Re: General Football Thread

by **Bitterness** Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:24 am

I am disappointed that Dundalk didn't get to play at Aviva for their EL games

by **Cotton** Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:47 pm

Bitterness wrote:I am disappointed that Dundalk didn't get to play at Aviva for their EL games

Yeah it's strange. Shamrock Rovers did that when they qualified for the EL groups a few years ago, even though they could have used their own stadium

Which ironically Dundalk are using for their EL games

Dundalk did get the Aviva for their CL playoff round match though

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:22 pm

Don't really expect Dundalk to do well. Their fixture schedule now seems to be catching up with them

by **Bitterness** Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:29 pm

You get used to it

by **Bitterness** Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:54 pm

Well that was fucking abysmal Mr. Puffin

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:54 pm

This is their 6th game so far this month

Not a bad first half tbh. Ronan Finn should have scored that miss though

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:56 pm

Bitterness wrote:Well that was fucking abysmal

Neither team seemed to create a lot. Was surprised at Zenit doing nothing with all that possession

by **Bitterness** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:01 pm

Cotton wrote:
Bitterness wrote:Well that was fucking abysmal

Neither team seemed to create a lot. Was surprised at Zenit doing nothing with all that possession

Lack of movement is where it's at. This keeps happening in Russia, too, as there is no such phenomenon as Eredivisie defending here (which is why the match with AZ was what it was). Breaking through this kind of defense isn't rocket science: lots of movement by the players without the ball, but Zenit keeps fucking it up.

Unless Lucescu gets through to them, Dundalk has a good chance of getting points here.

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:02 pm

UEFA rankings for the EL Group D teams
Zenit 15th, AZ 44th, Maccabi Tel Aviv 104th, Dundalk 389th

Maccabi Tel Aviv winning 1-0 away to AZ too

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:03 pm

Bitterness wrote:
Cotton wrote:
Bitterness wrote:Well that was fucking abysmal

Neither team seemed to create a lot. Was surprised at Zenit doing nothing with all that possession

Lack of movement is where it's at. This keeps happening in Russia, too, as there is no such phenomenon as Eredivisie defending here (which is why the match with AZ was what it was). Breaking through this kind of defense isn't rocket science: lots of movement by the players without the ball, but Zenit keeps fucking it up.

Unless Lucescu gets through to them, Dundalk has a good chance of getting points here.

Seems that way. Very little off the ball movement. Would be great for Dundalk to get a point out of this

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:16 pm

Holy shit

by **Bitterness** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:16 pm

Case in point

by **Bitterness** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:35 pm

Slightly less abysmal

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:36 pm

Not surprised. Dundalk's keeper is pretty poor at kicking

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:40 pm

oh well

by **Bitterness** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:42 pm

Aaaand Giuliano is being Giuliano
Good

by **Bitterness** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:58 pm

Well, Zenit were utter dogshit
GG Dundalk

by **Cotton** Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:58 pm

Disappointed for Dundalk. Deserved a point from that game

by **Cotton** Thu Nov 03, 2016 4:36 pm

Zenit 2-1 Dundalk
Maccabi 0-0 AZ

Table after round 4
(Q) Zenit 12pts
Dundalk 4pts*
Maccabi 4pts*
AZ 2pts

*Dundalk ahead on head to head record

by **Bitterness** Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:28 pm

Cotton wrote:Zenit 2-1 Dundalk
Maccabi 0-0 AZ

Table after round 4
(Q) Zenit 12pts
Dundalk 4pts*
Maccabi 4pts*
AZ 2pts

*Dundalk ahead on head to head record

Now there's the issue of Zenit's incapability to get wins when they don't need them

by **Cotton** Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:27 pm

Dundalk will just have to get 4 points from their next two games then

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