Fair assessment Nesta, I've been saying since the beginning of the season that we needed luck with injuries / suspensions to have a chance.
The mad sending off of Grace against Bohs and resulting match against Dundalk with a 16 year old at left back and Finn at right back showed how thin we are.
Ifs and buts etc , we have been on a bad run with refs this season by comparison as well (all your penos AT the box
That is improving with the signing of Farrugia and O Neill but i can't see Jack Byrne being around for next season so thats a huge loss.
If the reported signing of Graham Burke is true he would be a decent replacement but won't dominate the way Jack can.
Next season if we are to try and get the title back finally will probably come down again to finding a hatstand that can score 15-20 goals
On the European opposition, co-efficients mean nothing as the teams that earned those points can be totally different.
Dundalks Co-efficient is earned mostly by the 2016 team which were a better team than the current team as an example.
Just on the basis of the one game i have seen for each team i would say Quarabag and Appolon look similarly dangerous on the ball going forward but Quarabag look much more solid at the back and the better team overall.
I suspect Appolon at their level will be a different team in Cyprus they strutted in Tallaght and looked shocked that we were taking the game to them, Quarabag gave Dundalk respect based on Dundalks pedigree.
Going to be an interesting week
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