LOI in Europe 2011

**DaveyPats** · 28/07/2011, 3:13 PM

Pats starting eleven announced.

Rogers Pender Shorthall McMillan Bermingham Murphy McFaul Mulcahy Doyle Daly North.

**ger121** · 28/07/2011, 3:21 PM

Originally Posted by peadar1987

Yup, the list of countries that haven't gotten there is pretty exclusive!

Malta, Luxembourg, Andorra, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Iceland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, FYROM, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, San Marino, Monaco, Liechtenstein, the Vatican City, and the Republic of Ireland.

Who from Slovenia had made it. Maribor and is it CL only or Group Stage of any competition?

**Spudulika** · 28/07/2011, 3:45 PM

Of those countries the Vatican and Monaco don't field clubs in UEFA competition. Kazakhstan for all the money spent (massive salaries) still don't understand how to spend it properly or get decent players in. Armenia are in chaos, Azerbijan have money but are building up for a new war, Moldova is a country split and at war with itself, the only decent club has amazing facilities but is run as a massive money laundering operation. Georgia is all over the place, the Baltic States are too weak and small market, Wales and N. Ireland ditto, BiH is never more than a day or two from civil war - and whose leagues and clubs are still divided along ethnic lines, Iceland, well, it's Iceland, Luxembourg just tip along, Malta has had money pumped in, with facilities but the league is massively corrupt and strangled. Andorra, too small, Liechenstein's clubs mostly play in the Swiss leagues and FC Vaduz threatened a break through but they were tight with the cash and faltered. The Faeroes aren't there, but they go along with the small tip along leagues. Ireland - well, it could be done but not in 1 year. It takes someone to load in cash for 2-3 years (like Cyprus or Slovenia) and hope for the best.

**pineapple stu** · 28/07/2011, 3:47 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Maribor and is it CL only or Group Stage of any competition?

Moldova have had a club in the UEFA Cup groups anyway (Sherriff), so it's CL only.

**Charlie Darwin** · 28/07/2011, 3:56 PM

Originally Posted by Spudulika

Ireland - well, it could be done but not in 1 year. It takes someone to load in cash for 2-3 years (like Cyprus or Slovenia) and hope for the best.

Why hasn't anybody thought of this before?!?

**nigel-harps1954** · 28/07/2011, 3:58 PM

FC Haka of Finland made CL group stages one season didn't they?

EDIT: just remembered it was Liverpool they played one season, was this in group stages or qualifying for anyone who knows?

**Straightstory** · 28/07/2011, 4:02 PM

Originally Posted by Hibs4Ever

Thinking they played Floriana in the last round is probably the dumbest comment I've ever seen here

Sorry - Flora Tallinn. (More apologies).

**dfx-** · 28/07/2011, 4:09 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

FC Haka of Finland made CL group stages one season didn't they?

EDIT: just remembered it was Liverpool they played one season, was this in group stages or qualifying for anyone who knows?

Qualifying, they were heavily beaten by...a Cypriot...Israeli side - Tel Aviv perhaps in the previous round, only for the opposition to be disqualified..and then got hammered by Liverpool.

**DannyInvincible** · 28/07/2011, 4:26 PM

Anyone have a link for the St. Pat's game? It's being broadcast live on a Ukrainian channel called 2+2.

**DannyInvincible** · 28/07/2011, 4:35 PM

My brother got a stream for 2+2 working but he says they appear to be showing boxing at the minute. LiveOnSat was updated a short while ago to say 2+2 would be broadcasting it, but maybe not: http://liveonsat.com/LJ_foot_uefa_europa.php

Strange.

**MeathDrog** · 28/07/2011, 4:37 PM

1st corner of the game going to Pats. 0-0 after 12 mins.

**paul_oshea** · 28/07/2011, 4:43 PM

Are you watching drog

**bullit** · 28/07/2011, 4:52 PM

This from the pats forum

"We got let off there, Rogers rounded ball was pulled back but Shorthall there to clear off the line, followed by a shot just wide, They are growing in confidence'

**Spudulika** · 28/07/2011, 4:52 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Why hasn't anybody thought of this before?!?

Yeah, but not the Irish way of half-backsided committment and dodgy money from the border. I mean sink in 30million over 3 years. Surely your JR can shake that change loose from his back pocket :-)