League of Ireland in Europe 2016

Mr.Nice Guy

Ah crap. Free kick in good area for them.

Mr.Nice Guy

Hopefully no call up for Rogers.

Omackeral

How much is a win worth?

Lovely Bloke

that was a red imo

Mars Bar

Omackeral wrote: »

How much is a win worth?

€360,000

AgileMyth

Omackeral wrote: »

I've seen them both play in person on multiple occasions at the same level as each other. Simple enough really.

Yes the league has stayed at exactly the same level all those years.

McLean also left the league when he was 22. Morgan's 24 already.

What a win

Fair ****s

Mr.Nice Guy

It's over! Well done Dundalk!

ShamoBuc

White Horse wrote: »

Maccabi team = 473 international caps

Dundalk team = 0 international caps

Dundalk (0 international caps) 1 v Maccabi (473 international caps) 0

Duff

Incredible. Doing the nation proud once again.

GLaDOS

Incredible, absolutely incredible.

Lovely Bloke

fúcking hell, amazing stuff

well done Dundalk

Arne_Saknussem

Fair play to Dundalk, great performance and a fantastic result. Congrats to any Dundalk fans on here.

kksaints

Incredible result for Dundalk.

frisbeeface

Great performance. Could easily have won by more. Super stuff.

Francie Barrett

What a result for Dundalk. Their work rate was excellent and their hustling style really took the sting out of Maccabi's game.

Guts of €3M in the bank for Dundalk now. Mad.

Mars Bar

Brilliant from Dundalk. Watched this game and the Man United game as best I could. Dundalk game was more exciting for sure.

Howard the Duck

Fantastic stuff, Dundalk were great. Stephen Kenny is the Brian Clough of Irish Football

TheCitizen

Brilliant stuff from Dundalk.

Oat23

Interested to know who Pighead fancies drawing in the last 32.

The Talking Bread

That_Guy wrote: »

Horgan is an absolute class act.

he is amazing! like an Irish Arjen Robben embodied in the aesthetics of Damien Duff!!

frisbeeface

Based on that wouldn't be surprised with a result in Israel. Realistic chance of getting out of the group surely.

The_Kew_Tour

And they deserved to win by more.

Best LOI side of all time no question now

Gavlor

Surely it's time to change the thread title to Dundalk in Europe!



https://twitter.com/ewanmackenna/status/781598718051090432

Omackeral

AgileMyth wrote: »

Yes the league has stayed at exactly the same level all those years.

McLean also left the league when he was 22. Morgan's 24 already.

Don't know why you're getting all hostile over an opinion but since you are , it's McClean and Horgan.

corny

frisbeeface wrote: »

Based on that wouldn't be surprised with a result in Israel. Realistic chance of getting out of the group surely.

Absolutely. I thought Dundalk were very comfortable for huge spells in that game. Lots of sideways stuff from Tel Aviv but not much cutting edge. Dundalk can win there for sure.

sReq | uTeK

Great win well done Dundalk. And this wasn't a smash and grab. They deserved this

joshrogan

Fixtures left are great as well, nick a draw against Zenit then on to AZ at home and hopefully Maccabi have nothing to play for in the last game.

TheCitizen

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

And they deserved to win by more.

Best LOI side of all time no question now

They're just going to get better now and the others will follow and maybe overtake them.

frisbeeface

Really impressed with Shields and Massey in particular tonight, though everyone played very well. Shields' tackling and passing were brilliant.

corny

Is it Zenit at home or away first?

AgileMyth

Omackeral wrote: »

Don't know why you're getting all hostile over an opinion but since you are , it's McClean and Horgan.

Think you 'corrected' my opinion first.

Cheers for the spell check. Definitely not something that only dickheads do.

TheCitizen

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Maccabi just stepping it up here.

You of little faith

ShamoBuc

joshrogan wrote: »

Fixtures left are great as well, nick a draw against Zenit then on to AZ at home and hopefully Maccabi have nothing to play for in the last game.

Nick a draw v zenith? Not a chance. Zenith are banging in goals as if they are going out of fashion. Keep within 2 or 3 would be a very good result.

Irish_rat

AgileMyth wrote: »

Horgan should be nowhere near the Ireland squad. Hes a very good league of Ireland player and would probably make a decent career elsewhere but he's not any better than the options we have already. McLean is a guaranteed started and he's a far better footballer playing at a far higher level.

You obviously didn't watch the game tonight or last week then.

Omackeral

AgileMyth wrote: »

Think you 'corrected' my opinion first.

Cheers for the spell check. Definitely not something that only dickheads do.

Didn't correct you whatsoever. You used the 'simple really' line which I refuted by giving an example of how I've seen them both on level playing fields. Then you chimed back in with your sarcastic ''yeah cos the league is the same name now as it was then''. If you have a point make it without that type of carry on, that's the dickhead behavior.

corny

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Nick a draw v zenith? Not a chance. Zenith are banging in goals as if they are going out of fashion. Keep within 2 or 3 would be a very good result.

Conceded three against Tel Aviv. Didn't score for 78 mins in that game and Maccabi are very average (on tonights showing) at the back.

Dundalk are hard to break down. Tough side Zenit but no way is it damage limitation stuff.

frantic190

Gavlor wrote: »

Surely it's time to change the thread title to Dundalk in Europe!



https://twitter.com/ewanmackenna/status/781598718051090432

https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/781602325559377921

Corrected!

Randomfriend

They won't get a result in russia, but something at home isn't out of the question. It's a pity they didn't play Zenit away first thou and maybe Zenit would be resting players for the rest of the comp at that point. Hope AZ and Maccabi draw next as well. That's probably the best we could hope for.

Anyway, what a bloody performance, probably should have scored another goal at some point, so wonderful to see an irish side play like this. King Kenny could do a job with Ireland, if given time, by the looks of things. Imagine if the NT passed the ball, closed down and kept the ball like Dundalk.

Horgan and maybe 1/2 others will get NT call ups soon, but likely not until the season is over, I reckon Kenny/MON have spoken and would be weary of overworking them or disrupting Dundalk at this moment, they are a special team.

Irish_rat

If only they played Legia at Tallaght.

Incredible though, they play at a tempo on par with tier 2 European sides.

Horgan will be in the next Irish squad surely

Irish_rat

corny wrote: »

Conceded three against Tel Aviv. Didn't score for 78 mins in that game and Maccabi are very average (on tonights showing) at the back.

Dundalk are hard to break down. Tough side Zenit but no way is it damage limitation stuff.

Zenit are in a different league to the others. Dundalk will do well to get a low scoring defeat

Captain Havoc

Wow, what a result. Fortune favours the brave.

OldMrBrennan83

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edgecutter

Hopefully Maccabi and AZ take points off each other through two draws. That leaves a massive night in Tallaght against AZ.

noodler

frantic190 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/781602325559377921

Corrected!

Anyone know if that is correct?

Cypher_sounds

frantic190 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/781602325559377921

Corrected!

That is crazy to think. Hopefully this season is just a flavour of Europe for them and they can manage to maintain their level to be in the Europa annually.

As a Cork City fan I hope Horgan gets a call up. Another distraction in the league and cup run in...

In general, while I am concerned about the huge injection of funds into Dundalk and the possibility of the game here turning into a competition to see who finishes second for trophies...it's hard not to enjoy seeing an Irish side do well in Europe.

Richard Hillman

Remarkable again. And they didn't just nick the win, they were the better team. No matter what happens for the rest of the competition, they will fancy a shot at Champions League next year. Although the league isn't done and dusted.

AllGunsBlazing

Wow!

Dundalk fans will be insufferable after this but that's a small trade off. Well done.;)

Paz-CCFC

noodler wrote: »

Anyone know if that is correct?

I don't know where he's getting his figures from. The UEFA site says a €2.4M base fee for the entirety of the group and €120k/360k for drawing/winning. It says nothing about per match prize money and €1.3M sounds crazily large compared to the draw/win bonus. I don't see why losing a group match would be worth 80% of winning one, it'd make no sense. His "correction" to €3M is way off.

Still, €360k for a night's work ain't too bad. Dundalk have already made their money, though. Drawing/winning matches now is a fraction of what they made through the CL qualifiers. Each win/draw probably gets them enough money to tie the likes of Horgan down to an extra year, mind.