient
We gave as good as we got.Originally Posted by dancinpants
But had Elfsborg lost they wouldn't have been so confident of overpowering them?
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Terrible result but they've had their day in the sun. Drogheda will beat them easily in the 2nd leg.
Does it really matter? The tie is over with Drogheda's away goal. They're through to the next round and that's what it's all about.
Drogs got the away goal, the result might not have been what was expected, but one thing is for sure and that is Drogs will thump them at home.
Libertas wont score more than once. They've just had their cup final and to them they have won the tie if only morally as they see themselves correctly as being a vastle inferior side to Drogheda.
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From watching the first half, it appeared Drogheda had absolutely no sense of urgency at all. Almost like they took the win for granted and were just hanging around to see how it would come about. That fair on the basis of the whole match? Captain and manager need to share a good chunk of the blame if so.
Why oh why would anyone be certain of Drogs not throwing this away?
Not to me. I want the coefficient points...
They are probably going to go through (I wouldn't put the house on it however) but watching them huff and puff against arguably the wost team in the competition doesn't bode well for the next round.
I think I should the parachute, because I'm great.
In fact, I think I should get both parachutes, in case one doesn't work.
The coefficient ranking is over a five year period. So one draw in a match Drogheda should have won doesn't really make much difference.Not to me. I want the coefficient points...
I would confidently say that Carmarthen are the worst team in the competition.
The overall tie is still a foregone conclusion
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I'm consistently bemused by this failure to recognise that the imperatives of a two-legged tie are completely different to those of a one-off fixture. How many times in the bad old days did we see LoI teams achieve creditable results against foreign opposition only to get hammered in the away leg?
Priority 1 - Get an away goal: Tick
Priority 2 - Suss out opponents you know nothing about: Tick
Priority 3 - Don't expend more energy than you need to: Tick
Priority 4 - Don't get beaten if you can avoid it: Tick
Not a stellar performance by Drogheda, but no great drama.
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It will.....We're losing a poor year coefficient wise this year, and this year will be added so it could make a difference alright.
We are in no position to be writing off coefficient points.
Worst result, yes. But if the two played each other, I'd say the Welsh would win.
I think I should the parachute, because I'm great.
In fact, I think I should get both parachutes, in case one doesn't work.
The two years at the start of the current 5 year period are bad. Once they're out of our 5 year calculation our coefficient will greatly improve. If the league gets a 1 point coefficient from this year's matches that's a good return for me.
not sure on this so someone can tell me otherwise but.....
ive checked the poplulation of san marino and saw 25,000,so basically there making an international squad from a place half the size of galway...right??
are any of these playing outside the country in any decent leagues??
would there club teams not be like junior teams here??, i cant see how a place that small could maintain anything other as you couldnt generate reasonable crowds for a few clubs from 25K
anyone know what the situation was with Libertas, are they just a sunday team?
was a differant Drogs tonight then the one that has been fairly consistent this yr...but even kilkenny wouldnt have done any worse then that!
There's the right way, the wrong way.... and the Max Power way!! :-D
Well done Drogs. Its unfair to judge them based on previous San Marino records of never achieving a ranking point in Uefa Competitions ever! (records i can find do only go back to 1994 though) of Great away goal to put the tie close to completion.
Doolin is not that bad a manager. He almost as good as Staunton
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San Marino only entered in 1999 or so. This is the first time they've been allowed two teams. Libertas have never been in Europe before.
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