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Hardcore GAA Member signing in and wishing our LOI clubs a good week in Europe
let's hope no Bohs fans knock down any old ladies over there[:(]
best of luck this week even the forces of darkness,hoping for a good result for the super hoops tomorrow,traveling to estiona next monday for the away leg
All the best to you huddys.
Hey me and Giant have gone halves on a one-way ticket to Estonia for workrider next week
Hey me and Giant have gone halves on a one-way ticket to Estonia for workrider next week
Bit of a risk because they probably wont even let wr in.
MAHON FUMES AS SAINTS FIND A COLD FRONT IN 'BORAT' COUNTRY
IT will be difficult for tonight's Europa League clash between St Patrick's Athletic and Shakhter Karagandy to match the drama of the Dubliners' trip to Kazakhstan.
Certainly, it has done little for diplomatic relations between the respective parties, with Saints boss Pete Mahon none too happy with his hosts after a lengthy 5,000km journey to the east of the former Soviet state.
After visa drama in London meant that a Saints official had to rush into the embassy to avoid the Dubliners missing one of their connecting flights, the League of Ireland side received no help from their opponents in securing transport for the two-and-a-half hour bus trip to Karagandy. The home team usually provides help with such logistics in European competitions.
"They have not been helpful at all in terms of organising the bus. We've had to source that ourselves," fumed Mahon.
"It will be interesting to see what goes on in the stadium from that point of view. There can be ducking and diving in these places. I just hope there is nothing nasty on the pitch. That would just leave a sour taste and bring an unnecessary edge to the second leg."
confusion
Still, at least the Saints made it there after events in London.
"We were supposed to collect the visas in the airport on arrival, but there was a lot of confusion," said Mahon.
"They were not there, so we had to send somebody into London itself and get them from the embassy. Luckily, we had time on our side, but it was still hassle we could have done without."
The Saints flew from London to the Kazakh city of Almaty before making their way on to their base in Astana, where they were advised to stay instead of Karagandy. But the 18-hour trek took its toll.
"We are all shattered to be honest," added Mahon. "The flight was through the night, but we just weren't tired enough to sleep."
Without enough time to train, the preparations in Kazakhstan have consisted of a walk and a stretch, although one plus is that the temperatures are nowhere near as warm as envisaged.
Astana is also removed from the unflattering picture of the country offered by the satirical character, 'Borat'. "It's a very modern city," said Mahon, "And we have a lovely hotel too. Years ago, going to places like this, you might wonder what you'd get, but so far this is excellent."
Nevertheless, the frenzied nature of the build-up has allowed little time to prepare for the stiff football task at hand. Hamstring doubts Paul Crowley and Brian Shortall weren't helped by the travelling conditions, either.
"I'll be honest," said Mahon, "If we can pull this one off, it will be a miracle."
IT will be difficult for tonight's Europa League clash between St Patrick's Athletic and Shakhter Karagandy to match the drama of the Dubliners' trip to Kazakhstan.
Certainly, it has done little for diplomatic relations between the respective parties, with Saints boss Pete Mahon none too happy with his hosts after a lengthy 5,000km journey to the east of the former Soviet state.
After visa drama in London meant that a Saints official had to rush into the embassy to avoid the Dubliners missing one of their connecting flights, the League of Ireland side received no help from their opponents in securing transport for the two-and-a-half hour bus trip to Karagandy. The home team usually provides help with such logistics in European competitions.
"They have not been helpful at all in terms of organising the bus. We've had to source that ourselves," fumed Mahon.
"It will be interesting to see what goes on in the stadium from that point of view. There can be ducking and diving in these places. I just hope there is nothing nasty on the pitch. That would just leave a sour taste and bring an unnecessary edge to the second leg."
confusion
Still, at least the Saints made it there after events in London.
"We were supposed to collect the visas in the airport on arrival, but there was a lot of confusion," said Mahon.
"They were not there, so we had to send somebody into London itself and get them from the embassy. Luckily, we had time on our side, but it was still hassle we could have done without."
The Saints flew from London to the Kazakh city of Almaty before making their way on to their base in Astana, where they were advised to stay instead of Karagandy. But the 18-hour trek took its toll.
"We are all shattered to be honest," added Mahon. "The flight was through the night, but we just weren't tired enough to sleep."
Without enough time to train, the preparations in Kazakhstan have consisted of a walk and a stretch, although one plus is that the temperatures are nowhere near as warm as envisaged.
Astana is also removed from the unflattering picture of the country offered by the satirical character, 'Borat'. "It's a very modern city," said Mahon, "And we have a lovely hotel too. Years ago, going to places like this, you might wonder what you'd get, but so far this is excellent."
Nevertheless, the frenzied nature of the build-up has allowed little time to prepare for the stiff football task at hand. Hamstring doubts Paul Crowley and Brian Shortall weren't helped by the travelling conditions, either.
"I'll be honest," said Mahon, "If we can pull this one off, it will be a miracle."
Fenlon sizes up rivals as Bohs enter the unknown
Thursday July 14 2011
As well as finalising his own team's preparation with training at the SRC Stozice Stadium, Pat Fenlon was busy last night -- and may well be for much of today -- doing his homework on Bohemians' Slovenian opponents ahead of tonight's Europa League second qualifying round first-leg tie against Olimpija Ljubljana (7.0).
While nothing compared to St Patrick's Athletic's jaunt to Kazakhstan, Bohemians had their own difficulties in arranging to get here -- they travelled via Munich on Tuesday afternoon and then endured a five-hour coach journey to Ljubljana, arriving in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Fenlon, however, didn't see that as an issue as one alternative was an eight-hour stopover in Paris. "The fact we've come out a day early gives us time to recover, train and be ready for the game," said the Bohs boss.
While still hopeful last night of getting a link to watch Olimpija's 3-0 first-round second-leg win over Bosnian side Siroki Brijeg last week, Fenlon has so far seen only one DVD of them in action from last season.
"It's been difficult," he revealed. "I've got the DVD of their last league game from last season but there are about four changes from that in the team that played in the second leg against the Bosnians.
"I've a little bit of a handle on them, but there are one or two I'd like to see as they've obviously improved it with the players they've brought in.
"They play a 4-3-3 with good movement between the middle three and top three. They're a typical side from this area -- good movement and technically very good. They've one or two experienced players in there, but they look like a young team."
Fenlon has an impressive sprinkling of young players at his own disposal, but he's likely to field his most experienced players in the hope of keeping the tie alive for the return leg at Dalymount.
"If it was at Dalymount we might throw one or two of the young lads in. I'd like to give them a little bit of experience of playing in Europe, but just being here on the bench will be good for them."
Bohs have slight doubts over captain Owen Heary, Mark Rossiter and Glenn Cronin, but all received treatment prior to leaving Dublin and are expected to be fit.
"Keeping it alive will be good on two fronts: from a playing point of view and getting a crowd for the return from a financial point of view," said Fenlon. "Obviously, it would be even better if we managed to get through."
competitive
While Olimpija, whose season has yet to start, have played just the two competitive games from the previous round, Bohemians go into this game in their best form of the season, with just one defeat in eight games.
Apart from two Serbs and a Macedonian, Olimpija's squad is home-based. Their manager, Dusan Kosic, who played against Shelbourne here eight years ago, has a couple of full internationals in his squad, the most notable being midfielder Dare Vrsic, but he didn't feature in Slovenia's most recent 2-0 win over Brian Kerr's Faroe Islands last month.
It's set to hit 31 degrees in Ljubjlana today, with the temperature at match time to be around 22. But it's the energy-sapping high humidity that will be be of most concern to Fenlon. Olimpija captain Dalibor Radujko, who scored twice last week against Siroki Brijeg, is quietly confident his side can progress.
"I expect a hard match," said Radujko. "All we know is that the players from Ireland are perhaps a little less technically versed but are great fighters."
Thursday July 14 2011
As well as finalising his own team's preparation with training at the SRC Stozice Stadium, Pat Fenlon was busy last night -- and may well be for much of today -- doing his homework on Bohemians' Slovenian opponents ahead of tonight's Europa League second qualifying round first-leg tie against Olimpija Ljubljana (7.0).
While nothing compared to St Patrick's Athletic's jaunt to Kazakhstan, Bohemians had their own difficulties in arranging to get here -- they travelled via Munich on Tuesday afternoon and then endured a five-hour coach journey to Ljubljana, arriving in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Fenlon, however, didn't see that as an issue as one alternative was an eight-hour stopover in Paris. "The fact we've come out a day early gives us time to recover, train and be ready for the game," said the Bohs boss.
While still hopeful last night of getting a link to watch Olimpija's 3-0 first-round second-leg win over Bosnian side Siroki Brijeg last week, Fenlon has so far seen only one DVD of them in action from last season.
"It's been difficult," he revealed. "I've got the DVD of their last league game from last season but there are about four changes from that in the team that played in the second leg against the Bosnians.
"I've a little bit of a handle on them, but there are one or two I'd like to see as they've obviously improved it with the players they've brought in.
"They play a 4-3-3 with good movement between the middle three and top three. They're a typical side from this area -- good movement and technically very good. They've one or two experienced players in there, but they look like a young team."
Fenlon has an impressive sprinkling of young players at his own disposal, but he's likely to field his most experienced players in the hope of keeping the tie alive for the return leg at Dalymount.
"If it was at Dalymount we might throw one or two of the young lads in. I'd like to give them a little bit of experience of playing in Europe, but just being here on the bench will be good for them."
Bohs have slight doubts over captain Owen Heary, Mark Rossiter and Glenn Cronin, but all received treatment prior to leaving Dublin and are expected to be fit.
"Keeping it alive will be good on two fronts: from a playing point of view and getting a crowd for the return from a financial point of view," said Fenlon. "Obviously, it would be even better if we managed to get through."
competitive
While Olimpija, whose season has yet to start, have played just the two competitive games from the previous round, Bohemians go into this game in their best form of the season, with just one defeat in eight games.
Apart from two Serbs and a Macedonian, Olimpija's squad is home-based. Their manager, Dusan Kosic, who played against Shelbourne here eight years ago, has a couple of full internationals in his squad, the most notable being midfielder Dare Vrsic, but he didn't feature in Slovenia's most recent 2-0 win over Brian Kerr's Faroe Islands last month.
It's set to hit 31 degrees in Ljubjlana today, with the temperature at match time to be around 22. But it's the energy-sapping high humidity that will be be of most concern to Fenlon. Olimpija captain Dalibor Radujko, who scored twice last week against Siroki Brijeg, is quietly confident his side can progress.
"I expect a hard match," said Radujko. "All we know is that the players from Ireland are perhaps a little less technically versed but are great fighters."
the bohs game can be seen fron the bohs forum under the match thread,0-0 after 32 minutes
http://firstrow.me/watch/73098/2/
watch-nk-olimpija-ljubljana-vs-bohemians-dublin.html
watch-nk-olimpija-ljubljana-vs-bohemians-dublin.html
Pat Fenlon is The most overrated manager in history.
Small time mentality equals small time results.
Small time mentality equals small time results.
son just rang me we got a nightmare draw awaiting details.....
copenhagan...here we come....hardest team left in our group if we get through..this crowd drew with chelsea last year ffs...
Great draw wr. Worth a good few bob in tv cash.
Let`s be honest, you`re not going to beat anyone in that round anyway.
Let`s be honest, you`re not going to beat anyone in that round anyway.
maybe thats true giant and yes there will be cash to be made ...so its not all bad ..hard to belive none of our airlines fly direct to copenhagan.....
Are you sure?
Fairly sure not. Was looking into going for a weekend at Christmas last year
I think some Danish crowd does though
I think some Danish crowd does though
We did once upon a time! Ukr
Sligo will play the shower who beat Glentoran last night. Poltava.
Pats got Karpaty. Both are Ukrainian.
If we pull off a miracle it`s Austria Vienna.
Sligo will play the shower who beat Glentoran last night. Poltava.
Pats got Karpaty. Both are Ukrainian.
If we pull off a miracle it`s Austria Vienna.
feck me giant they brings back memories, in the 60s and 70s we drew them every year ..guess what they play in green and white....
So did TNS and the shower we played yesterday. Go away!
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