QuoteWhatever about all that, Pat's result is both excellent and disappointing. 2 sides still in with a shout of progressing by the 2nd leg of the 3rd round of Europe is good news if you ask me.
Rovers make any side they play look better than they are and that was true tonight. I mean this is a Rovers side that celebrated getting a draw away to part-timers from Iceland like it was a historic result so no surprises there.Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Whatever about all that, Pat's result is both excellent and disappointing. 2 sides still in with a shout of progressing by the 2nd leg of the 3rd round of Europe is good news if you ask me.
Lol. You really do post some drivel sometimes.
Their first win in Tallaght in Europe I think. Seems it could have been a bigger win. Pat’s just look like they are built for Europe and Kenny knows how to do it. I fancied them before this match and I really do now.
Dublin refereeing strikes again!
Never been so gutted to win a game 1-0, just feels like we'll regret not doing much, much more tonight. Sabah looked impressive the first 10-15 and then just seemed to stop playing, which was only compounded by the red card. I'm as glass half full a Pat's fan as you can get and think we legitimately should have won at least 3 or 4 nil tonight, so many clear opportunities went begging.
Feels like the kind of scoreline we'll really regret next week, but for now a win is a win and we're finally starting to put them together.
Kenny already starting to show why Kelleher got the cheque book out for him, man knows how to build great squads, with an eye for a player and knows how to get results in Europe too like no other Irish manager has.
Dominant performance from Pats tonight and unfortunate not to have won by 3 or 4. Other than an early near post header from a set piece that Anang made a good save from, Sabah didn’t have any other proper chances all night, granted the red card in the second half contributed to that but both yellows were clear cut. Sjoberg has been excellent of late and that continued tonight, Lennon, Forrester and Palmer ran the midfield and Mulraney and Elbouzedi provided great with and pace on the wings. Kenny got it bang on again in Europe, heres hoping the difficult task of a draw in Azerbaijan can come to fruition
Paaatrick's Agletic
Totally agree. After ten minutes I thought were were going to get spanked. Once we got into it after that we were fine, and deserved the half time lead. After the sending off we were completely dominant, and could easily have had another 2/3 goals. I can’t help feeling we’ll be sitting here next week rueing this as a great chance that got away. Really hope I’m wrong.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
What was the attendance at Tallaght Stadium tonite!
If Larne don't win this round they will rightly be kicking themselves. An IL club will probably never have an easier route to European group football.
Larne were gubbed 7-1 by Balkani just last year. So even just tonight's 1-0 win marks a big change
Wasn’t aware until just before kickoff that VAR was in operation for the Pats game tonight. I knew it was in use in early round Champions League qualifiers but didn’t know it was used in Conference League third round. Just checked there and it’s also going to be used up in Larne next week. I think Mr.Parker had a question on here about why Richmond park wasn’t used for this round as stadium regulations had been relaxed, well that’s likely the answer. Richmond isn’t equipped for VAR at all with the lack of high vantage points for cameras as well as the floodlights potentially blocking the VAR cameras view
Paaatrick's Agletic
Nope just common sense, just look at Breidablik last year for instance. And then after the game the team Rover's lost to are supposedly a top side and its nothing down to just how bad Rovers played....the same being said about Celje already.
It's almost as if every team they play in the Champions league are also good at winning football matches
4500 the attendance thread said. Its disappointing and the club will have to look at it.
It is about what you get for big home games, with no away fans as well. I'd probably call it par.
It's the kind of match I'd love to go to, but a 4 hour round trip or overnight stay in Dublin, not a chance. I do think the tickets are too pricey to attract neuturals.
€25 is grand when you have the reduced 2,500 capacity, but I think a game in Tallaght should be closer to €15 if you really want to attract floating voters.
Would agree on the pricing. I've seen 3 different LOI teams play European games at Tallaght overt the last few years, and as a neutral I'd say that €15-20 would be more likely to attract me to future games.
Rovers games in Europe at tallaght are €20 which is fair for European football.
Hoping we get 7-8k next Thursday as the game is still relatively in the balance,not that you'd think that judging by some of the troglodyte comments on here
Dont feed the Trolls PC.
Id be hoping for a sell out if possible.
We sold out for the Sparta game and this one is for a guaranteed Group stage spot.
We need everyone roaring the team on for this one
I would expect a full Tallaght to make quite a difference in the 2nd leg. The match last night seemed fairly flat and played on such a crap pitch. Ball rolling better will probably lead to both teams making more chances. I wouldn't have Rovers favourites but I reckon at worst they draw the home leg.
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