The Big Fat European Latest Thread

**Umberside** · 22/08/2009, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Do you know how many the club expects to sell ?

You'd need at least 8,000 to stop the RDS feeling like Steau's stadium for the first leg, but I'd be shocked if that many turned up for it.

I think they won't get more than Bohs got against Salzburg.

**Dodge** · 22/08/2009, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Do you know how many the club expects to sell ?

You'd need at least 8,000 to stop the RDS feeling like Steau's stadium for the first leg, but I'd be shocked if that many turned up for it.

We'll get more than we did in the RDS v Hertha last year.

And its not as if not we're not used to playing in frot of small crowds

**Umberside** · 22/08/2009, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

We'll get more than we did in the RDS v Hertha last year.

How many did ye get?

**thischarmingman** · 25/08/2009, 7:00 PM

For anyone wanted to indulge in "What might have been's" Maccabi Haifa v RB Salzburg is on Setanta Ireland at the moment.

**Umberside** · 25/08/2009, 7:03 PM

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

For anyone wanted to indulge in "What might have been's" Maccabi Haifa v RB Salzburg is on Setanta Ireland at the moment.

No thanks

**CuanaD** · 25/08/2009, 7:36 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

We'll get more than we did in the RDS v Hertha last year.

And its not as if not we're not used to playing in frot of small crowds

Crowd last year wasn't that bad IMO - certainly the atmosphere was decent - hope we get similar this week.

Must remember to get my tickets tomorrow

**MariborKev** · 25/08/2009, 8:20 PM

Dolan punditry is shocking. Obviously he just has a book of transferable comments which he applies to a game, seemingly at random.

**Umberside** · 25/08/2009, 8:23 PM

Originally Posted by MariborKev

Dolan punditry is shocking. Obviously he just has a book of transferable comments which he applies to a game, seemingly at random.

Yeah he's useless. Acts like he knows the game but he just embarrasses himself

**MariborKev** · 25/08/2009, 8:27 PM

He doesn't know this game.

Doesn't know the players, doesn't know anything about Israeli football.

He is waffling on about people from the local area identifying with the club. It is the same speeches he gave at Pats during the the "SuperSaints" era.

Talking about the spoofer up from for RBS. Takes one to know one Dolo......

**dahamsta** · 27/08/2009, 12:53 PM

Sorry, meant to reopen this when I was finished tidying up. I hope I won't have to tidy up again, I might forget for good...

**thischarmingman** · 27/08/2009, 4:36 PM

Extratime.ie: Kenna plans all out attack

After a light work-out at the RDS before Thursday night’s Europa League play-off round second leg, Jeff Kenna was not entirely giving up the ghost on St. Patrick’s Athletics’ chances of clawing back a 3-0 deficit against Steaua Bucharest.

“We’ll be attacking minded on Thursday. It’s up to the players to go out there with all guns blazing and if we nick a goal early on who knows,” Kenna stated.

RTE.ie Preview

The RDS is synonymous with show jumping, but for St Patrick's Athletic their second leg Europa League play-off tie is a bigger hurdle than any puissance.

Independent.ie: "Europa run has 'Fabio' eyeing foreign shores"

THE door may close on his club's Europa League ambitions this evening but, for St Patrick's Athletic striker Declan O'Brien, the memorable run in this competition has made another ambition possible.

**James** · 27/08/2009, 5:39 PM

come on SPA
fingers crossed for ye

even 1-0 wud get ud good coef points

**Dodge** · 27/08/2009, 5:40 PM

Just on my way out to the game. Here's the Pats team

Rogers
Lynch Harris Partridge Stevens
Byrne Cawley O'Connor
Guy O'Brien Quigley

Formation might be a bit off