Shamrock Rovers V Real Madrid - Friendly Match Thread (nb: please read post #183)

That_Guy

This match is live on Sky Sports 1.
The coverage starts at 7:30 pm and kick off is at 8pm.

This is a match thread designed to talk solely about the match and team line up predictions. There's plenty of threads about Real Madrid etc but this thread is specifically for the match tonight.

Stream: For more info see here


MOD NOTE: As said above, this thread is for MATCH DISCUSSION ONLY, i.e. team news, updates etc.

Keep the other stuff out of here.

Cheers

CHD

Big names expected to play?

Sunset V

Yeah Twigg and Baker are getting a run out alright.

CHD

Super stuff. Might get on my barstool

A7X

CHD wrote: »

Super stuff. Might get on my barstool

At €60 there will be many warm bar stool's.

ntlbell

A7X wrote: »

At €60 there will be many warm bar stool's.

are they charging rovers season ticket holders 60e?

if they're it's a f*cking crime.

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ntlbell wrote: »

are they charging rovers season ticket holders 60e?

if they're it's a f*cking crime.

Shamrock Rovers themselves are not responsible for the ticket pricing for this match.

syngindub

prediction for the match : SRFC 1 - 4 Real Madrid

madma

I dont see why people are still going on about the price.. yes its expensive but rovers were not selling them they had to be purchased online at platinum one website so the money will be going to madrid!

also when asked about the high price for a friendly they said their big names will be on show... so if ronaldo,kaka,benzema play and th reast of the 1st team it will be worth the money seeing ronny make his debut in tallaght! what odds would you have got on that a half year ago!

applehunter

Prediction

Rovers 0 - 6 Real

dsmythy

Being their first sort of half-proper match i suspect Real will be quite slow out of the blocks. I'd say the goals will come in the second half. I think Rovers can hold to 0-1 come half time.

WeeBushy

madma wrote: »

also when asked about the high price for a friendly they said their big names will be on show... so if ronaldo,kaka,benzema play and th reast of the 1st team it will be worth the money seeing ronny make his debut in tallaght! what odds would you have got on that a half year ago!

Kaka is not in Ireland, he's been given time to rest after the confederations cup, same with their other signing, Albiol. The rest of the big names will be in the squad alright and their manager has said that Ronaldo and Benzema will make their debuts tonight. Id expect a strong team, but probably not their strongest. This is part of their pre-season after all so different players will be in different states of fitness and the management will have to tailor their game time to suit each player.

stovelid

CHD wrote: »

Super stuff. Might get on my barstool

Get off and on it, you mean?

CHD

stovelid wrote: »

Get off and on it, you mean?

Nope, its in the pub. I don't live there.

Warper

I'm thinking of having a sneaky fiver on Rovers halftime-fulltime @ 66-1.

stovelid

Twigg to score a hat-trick and secure a shock transfer to Barcelona.

With the transfer fee, Rovers will

a) buy Tallaght Stadium from the SDCC and ban all the pen-pushers from the ground.

b)buy Gamble, Deegan, Byrne and O'Shea.

c)Pay off our ex-creditors with Wells Fargo-type bags of money in a televised ceremony in the centre circle at Tolka Park and give Shels supporters free tickets to attend.

d)Offer a competitive bridging loan to Bohs (80% APR) and Cork (60% APR).

and buy the Maldron Hotel and turn it into a multi-level clubhouse/museum with the rest.

That_Guy

stovelid wrote: »

Twigg to score a hat-trick and secure a shock transfer to Barcelona.

With the transfer fee, Rovers will

a) buy Tallaght Stadium from the SDCC and ban all the pen-pushers from the ground.

b)buy Gamble, Deegan, Byrne and O'Shea.

c)Pay off our ex-creditors with Wells Fargo-type bags of money in a televised ceremony in the centre circle at Tolka Park and give Shels supporters free tickets to attend.

d)Offer a competitive bridging loan to Bohs (80% APR) and Cork (60% APR).

and buy the Maldron Hotel and turn it into a multi-level clubhouse/museum with the rest.

What odds are you giving on this? Might just have a little flutter.

stovelid

That_Guy wrote: »

What odds are you giving on this? Might just have a little flutter.

I think my mate got 12-1 for Twigg to score first if you have a tenner you don't ever want to see again.

Scoring first has the drawback of provoking them though.

dfx-

Could we not just buy Twigg back with the spare change?

That_Guy

stovelid wrote: »

I think my mate got 12-1 for Twigg to score first if you have a tenner you don't ever want to see again.

Scoring first has the drawback of provoking them though.

Twigg might need to branch out a bit...........

The above was clearly the worst pun ever in the world. I apologise.

JPA

I expect something like this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8158802.stm

8-10

Rovers -1.0 @175/1.

Without Kaka they've no chance.

FreeOSCAR

I can see it going to Penos.

That_Guy

JPA wrote: »

I expect something like this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8158802.stm

27-0.......... :eek:

Is that the score or the attendance for both teams supporters?

Diabhal Beag

Imagine the **** we LOI followers could give the rest of the forum if Rovers won.











I can dream can't I

That_Guy

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Imagine the **** we LOI followers could give the rest of the forum if Rovers won.











I can dream can't I

Since when are Juventus in the LOI

ntlbell

Des wrote: »

Shamrock Rovers themselves are not responsible for the ticket pricing for this match.

surely they have/had SOME input no?

Rob_l

ntlbell wrote: »

surely they have/had SOME input no?

None at all, Shamrock Rovers are being paid to turn up in Tallaght stadium with a team to play thats the limit of their involvement

That_Guy

ntlbell wrote: »

surely they have/had SOME input no?

None at all if I'm to believe what I've been reading.

stovelid

ntlbell wrote: »

surely they have/had SOME input no?

Platinum One are organizing the gig.

I assume it was hard enough to even get the purcahse window for the seaosn ticket holders, which P1 nearly managed to fuck up anyway.

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ntlbell wrote: »

surely they have/had SOME input no?

Nope, Platinum 1 are organising it.

Rovers are getting a fee.

But ticket prices were set by Platinum 1.

I assume most of the money is going to Madrid.

What's in it for P1? A bit of profit, but more importantly, when they try to get more sides to play in Ireland, they now have Madrid on their CV.

Same goes for Carton House. They have developed this training facility, and want it to be the best in Europe. Their image will now be high profile, and other European clubs will be more likely to come here for pre-season training.

JackieRyan

Well I look forward to seeing the Galaticos V Rovers, they have no Dudek in goal tonight so I dont see why we cant win 1-0 with abit of luck and some irish weather

CHD

If Robben plays he will have a field day, probably break his leg or rip his hamstring in first 5 mins though

grames_bond

ntlbell wrote: »

surely they have/had SOME input no?

they were given €30,000 and thats it! no say on prices, no gate receipts, nothing else!

chopperbyrne

grames_bond wrote: »

they were given €30,000 and thats it! no say on prices, no gate receipts, nothing else!

They don't need a huge fee for the match though. They'll get extra sponsorship money for this one match and presumably sky will have to pay them something too.

Shamrock Rovers will make a tidy profit from this game, make no mistake.

That_Guy

CHD wrote: »

If Robben plays he will have a field day, probably break his leg or rip his hamstring in first 5 mins though

Don't say that. I've got him as first goal scorer tonight. 7/1 get in.

Just realised that PP are refunding all losing first goalscorer and anytime scorer bets if Ronaldo scores anytime during the match.

That_Guy

chopperbyrne wrote: »

They don't need a huge fee for the match though. They'll get extra sponsorship money for this one match and presumably sky will have to pay them something too.

Shamrock Rovers will make a tidy profit from this game, make no mistake.

Aye. Rovers will no doubt be the richest LOI team after this one match.

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chopperbyrne wrote: »

Shamrock Rovers will make a tidy profit from this game, make no mistake.

And any merchandise sales they make too. Nothing wrong with that.

It's just to get the message out there that it's NOT Rovers who are charging the sixty quid for a pre-season friendly.

It's P1.

chopperbyrne

That_Guy wrote: »

Aye. Rovers will no doubt be the richest LOI team after this one match.

Who are the richest club in the LOI?

Genuine question.

grames_bond

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Shamrock Rovers will make a tidy profit from this game, make no mistake.

oh exactly! and rightfully so! just saying that rovers have had no say in the ticket prices!

Des wrote: »

It's just to get the message out there that it's NOT Rovers who are charging the sixty quid for a pre-season friendly.

It's P1.

eeeeeeeexactly!!

stovelid

Des wrote: »

What's in it for P1? A bit of profit, but more importantly, when they try to get more sides to play in Ireland, they now have Madrid on their CV.
.

I would imagine that the long-term aim is to impress Madrid (and other clubs) with Carton house and then get into the Aviva/Croker for big friendlies against Celtic/LOI Selects and the like even it is means a slim margin/break-even on this trip.

The profit (on top of the fee) from this for Rovers is less tangible than a big fee - it's publicity, merchandising and season-ticket sales.

Also the Newcastle game got 3000 extra bums on the temp seats.

That_Guy

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Who are the richest club in the LOI?

Genuine question.

Couldn't tell you. I'm not a follower of the LOI tbh.

stovelid

That_Guy wrote: »

Aye. Rovers will no doubt be the richest LOI team after this one match.

I prefer closest to solvency myself.

Sunset V

That_Guy wrote: »

Couldn't tell you. I'm not a follower of the LOI tbh.

Sporting Fingal

syngindub

Sunset V wrote: »

Sporting Fingal

that has to be the worst football club name out there.

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OK, here's some more info

P1 are setting the price and making the money

This is because they are paying for Madrid's stay in Ireland and as part of the deal they get one friendly match.

The match is their way of making their money back and making some profit.

If the tickets were not that price ->no match!
host country usually have bigger stadiums/teams
so cheaper tickets i suppose

syngindub wrote: »

that has to be the worst football club name out there.

Yes, which is why it gets changed regularly.

Topredo Fungal is better, imo.

Sunset V

syngindub wrote: »

that has to be the worst football club name out there.

It's fairly useless alright. Dynamo Rooskey in the Roscommon league was one that made me laugh.

Des wrote: »

Yes, which is why it gets changed regularly.

Topredo Fungal is better, imo.

Sprouting Fungus!?

That_Guy

Sunset V wrote: »

Sprouting Fungus!?

Much better....


Supporting Fergus? No?

syngindub

this deserves it's own thread.
Dynamo Fingal sounds alright

8-10

That_Guy wrote: »

Don't say that. I've got him as first goal scorer tonight. 7/1 get in.

Just realised that PP are refunding all losing first goalscorer and anytime scorer bets if Ronaldo scores anytime during the match.

They're also giving prices on Huntelaar.

Aidric

stovelid wrote: »

I would imagine that the long-term aim is to impress Madrid (and other clubs) with Carton house and then get into the Aviva/Croker for big friendlies against Celtic/LOI Selects and the like even it is means a slim margin/break-even on this trip.

That's exactly the aim, there was a good article to that effect in yesterdays Times. Real have trained at an Austrian base for the previous 6 (iirc) consecutive pre seasons and so they are trying out a new venue. This could develop further.