Dublin Super Cup

paddy978

Do RTE or Sky have rights for this? Are Celtic bringing a first team or a XI team?

eh i dunno

Sky have the rights to it...close to the start of the season so i reckon strong squads.

dreamers75

Think its on Sky not 100%


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paddy978

What crowds are expected? Its clasing with the GAA Quarter Finals. I wonder who will win that marketing duel.

losthorizon

paddy978 wrote: »

What crowds are expected? Its clasing with the GAA Quarter Finals. I wonder who will win that marketing duel.

Who wants to go to a friendly? Seriously I havent missed a home League game in years and european nights are special but I never never go to friendlies. They are simply pointless. For mugs only.

super_furry

Pointless games, pointless tournament that will only serve to further entrench the beliefs of Premier League fans that the Airtricity League isn't worth bothering with.

dreamers75

super_furry wrote: »

Pointless games, pointless tournament that will only serve to further entrench the beliefs of Premier League fans that the Airtricity League isn't worth bothering with.

Awesome rumour floating around Inchicore that if/when knocked out fo Europe we refusing to realease players unless their wages paid by the FAI :pac:

TheBigLebowski

dreamers75 wrote: »

Awesome rumour floating around Inchicore that if/when knocked out fo Europe we refusing to realease players unless their wages paid by the FAI :pac:

In fairness, I don't think Pats will have anything to worry about

dreamers75

TheBigLebowski wrote: »

In fairness, I don't think Pats will have anything to worry about

Obviously not basing that on anything really?

Irelands most successful club in Europe :pac:

MRPRO03

super_furry wrote: »

Pointless games, pointless tournament that will only serve to further entrench the beliefs of Premier League fans that the Airtricity League isn't worth bothering with.

Its also the situation, that if the AL XI win a match, its because its a pre-season game and if they lose, you get the response like you mentioned. Its a lose-lose situation for the League.

applehunter

These tournaments like 99.99% of pre-season games are lame.

No reason to think this one will be anything different.

From a LOI selection follower......:rolleyes:

Keep the score against Inter and Man. City respectable.

Hopefully they can beat that Celtic team. With the Rovers and Sligo players I would be pretty confident. But without them would be hoping for a draw at best.

See Sky advertising this as one of their highlights of their summer season.

Cancelled.

applehunter

applehunter wrote: »

These tournaments like 99.99% of pre-season games are lame.

Then why are you posting in a thread about them and wasting your time on something which is good for the FAI and potentially some players who'll perform from the LOI select

applehunter wrote: »

From a LOI selection follower......:rolleyes:

Keep the score against Inter and Man. City respectable.

Hopefully they can beat that Celtic team. With the Rovers and Sligo players I would be pretty confident. But without them would be hoping for a draw at best.

That is the most deluded post I've ever seen, expect the LOI to be walked over in every game.

Fr Tod Umptious

paddy978 wrote: »

What crowds are expected? Its clasing with the GAA Quarter Finals. I wonder who will win that marketing duel.

It really depends on who is in the quarter finals, and what double headers are on.
Some years the quarter-finals have been very well attended, other not somuch

You man get a drift of Northern GAA fans deciding to go and see their other love, Celtic, rather than their country in Croke Park

bohsman

Deleted User wrote: »

expect the LOI to be walked over in every game.

Definitely, all to do with it being a LOI select rather than an actual team though. If an actual club was participating I'd go along with applehunters post.

dan1895

The Airtricity League team don't have a chance because 1. they're not a team they're a group of players and 2. all the best players will be playing in more important matches in European competition.

This tournament has "goonfest" wrote all over it.

stovelid

Deleted User wrote: »

That is the most deluded post I've ever seen,.

You've not been around these thread much in the past then, have you?

doncarlos

I think the team will likely be something like this

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Cherrie

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Madden--Hawkins---Greacen---O'Brien
Brennen---Dempsey---Molloy---McClean

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Quigley

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Zayed

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Can't see a team like that being anything but hammered by Celtic and Man City

stovelid

Anybody who has attended friendlies down the years knows that one of the top teams in the league would have every chance of keeping it respectable or sneaking a result in a friendly especially against visiting teams who aren't that bothered and who are only just back from their summer holiday.

Putting together a random XI and that fact that the overwhelming majority of LOI supporters won't be caught dead at the games will nearly guarantee a bad result for the home team.

Sirsok

In fairness if i were a LOI player id relish the chance to play the likes of Inter, Man City, Celtic and United in a 55 thousand seater stadium.......would be some experience for them.......as oppose to playin waterford united in the rsc!

Dempsey

Celtic's domestic season will have already started by the time this tournament comes around. They wont be caught cold although we dont have a decent goalkeeper but surely that will be sorted for the start of the season.

dan1895

Sirsok wrote: »

In fairness if i were a LOI player id relish the chance to play the likes of Inter, Man City, Celtic and United in a 55 thousand seater stadium.......would be some experience for them.......as oppose to playin waterford united in the rsc!

If I were a LOI player I'd like to be insured if I got injured in one of these games

popzmaster

So is anyone actually going to any of these games?? LOI followers I mean...I'll be there, but that's only because I work in Lansdowne Road

3hn2givr7mx1sc

popzmaster wrote: »

So is anyone actually going to any of these games?? LOI followers I mean...I'll be there, but that's only because I work in Lansdowne Road

If there's a ticket bought for me and free transport I'll go to one. Not wasting me money on a ticket and a train up to that shíte.

doncarlos

popzmaster wrote: »

So is anyone actually going to any of these games?? LOI followers I mean...I'll be there, but that's only because I work in Lansdowne Road

I might go if there is few Dundalk players in the squad.

gustavo

Sirsok wrote: »

In fairness if i were a LOI player id relish the chance to play the likes of Inter, Man City, Celtic and United in a 55 thousand seater stadium.......would be some experience for them.......as oppose to playin waterford united in the rsc!

Given that Waterford aren't in the top flight this isn't an option that any players hoping to play will have to choose between