LOI in Europe 2011

**londonhoop** · 15/07/2011, 9:40 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Yeah, I thought the subs were odd. Is Murphy out of the team because he's not playing well or because Fagan is better? He absolutely tore us apart on his own at Dalymount earlier in the year. Rossiter was a different class when he came on.

Forget RTE, Sky would show it.

Sky do not hold any EL rights.Only CL, ESPN could pick it up.

**Dodge** · 15/07/2011, 9:51 AM

Originally Posted by londonhoop

Sky do not hold any EL rights.Only CL, ESPN could pick it up.

There's no rights for qualifying games. Any channel can show any game (eg RTE showing Rovers/Juventus last year)

**Dodge** · 15/07/2011, 10:08 AM

Think thats the hardest Draw for ROvers; Copenhagen. They were in group stages last year

**marinobohs** · 15/07/2011, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by SkStu

it will be a tough one in Dalymount next week but hopefully Fenlon will have the shackles off and we can give them a game.

Taking Fagan off was a disaster and putting Traynor in there was questionable too.

Hmmmmm Nutsey going defencive in european match, if at first it does not work do the same again and again and.......

very difficult to get back into this one in second leg from 2-0 down, have to hope (3 Hail Marys) for an early goal. Whatever happens we MUST have a go at them at Dalymount - two up front (Git and Bisto) and try and drag ourselves back into it.

While they had some nice players technically they were far from great. Conceeding two from set pieces was frustrating - although over 90 mins they were worth win. At 0-2 there is no point in Bohs playing cagey in second leg, so give it a lash Nutsey

**ifk101** · 15/07/2011, 10:11 AM

Copenhagen is a very tough draw. Financially they are in a different league to every other team in Scandinavia, let alone Denmark.

**marinobohs** · 15/07/2011, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Think thats the hardest Draw for ROvers; Copenhagen. They were in group stages last year

Great trip for shams supporters but very tough draw on the pitch

. Should attract a decent crowd to Tallaght and logistically decent enough away trip for the club, so moneywise could be OK (always a big factor for LOI clubs)

**Dodge** · 15/07/2011, 10:19 AM

Watched the Bohs game. They got what they deserved unfortunately. Poor Fagan had little or no support. Going to be really hard for Bohs to get through. Have they scored 3 times in any game this year (I think their goals for is even worse at home for some mad reason)?

By all accounts Pats were well in the game in Khazakhstan. Will be tough, but certainly in the tie.

Now all we need is a favour from Platini for the next round

**paul_oshea** · 15/07/2011, 10:47 AM

is the UEFA Europa draw at 12 or 12.30?

Any game ive watched in Europe where pat fenlon is/mas manager they always sat back against the higher seeded teams and inevitably eventually conceded, sometimes though like hadjuk split it paid off when they got them home, but then other times you think JFDI(go for it).

That seems like the worst draw for rovers.

Didn't copenhagen push chelsea to a draw last year, or very nearly i think?! Yes they did but i thought it was home http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/9424170.stm

**Dodge** · 15/07/2011, 11:07 AM

Europa Draw is 12.30

Even v Split, Shels were blessed in that game. Dave-bleeding-Rogers with probably the only decent shot of his career (and in fairness it was a cracker) in the dying minutes

**paul_oshea** · 15/07/2011, 11:10 AM

cheers.

ya 2 goals in the last 10 minutes or so wasn't it? But sometimes you need luck as in fairness LOI teams generally don't seem to have much of that in EUrope.

Fenlons approach is so much like Traps playing away from home, extremely negative and boring to watch. The difference obviously being that relatively speaking(opposition and the Irish team) Trap has a far better defensive line than fenlon has/had...

**harleyleeds** · 15/07/2011, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Anyone think we'd have any chance against any of the teams in our pot? Don't know anything about Poltava (bet Glentoran 2-0 away tonight) or Famagusta (bet the Georgians 3-0 at home) enough to know if we've any realistic chance.

Glentoran's opponents Vorskla Poltava in cash probe

By Chris Holt
[SIZE=1]Wednesday, 13 July 2011[/SIZE]
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Glentoran's Europa League opponents Vorskla Poltava WILL travel to Belfast today to fulfil their second qualifying round first leg fixture tomorrow night, despite having their stadium's offices raided by Ukrainian authorities on Monday.
It has been reported in Ukraine that computers at the Butovsky Memorial Vorskla Stadium were seized as part of investigations into the financial dealings of Vorskla owner and honorary president Kostyantin Zhevago, a high-profile billionaire businessman and the CEO of the Finances and Credit company, one of Ukraine's biggest groups.
He is also, according to Forbes, the 828th richest person in the world.
The raids threw into doubt the club's plans to fly into Northern Ireland for the European tie, and should they have failed to turn up it was possible that Glentoran would have been given a lucrative bye into the next round of the competition.
At the very least, Glentoran could have been going into the second leg with a head start having been awarded a win for the first.
European football's governing body, Uefa, were unaware of the raid until the Belfast Telegraph contacted them yesterday, and they later released a statement which said: "According to the Football Federation of Ukraine, the FC Vorskla Poltava have given guarantees that they will play both games against Glentoran. Based on this, we can confirm that these matches should take place as scheduled."

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...#ixzz1SAjQ3abw

**cornflakes** · 15/07/2011, 11:26 AM

Linfield got a decent draw, if they can get past BATE of course, they'l play either Ekranas or Valletta. The score stands at 3-2 to Ekranas after the first leg in Malta