LOI in Europe 2022

[pineapple stu]

Sligo down to ten and still just the one goal up, so nervy finish coming there

[ger121]

Some more points in the Co-efficient kitty

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Any win with our record is welcome. Hopefully beat them on Thursday also. Better team tonight.

[placid casual]

Closed out the win handily enough after going down to 10 men - looked a silly mistake from the defender and a definite red card. No mistakes in the home leg and you should go through.

[pineapple stu]

Derry with a solidarity red card.

Uphill climb now

[pineapple stu]

And 2-0 Riga

Derry in big trouble now

[ger121]

Not looking like a good night for them. The season has really come apart in the last few weeks. Looked unbeatable for a while.

[joey B]

Derry 2 down…

[kksaints]

Very soft red card for Matty Smith.

[pateen]

mura 2 1 winners away this evening

[Burnsie]

was there a headbutt or something from Smith that the camera didn't quite catch , after the initial shove (after which the director cut to a wide angle)

Fairly inexplicable decision otherwise

[TonyD]

Tuned into the start of 2nd half of sligo game - looks like they are playing a pub team, and should win the tie handy enough.
As for Derry.. The absolute state of the pitch.. Is there a hosepipe ban on in the brandywell?
The pitch looks almost as bad as oriel pk, and that's saying something. How do Derry expect to play ball and showcase their talents on that, as the look devoid of touch and confidence from what I have seen so far.

I hate those pitches. I’d ban em all if I had my way.

[ger121]

That is very poor from Derry at home.

[Straightstory]

Looked as thought they were playing on concrete. Derry second best all night, even before the very harsh 'red kyard.'

[ontheotherhand]

And they're the only good side in the league? Doesn't bode well for the rest of us.

[joey B]

Riga looked a very decent side,bad draw for Derry that one...

[pineapple stu]

Some more points in the Co-efficient kitty

We started the year dropping from 40th to 42nd when the 17/18 coefficient scores were dropped.

We've gained one place back this week - passing out the North, who got one draw from games in Slovakia, Wales, and two in Gibraltar.

Two wins seems is better than most this week, strangely.

Pat's skipping a round won't help for that part of course (though it will help their own seeding)

[DCWA]

And they're the only good side in the league? Doesn't bode well for the rest of us.

We had been as stated in other threads - the league is back to having no good teams as we are now garbage.

Pitch was garbage performance was garbage, we are garbage, Riga probably pretty decent enough side I’d say although we didn’t test them to find out.

Bring back the league cup.

[ontheotherhand]

We had been as stated in other threads - the league is back to having no good teams as we are now garbage.

Pitch was garbage performance was garbage, we are garbage, Riga probably pretty decent enough side I’d say although we didn’t test them to find out.

Bring back the league cup.

There you are! Welcome back. Good to garbage eh? I thought the results didn't matter? Good luck in the away leg any way. Not over yet.

[outspoken]

Any time you mention a pitch after a bad result for your own team on it people over look it as sour grapes. I said it last season when Longford played up there on a really warm day, the pitch played absolutely awfully. Bone dry, irregular bounces all over the place. It's a totally crap pitch as are all astro pitches in this league. Even in Oriel, they water it before games but if it's a proper dry day like today you're ****ing in the wind