Who's he joint with ?Originally Posted by placid casual
Who's he joint with ?
That KuPS team from Finland were put out of Europe by Derry City just 2yrs. Now they're in the Conference League play-offs, after holding Palace to a draw at Selhurst (and being unlucky not to get the win, due to being reduced to 10 men). They must have had a load of cash put into them in the last 2 years so.
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Burke is head and shoulders above any player in the LOI apart from Michael Duffy imo
It's a toss up between the 2 who is the best. Apart from one bad injury when he went to Derry he is available every week and plays 90mins and is usually by far the best player on the pitch so he would just get the nod from me
Id struggle to argue with your points on Duffy but there is something about the way Burke plays though that makes him such a pleasure to watch, some of his touches and control are off the charts.
a hard call
No doubt Burke is an unbelievable player, but imo Duffy was Dundalks best player during the glory days, he replaced Horgan when he went to UK and to everybody's surprise he was actually just as good if not better
Crystal Palace played reserves & youths as they have a league match 48 hours later & they play again on Tuesday in the League Cup quarter finals.
They brought on first team subs in the second hald when they went behind and were struggling. Palace are now in the playooffs to progress in the Conference League. A win would've put them straight through, and they obviously expected to and wanted to win the game.
I think the LOI should have a stronger collective result next season, there will be 4 good competitive teams not 3 whose total coefficient was divided by 4, plus probably the most significant factor in that SR won't have to meet Breidablik, that particular voodoo will pass on to the following season's range of possibilities.
There's a Finnish millionaire involved in them, but I don't think they've spent all that much in recent years. Did win the double in Finland last year, but I think they just got their act together.
Their ground is pretty dated, and they have to play their European matches 300km away in Tampere.
Will be interesting to see how they get on with this extra cash now.
On the flip side you could say that Vikingur being in the Champions Path next season may result in more co-efficient points. They seem a stronger side than Breidablik. Did very well in 2024 when they made the league stage.
Anyone listen to the Indo Sport take on the European Camapign ?
Meant to post this. Thought it was a good round up.
Wasnt impressed with how dour a few bits were. "lets not kid ourselves this is the third tier of europe stuff" annoyed me and glad Dan wasnt long putting him right that actually quality wise theres little different between the Europa League and Conference League
However the Champions League stuff is probably on the money about absent a generational run now its likely just beyond the aspiration of an Irish side
Ooh, I'm not sure about that. There's no TNS, Hamrun Spartans, Breidablik or Larne in the Europa League. Maybe the top teams in both are similar (Palace and Forest, Strasbourg and Lyon and so on), but at the bottom - where the LoI sides get their points, like as not - there's a big difference. Utrecht, Rangers, Malmö, Maccabi and Nice without a win in the Europa this year; Red Bull Salzburg and Feyernoord with five defeats from six.
I don't see the need to be dismissive about the Conference League - it's made for the lower leagues, and it's brilliant for that, and Rovers' good results aren't any the less good for being in it rather than the Europa - but there is a step up between the two I think.
Yeah that was a poor take from Aidan, Dan with a really good counter point
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