League of Ireland in Europe 2016

**BonnieShels** · 02/08/2016, 9:24 PM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

APOEL and Plzeň are through and seeded.
Assuming Olympiakos, Salzburg and Celtic (the seeded teams) qualify, Dundalk will face one of those sides.

http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/...eedcl2016.html

The coefficient differentials are mad looking there with Dundalk on 2.590

So APOEL and Celtic are our choices?

**pineapple stu** · 02/08/2016, 9:25 PM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

APOEL and Plzeň are through and seeded.
Assuming Olympiakos, Salzburg and Celtic (the seeded teams) qualify, Dundalk will face one of those sides.

http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/...eedcl2016.html

Celtic is so tempting. Winnable because Celtic have been muck so far, and yet it would involve Celtic fans (and Dundalk of all teams of course...)

On balance, maybe not. But it might be the best chance. You'd expect one upset out of those three on balance though - so a chance of what, Zagreb? Dundalk did win in Croatia two years ago...

The next tie is potentially worth E12m. It's like an obscene game of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

**Lim till i die** · 02/08/2016, 9:27 PM

You'd imagine out of those the Czechs would be the biggest spoofers Bill.

**Eminence Grise** · 02/08/2016, 9:28 PM

Originally Posted by abcd

Unbelievable stuff from Dundalk.... An amazing 8 more games to come at a minimum in Europe.

Now that's optimism - but feck it! Let's dream big for once!

Originally Posted by abcd

Look forward to seeing them in Eamonn Deacy Park on Friday.

But maybe not quite that big, eh?

**paul_oshea** · 02/08/2016, 9:29 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

Shels 2 Split 0 wasn't too shabby.

Don't you mean Hadjuk?

**abcd** · 02/08/2016, 9:31 PM

Originally Posted by Eminence Grise

Now that's optimism - but feck it! Let's dream big for once!

But maybe not quite that big, eh?

Its not dreaming big its reality. They are guaranteed 8 games regardless of the result in the next round. CL Play Off 2 games and 6 games in either the CL Group Stages or EL Group Stages.

**pineapple stu** · 02/08/2016, 9:31 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Don't you mean Hadjuk?

Nope. Hajduk maybe. But from Split. So also called "Split"

Originally Posted by Eminence Grise

Now that's optimism - but feck it! Let's dream big for once!

It is a minimum of 8 more games though?

**BonnieShels** · 02/08/2016, 9:32 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Don't you mean Hadjuk?

He was hardly talking about AIK Split, Dinamo Split, Spartak Split, Split United, Split Celtic or Termonbarry Split now was he?

**pineapple stu** · 02/08/2016, 9:34 PM

Dave McMillan back to being outright Champions' League top scorer btw, with 5.

**paul_oshea** · 02/08/2016, 9:35 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Celtic is so tempting. Winnable because Celtic have been muck so far, and yet it would involve Celtic fans (and Dundalk of all teams of course...)

On balance, maybe not. But it might be the best chance. You'd expect one upset out of those three on balance though - so a chance of what, Zagreb? Dundalk did win in Croatia two years ago...

The next tie is potentially worth E12m. It's like an obscene game of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Hadjuk and Dinamo are no comparisons, how they are "run" and the financial power of both clubs. Hadjuk haven't been a force since the late 90s and very early 00s.

**Calcio Jack** · 02/08/2016, 9:35 PM

Big congrats to Dundalk they fully deserved it and even bigger well done to Kenny who masterminded not just tonight but taking them from a LOI play off spot to a play off spot for the Champions league which is nothing short of sensational .

**geysir** · 02/08/2016, 9:36 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Don't you mean Hadjuk?

Don't you mean Hajduk?

**paul_oshea** · 02/08/2016, 9:38 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Nope. Hajduk maybe. But from Split. So also called "Split"

It is a minimum of 8 more games though?

Split is another team, and no one calls them that. It's Hadjuk. Behave or read up on your Post Yugo-football. :P

Originally Posted by geysir

Don't you mean Hajduk?

That's exactly who I meant. Muphry's law

**paul_oshea** · 02/08/2016, 9:40 PM

So what CO-Effs do Dundalk get for that win. I mean surely they should be given 42 or something :P But surely its worth more at this stage, and against a seeded team?

**Eminence Grise** · 02/08/2016, 9:47 PM

Originally Posted by abcd

Its not dreaming big its reality. They are guaranteed 8 games regardless of the result in the next round. CL Play Off 2 games and 6 games in either the CL Group Stages or EL Group Stages.

You missed the 'at a minimum' in the original post. I would give my right arm/leg/ball, or possibly all three*, to see Dundalk qualify out of their CL or EL group and have ten games to play. That's what I mean by dreaming big.

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

It is a minimum of 8 more games though?

Correct - and as above, anatomically speaking.

*But that's easy for me to say - I''m a ciot�g.

**geysir** · 02/08/2016, 9:48 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

So what CO-Effs do Dundalk get for that win. I mean surely they should be given 42 or something :P But surely its worth more at this stage, and against a seeded team?

It isn't worth any more coefficients to beat a seeded team rather than unseeded and I thought you were so good at quick scans of wikipedia pages to appear knowledgeable, masking a nothingness.
To win the next tie though, reaps a rich bonus of 4 coefficient points.

**legendz** · 02/08/2016, 9:50 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

It already had full coverage. I hope they're no where near TV3 or RT�.

I'd prefer Eir Sport. Hopefully they can keep the coverage. I think it will fall on RTE and TV3. They'll have responsibilities to UEFA as host broadcaster. Not something they have to do too often. They possibly could opt to leave Eir Sport broadcast the home game.

**paul_oshea** · 02/08/2016, 9:50 PM

No, I think you're confusing yourself there, with yourself funnily enough.

Ya so that would still be very little.

I wonder how the players cut works out in this, a smart move would be to give them a percentage of every draw and win that they achieve rather than just for getting to this stage.

**BonnieShels** · 02/08/2016, 9:51 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Split is another team, and no one calls them that. It's Hadjuk. Behave or read up on your Post Yugo-football. :P

That's exactly who I meant. Muphry's law

RNK Split?

So the most popular and most successful team in Split (and second most successful team inn Croatia) is NOT known as Split? MAD!

Are you kidding me that you're debating the colloquial name of a Croatian team that were beaten 13 years ago with LOI fans?

Would you give over Paul. Good jesus.

**paul_oshea** · 02/08/2016, 9:52 PM

Originally Posted by legendz

I'd prefer Eir Sport. Hopefully they can keep the coverage. I think it will fall on RTE and TV3. They'll have responsibilities to UEFA as host broadcaster. Not something they have to do too often. They possibly could opt to leave Eir Sport broadcast the home game.

They could just show any other game they wanted right? For example Celtic - I assume there is no enforcement from UEFA that national broadcasters have to show their club teams.