Not beating a team that were trying to throw the match!?
Tee hee!
Up there with Shels losing to Hibs of Malta as my favourite LoI in Europe defeat.
I hope all LoI clubs do well in Europe, but if they're going to fail, I hope they do it in hilarious fashion.
Last edited by pineapple stu; 27/05/2016 at 12:33 PM.
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My usual hope for LoI teams is for the champions to make the EL play-offs and at least one of the other teams to make EL Q3.
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A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
So unfortunately TNS will not be seeded in the Champions League thanks to Sheriff winning the league in Moldova. Looks like the best outcome for Dundalk in the draw would be FH from Iceland. As long as we avoid BATE and any of the other former Soviet teams. Though if we play the way we played today against Wexford then it will make no odds who we draw.
I mentioned previously but the pitch at Oriel seems to be a major issue for Dundalk. Check out this season so far, they have have gotten a decent return playing at Home but performances have been OK in general but it is clear to see the away record is much much better.
HOME 5-1-1 11-5 AWAY 7-0-0 24-2
Also in addition to that, Dundalk are currently 26 league games unbeaten away from home and they scored in every single one of them. Last league away defeat was in September 2014 when Pats won 1-0.
Last edited by TheBoss; 30/05/2016 at 1:32 AM.
Pats and Rovers are awful, Dundalk inferior to last season
.Cork , the only representative that can hope to progress beyond a round.
Here on a technicality.
You might be right that Cork have the best chance of progress - it really depends on the luck of the draw.
Dundalk are not playing the same flowing football as consistently as last season (a title that was won at a canter, with 11 points to spare), but the league table evidence does not support your "inferior" statement:
After 14 games this season the league table shows 37 points with a goal difference of plus 28 (F - 35, A - 7) as opposed to 38 points last season with the same goal difference (F - 33, A - 5)
With O'Donnell, McEleney and Kilduff all returning from injury, I expect Dundalk to recover that single point deficit shortly
The draw will play a big role in how any teams do. Pats and Rovers are seeded in the Europa League so have to be considered favourites to progress. But who knows, this time last year who would have thought UCD would do what they did.
As an unseeded team we have a massive spread of possible opponents. We could draw AIK and get absolutely tonked, or draw Linfield and have a decent chance of progression.
I'd expect Rovers & pats to go though the 1st round,based on the seeding.
Success for Cork will depend on their managers philosophy.
Dundalk , no matter who they play , will have to face considerably better oposition than they have had to face for the past 12 months so personally I don't fancy their chances.
Nothing for Baez fans to worry their head over anyway
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We have been knocked out of the europa by unseeded teams the last two times, zalgiris lithuania in 2013 & skonto latvia in 2015.I'd expect Rovers & pats to go though the 1st round,based on the seeding.
what date is the draw ?
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