Looking ominous on Lyons. Hes a bigger loss than Mandriou. Haven’t heard anything on Pico, was hoping last Jan was the end of the rumours on him leaving
Fixtures (2/3 & 9 August)
Champions path
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) / Olympiacos (GRE) vs Apollon Limassol (CYP)
Qarabağ (AZE) / Zürich (SUI) vs Ferencváros (HUN) / Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Ludogorets (BUL) / Shamrock Rovers (IRL) vs Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) / Shkupi (MKD)
Maribor (SVN) / Sheriff (MDA) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN) / Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Linfield (NIR) / Bodø/Glimt (NOR) vs Žalgiris (LTU) / Malmö (SWE)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) vs Pyunik (ARM) / Diddeleng (LUX)
League path
Monaco (FRA) vs PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) / Fenerbahçe (TUR) vs Sturm Graz (AUT)
Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) vs Rangers (SCO)
Benfica (POR) vs Midtjylland (DEN) / AEK Larnaca (CYP)
serious draw that
Monaco PSV could be a quarter final
Union Saint Gilloise are a new one to me
they caught me out also
if we lose, do we play Shkupi in the europa league qualifier?
Shkupi or Dinamo Zagreb
Thoughts on the below team for tonight @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy @mickee321
Only one change for me.
Mannus
Hoare Lopes Grace
Finn Lyons
O Neill McCann
Byrne Watts
Gaffney
Leaves us with a strong enough bench now Burkey should have a cameo in him. Cotter, Kavanagh, Gannon, Towell, Ferizaj and Emaku waiting in the wings.
mccann will be crucial.
Id have cotter ahead of Finn, think he is a more natural defender
keep it alive for the 2nd leg is the only objective
They won the Belgian second tier in 2020/2021. Topped the table of the regular season in the top tier last season, but Belgium has a play-off system and they came second overall behind Club Brugge.
They’re owned by Tony Bloom, the fella that owns Brighton. Their sporting director is actually a fella from Limerick.
Less than a 10k capacity stadium but technically the third most successful team in the history of Belgian football, won a lot of titles before the war. It’s an interesting story.
Just Towell in instead of Byrne here
KOH
There’s a fella there, number 3, for the Shamrocks who looks like he’s in the early stages of a stroke.
These are very good
Fuck
He has 56 caps and 12 goals for Cyprus
This could be an awful beating. They need a Chris Shields type figure in there
Is that no.3 on day release from the Gorman?
Some save from Mannus.
Be getting Jack on asap
great second half
i thought we would lose by 4 or 5
burke has made a difference