Why no Inter-Toto thread

[GavinZac]

So is the co-efficient.

Check mate pedantor

co-efficients arent a byproduct of success, they are a measure of success. complicated, i know, but heres hoping you're englightened by pats actually getting some some day

[derm]

I can't understand how any football fan can look on objectively...

European competition is an objective way to measure the quality of the league, so I loved it when Derry walloped Gretna who the bookies unbelievably had as favourites. I love it that over four years the eL has shown it's of a higher standard than the swedish league. I welcome every good result as more ammunition to throw at the barstoolers who call the quality of the league sh!te.

More respect for the league means higher fees for its players, it means more young players either staying longer in or returning to the league, it may mean higher attendances, more media interest, etc etc. In short, my club has already benefited and will do so again.

It's not a love-in, I hope Pats,Derry and Drogs perform well in Europe, but I will join in the howls of abuse if one of ye embarass the league. If one of ye gets walloped 10 - 0 by a team no one has heard of it will undo some of the hard work CCFC has done in Europe.

I'm not objective, I just see more of the bigger picture...

[paudie]

Its not the co-efficient I have a problem with, its the obsessing over them.

I wouldn't call analysis of how various results in Europe will affect clubs seedings in the future obsessing.

As Pats know even small changes in the coefficient can have a big effect. (Libertas or Odense?)

If ,say, Drogs are the EL's last club in Europe this year and whether they get a draw or not decides whether Pat's are seeded next season I'd say you might take a healthy interest in it.

[GavinZac]

If one of ye gets walloped 10 - 0 by a team no one has heard of

be realistic, that could never happen!

right?

[Cymro]

be realistic, that could never happen!

right?

If Shelbourne had entered Europe this year it might.......

[green-blood]

we have a boutique league and the sooner we concentrate on entertaining our boutique audiance and forget about these irrelevant european follies the better. what do we need, 10-18 copetitive clubs playing out of compact 5-10K modern stadiums on good surfaces with a strong percentage of full time players, tight championships and romantic cup runs - or Scotland II

some day an Irish club will make UEFA or chumps league group stages, they'll get hockeyed but will make so much money that they will dominate the EL for years - wont that be ****ing great

come on Hammarby

[GavinZac]

we have a boutique league and the sooner we concentrate on entertaining our boutique audiance and forget about these irrelevant european follies the better. what do we need, 10-18 copetitive clubs playing out of compact 5-10K modern stadiums on good surfaces with a strong percentage of full time players, tight championships and romantic cup runs - or Scotland II

some day an Irish club will make UEFA or chumps league group stages, they'll get hockeyed but will make so much money that they will dominate the EL for years - wont that be ****ing great

come on Hammarby

yes, some day we'll all enjoy the same fantastic kind of league as kilmarnock and livingston.

its fairly obvious to see which fans have never seen their club win europe and which have. interesting.

[The Good Son]

At last some sanity is brought to the proceedings.

BTW I was in Bologna last week, cracking city. I'll be back at some stage.

KOH

Next time you're there WAR check out the Enoteca Des Arts, on the the Via San Felice. Nice and central, lovely vino and CCFC memorabilia on the wall.

[paudie]

If Shelbourne had entered Europe this year it might.......

Cymro, just for your info the 10-0 comment is a dig at Pats who lost 5-0 home and away to a Moldovan team in the CL about 10 years ago.

That's generally seen as the worst it got for EL teams in Europe.

[swano]

yes, some day we'll all enjoy the same fantastic kind of league as kilmarnock and livingston.

its fairly obvious to see which fans have never seen their club win europe and which have. interesting.

Unless the Rovers fan you are replying to is under the age of 4 I'd hazard a wild guess that he's seen his team win in europe.

[OneRedArmy]

The obsessing about coefficients is absolutely ridiculous, purely from a statistical point of view as much as anything else.

As the coefficient is based on a 5 year moving average and if you accept that it simply reflects the comparative level of EL football, then each individual result is pretty much inconsequential in the actual coefficient.

Recent improvements in the average coefficients reflect only the strength of the league, nothing to do with the teams that actually represent us in Europe.

That applies as much to Cork City (and whoever above used the ridiculous phrase "undoing the good work Cork did") as it does to Derry's run last year.

Ergo, if the standards of football in the League continues to improve (and many people believe its dipped this year) then the coefficient will improve.

Its forest for the trees type stuff and quite frankly not something I would expect many of the keyboard warriors/internet junkies on here to grasp

[Dodge]

Unless the Rovers fan you are replying to is under the age of 4 I'd hazard a wild guess that he's seen his team win in europe.

Wouldn't worry about it. Typical Cork fan who thinks european competitions only started when Cork start winning

[OhNoYouDidn't]

there is no coefficient for the intertoto anyway.

so we should all be cheering for Hammerby

[Jerry The Saint]

there is no coefficient for the intertoto anyway.

so we should all be cheering for Hammerby

Don't know who Hammerby are I'll be cheering for Idrottsförening.

[OhNoYouDidn't]

Wouldn't worry about it. Typical Cork fan who thinks european competitions only started when Cork start winning

and typical Cork fan who thinks a 'Kilcoyne our Hero' or a '20 years homeless' banner is hilarious but then has the audacity to be offended when we want to see them lose.

Solidarity works two ways langers....

[Pablo Escobar]

Wouldn't worry about it. Typical Cork fan who thinks european competitions only started when Cork start winning

Evidence to the contrary please?!

[Jerry The Saint]

typical Cork fan who thinks a '20 years homeless' banner is hilarious

Evidence to the contrary, please?!

[Dr.Nightdub]

As Pats know even small changes in the coefficient can have a big effect. (Libertas or Odense?)

So you're saying that the Almighty Co-efficient is just a way of avoiding having to play real teams in Europe as opposed to someone who might give you a game? How is it a mark of progress (especially in the eyes of non-LoI fans) if you beat a string of mickey mouse outfits? Big deal. Sooner or later you're going to come up against an Odense so whether it's in the first round or subsequently makes no odds.

Only positive is that you get more away trips.

Anyway, the Almighty Co-efficient is way too complicated to work out so hence another reason not to get a stiffie over it.

As regards supporting other teams in Europe, I used to go to other clubs' European games a few years ago. Thoroughly enjoyed the sight of a Rovers fan getting furiously worked up roaring FOR Bohs rather than AT them. But the penny dropped for me when Shels played the Maltesers the year after the registration season. Chukinyere Ár Lá.

That's not to say I don't recognise that there's spin-off benefits for everyone else if the LoI teams do well - apart from anything else, it gives credence to the notion that this is a real league with real teams, so it may awaken interest in people to actually go to games.

My ideal scenario would be for Pats to enjoy those benefits without other Irish teams actually winning in Europe to generate them. In other words, as a general fuzzy make-you-feel-all-warm type notion, European progress by Irish clubs is good. But once you get down to specifics, Irish clubs other than Pats making such progress is disastrous.

Doublethink rocks doubleplusgood.

[sfc red]

But the penny dropped for me when Shels played the Maltesers the year after the registration season. Chukinyere Ár Lá.

10-0 to the refugees... Forza Zimbru

[paul_oshea]

So you're saying that the Almighty Co-efficient is just a way of avoiding having to play real teams in Europe as opposed to someone who might give you a game? How is it a mark of progress (especially in the eyes of non-LoI fans) if you beat a string of mickey mouse outfits? Big deal. Sooner or later you're going to come up against an Odense so whether it's in the first round or subsequently makes no odds

surely winning more games in europe, even against "mickey mouse" teams is better than losing in the first round regardless of "more away trips" ( and opposition )?!

My ideal scenario would be for Pats to enjoy those benefits without other Irish teams actually winning in Europe to generate them. In other words, as a general fuzzy make-you-feel-all-warm type notion, European progress by Irish clubs is good. But once you get down to specifics, Irish clubs other than Pats making such progress is disastrous.

That sounds fair from a personal point of view, but surely in the greater scheme of things any team doing well is good for pats, because when they play their domestic games pats realise what level they have to reach? And also by playing these teams with "better" ( not necessarily more ) experience in Europe will benefit pats will have tougher tests and these teams have played teams of a higher standard than the EL. So to break boundaries you first have to push those boundaries out and so on and so forth....