League of Ireland in Europe 2016

That_Guy

Fair play to them. The monopoly on the league will continue for years to come unfortunately but fair play nonetheless.

artanevilla

Oat23 wrote: »

It'll be funny if the SDCC tell Shams they have to move a 'home' game elsewhere because of a Dundalk EL game.

I can't image them playing a home game in Dalymound, or Richmond Park, or the RDS, or Tolka, or Santry....

Cypher_sounds

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

they can only get other champions

So they are better than city essentially lol

Amirani

steirishrover wrote: »

Dundalk are champions..

But Man City ain't

tastyt

Best result ever for loi team, unbelievable

Corholio

Fantastic result and fully deserved. 3-0 is an absolutely outstanding score, but even more so the performance imo. The fitness and quality of the second half is a superb progression of LOI teams in europe and in general.

Brilliant result and hope we can do the same on Thursday night.

ArmaniJeanss

Highest rankings teams they can face in the champions section include Celtic, Olympiakos, Legia Warsaw, Vicky Plezen, Red Bull Salzburg. (Not a complete list)

SteelyDanJalapeno

steirishrover wrote: »

Dundalk are champions..

Correct..

Man City are not...

edgecutter

magma69 wrote: »

City, Porto, Roma, Celtic, Villareal, Borrusia M'gladbach.

They can draw Celtic but not the rest. Only winners from other nations leagues

Harry Palmr

Dundalk could be about to get very rich indeed!

That said remember what happened to Shels, on the cusp of something monumental and within a few years disaster.

Ronan|Raven

There wont be a drop of Diesel washed tonight in Dundalk.

Faugheen

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Man city are in it.

Play-off draw is split up into Champions and Non-Champions. Champions can only draw Champions so Dundalk can't draw against City.

Viktoria Plzen and APOEL are two of the sides Dundalk can get.

Lemmy Scott

edgecutter wrote: »

I think playing this game in Dublin was a blessing, the pitch at Oriel Park isn't great.

Yes its plastic

OldMrBrennan83

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edgecutter

Patww79 wrote: »

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He only shows up on big games the clown.

Lemmy Scott

Faugheen wrote: »

Play-off draw is split up into Champions and Non-Champions. Champions can only draw Champions so Dundalk can't draw against City.

Viktoria Plzen and APOEL are two of the sides Dundalk can get.

2 of them be a handy draw considering what else is there

major bill

Fantastic Performance, Stephen O'Donnell is some baller!!!

Kenny for Ireland :cool:;):)

magma69

That_Guy wrote: »

Fair play to them. The monopoly on the league will continue for years to come unfortunately but fair play nonetheless.

They've earned their monopoly.

Lemmy Scott

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Dundalk could be about to get very rich indeed!

That said remember what happened to Shels, on the cusp of something monumental and within a few years disaster.

That was hillarious the fall there

citytillidie

For those asking as of now these are the seeded teams if they all win

Olympiakos playing tomorrow
Viktoria Plzen won tonight
FC Salzburg playing tomorrow
Celtic playing tomorrow
APOEL Nicosia won tonight

Fr Tod Umptious

That_Guy wrote: »

Fair play to them. The monopoly on the league will continue for years to come unfortunately but fair play nonetheless.

The said that about Shamrock Rovers when they got to the EL group stages.

stephenl15

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Highest rankings teams they can face in the champions section include Celtic, Olympiakos, Legia Warsaw, Vicky Plezen, Red Bull Salzburg. (Not a complete list)

Wow, here was me expecting City etc... Could it be done?!:eek:

gustafo

Great result dundalk well deserved

Oat23

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

The said that about Shamrock Rovers when they got to the EL group stages.

Dundalk have earned at minimum 4 times what Shams got.

Hammer Archer

SantryRed wrote: »

In all fairness, from 2011-2013 you'd be hard pushed to find someone who thought he'd lead the line for the champions of Ireland at any point in his career.

Well he was in Australia until mid 2012. When he came back to UCD he got 1 in 2 that season. The following season he was getting 2 in 3. And this was in a team near the bottom. I honestly would have been surprised had he not made it at a top LOI team.

SantryRed

steirishrover wrote: »

Congrats dundalk.. never looked in doubt.. what a team spirit and hats off to Kenny he has done some job in 3 odd years there.. only about 6-9 months BATE got a 0-0 draw with Roma in group stages.. fair play credit to the country

They beat Roma in the CL last year. 4 points from the 2 games against them.

SantryRed

Other than Olympiakos, I don't think there's a side who are as good as what they just beat. This is the best chance an Irish club has ever had.

P_1

Olympiacos 70.940 Q
Viktoria Plzeň 44.585 Q
Red Bull Salzburg 42.520
Celtic 40.460
APOEL 35.935 Q
Legia Warsaw 28.000
Dinamo Zagreb 25.775 Q

Assuming Celtic and Salzburg qualify it'll be one of the top 5 for Dundalk in the next round.

I'm guessing that this win will do no harm to the LOI's coefficient either. Could this open up another place for a LOI team next season?

pablomakaveli

In one way this is great for the league as it'll prove a lot of the doubters wrong but on the other hand if Dundalk use the money wisely it could be the death knell of a competitive league. As it stands theres a widening gulf between Dundalk, ourselves and the rest of the league.

I know people say it didnt happen with Shams but Dundalk will get a lot more money than they did.

Amirani

P_1 wrote: »

Olympiacos 70.940 Q
Viktoria Plzeň 44.585 Q
Red Bull Salzburg 42.520
Celtic 40.460
APOEL 35.935 Q
Legia Warsaw 28.000
Dinamo Zagreb 25.775 Q

Assuming Celtic and Salzburg qualify it'll be one of the top 5 for Dundalk in the next round.

I'm guessing that this win will do no harm to the LOI's coefficient either. Could this open up another place for a LOI team next season?

That's a good way off I believe. Best to hope for at the moment is better seedings.

steirishrover

Think we will see a dominance for years now with dundalk in the league on a back of this.. pretty sure they won't make same mistakes other have done before

ShamoBuc

That was as professional performance as you are likely to see from a look team.

Suitable for Dundalk to be wearing their black gear because for heart, determination, passion, fitness and belief, they had it in spades!

major bill

Wouldnt be fearing most of them Teams to be honest, as mentioned this Bate team would beat a lot of those teams, I think Apoel could be the one to draw, werent the best against TNS and just about came through against Rosenborg tonight.

Paz-CCFC

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

The said that about Shamrock Rovers when they got to the EL group stages.

Rovers got €1.7M that year. Dundalk are guaranteed €6.4M. Four times the prize money. Granted, there'll be extra costs for renting a stadium (they might have to use Lansdowne - Tallaght, as it is, might not good enough for the playoffs or the group stages), travel costs for at least four more trips, player bonuses. But there'll also be gates and sponsorship (TV money is centralised and included in the EL prize money - for the CL group stages, you get a bonus). If they win the playoffs, they'll be getting €14M. And the scary thing is, they could actually do it. BATE were one of the highest seeded teams. They'll be playing a team with a similar European pedigree. If they can beat BATE, they can beat any of the teams left.

SantryRed

I think every away travelling fan in Ireland hope this money goes to updating that away end in Oriel

citytillidie

This is how it stands right now with 2nd legs to be played
Seeded teams coef.
Olympiakos Piraeus Gre 70.940
Viktoria Plzen Cze 44.585
FC Salzburg Aut 42.520
Celtic Sco 40.460
APOEL Nicosia Cyp 35.935

Unseeded teams coef.
Legia Warsaw Pol 28.000
Dinamo Zagreb Cro 25.775
Ludogorets Razgrad Bul 25.625
FC København Den 24.720
Dundalk Irl (5.750)

edgecutter

major bill wrote: »

Wouldnt be fearing most of them Teams to be honest, as mentioned this Bate team would beat a lot of those teams, I think Apoel could be the one to draw, werent the best against TNS and just about came through against Rosenborg tonight.

Bring on Celtic.

sReq | uTeK

Ah jesus only in ireland would you find negativity around one of the best results in Irish history.

Fair play to dundalk. Surreal result

OldMrBrennan83

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Lovely Bloke

steirishrover wrote: »

Dundalk are champions..

City aren't

Oat23

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Ah jesus only in ireland would you find negativity around one of the best results in Irish history.

Fair play to dundalk. Surreal result

What LOI team do you support?

Darkglasses

Wexford were never going to compete with Dundalk for anything anyway. Anything that makes our league look a bit less shit, I'm happy with. Also, being a fan of Irish football in general, this a fantastic achievement.

Well done Dundalk, thrilled for ye!

edgecutter

If you said to me that Dundalk would go through never mind win 3-0, i would have said your off your rocker. This is a great result and it should be celebrated. It shows Irish teams to not sit back and have a go at home. Hopefully Cork have a good go on Thursday night and bring more success.

Jelle1880

Holy ****, what a result.

noodler

Unreal result.

You really start to dream when you see the teams that are left.

Lemmy Scott

Knock oriel park and build a proper stadium with a grass pitch with the money.

Omackeral

edgecutter wrote: »

Bring on Celtic.

Two away ties.

steirishrover

Anyone know the odds on the 3-0 tonight?? Surely was very good price

Fuhrer

Lemmy Scott wrote: »

Knock oriel park and build a proper stadium with a grass pitch with the money.

Or just lay money down instead.

Oat23

steirishrover wrote: »

Anyone know the odds on the 3-0 tonight?? Surely was very good price

90/1