LOI in Europe 2022

**Philosophizer** · 08/07/2022, 6:23 PM

Originally Posted by redobit

https://mobile.twitter.com/SSEAirtri...36353164464135

Good highlights there of the Rovers game. McGinty made a good save in the first half tho that wasn't shown.

Cheers for the link. The result looks about fair based on those highlights.

**brendy_�ire** · 08/07/2022, 7:33 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Disappointing for Derry, but Riga are no mugs, big investment into that side in recent years, we just scrapped by them (on pens) in 2019, also I note the only decent foreign player that P6 bought for us in 2021 played for them last night, Jurkovskis, the right full, very good player, he is Latvian Internationalist.

Jurkovskis was great last night. Quite impressed with that Riga side, who won at a canter.
We were never in the game, reduced to a few timid free kick efforts.
The red card was pathetic, there was nothing in it, and the Riga lad did exactly the same thing as Smith, so they both should have been off really.
The ref was very whistle happy, but you have to expect that playing Europe.

I don't think we can have any excuses from last night. We were comfortably beaten by a side that's of a much higher quality than we are. They five international players starting yesterday, were more physical than us, and technically better.
Disappointing, but I suppose that's just the luck of the draw.

Can't say I'm expecting anything from the second leg. Riga would need to have a serious off day, and we'd need to be very lucky.

On a side note, reading that Shamrock Rovers are flying out of Shannon because they couldn't get Dublin or Belfast. Meanwhile, Riga's charter went into Dublin, not Derry. Can't make sense of that.

**outspoken** · 09/07/2022, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by outspoken

He was good going forward but my God he was a woeful defender. Remember him being totally shown up against Longford in a game last season. Better off to give someone like Leahy a run than wasting wages on some fella because he has international caps for a poor side

After Leahy's performance last night I wish to withdraw the above statement 😂

**CorribsideSteve** · 09/07/2022, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

It must have been the reboots that had LoI teams go toe to toe only for a defensive calamity to undo 90+ minutes of an effective performance. The difference between Dundalk playing BATE one year was not coping with the dark arts, eg Rodionov, BATE'S main goal threat, poleaxed Dane Massey with a blatant elbow to the face the 2nd leg of the first tie. got away with it one the pitch and his club new how to keep him out of trouble. Following year we were savvy to their acting up and but used it to hang on in the 1st leg and then to frustrate them when ahead in Tallaght. We were criticised domestically for effective 'game management' by other supporters after. I doubt the Welsh were up to much but Riga were a piece of work when we played them to stalemate, slowing thins down in the heat ourselves and really bugging them. It why I think at times, with a couple of games under the belt, Irish teams get a better grip on things as often, certainly in the earlier rounds we are not vastly inferior.

Good points overall there, especially regarding Dundalk's handling of BATE. Its unbelievably frustrating watching how naive LOI lads are at getting baited into stupid card generating BS from the other teams, giving away soft fouls that are usually cyniically exploited with dramatic overacting by opposing players which all serve to kill momentum etc. Some might feel the Derry s/o was incredibly harsh, but it was really dumb retaliation from him when his team were already struggling. LOI teams often seem to lose easily in Europe to teams not much better than them, but are mentally tougher and more intelligent tactically. Hopefully your theory holds sound and the teams cop on as the rounds progress.

**sbgawa** · 09/07/2022, 4:23 PM

Bohs unlucky to lose 2 to 1 in Berlin. They should be able to go through if they play well in the home leg.

Bohs fans on social media enjoying the pat on the head from Union Berlin for turning up.. bohs board will be pleased , East Berlin is still semi communist. Onward to victory for the commisariat

**legendz** · 09/07/2022, 6:18 PM

Rovers second leg in Malta will be shown on the RT� News channel.

**D24Saint** · 09/07/2022, 7:06 PM

Originally Posted by legendz

Rovers second leg in Malta will be shown on the RT� News channel.

Good to see RTE making an effort.

**D24Saint** · 09/07/2022, 7:53 PM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

Bohs unlucky to lose 2 to 1 in Berlin. They should be able to go through if they play well in the home leg.

Bohs fans on social media enjoying the pat on the head from Union Berlin for turning up.. bohs board will be pleased , East Berlin is still semi communist. Onward to victory for the commisariat

Great novelty for the Bohs fans that traveled in huge numbers apparently. It�s good to see fixtures like this.

**EatYerGreens** · 09/07/2022, 8:57 PM

Originally Posted by D24Saint

Max Mata winner gives Sligo Rovers advantage over Welsh rivals in Europa Conference League - Independent.ie

"Park Hall in Oswestry, Wales"

Basic error by the Indo, Oswestry is in England not Wales.

Although it is in one of the bits of Wales that the English nicked. You even see streets in Oswestery with Welsh language names.

**RealJohn91** · 09/07/2022, 9:00 PM

Originally Posted by D24Saint

Great novelty for the Bohs fans that traveled in huge numbers apparently. It�s good to see fixtures like this.

Yeah it's class. Not even mentioning the fact that there was four away trips in Europe that were missed out on for obvious reasons when the club hadn't qualified for Europe in a decade. Of course the fanbase is going to make up for lost time.

**D24Saint** · 09/07/2022, 9:27 PM

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

Although it is in one of the bits of Wales that the English nicked. You even see streets in Oswestery with Welsh language names.

Doesn�t sound out of character for the English to nick territory !

**EatYerGreens** · 09/07/2022, 9:59 PM

Originally Posted by legendz

Rovers second leg in Malta will be shown on the RT� News channel.

To say that is a weird bit of scheduling is an under-exaggeration.

**outspoken** · 10/07/2022, 9:32 AM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

Bohs unlucky to lose 2 to 1 in Berlin. They should be able to go through if they play well in the home leg.

Bohs fans on social media enjoying the pat on the head from Union Berlin for turning up.. bohs board will be pleased , East Berlin is still semi communist. Onward to victory for the commisariat

I see a couple of Bohs fans ended up in hospital after being attacked over there.

**legendz** · 10/07/2022, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

To say that is a weird bit of scheduling is an under-exaggeration.

RT� Two is the current home of the Women's Euro 2022. The GAA is switching to RT� One. Better to be shown than not to be shown at all.

**D24Saint** · 10/07/2022, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by outspoken

I see a couple of Bohs fans ended up in hospital after being attacked over there.

That�s surprising, the Germans never hurt anyone.

**joey B** · 10/07/2022, 10:29 AM

Bohs fan kicked unconscious apparently,at a friendly,shocking that really…..

**Nesta99** · 10/07/2022, 10:53 AM

Thugs are thugs and I doubt would think friendly game so will take a break from being a thug. Not very often but on an odd occasion at games on the continent as neutrals we'd to point out we werent English or we could have been in trouble. Is it possible that a similar assumption was made, that English/Irish meh close enough. I hope the injured are all ok and have gotten home. Maybe a Bohs fans could give a quick update?

**2 Year Contract** · 10/07/2022, 11:37 AM

Hope the injured Bohs fan is ok. It should be noted however that it wasn’t Union Berlin fans involved in the attack, any wrong doing was carried out by *checks notes* Wrexham fans

**ger121** · 10/07/2022, 8:41 PM

Originally Posted by sbgawa

Bohs unlucky to lose 2 to 1 in Berlin. They should be able to go through if they play well in the home leg.

Bohs fans on social media enjoying the pat on the head from Union Berlin for turning up.. bohs board will be pleased , East Berlin is still semi communist. Onward to victory for the commisariat

The away goal would be massive for us if they were still a thing, but we are more than capable of winning at home.

**EatYerGreens** · 10/07/2022, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by joey B

Bohs fan kicked unconscious apparently,at a friendly,shocking that really…..

It was Gerard Farrell too, who does all the Bohs history stuff. Crazy for a meaningless pre-season friendly.

I was on a stag do in Berlin 5yrs ago, and when we were on a bierkeller night the 2 tables next to us were all massive blokes who looked like nasty pieces of work (plus one quite attractive woman). We were all speculating that they were either ex-cons or hooligans and trying to avoid them, until one of our group beered up decided to go over and ask them. Turns out they were a Union Berlin hooligan group celebrating their main guy's birthday (the woman was his girlfriend). They were massive and not the kind of characters you'd mess with.