QuoteWhat an implosion
And they miss their first. This tie should have been wrapped up long by now.
What an implosion
The biggest bottle job you ever see! They had a 4 v 1 before the og and mess it up! Christ!
Unbelievable.
Missing that chance when they had two players in on the keeper in the box was maybe the real key one, but they were woeful in front of goal almost all night, including the penalties
Don't forget they were 2-0 up in Latvia last week going into injury time and drew 2-2.Originally Posted by swinfordfc
The tie could have been nearly over after the 1st leg. 2 up with 5 minutes to play. Can’t seal the deal in normal time, ET when leading with seconds left and finally missing your first 2 penalties. Spectacular failure.
I watched a good bit of it and they should have won comfortably. Actually almost did feel sorry for them, but you have to see these things through. Chris Shields was brilliant for them.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Shields was brilliant. Disastrous decision to take him off. (He's also a fearless penalty taker - as I remember against Sheriff). I've rarely sees such scenes of desolation and deflation after a defeat.
Another good home victory for Rovers in Europe, albeit against a half ar€ed opponent. Rovers have really missed Jack Byrnes set piece delivery in recent months so hopefully his comeback is timed well for ECL group stages. Great European experience for Justin & Aidomo and Finner equalling Gary Rogers record is indicative of one Finner being one of the LOI greats in recent years.
Linfields clown car trapdoor exit is comical in the extreme-You'd think they'd be only too happy to replicate a Brexit style way of exiting Europe in embarrassing fashion to impress their butchers apron waving friends on their fast receding "mainland" 😂😂
He was unbelievable,someone looking to challenge down here should throw some money at him…
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Looking at the co-efficient table it's hard to believe that at the beginning of last season we were a full 10 wins behind Luxembourg. Before the Bohs game the thinking was that it'd be a big step up. Now 20(!) European wins later and we've roared past them.
It won't have any material significance but that win today means it's now confirmed that we'll finish ahead of Belarus and Bosnia this year.
The change of the format of the ECL has benefitted us hugely. Our teams have mostly been unseeded these past 2 years but the Irish teams are past becoming the ones to avoid in that first draw. That said things can come crashing down just as fast if there's some poor results next year.
But it's been super enjoyable these past 2 summers to get the chance to see 40 (think I've actually got to see 35+) LOI in Europe ties with 6 more to come.
We've already tried, dunno if you cam say we are challenging though. On the game, if he's still on the pitch that miss wouldn't have been.. The ball would've been in the corner. Ach well!
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
Linfield never recovered from this
Rovers' home/away form difference really is quite marked. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the groups because of course sides will have as much to play for in the return game even if they won 3-0/4-0 at home.
So are Rovers picking up a couple of fortuitous wins against, as you say, half-arsed opponents, or are they approaching away games wrong? It seems likely one of the two explains the gap, and the groups should help tell which
That's a record of P8 W5 D1 & L2 in Europe for Rovers so far this year. The 2 defeats which were heavy in fairness in hindsight could have been managed better, each game having a proper brainfart piece of defending (Grace in Razgrad & Gannon in Budapest) leading to crucial third goals after clawing back some kind of a foothold in the games after poor starts. I'd be hopeful SB & his coaching team will be mindful of what led to the 2 poor results & enter the groups with confidence that they should have a chance or at least be competitive in at least 4 of the games. A lot will depend on the teams we face, so it really is the luck of the draw but being in pot 3 you'd have to hope that the 4th seeds are there to be got at, at least.
IMO there was no shame in losing the 2 ties to Ludogorets & Ferencvaros, both are clubs with resources significantly greater than anything in our league and were rightly favourites to progress, the manner of the first leg defeats are what have frustrated me, especially the Ludogorets one, anyone who was in Tallaght for the home game knows well that at 2-0 they were rightly panicked & Rovers ultimately going for it left us open to the break which led to their goal. That showed me across the 2 games the gap wasn't as wide as first imagined, even if they were always likely to progress anyway, who know what could have happened on the night had we drawn level... anyway, its neither here nor there at this stage. I'd hope that SB & the team have learned from these 2 games and will be better prepared for the 6 games to come. Even in defeat there are crucial lessons to be learned & judging by SB's comments to the media he's not hiding & has accepted he's made errors & hopefully will learn from them.
Looking forward to the luck of the draw for the groups now later today, fingers crossed its kind to us!
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Looking at the pots for the draw, there are huge differences in what you can get. It could be something like Villarreal, Fiorentina and Silkeborg, or it could be something like Partizan, Slovan and RFS.
Rovers home wins over Ludogorets and Ferencváros have an asterisk next to them. The ties were over after the first leg.
Good to pick up the coefficient points. Hopefully Rovers determination to protect their home record will serve them well in the group stage.
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A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
The fourth seeds are probably the most interesting as it's there that points are most likely to be got.
Ukraine - Dnipro-1
Poland - Lech Poznań
Czech Republic - Slovácko
Denmark - Silkeborg
Sweden - Djurgårdens IF
Armenia - Pyunik
Latvia - RFS
Kosovo - Ballkani
They're mostly not teams you'd think of an LoI side being seeded higher than . Lech Poznan like?
Anderlecht and Nice are also third seeds - qualifying every year is a big benefit in terms of seeding, which is probably a bit silly, but it is what it is.
Full seedings here.
you,d have to hope that Rovers can put it up to the bottom 4.
Silkeborg might be shaky it seems but yea it wont be easy. They will have to have some grit, determination or ambition. I hope they put on a good show anyways.
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