League of Ireland in Europe 2015

[Dunny]

Is the choice of date between the 14th and 15th of July entirely the home club's? If so, by when do they have to finalise a decision?

Yes i believe so and as far as i know they have Seven days from the draw date to confirm.So they can arse around until then if they want.
I'm not going btw but i can see and feel that there is a lot of frustration out there from a lot of our fans who need to know what is happening because of work/time-off and hotel/plane bookings etc.

[Charlie Darwin]

I wonder if any of our clubs get involved in that sort of nonsense. It's probably a good idea from a ruthlessly competitive point of view, but less so from a not being a load of complete bellends point of view.

[White Horse]

I wonder if any of our clubs get involved in that sort of nonsense. It's probably a good idea from a ruthlessly competitive point of view, but less so from a not being a load of complete bellends point of view.

I wonder what other tricks await us in Belarus. Though, I doubt they will be cynical enough to only water one half of their pitch at half time.

[pineapple stu]

I wonder what other tricks await us in Belarus.

Bet there's no Tayto's on sale in the shop

[Yossarian]

Bet there's no Tayto's on sale in the shop

Ah jeez, not sure if I'll go now.

[Acornvilla]

No Tayto, no party.

Think I'll swing by the bowl for the UCD home match.

[pineapple stu]

I think our shop sells King.

I suspect it explains our low crowds.

[DannyInvincible]

The dates for Dundalk's games have been confirmed: http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...ates-with-bate

Dundalk have confirmed the dates of their Uefa Champions League second qualifying round clash against BATE Borisov.

The League of Ireland Premier Division champions will travel to Belarus for the first leg on Wednesday, July 15, before contesting the second leg at Oriel Park on Wednesday, July 22.

Dundalk have also confirmed that they are running a charter flight to the away leg and have invited supporters interested in the charter to contact the club.

[Yossarian]

The dates for Dundalk's games have been confirmed: http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...ates-with-bate

Charter is already full. Not sure how big a charter plane they have organised.

[White Horse]

Charter is already full. Not sure how big a charter plane they have organised.

I was told it was a 100 seater.

Given that the match is on Wednesday, quite a few fans are flying to Vilnius on Tuesday and coming back on the Thursday flight.

[Louth4sam]

I was told it was a 100 seater.

Given that the match is on Wednesday, quite a few fans are flying to Vilnius on Tuesday and coming back on the Thursday flight.

Group of us doing Sunday to Thursday. There will be plenty of sore heads on that Thursday flight back from Vilnius.

[ger121]

I think our shop sells King.

I suspect it explains our low crowds.

Well they are for the finer palate due to their subtle flavours compared to Tayto.

[pineapple stu]

F91 let nine players go, and sign 6. Two of the guys let go scored 23 goals between them last season, to end as top scorer and second top scorer. They also have a new manager. Can't hurt our chances. Though they have signed the Luxembourg league's top scorer, a guy called Ibrahimovic.

[mcgonigle]

F91 let nine players go, and sign 6. Two of the guys let go scored 23 goals between them last season, to end as top scorer and second top scorer. They also have a new manager. Can't hurt our chances. Though they have signed the Luxembourg league's top scorer, a guy called Ibrahimovic.

Played against us last season and didn't do much but you could tell he could be dangerous if given enough space and time.

[pineapple stu]

That's encouraging. Our defence is reasonably experienced - in that three of them played in the Premier - so maybe we can do the same again.

I presume when it comes down to it, the better Luxembourg sides are equivalent to mid-table Premier Division sides? Maybe edging more towards top half than bottom half?

Progres (Rovers' opponents) beat F91 3-1 in a friendly last night.

[Nesta99]

The heat seemed factor the first trip to Lux 2010 and it was the home leg that saw us through as we were hanging on a bit in the end really under Foster. Wasnt that much between the sides and then we were well beaten by Levski. There is a heatwave to hit Europe mainland so should be factored in imo. Last year Esch offered little and ye always had the feeling that we could shift up a gear if needed. It was all to do with our improvement rather than the Lux sides being too different in standards. I think along the lines of Bohs this season - decent and will cause problems but can be a bit brittle. Esch lost all confidence when they conceded.

[pineapple stu]

Looking like 32-33 degrees when Rovers play alright. Then a couple of sites have the heatwave to break on the Monday before we play - good bit of rain and a drop of a few degrees in temp. 6pm kick off won't help us; should keep that bit warmer.

And obviously long-term forecasts aren't the most reliable, so that could easily all change.

[legendz]

Tough-ish draw from Dundalk. I hope their league form carries through into their ties against Bate.

Of Cork, Shamrock and Pat's, who has the best chance of making Q3?

[The Donie Forde]

Tough-ish draw from Dundalk. I hope their league form carries through into their ties against Bate.

Of Cork, Shamrock and Pat's, who has the best chance of making Q3?

Shamrock, unquestionably.

[forza]

Looking like 32-33 degrees when Rovers play alright. Then a couple of sites have the heatwave to break on the Monday before we play - good bit of rain and a drop of a few degrees in temp. 6pm kick off won't help us; should keep that bit warmer.

And obviously long-term forecasts aren't the most reliable, so that could easily all change.

Out of interest, do you have any idea how are tickets selling for the game? What's the likely hood of picking one up on the night?

I'm very tempted to pop over but living and working where I do, it's a tad awkward to go buy in advance.