Europa League, 3rd Rnd, 1st Leg, 30th July

eirebhoy

thomond2006 wrote: »

For a list of perspective opponents for St. Pats see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009-10_UEFA_Europa_League

They could be drawn against Villa, Everton, Fulham or even Roma! :eek:

Names like Shakhtar, Werder, Villarreal, Hamburg, Benfica, Valencia, Ajax, Lazio there and you mention just those teams?

CHD

What can the RDS hold as a football stadium?

Gavin "shels"

Possibly Tolka is the RDS isn't available either?

Could be some mouth-watering away trips for Pats; Roma, Ajax, Lazio, Partizan, Dinamo Zagreb (all teams I plan to visit in the coming years).

dreamers75

Pats in tallaght muncipal stadium for next round, RDS unavailable due to horsies hopefully we get tolka and we get riversio stand.

hopefully rovers dont have to move games for real european matches

oh when the saints

DerekD Goldfish

dyl10 wrote: »

Great result.
If I was the opposition manager, I'd go into hiding for the foreseeable future...

I dont think they will be going shopping the afternoon of a game and bringing crates of beer back to the dressing room before the kick of of the first leg in Europe again

Dubliner28

DSB wrote: »

Depends, what if they draw Fulham like? Or even Everton, they're hardly gonna host those at Croker or Landsowne.

I dont think anyone will be playing at Landsowne for a little while yet.
Game will be at RDS again IMO.

I'd take Roma or Ajax at a reasonable hour for the neturals to come support us

Hopefully the club will make more of it than the Berlin game

Dubliner28

Does anyone now if the "group" pairings for seeded and unseeded has been picked already ??
Would love to see us get a top name to Dublin.

stovelid

CHD wrote: »

What can the RDS hold as a football stadium?

Just under 20k these days? Or am I way off?

Haven't been there for years.

Dubliner28

As a pats fan a little disappointed truth be told
One from

Aston Villa FC (ENG) 1
Odense BK (DEN) 5
FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 3
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) 4
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 2

Not your Romas or Valenica's I no.

My prefernce is numbered above . Dont want Odense as they gave us a pasting a few years back.
Apart from Villa it be hard to see a sell out

fatgav

very disappointing

theteal

i wouldn't mind an aul trip to prague

sure it doesn't matter who we get lads, we're just gonna have to win the whole thing to be in it (and fly the LOI flag again) next season

djpbarry

Am I the only poster here who wants to see Pats drawn against a beatable side (we owe Odense a pasting!) so they have a chance of progressing to the group stage?

theteal

djpbarry wrote: »

Am I the only poster here who wants to see Pats drawn against a beatable side (we owe Odense a pasting!) so they have a chance of progressing to the group stage?

nope, your not alone, I feel Odense would be the most beatable - and fook do we owe them one! it appears most people have given up on the ideal of getting through and are more concerned with getting a huge gate, which would benefit the club (although nowhere near as much as some group stage football!)

i must concede that i've been drawn into the pessimism somewhat and with that in mind, i feel that if we were to get knocked out, prague would be the best place to help me get over it

*this is the last i will utter of the notion of us possibly not getting through!

eirebhoy

djpbarry wrote: »

Am I the only poster here who wants to see Pats drawn against a beatable side (we owe Odense a pasting!) so they have a chance of progressing to the group stage?

Pats will get €1m from UEFA if they win this round. You'd have to be wishing for Odense.

therecklessone

theteal wrote: »

i wouldn't mind an aul trip to prague

Savage place to go for a football trip.

I recommend Darlings

stovelid

djpbarry wrote: »

Am I the only poster here who wants to see Pats drawn against a beatable side (we owe Odense a pasting!) so they have a chance of progressing to the group stage?

Exactly.

djpbarry

theteal wrote: »

i must concede that i've been drawn into the pessimism somewhat and with that in mind, i feel that if we were to get knocked out, prague would be the best place to help me get over it

Well that is a rather convincing argument.

eirebhoy wrote: »

Pats will get €1m from UEFA if they win this round.

Really? That’s a big step up from €90k!

stovelid

If you got Odense, I'd honestly gamble on stuffing Richer to the gills with partisan (or at least vocal) supporters and get right in their faces instead of having 7-8k rattling around the RDS.

The benefits of getting past this round far outweigh a once-off gate in the RDS.

eirebhoy

djpbarry wrote: »

Really? That’s a big step up from €90k!

Yeh getting to the group stages is the main money earner.

UEFA Europa League 2009/2010:
1st qualifying round: 90.000 €
2nd qualifying round: 90.000 €
3rd qualifying round: 90.000 €
Playoffs: 90.000 €
Group stage: 1.000.000 €
Group match victory: 140.000 €
Group match draw: 70.000 €
1st knock out round: 200.000 €
2nd knock out round: 300.000 €
Quarter-finals: 400.000 €
Semi-finals: 700.000 €
Final: 2.000.000 €
Winning the final: 1.000.000 €

djpbarry

stovelid wrote: »

If you got Odense, I'd honestly gamble on stuffing Richer to the gills with partisan (or at least vocal) supporters and get right in their faces instead of having 7-8k rattling around the RDS.

If they could use Richer, I'm sure they would, but it doesn't meet UEFA's requirements for this stage of the competition. I think they'll probably opt for Tallaght or Tolka - I can't see the RDS being used unless they get Villa.

fatgav

Pats home leg will take place at RDS. Draw about to start now.

radiospan

Watching it here now: http://video.uefa.com/applets/UVS/LiveVideoPlayer.swf?c=14&streamName=UEL_DRAW_VIDEO&FW=0&PL=1&aspectRatio=16:9

stovelid

Steau Bucharest!

eirebhoy

Pats play Steaua with the 1st leg away.

Zonda999

Steaua Vs Pats!

theteal

bloody romanians

dyl10

Steaua, crap draw!

ctrl-alt-delete

The football manager great that is Bogdan Stancu will be visiting

he scored twice last night if im not mistaken.

radiospan

Very tough. Not the best draw they could have gotten by any stretch

gimmick

Awful draw. Not very winnable nor is it an attractive one for money making purposes. Shame.

sd08

At least they'll get a good crowd from all the romanians over here.
Not too bad though.

stovelid

Tough.

Only consolation is away leg first.

Zonda999

Very tough draw indeed. Not impossible but extremely tough

dyl10

That's pissed me off now.
Definitely in the category of one of the worst draws possible.

The Rooster

stovelid wrote: »

Tough.

Only consolation is away leg first.

But will Pats seek to reverse this?

sd08

Steaua's match against Motherwell is on Eurosport now if anyone wants to do some quick research!

Eire-Dearg

http://backpagefootball.com/info/europe/europe-league-q4-draw/

Full draw here: http://www.uefa.com/live/competitions/uefacup/draw/2010.po/draw_basic.html

stovelid

The Rooster wrote: »

But will Pats seek to reverse this?

To increase attendance at the home leg?

That's not possible surely?

Rekop dog

Pretty dire really. A unglamerous and let's face it unwinable game.

CantGetNoSleep

stovelid wrote: »

To increase attendance at the home leg?

That's not possible surely?

Shels did it with Depor I think

Benedict XVI

Rekop dog wrote: »

Pretty dire really. A unglamerous and let's face it unwinable game.

I say the Pat's team at the airport waiting for their flight to wherever on Monday evening (I did not know who or where they were playing), then when I heard they won I though 'great I'll go and support them now'

I won't bother now, seeing as they got a bad draw

djpbarry

Balls.

sd08 wrote: »

At least they'll get a good crowd from all the romanians over here.

Not unless all 8,000 of them are Steaua fans.

prendy

what a pity...they deserved a better draw after their heroics the last night.

i hope they get a full house for the game all the same.

pablomakaveli

Did'nt they play Shels a few years ago?

Its going to be very tough for Pats but they might strike it lucky and nick a result. Their not the most glamorous of opponents though.

Mr Moon

When will the dates be announced and when will tickets be on sale??

djpbarry

Krylya Sovetov Samara v St. Patrick's Athletic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ImF3lukgNQ

Nalz

well done Pats!

pablomakaveli

Its funny hearing a russian say Saint Patricks Athletic.

"Sint Patreeks Athleteek":D:D

Daemos

Mr Moon wrote: »

When will the dates be announced and when will tickets be on sale??

First leg is away on August 20th
Second leg at home on August 27th

theteal

no fans at the game in romania, that might help

linky