League of Ireland in Europe 2019

**D24Saint** · 13/08/2019, 7:26 PM

Good shout for a peno there. Ive seen them given.

**paul_oshea** · 13/08/2019, 7:29 PM

He was behind him. Never a pen. How has one cross not found a man yet? Are they misjudging the runs or is no one looking up before crossing

**CorribsideSteve** · 13/08/2019, 7:33 PM

Comically bad stuff here

**paul_oshea** · 13/08/2019, 7:34 PM

I've not seen worse defending from a LOi side in a long time. If you're unsure of it boot it.

**nigel-harps1954** · 13/08/2019, 7:34 PM

Disastrous defending.

**Real ale Madrid** · 13/08/2019, 7:34 PM

Still only need 4.

**D24Saint** · 13/08/2019, 7:34 PM

Shocking defending by Boyle, could end up a hiding.

**pineapple stu** · 13/08/2019, 7:37 PM

Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

Still only need 4.

**placid casual** · 13/08/2019, 7:41 PM

This dundalk team have not convinced at all in Europe this year. Too easy for slovan.
Hoban looks good odds for getting sent off at some stage as well.

**bohsmug** · 13/08/2019, 7:47 PM

Yeah, they haven't been great at all. The budgets of Qarabag and Bratislava would dwarf Dundalk's so in some respect it should be expected. Still disappointing though.

**Real ale Madrid** · 13/08/2019, 7:47 PM

I expect a full and robust 'state of the LOI' discussion after this.

**D24Saint** · 13/08/2019, 7:51 PM

Some Dundalk fans on here continued to believe that being on top of a rubbish league makes you a good team. Their performance in these European games supports the opinion that the standard in the league has dropped the past few years. The Dundalk team of recent seasons would have given Slovan a much better game. The more our teams struggle in the European the tougher it will continue to get.

**redarmyfaction** · 13/08/2019, 8:01 PM

Originally Posted by redobit

So the Dundalk game against Sligo Rovers is postponed as they are to play in Eurpope 3 days later. But Dundalk played Cobh in the Cup but this game wasn't postopned even though they are playing in Europe 3 days later.

The European clubs have way to much power in postponing games to suit their own needs. It's the usual BS you hear of 'it's good for the league', 'they need to fresh', 'they need to be ready'. There is no taught of the teams who are relying on badly needed gates to keep the wolf from the door, only to hear they wont have a home game for another load of weeks. How is this a benefit to the league … wages still have to be paid.

If clubs in European games want to postpone games then fair enough, but they should have to pay for that privilege ... say €10k if they postpone an away match! That would only be a small small percentage of what a club in Europe is making but is massive to other teams who simply want to pay wages and are being given no say about their own home fixtures.

They would be better off it seems being Match fit than taking their ease. Did they not get knocked out last year after missing our game?

**paul_oshea** · 13/08/2019, 8:06 PM

There is a serious lack of understanding between the attacking players. Men don't know where or when to run or expect a team-mate to be. It's like they've not been together long. A few lads are looking leggy too