LOI in Europe 2022

**brendy_�ire** · 08/09/2022, 6:14 PM

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

What channel is tonight's game on ?

Virgin 3.

**ger121** · 08/09/2022, 6:16 PM

Ballkani might be on for a win against Cluj

**CSAD** · 08/09/2022, 6:20 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

It'd be a heck of a lot for a Russian club too I'd have thought?

Oh yeah it would be, if anything a Russian Club would have got far more money for him. Just saying that if it wasn�t for the Russian invasion his pathway would be no different to a current Irish player going to England, he�s just a fantastic player at the end of the day.

**joey B** · 08/09/2022, 6:22 PM

Ludogorets beating Roma…

**pineapple stu** · 08/09/2022, 6:23 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Ballkani might be on for a win against Cluj

And RFS have just equalised away to Fiorentina. Football is weird.

Originally Posted by CSAD

Just saying that if it wasn’t for the Russian invasion his pathway would be no different to a current Irish player going to England, he’s just a fantastic player at the end of the day.

Yeah, true. I don't think a Russian club would have got more though? That'd be a serious fee for them even.

Still a bit surprising Batumi got so much. He was hardly on a long-term contract I'd have thought?

**ger121** · 08/09/2022, 6:25 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

And RFS have just equalised away to Fiorentina. Football is weird

No pressure now Rovers. Lech drawing away too. Or at least they were last time I checked.

**Scrufil** · 08/09/2022, 6:27 PM

I hope to hear a full gusto version of Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead from Rovers fans tonight.

**ontheotherhand** · 08/09/2022, 6:31 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

No pressure now Rovers. Lech drawing away too. Or at least they were last time I checked.

Playing our B team tonight just to upset foot.ie

**ontheotherhand** · 08/09/2022, 6:35 PM

Originally Posted by CSAD

Oh yeah it would be, if anything a Russian Club would have got far more money for him. Just saying that if it wasn�t for the Russian invasion his pathway would be no different to a current Irish player going to England, he�s just a fantastic player at the end of the day.

Yeah that was my point. He would not have been at batumi if not for the war. He was well known and always going to be snapped up. Batumi did really well to capture him and the fee.

**ger121** · 08/09/2022, 6:43 PM

Originally Posted by ontheotherhand

Playing our B team tonight just to upset foot.ie

The bench nearly looks stronger than the starting XI

**CSAD** · 08/09/2022, 6:45 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

And RFS have just equalised away to Fiorentina. Football is weird.

Yeah, true. I don't think a Russian club would have got more though? That'd be a serious fee for them even.

Still a bit surprising Batumi got so much. He was hardly on a long-term contract I'd have thought?

I think they would have, certainly from a negotiation perspective. I don�t think it would be tenfold or anything but I could have seen them get potentially double the fee Batumi got as being a top player at Batumi isn�t really sustainable compared to the Russian league.

**paul_oshea** · 08/09/2022, 6:50 PM

In fairnes to Virgin media 3 the bigger build up is on the rivers game. To the dislike or my United supporting friends

**paul_oshea** · 08/09/2022, 6:52 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

It will be down to market forces, like everything else ultimately. If there are various clubs interested in a player, then we could see a bidding war type situation. For Pats, I would expect to see Sam Curtis going for decent money. It�s not often you see a player his age break into the first team on a regular basis. I like the look of what I�ve seen of Adam Murphy too, though admittedly that�s not much, with his season being blighted by injury. If clubs here can manage to offer better and longer contracts then they will obviously have a stronger hand in transfer negotiations too.

I'll come back to this tomorrow with the talk from the Ireland forum about Jason knight.

**paul_oshea** · 08/09/2022, 6:53 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Ballkani might be on for a win against Cluj

Evrrytime I see that written i think of the Inbetweeners

**ger121** · 08/09/2022, 6:54 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Evrrytime I see that written i think of the Inbetweeners

You and me both, lol

**D24Saint** · 08/09/2022, 7:05 PM

Originally Posted by Philosophizer

30 is a fair price I think for Europa group stages.
There will always be a few who complain. And isn't there category 2 tickets for 25? Behind the goal presumably?

Can�t see any issue with �30 tickets for group stages.

**Philosophizer** · 08/09/2022, 7:16 PM

Originally Posted by D24Saint

Can�t see any issue with �30 tickets for group stages.

Gent had tickets for 20 and 25 to be fair. Fair play to them.

**pineapple stu** · 08/09/2022, 7:24 PM

Rovers really struggling at the back in the opening quarter.

Look vaguely ok going forward; has the feel of a game where the first goal will be important

**TonyD** · 08/09/2022, 7:39 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Rovers really struggling at the back in the opening quarter.

Look vaguely ok going forward; has the feel of a game where the first goal will be important

A hairy enough first 10 minutes, but they�ve settled a bit since then. Not doing too bad. They�d be much better with Byrne and Gaffney on the pitch you�d imagine.