League of Ireland in Europe 2014

**Charlie Darwin** · 07/08/2014, 2:35 AM

Pats have **** all money and are based in a country where people don't give a fig about supporting their own sides, to the point they were outnumbered in their own hometown. As somebody said earlier in the thread or somewhere else, what's Celtic's excuse? Anybody could see that Pats outperformed Celtic over their respective ties. Even the Legia players have said that Pats gave them a far sterner test than Celtic managed.

You just seem to, for whatever reason, pride or something, be stubbornly refusing to admit that an Irish team, in spite of all their inherent disadvantages, managed to show more guts and class than your Scottish boys. From what I remember, you pulled the same act when Rovers qualified for the Europa League while the brave Celts were busy having their bellies tickled by Kyle Lafferty's future employers.

**Sheridan** · 07/08/2014, 8:46 AM

Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

If you really believe that, you're on some good sh*t...

Celtic are cack currently, but 99 times out of a 100 they'd beat any LOI team.

Balls they would! That wasn't true 16 years ago (Pat's vs. Tims), and it's not true now.

Incidentally, a juvenile male is a "boy", the "h" in your nick is superfluous. Just so you know.

**Louth4sam** · 07/08/2014, 8:52 AM

On current form I honestly believe that Dundalk would have a good chance against Celtic as would most of the teams at the top end of the league. Well maybe not Rovers
The Scottish league is seriously in decline, even more so with three of it's biggest clubs in the second tier.

**PartySaint** · 07/08/2014, 9:35 AM

[QUOTE=Charlie Darwin;1770804] to the point they were outnumbered in their own hometown. [QUOTE=Charlie Darwin;1770804]

We weren't but the rest of your point stands

There's no point comparing results really, we don''t have a clue how Pats vs Celtic would have panned out. I think we might have ran them close but we'll never know.

I hope Legia can go on now and qualify for the Champions League

**White Horse** · 07/08/2014, 9:47 AM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

We weren't but the rest of your point stands

There's no point comparing results really, we don''t have a clue how Pats vs Celtic would have panned out. I think we might have ran them close but we'll never know.

I hope Legia can go on now and qualify for the Champions League

I think you would have given them a game.

**ArdeeBhoy** · 07/08/2014, 9:52 AM

On the evidence of last week, definitely.
As for Legia and their fascist fans, they can GTF.

**PartySaint** · 07/08/2014, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

On the evidence of last week, definitely.
As for Legia and their fascist fans, they can GTF.

They can GTF all the way to the Champions League while Celtic with their bigot fans go to the Europa play-off

**Dodge** · 07/08/2014, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

Er, in one game each, away in Warsaw. And their overall 'performances' were both pretty poor, each losing 1-6 on aggregate!

The big difference was that Pats were in the tie for 150 minutes of it. They ran out of defenders but there's no question Pats performed better than Celtic did against Legia

Anyone who disagrees with that is either an idiot, biased or both.

**bennocelt** · 07/08/2014, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Louth4sam

On current form I honestly believe that Dundalk would have a good chance against Celtic as would most of the teams at the top end of the league. Well maybe not Rovers
The Scottish league is seriously in decline, even more so with three of it's biggest clubs in the second tier.

Yet a few LOI teams couldnt beat a poor Rosenberg, Belarussian or H Split team. Please be reminded that the LOI is currently placed 40th in Europe before we lose the run of ourselves!!!

**marinobohs** · 07/08/2014, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

Yet a few LOI teams couldnt beat a poor Rosenberg, Belarussian or H Split team. Please be reminded that the LOI is currently placed 40th in Europe before we lose the run of ourselves!!!

Don't think anyone losing the run of themselves, just pointing out Pats result V Legia more respectable than Celtics, given resources etc.

Unfortunately it appears impossible to comment on Celtic (unless how glorious they are

) without drawing the ire of the Celtic brigade.

Scottish football is sh1t and the demise of Rangers turned a two horse race into a one donkey derby. IMHO Celtic will continue to decline unless they get out of the SPL or some other club finds a sugar daddy and provides some opposition.

Irish football will continue to decline because the FAI and general population don't give a fuk about it.

**Louth4sam** · 07/08/2014, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

H Split team. Please be reminded that the LOI is currently placed 40th in Europe before we lose the run of ourselves!!!

Dundalk beat Hajduk Split in Split and were a kick of the ball from putting them out. We had enough chances over both legs to go through.
The SPL is a poor league with Celtic being a whale in a small pond. They are also not the side they were over past few seasons and are shocking at the minute. The SPL is ranked 24 does this mean that Celtic cannot beat any teams in the top leagues?

**Mr A** · 07/08/2014, 11:45 AM

I would love to see the day when the LOI was close to as good as the SPL. Fully pro, decent stadia, great crowds considering the population. All it needs now is for Celtic to go back far enough or the others to improve enough for other teams to start winning it.

**bennocelt** · 07/08/2014, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by marinobohs

Don't think anyone losing the run of themselves, just pointing out Pats result V Legia more respectable than Celtics, given resources etc.

Unfortunately it appears impossible to comment on Celtic (unless how glorious they are

) without drawing the ire of the Celtic brigade.

Scottish football is sh1t and the demise of Rangers turned a two horse race into a one donkey derby. IMHO Celtic will continue to decline unless they get out of the SPL or some other club finds a sugar daddy and provides some opposition.

Irish football will continue to decline because the FAI and general population don't give a fuk about it.

fair enuff but some are going on about if Pats beat this team and if Sligo beat Rosenberg..............I mean come on they didnt beat what was put infront of them.
And yes fair dues to Dundalk they were unlucky this year.

**nigel-harps1954** · 07/08/2014, 1:54 PM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

fair enuff but some are going on about if Pats beat this team and if Sligo beat Rosenberg..............I mean come on they didnt beat what was put infront of them.
And yes fair dues to Dundalk they were unlucky this year.

Well, in all fairness, Pat's were three minutes from beating Legia in Poland and got a commendable draw against the odds, Sligo did beat Rosenborg in Norway, Dundalk did beat Hajduk in Croatia. The League of Ireland is steadily growing, albeit at a very small pace. Whilst we're nowhere near the like of Celtic, we're certainly not far off the standard of the rest of the SPL, a league that's only hanging on due to the stature of Celtic at the minute.

Only Derry can come out of this being whipped by everyone else for being sh!te.

**Charlie Darwin** · 07/08/2014, 6:29 PM

Hajduk 2-0 up at half-time in their tie with Shakhtar Karagandy, putting them ahead on away goals. They're this year's Celtic (from last year, not this year).

**pineapple stu** · 07/08/2014, 6:57 PM

Rosenborg out though; beaten on away goals by Karabukspor.

Stjarnan beat Lech Poznan.

Soligorsk draw at home against Zulte Waregem; win 7-4 on aggregate.

**ger121** · 07/08/2014, 7:07 PM

What a great run by Stjarnan. Wonder are they the first Icelandic team to win through 3 rounds. Just goes to show that it can be done.

**ger121** · 07/08/2014, 8:10 PM

If and it's a big if,Legia where booted out of the CL. Would they go into the EL play-off round or is there any chance Pat's would be parachuted in instead?

http://www.thescore.ie/champions-lea...09386-Aug2014/

**Sheridan** · 07/08/2014, 8:21 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

If and it's a big if,Legia where booted out of the CL. Would they go into the EL play-off round or is there any chance Pat's would be parachuted in instead?

http://www.thescore.ie/champions-lea...09386-Aug2014/

He didn't play against Pat's, so wouldn't affect them.

**DannyInvincible** · 07/08/2014, 8:29 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

If and it's a big if,Legia where booted out of the CL. Would they go into the EL play-off round or is there any chance Pat's would be parachuted in instead?

http://www.thescore.ie/champions-lea...09386-Aug2014/

Certainly a big if. I don't see Legia being booted out based on the Debrecen case from 2010. Debrecen were 4-1 up when they fielded Peter Mate for the final three minutes of stoppage time in a tie against Litex Lovech. UEFA ruled that Debrecen had "no interest in fielding this player for the three last minutes of additional time, when the score was so clearly in its favour" and fined them �15,000 rather than disqualifying them. With Legia already 6-1 up, I don't see UEFA going against a precedent like that.