On two or three occasions they had Oman and Sives up from the back for corners and yet the played them short. That was pointless. I don't know Estonian football but I know Ukrainian football and they are terrified of direct corners. Oman and Sives are a real threat and besides they're not that mobile at the best of times so wasting their efforts in that way is unforgivable.
Rovers' main weakness was in playing O'Donnell in the holding mid and leaving Twigg effectively on his own up front. Flora were there for a 4 or 5 goal hiding: you could see they were outclassed on most one-on- one situations.
God knows what questions they raise. That the manager every Sligo and Bohs fan considers to be terrible mightn't be great in Europe? That would be despite his winning last year in Europe, and the incredible failure of an apparently highly rated manager in Europe last year in similar circumstances.
What he means is that he thinks we'll knock out Flora, so if we do its not a very good achievement and he can dismiss it, but if we don't, despite Irish sides poor European performances, its a sign that we're some sort of crisis club and he'll take gleeful delight in it, having tried to write off Flora before hand.
Is there a deadline for when the clubs have to decide if they will swap home and away legs? Would like to book everything ASAP on Friday
"Even if the sun ceases to rise, Even if the sea ceases to flow, Even if the wind stops to blow, The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning, glinting star in the sky."
On the face of it that is a very poor record. But then the European records of most LoI clubs would make for poor reading too.
I have no doubt that Reiteoir can speak for himself, but perhaps the point is that if Rovers get knocked out next week many (especially Hoops fans) will question Rovers' inability to press home an obvious advantage last night.
I think it's 4pm our time on Friday (ie 5pm Swiss time)
Sligo can announce it as final before that obviously
Like...
How Flora'll get on in the next round?
What's the travelling cost from Tallinn to their next opponents?
At what time will Rovers land back in Dublin?
What time is the last ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki?
Where's the nearest taxi rank from Le Coq Arena to the old town?
The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
Apparently there is no longer a facilty for clubs to swap home and way legs. UEFA, with input from the national associations, make the decisions.
Last season Dundalk were drawn to play at home in the first leg against Grevenmacher. Because both Luxembourg teams were due to be at home at the same time, our fixtures got reversed.
At the time it was stated by UEFA that any reversals would be confirmed by them on their website within hours of the draw. Fans were warned repeatedly on the Dundalk website not to make any travel bookings until reconfirmation occured. Good advise as it turned out!
Rovers home European game almost sold out, between 200/300 tickets* on general sale tomorrow afternoon, with a lot of season ticket holders yet to purchase theirs.
*More may become available nearer the time depending on how much interest from away fans and UEFA's allocation.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Linfield are 1-0 up against BATE. Scored with their first shot, I beleive.
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 13/07/2011 at 6:56 PM.
ya after 5 mins.
I see it is 1-1 now.
Yeah, a penalty.
tut tut shamrock rovers v linfield in European competition
Half-time in the Linfield game now. Some other results from this evening:
Zestafoni 3-0 Dacia Chişinău
Maccabi Haifa 5-1 Borac Banja Luka
Malmö FF 2-0 HB Tórshavn
Bangor City 0-3 HJK Helsinki
Quite a few other qualifiers have still to finish. Out of the above games, only the winners of the Maccabi-Borac game can be drawn against Shamrock Rovers in the next round, assuming Rovers don't mess things up in Talinn. Looks pretty certain that Maccabi will be in the draw though. Dinamo Zagreb (winning 3-0 at home to FK Neftchi with about ten minutes of the first leg left) and APOEL Nicosia (winning their first leg against Skënderbeu 2-0 away also with ten minutes left) are both looking pretty comfortable to make it through as well.
i know cd that was the tut tut
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