Pats have played European games on a Thursday and league games on a Saturday and Sunday after it.
But they've no idea if they can play Sunday 3rd of July now, so it seems sensible to organise the game as quickly as possible to remove the doubt. LOI clubs have to hope for cheap travel and that may mean staying a day longer. It's just the way we have to do things
The problem with this was the FAI couldn't confirm the switch until last week. The idea of getting the games out of the way early is certainly preferable until waiting until the draw a week before the European ties and possibly postponing them until August/September when the season is even busier
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