LoI in Europe 2018

[sbgawa]

Bigger tv money plus opportunity to get some corporates in for a dinner and ticket combo to make extra money.....extra pitchside advertising plus good incentive to get your existing sponsors to think that money spent on loi isn't completely for charity and a waste of time.

[Duggie]

Just saw the goals from Cork/Legia there. Shocking stuff really. All three were pretty awful errors. Cherry has been getting all the blame for the first, and he was poor, but Christ, how much time did they give the guy on the balll in the middle of the pitch to put in the cross ? Then a terrible pass in midfield to put the guy through for the second, and Damien Delaney made an awful effort at tracking and trying to tackle his man for the third, particularly bad flora someone who was playing in the Premier league in England until recently.

Totally agree. Jeez that 2nd and 3rd goal were pityfull to watch. Poor effort in the second leg.

[El-Pietro]

Here's the thing though. Two huge errors nfor the first two aside we were on that tie. The third came because we were chasing it.

[ToberonaTornado]

Trash talk - get a grip - it was a funny tweet. Twitter is a public forum. Good luck on Thursday!

Yeah - tell me when to get THE........... JOKE!

Thanks for the thursday good lucks.

[swinfordfc]

...Oh and Mayo for Sam. Mayo people and reality.

I hate the GAA .... foolish people (especially in Mayo)

[paul_oshea]

Just saw the goals from Cork/Legia there. Shocking stuff really. All three were pretty awful errors. Cherry has been getting all the blame for the first, and he was poor, but Christ, how much time did they give the guy on the balll in the middle of the pitch to put in the cross ? Then a terrible pass in midfield to put the guy through for the second, and Damien Delaney made an awful effort at tracking and trying to tackle his man for the third, particularly bad flora someone who was playing in the Premier league in England until recently.

Delaney clearly wasn't fit, after about 75 mins he was seriously puffing. Cork were good but lost the rag in the last 15-20 mins. I think the scoreline didn't reflect the reality of the game, but that said I thought LOI teams had breached that gap in the last quarter, especially to a side who had just come out of pre-season(first league game played before the 2nd home leg).

There's definitely been enough on show from the sides this year to see that they can hold ball well and play decent football against better opposition.

[Real ale Madrid]

Some good news for Dundalk.

[Ezeikial]

Florian Taulemesse is probably the key absentee being the Cyprus league top scorer last season.

We'll try to feed them some more dodgy bottles of Macardles tonight

[Ezeikial]

Caulfield wants Turner's Cross to host possible Celtic tie

Cork City manager John Caulfield would prefer his side's home European ties to remain in Turner's Cross even if they wound up in a possible glamour tie against Celtic in the next round of the Europa League

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https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018...le-celtic-tie/

He is absolutely right. Maintain the maximum advantage possible

It would be a sight hard to stomach to have thousands of Paddys shouting for the foreign team (and not being even the slightest bit embarrassed about it)

[El-Pietro]

We apparently sold close to 3k tickets for the third round last night during our game against Derry. There were non stop queues right through the game. I missed Delaneys goal as I saw the queues had died down so ran down quickly to grab some for my group.

[dundalkfc10]

We apparently sold close to 3k tickets for the third round last night during our game against Derry. There were non stop queues right through the game. I missed Delaneys goal as I saw the queues had died down so ran down quickly to grab some for my group.

Dead right!!

What would Celtic be allocated 5% or is it 10%?

[El-Pietro]

Dead right!!

What would Celtic be allocated 5% or is it 10%?

I thinks its 5% but we'd give them the same corner we give everyone from a segregation point of view. More worrying would be the Celtic fans cheering against their local side .I think its going to be Rosenborg though so hopefully no issue there.

[Philosophizer]

Given that Rosenborg just scraped past Valur of Iceland with a 94th minute penalty I'd be amazed if they even come close to beating Celtic.

Rosenborg are a good team, but Cork should have absolutely no fear of them if they end up playing them. Last year they needed their goalkeeper to make a brilliant save to deny McMillan and a another save to tip a Kilduff strike on to the bar in extra-time to prevent them from being dumped out.

Rosenborg are currently 2nd in the Norwegian table, and the 3rd place team (Molde) lost to bloody Glenavon a few weeks ago. They gave them a bit of a thumping in the 2ng leg out in Norway, but still, Glenavon!

And Rovers proved last week that Irish sides can mix it with the top Scandanavian teams no problem. All it takes is belief, and cut out the brain-fart mistakes that seem to dog us in Europe so often.

[dundalkfc10]

I thinks its 5% but we'd give them the same corner we give everyone from a segregation point of view. More worrying would be the Celtic fans cheering against their local side .I think its going to be Rosenborg though so hopefully no issue there.

How many seats are in the away end btw?

Have seen 500 mentioned but its not that much is it condiering they cover the seats at the front for some strange reason (when we play there anyway)

[El-Pietro]

How many seats are in the away end btw?

Have seen 500 mentioned but its not that much is it condiering they cover the seats at the front for some strange reason (when we play there anyway)

5-600 I think. I used to know the exact number. The front rows are closed off because of fans from Dublin clubs climbing over the barrier onto the pitch.

[pineapple stu]

the 3rd place team (Molde) lost to bloody Glenavon a few weeks ago. They gave them a bit of a thumping in the 2ng leg out in Norway, but still, Glenavon!

I don't think they did give them a thumping. It was 3-1 going into injury time - Glenavon must have been pressing for a second goal which would have sent them through, and got caught on the break (twice, admittedly). It's easy done, and changes a one-goal game going into injury time into what seems like a 5-1 hammering.

[dundalkfc10]

5-600 I think. I used to know the exact number. The front rows are closed off because of fans from Dublin clubs climbing over the barrier onto the pitch.

Last time Rovers tried that on the "Shedboys" from Oriel, they all entered the ground at the same time and climbed over the netting until it was down!

Just a thought for our trip in a number of weeks.

Hope its Rosenborg you play, as I could see you giving them a game (cant even remember if they took any fans to oriel last year bar a few in the stand)

[sbgawa]

I can't see Rosenberg coming within a couple of goals of Celtic and will be punting accordingly. The Scottish premier below Celtic might not be much but Celtics are a decent team. ....who I don't support btw.....paddy power have Celtic 4 to 1 on to qualify. And Rosenberg 8 to 1 to win tommorow

[ger121]

Legia one down at home. Interesting

[patrickccfc]

They are there to be got at. The most frustrating thing is we didn't really do it. Although we had chances in the first leg, we just didn't take them.