LOI in Europe 2022

[sbgawa]

Boom boom

[paul_oshea]

Class

[Philosophizer]

God my heart. What a night for the LOI!

[CuanaD]

three teams into August!

[ger121]

Not a bad aul league sometimes :-)

[TonyD]

Result - Pat's through 6-5

Thank fook. LOI tv ( or maybe it was Slovenian tv) decides to sit down just before the pens start. Talk about timing !!

[swinfordfc]

F**king brilliant!

[kksaints]

Oh yes!

[legendz]

Well done St. Pat's! Great night of results!

[SPXcyan]

Up to 38th in the rankings now after tonight's results, this is turning into a grand ol' European run for our teams this year, pity Derry weren't up to it.

[placid casual]

The only one to emerge from that was the keeper Anang. Pats had an extra man for about 50 mins(?) but looked lethargic.
Barry Cotters peno was waddle-esque.
3 teams playing in Europe in August.
F*** the begrudgers.

[CuanaD]

Good night for the coefficient too - I think that puts us up to 1.625 with still *at least* 8 games to play

[CorribsideSteve]

Sligo did amazingly well! The atmosphere in the showgrounds was as good as I've seen it since 2010. They had to dig deep tonight at different points but you could see from early on that they wanted it more. What a free kick! One of the best LOI goals in Europe that I've seen in years, maybe as far back as Benson vs Legia. A perfect start that set the platform for them. Motherwell loudly booed. Disaster for them. Imagine what they are thinking; beaten by a LOI team, and even 3 teams from Malta went through. Well done to Pats too. Sounds like they made hard work of it but they're in the next round with Sligo and that's all that matters. A great week for the LOI.

[pineapple stu]

Up to 38th in the rankings now after tonight's results, this is turning into a grand ol' European run for our teams this year, pity Derry weren't up to it.

Don't think that's right?

Rankings aren't updated yet but a win and a draw can only get us up to 40th, depending on how Armenia and the Faroes got on?

Edit - both got a draw, which has us ahead of the Faroes and level with Armenia in 40th I think

[Straightstory]

Great stuff! Watched the Pats game. Slightly lucky on the night, but delighted for them (and Sligo).

[legendz]

Sligo away in Norway next week and Pat's travelling to Sofia.

[dong]

I'm here for the coefficient talk. What a night!

[pineapple stu]

I'm here for the coefficient talk. What a night!

Should you not be down the pub unable to type straight?

[pineapple stu]

Also Crusaders drawing with Basel after barely scraping by Bruno's Magpies deserves credit. Even if they lost 2-0 away to ten men

[Nesta99]

When Cotter stepped up my initial reaction was 'oh no'. The 2nd missed St Pats peno wasnt a bad penalty, the keeper got a hell of a reach and strong hand to the ball - some of the players thought it was in as soon as it left the boot so I think it could go down as a good save than a bad penalty. Mura keeper was alwyas going to big toe it down the middle. Even as a neutral it was fun to see their keeper try every trick in the book to distract Pats players and keeper and made no difference. Some very composed penalties.

You tend to think the worst about what was said that the players were bringing to the refs and linos attention. Atakayi had some issue with their support after his peno - I thought maube the Pats fans were off camera in that stand but I dont think so. Was there issues with the crowd chants during the game? Those Black 'Gringos' looked pretty mean and pished off. Dont know much about Slovenian footy or fans but just in case I hope all the travelling support will be safe and well and can enjoy a few beers in peace tonight. If clubs are going to build half or bits of grounds in phases in Ireland well let it be a bit like that ground tonight!