LOI in Europe 2017

I didn't mention the league progressing. At any given time there are two, three or four strong teams. They change but the best sides are far better than the best sides of old.

I was merely making light of "conservative" remarks and comments on the manager. If we score 100 goals this season the dublin meeja will still describe us as a hard tackling strong team who struggle away from home. It's lazy and you can see it seeping through to the public. This is not KR Reykjavik era City with a handful of half arsed players not up for a challenge. It's a different beast entirely. As PM said though by far the best chance for Irish teams is starting in the CL and that's where the breakthroughs will come from. For this year I would be delighted to match last year's impressive achievement of making the third round. 

Edited by AnCearrbhach - 20 Jun 2017 at 2:37pm

pre Madonna wrote: I agree, I think beating Levadia and Larnaca would surpass beating Linfield and Hacken. I am not optimistic though.

pre Madonna wrote: AnCearrbhach wrote: pre Madonna wrote: I agree, I think beating Levadia and Larnaca would surpass beating Linfield and Hacken. I am not optimistic though. Always optimistic, wouldn't be able for the LOI otherwise. I'd say we have a decent chance but would obviously be decent odds to make that stage. Regardless the focus should be on Levadia first.   Joys of being away, can look at it with a bit more perspective! If I had to predict now  I would go with City getting passed Levadia comfortable enough before a narrow defeat to Larnaca. Maguire will score in both ties before heading off to sunny Preston. I think Derry and Dundalk will both exit quietly and Shams will narrowly go out to St Jarnan( as they are referred to by Eir Sports, how hard is it to copy a name from a screen?).

AnCearrbhach wrote: pre Madonna wrote: AnCearrbhach wrote: pre Madonna wrote: I agree, I think beating Levadia and Larnaca would surpass beating Linfield and Hacken. I am not optimistic though. Always optimistic, wouldn't be able for the LOI otherwise. I'd say we have a decent chance but would obviously be decent odds to make that stage. Regardless the focus should be on Levadia first.   Joys of being away, can look at it with a bit more perspective! If I had to predict now  I would go with City getting passed Levadia comfortable enough before a narrow defeat to Larnaca. Maguire will score in both ties before heading off to sunny Preston. I think Derry and Dundalk will both exit quietly and Shams will narrowly go out to St Jarnan( as they are referred to by Eir Sports, how hard is it to copy a name from a screen?). To be fair PM you said we'd take a beating from Hacken last year too  For the others I'd agree with you except I think Shams will go through and Dawk will have some hope before ending in another valiant loser LOI situation. Derry to take a hammering sadly I think.

pre Madonna wrote: AnCearrbhach wrote: pre Madonna wrote: AnCearrbhach wrote: pre Madonna wrote: I agree, I think beating Levadia and Larnaca would surpass beating Linfield and Hacken. I am not optimistic though. Always optimistic, wouldn't be able for the LOI otherwise. I'd say we have a decent chance but would obviously be decent odds to make that stage. Regardless the focus should be on Levadia first.   Joys of being away, can look at it with a bit more perspective! If I had to predict now  I would go with City getting passed Levadia comfortable enough before a narrow defeat to Larnaca. Maguire will score in both ties before heading off to sunny Preston. I think Derry and Dundalk will both exit quietly and Shams will narrowly go out to St Jarnan( as they are referred to by Eir Sports, how hard is it to copy a name from a screen?). To be fair PM you said we'd take a beating from Hacken last year too  For the others I'd agree with you except I think Shams will go through and Dawk will have some hope before ending in another valiant loser LOI situation. Derry to take a hammering sadly I think. I thought we would and was delighted to be proved wrong, we got a bit of luck and capitalised on it. I probably overestimated them a bit alright though. Yeah, Rosenborg aren't what they were so Dundalk might give them a bit of a game but run out of steam. I can't see Derry getting within 4 or 5 goals of the Danes. I think the past few years have shown there isn't much between the better sides in Ireland or Iceland, which says a lot about how their football is run. I don't think there will be much in it, it depends how much they learned from last year but it wouldn't surprise me if the underestimated the opposition again.

Who underestimated what opposition?

pre Madonna wrote: I assumed you underestimated RoPs, or were you just that bad?

We were awful. Worst team I have seen us play in Europe. They had 3 shots over the 180 and all 3 went in. Was the beginning of the end of Fenlon.

Edited by roverstillidie - 20 Jun 2017 at 3:56pm

pre Madonna wrote: roverstillidie wrote: pre Madonna wrote: I assumed you underestimated RoPs, or were you just that bad? We were awful. Worst team I have seen us play in Europe. They had 3 shots over the 180 and all 3 went in. Was the beginning of the end of Fenlon. And that is why I assumed you underestimated them, it was obviously wishful thinking!

They were exactly what we thought they would be. Rovers blew it big time

I fancy cork will get through that one handy enough