LOI in Europe 2013

nordydan

markc1184 wrote: »

Looking forward to a trip to Sweden. Anyone have any recommendations for accommodation etc from previous visits?

Stay in Copenhagen and get the train over for the match. Malmo is quiet enough, Copenhagen good craic and drink is cheaper.

Train takes 40 minutes

dreamers75

Tough draw for us and as usual poxy

Dodge ‏@seidodge 3h
Pats last 10 Euro draws; Russia, Romania, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Iceland, Bosnia, Germany, Lithuania, Armenia/Macedonia

markc1184

nordydan wrote: »

Stay in Copenhagen and get the train over for the match. Malmo is quiet enough, Copenhagen good craic and drink is cheaper.

Train takes 40 minutes

Cheers. Flights are booked and all for Copenhagan so we'll decide in the next couple of days about were to stay. Heard there is an Iron Maiden concert in Malmo July 10th so accommodation could be few and far between as it is.

Pat D. Almighty

Generator Hostel in Copenhagen is cheap and really nice. Very close to the Metro station that will take you to Kastrup, then take a train from there to Malmo. Malmo is much nicer than Copenhagen, but can be dangerous in parts.

dreamers75

AgileMyth wrote: »

The Yaniteds are creaming themselves on twitter over Solskjaer being in Sligo. Nobodys told them yet they can't get tickets!

They have tickets for the Shed in richmond

Mint Sauce

Possible Charter plane to Norway as per the Sligo Rovers Twitter account.

Sligo Rovers ‏@sligorovers 6h

The club will inform supporters of a possible charter flight later today. Supporters are advised to wait for information on this.

NufcNavan

markc1184 wrote: »

Cheers. Flights are booked and all for Copenhagan so we'll decide in the next couple of days about were to stay. Heard there is an Iron Maiden concert in Malmo July 10th so accommodation could be few and far between as it is.

Staying in Copenhagen makes things awkward currency-wise though.

major bill

I think Sligo might have a chance...this team are second bottom from what i heard

Fitzo

Don't normally post here, but my word, that post from the Man United "fan" (use that term so so SO lightly) about Rovers playing in the RDS and then that we played in Richmond Park last year,is up there as one of the most ignorant and stupid comments I have seen on the internet ever.

What planet are these people on?

celtictiger32

id be quietly confident for all our teams, except for derry that is, i think they got the toughest draw.

markc1184

NufcNavan wrote: »

Staying in Copenhagen makes things awkward currency-wise though.

Ended up booking into a hotel in Malmo along with a few other Drogs fans.

djpbarry

celtictiger32 wrote: »

id be quietly confident for all our teams, except for derry that is, i think they got the toughest draw.

Tough draws all round really. Pats have definitely got the most favourable, but Lithuanian opposition is still going to be tricky and if they do manage to get past that, Pyunik away (I’m going to assume they’ll beat the Macedonians) is a tough one. Drogs and Sligo will have to be at their best to have a chance, while Derry will be lucky to get anything.

Handy one for Cliftonville though.

celtictiger32

djpbarry wrote: »

Tough draws all round really. Pats have definitely got the most favourable, but Lithuanian opposition is still going to be tricky and if they do manage to get past that, Pyunik away (I’m going to assume they’ll beat the Macedonians) is a tough one. Drogs and Sligo will have to be at their best to have a chance, while Derry will be lucky to get anything.

Handy one for Cliftonville though.

i think pats are in a great position, they have drawn very beatable opponents in their first two rounds. and if im not mistaken they have one more round after that to reach the groups.

drogs are probably the underdogs against malmo but they are also beatable, be nice to get one over on a scottish side in the following round.

sligo imo have gotten a good draw for the CL molde seem to be in a bad patch and are set to lose their best player before the tie to heerenveen.

derry need a lot of luck to get by the turks, wouldnt say it will be too pleasant of a trip aswell.

djpbarry

celtictiger32 wrote: »

i think pats are in a great position, they have drawn very beatable opponents in their first two rounds. and if im not mistaken they have one more round after that to reach the groups.

I don't know - Žalgiris are top of the Lithuanian league at the moment. Even if they get through that, I can't see them getting past Pyunik - they've got a number of Armenian internationals and don't look any more beatable to me than Molde or Malmo.

dreamers75

celtictiger32 wrote: »

, wouldnt say it will be too pleasant of a trip aswell.

i`d say the turks have had worse.

DaveyCakes

NufcNavan wrote: »

Staying in Copenhagen makes things awkward currency-wise though.

Ah for God's sake....

celtictiger32

djpbarry wrote: »

I don't know - Žalgiris are top of the Lithuanian league at the moment. Even if they get through that, I can't see them getting past Pyunik - they've got a number of Armenian internationals and don't look any more beatable to me than Molde or Malmo.

you mean armenia, the giants of international football?:D

DaveyCakes

Fenerbahce and Besiktas have been banned from Europe for match-fixing, but the knock-on effects don't seem to affect Trabzonspor v Derry

djpbarry

celtictiger32 wrote: »

you mean armenia, the giants of international football?:D

Well, they gave Ireland a footballing lesson in Dublin with only 10 men.

And it's not that long ago that Henrikh Mkhitaryan was with Pyunik.

steirishrover

Didn't derry beat pyunik a few seasons ago?

djpbarry

steirishrover wrote: »

Didn't derry beat pyunik a few seasons ago?

Other way 'round. They should have beaten them at The Brandywell, but, although they only lost 2-0, they were torn apart in Yerevan.

NufcNavan

DaveyCakes wrote: »

Ah for God's sake....

Something wrong?

celtictiger32

djpbarry wrote: »

Well, they gave Ireland a footballing lesson in Dublin with only 10 men.

And it's not that long ago that Henrikh Mkhitaryan was with Pyunik.

i wouldnt hold any weight the results of our international team while trapatoni is in charge. and we did win btw. the fact they have internationals in the team doesnt always mean a lot either, there are teams in the a.u.l. that have internationals on board. ok zigiris are top of their league but so are pats, does that not mean anything?

Lawrence1895

djpbarry wrote: »

Well, they gave Ireland a footballing lesson in Dublin with only 10 men.

And it's not that long ago that Henrikh Mkhitaryan was with Pyunik.

The guy who plays for Donetsk?

djpbarry

celtictiger32 wrote: »

the fact they have internationals in the team doesnt always mean a lot either...

It generally counts for a lot in terms of experience.

celtictiger32 wrote: »

ok zigiris are top of their league but so are pats, does that not mean anything?

I'm just making the point that it's a reasonably tough draw!

djpbarry

Lars1916 wrote: »

The guy who plays for Donetsk?

The very same.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

applehunter wrote: »

Tough draw

Molde are surely one of the easier? Struggling in the Norwegian league.

I think Sligo will actually be slight favourites.

djpbarry

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Molde are surely one of the easier? Struggling in the Norwegian league.

They got off to a disastrous start, but they've only lost one in their last seven. Also worth considering that the Norwegian league is a good deal stronger than the LOI.

dreamers75

http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/tiesiogiai/lrt-televizija

pats match on here.

Oat23

Looks like the Pats game won't be available through the official LRT site. It says something about copyright on there. Happens every year with EL/CL.

Hopefully someone in Lithuania can stream it.

How many fans went over @ dreamers?

djpbarry

Paddy Power seem to be streaming the Pats game. That could be just here in the UK though.

Oat23

djpbarry wrote: »

Paddy Power seem to be streaming the Pats game. That could be just here in the UK though.

Says 'live streaming available' for me. What is the difference between that and when it says Paddy Power TV?

Bet365 also say 'live streaming available.

T-b0n3

So does any one know if any pubs in Dublin will be showing the Pats game tonight?

Or are we even sure if a stream will be available?

Cheers

major bill

T-b0n3 wrote: »

So does any one know if any pubs in Dublin will be showing the Pats game tonight?

Or are we even sure if a stream will be available?

Cheers

McDowell's in Inchicore I reckon would be the only one

T-b0n3

major bill wrote: »

McDowell's in Inchicore I reckon would be the only one

Yea I heard a pub in Inchicore was showing it, but was lead to believe it was a different pub. But not sure on that.

Hoping I can find some where in the city centre. Going to ring a place or two and see. Will post back if I have any luck.

djpbarry

T-b0n3 wrote: »

Hoping I can find some where in the city centre.

Seems pretty unlikely - maybe ask in a Lithuanian shop? There used to be one on Talbot St or Amiens St I think. I'm sure there are others.

T-b0n3

Just rang O'Donoghue's Bar on suffix street and he said they have loads of foreign channels and if its on that they should be able to find it.

He asked what channel it was on, but I wasn't sure.

Oat23

T-b0n3 wrote: »

Just rang O'Donoghue's Bar on suffix street and he said they have loads of foreign channels and if its on that they should be able to find it.

He asked what channel it was on, but I wasn't sure.

It's not available on satellite, only on terrestrial TV in Lithuania.

If any pub here has it, it will be a stream from online somewhere.

The stream on their website is back up again, but it might go down because of copyright again when the game starts. I'm going to keep the page open from now in case they are lazy and just remove the player for the game, but leave the stream running.

TheRedDevil10

They've blocked it

Oat23

Noooooo. LRT pulled the stream for copyright reasons.

I should have disabled javascript to stop it auto-reloading

C'mon Paddy power now. Please show it!

TheRedDevil10

I have a working stream if anyone want it, pm me

dfx-

Lads, no illegal streams please..

TheRedDevil10

Disaster

Oat23

Defenders: We'll just stand here looking at you while you line up a shot, don't worry, we won't attempt to close you down or nothing..

Edit: Forgot about the no streams rule, sorry.

It's on Paddy Power too legally if you have a positive balance,

dfx-

Pats going out could mess up their league collapse

Sparks43

dfx- wrote: »

Pats going out could mess up their league collapse

There really should be a rule that Rovers fans cant be mods

Sparks43

1-1

Get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oat23

Nice!

TheRedDevil10

Good goal, was it Brennan who played Byrne in, great pass!

Oat23

2-1 Zalgiris

Then the scorer almost goes and kills himself..