There does seem to be general dismissal of Cypriot sides on here over the years. A very good Cork City side and a very good Dundalk side were brushed aside by AEK over the last 2 years. APOEL are a level up again.Originally Posted by bennocelt
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To me it looks less daunting than Dundalk's 2016 2nd round pool of possible opponents, as it turned out they got through on away goals against the weakest team.
Celtic, Bate, Copenhagen, Rosenborg, RS Belgrade and FH
Last edited by geysir; 19/06/2019 at 10:04 AM.
They sucker punched Basel last season, was at the game, well set up team, brilliant on the counter. Knocked Basel out anyway.
Dundalk (or riga) V FK Partizani (ALB) or Qarabağ FK (AZE). That's the best they could have got.
Feck. Basel got PSV, that's the europa early again, damn
Last edited by bennocelt; 19/06/2019 at 10:20 AM.
If Dundalk get through they play Partizani or Qarabag
Dundalk down to play at home first.
That's rough.
Here on a technicality.
I don't think suggesting that APOEL might be slightly weaker than Astana counts as dismissing Cypriot sides.
Anyway Qarabag........ group stage football in each of the last five seasons doused in Azeri petrodollars- and that was probably the 'easiest' draw available.
Last edited by seand; 19/06/2019 at 10:33 AM.
Bate or Plast if dundalk fail to beat riga
Jeezus wept
Wahey! European football! sadly none of the ties seem accessible from where I am in Austria. As always Dundalk and Irish sides generally should be aiming to be seeded in that first round and while there are no easy draws etc winning that seeded round will go a long way. As I understand it; if they beat Riga, then drop down (if they do lose), they will be seeded against the progressing CL losers:
which makes it a repeat of the first round really?
so being seeded and living up to that seeding allows for two arguably winnable ties. The third one is literally a playoff then into the group stages and obv hope for a miracle
Last edited by sparky12345678; 19/06/2019 at 11:46 AM.
Yes, Dundalk's most probable route looks like: beat Riga, lose to Qarabag, drop to ELQ3 where we'd play the winners of one of the ELQ2 ties between the CL first round losers, so possible something like Piast, Suduva, Linfield (who'll play HB from Faroes), Nomme Kalju ........Wahey! European football! sadly none of the ties seem accessible from where I am in Austria. As always Dundalk and Irish sides generally should be aiming to be seeded in that first round and while there are no easy draws etc winning that seeded round will go a long way as I understand it if they beat Riga and then lose out when they drop down the will be seeded against the progressing CL losers which makes it a repeat of the first round really?
so being seeded and living up to that seeding allows for two arguably winnable ties. The third one is literally a playoff then into the group stages and obv hope for a miracle
Win that and you're into the EL Playoff round with the CL third round losers, so possibly (going with seedings) Red Star, PAOK, Maribor, Ludogorets!
Cork and Rangers then.......
There's an incentive for Cork now
I really didn't want Rangers. Jesus. Not likely we will play them but thats some tie.
The Newco derby
Rovers vs Kauno Zalgiris / Apollon Limassol
Not the worst draw we could've gotten
It's very likely if we get through. It's the one I didn't want too. It would likely draw every cretin out of the woodwork. Turners Cross is not an easy area to police either.
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Have the clubs/FAI/gardaí specifically requested that this be the case? Is the any particular reason they can't play on the same night?
I think its unlikely because I don't expect us to get through.
Generally a UEFA rule. Can't have more than one game on the same night within a specific distance. Pats had a game moved to a Tuesday a few years ago because of somethign similar affecting their opponents. I think it played a part in our game in Estonia getting moved out of Tallinn, and our legs against Larnaca being swapped.
"Announce cork bombing" One of the lovely comments from the rangers forum. They seem very nice
Play it at the Aviva and make a mint.
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