LOI In Europe 2025

**sbgawa** · 14/08/2025, 8:13 PM

What a goal..3 nil rovers

**pineapple stu** · 14/08/2025, 8:17 PM

Virtus of San Marino go 1-0 up against Milsami of Moldova - 3-3 on aggregate. This is the tie they lost in the last minute last week despite playing against nine men for the last 10 minutes.

Would obviously be unprecedented for a Sammarinese side to reach the playoff rounds.

Edit - they go 2-0 up!

**pineapple stu** · 14/08/2025, 8:28 PM

4-0 Rovers now

But you never know - Uni Craiova were 4-0 up on aggregate against Trnava after half an hour tonight, and the tie's now gone to extra time

**ger121** · 14/08/2025, 8:29 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Virtus of San Marino go 1-0 up against Milsami of Moldova - 3-3 on aggregate. This is the tie they lost in the last minute last week despite playing against nine men for the last 10 minutes.

Would obviously be unprecedented for a Sammarinese side to reach the playoff rounds.

Edit - they go 2-0 up!

Good for us if the Moldovans go out.

**Dexy** · 14/08/2025, 8:29 PM

Originally Posted by D24Saint

He hasn’t been 100% this season with a niggle and he still is brilliant most weeks. He has the heart of a lion and never throws the towel in despite what is happening. As for tonight I be very happy with how it turned out. When you come up against the likes of them you are always going to be in trouble. We managed to rattle their cage a bit and keep our heads up for Sunday.

He does not have the heart of a lion as the winner showed. This happens week after week for 3 years now, if this is him with a niggle, what would he be like with a knock. Poor technically, not great in the air, slow. He's great at last ditch tackles (not tonight!) cos he's always out of position. Pats fan btw, sick of ****ing away money on bang average players

**ger121** · 14/08/2025, 8:29 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Rovers seem toothless again. Goals dried up lately.

What do I know.

**D24Saint** · 14/08/2025, 8:37 PM

Originally Posted by Dexy

He does not have the heart of a lion as the winner showed. This happens week after week for 3 years now, if this is him with a niggle, what would he be like with a knock. Poor technically, not great in the air, slow. He's great at last ditch tackles (not tonight!) cos he's always out of position. Pats fan btw, sick of ****ing away money on bang average players

Clearly have an axe to grind.

**pineapple stu** · 14/08/2025, 8:41 PM

3-0 Virtus now; history is made here

Linfield win 2-0 and play Shels now. So Shels just need to beat Linfield twice to make the groups. Some difference from having to beat Hajduk and Depor

**ger121** · 14/08/2025, 8:47 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

3-0 Virtus now; history is made here

Linfield win 2-0 and play Shels now. So Shels just need to beat Linfield twice to make the groups. Some difference from having to beat Hajduk and Depor

Linfield will be harder to beat this time but you got to hope Shels are battle hardened by their game to-date.

**yurt** · 14/08/2025, 8:49 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Rovers seem toothless again. Goals dried up lately.

This obviously didn't age well but it was my reading of the tie at the time.

About 20 minutes in Ballkani had a decent passage of possession where they played through Shams more than once. The goal really seemed to knock the stuffing out of Ballkani they never really had a sniff in the second half.

Really professional performance and Bradley deserves credit for building such a big squad.

Really looking forward to see how they fair against Santa Clara. Would be great if that tie is alive all the way to the end of the second leg.

**ger121** · 14/08/2025, 8:56 PM

Originally Posted by yurt

This obviously didn't age well but it was my reading of the tie at the time.

About 20 minutes in Ballkani had a decent passage of possession where they played through Shams more than once. The goal really seemed to knock the stuffing out of Ballkani they never really had a sniff in the second half.

Really professional performance and Bradley deserves credit for building such a big squad.

Really looking forward to see how they fair against Santa Clara. Would be great if that tie is alive all the way to the end of the second leg.

Yeah, I called myself out of that one alright.

Larne got a draw in the Azores. I know the tie was effectively over but Rovers will be hoping for something similar over there.

**pineapple stu** · 14/08/2025, 8:57 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Linfield will be harder to beat this time but you got to hope Shels are battle hardened by their game to-date.

It would be strange to beat a side in Europe and then lose to them and fail to make the groups as a result

Not sure if it's happened before (and can't be bothered checking obviously!)

Surprised UEFA didn't rule it out tbh

**Comic Book Guy** · 14/08/2025, 9:03 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Yeah, I called myself out of that one alright.

Larne got a draw in the Azores. I know the tie was effectively over but Rovers will be hoping for something similar over there.

I know it's a step up for Rovers but I don't think it's the foregone thing that some people think.

**legendz** · 14/08/2025, 9:08 PM

Second year in a row that two LoI clubs are in the playoff rounds. One EL playoff and one CL playoff last year. Two CL playoffs this year.

**ger121** · 14/08/2025, 9:17 PM

Dinamo City of Albania currently doing to Hajduk what Shels hoped to do last night. 4-3 on Agg with 4 minutes of ET left. No easy ties.

**pineapple stu** · 14/08/2025, 9:22 PM

Dundee United gone to penalties against Rapid Wien

Jim Goodwin rebuilding his reputation there after the Aberdeen disaster

**patsdad** · 14/08/2025, 9:36 PM

Originally Posted by Dexy

He does not have the heart of a lion as the winner showed. This happens week after week for 3 years now, if this is him with a niggle, what would he be like with a knock. Poor technically, not great in the air, slow. He's great at last ditch tackles (not tonight!) cos he's always out of position. Pats fan btw, sick of ****ing away money on bang average players

You may say you’re a Pats fan but a search of your posts on foot.ie shows diddley squat evidence of that. There are two possibilities here - either you’re a football genius who knows more than all the pundits and supporters who consistently have Redmond on their team of the year - or you’re a sad clown getting your kicks from provoking people on the Internet.

**pineapple stu** · 14/08/2025, 9:40 PM

I mean, the "View Forum Posts" function gives four posts, three of which are in the Redmond discussion.

Do you not think the third possibility - that's **** all posts to go off - is worth considering?

**patsdad** · 14/08/2025, 9:41 PM

Can only take positives from that performance tonight. Hopefully we can carry that into Sunday and the remaining games and have more European magic nights next season.
That injury time free kick on the edge of the box would have been very interesting if there was an outfield player in goal which there would have been if the ref didn’t bottle the clear red card for handing outside the box and denying Melia a goal scoring opportunity. I guess the big boys always get the big decisions in the end.

**patsdad** · 14/08/2025, 9:44 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I mean, the "View Forum Posts" function gives four posts, three of which are in the Redmond discussion.

Do you not think the third possibility - that's **** all posts to go off - is worth considering?

I’d imagine that, tonight of all nights, a genuine Pats fan would have found something more positive to post about.
He could of course be a Pats fan with a personal agenda against Redmond.
Whatever he is, you certainly won’t find many Pats fans who agree with him.