Eircom League looks to the future

[SkStu]

I have not read it like word by word but i had a peak.

dirty b@stard - its not that sort of read.

or did you mean peek?

[LeixlipRed]

Did he say that he thinks Setanta will sponsor the league in 2012 with 300 million euro? Back to school for you

[passerrby]

What?

I think he means you put as much into reading it as genisis put into compiling it and.

[Saint_Charlie]

Does that .PDF file open for anyone else?

All I get is a Bebo error page

[Mr Maroon]

Does that .PDF file open for anyone else?

All I get is a Bebo error page

I get the Bebo error page too

[adamcarr]

I get the Bebo error page too

http://www.fai.ie/merger/pdf/eircomLeague-proposals.pdf

[sligoman]

Yer still at it

[Saint_Charlie]

The FAI should sign you up so...

[CSFShels]

what do u think of it?

Its terrible. Why promote Limerick and Waterford and relegate Sligo just for the sake of it?

[Rovers fan]

How are bray in the fai division 1 north but ucd are in the fai division 1 south?

[CSFShels]

How are bray in the fai division 1 north but ucd are in the fai division 1 south?

Hahaha just noticed that, amazing.

[LeixlipRed]

I think you should be in bed at 1:22am. You've school tomorrow no?

[ShnaeGuevara715]

Bed might be best. Because all your ridiculous scheming will only come true in your... dreams? Hohooo!

Physically with your bare hands, go into your local when theres a Manure or Chelski match on, grab about 50 people and get them thru the turnstyles at the Carlisle Grounds. If Bray aren't playing, then go to the nearest LoI match. On a weekly basis, home and away. Because that'd help your club a lot more than your weekly juvenile god complex pie in the sky formulae that do nothing more than show your ignorance to the others and irritate the rest.

Personally, back to the topic, i'd say that clubs should just follow Shamrock Rovers. Cleared the debts, ran within means, excellent youth setup, owned and ran by the fans, with a community built stadium and sensibly part-time until better days. Get the (non old firm) Scots into Setanta maybe with a few Welsh teams like Cardiff if theyre bothered. Long term obviously pro All Ireland league merged associations and national teams... i'm just an old romantic lol Celtic League even?

[jinxy lilywhite]

Reaction to this please..

Premier League and 2 Regional leagues North and South starting 2012.

Fai Premier league

Bohemians,
Cork City,
Derry City,
Drogheda United,
Dundalk,
Galway United,
Limerick,
Shamrock Rovers,
St Patricks Athletic,
Waterford United

Fai Division 1 North

Bray Wanderers,
Finn Harps,
Longford Town,
Monaghan United,
Mullingar Athletic,
Navan Cosmos,
Shelbourne,
Sligo Rovers,
Sporting Fingal,
UCD

Fai Division 1 South

Athlone Town,
Clonmel Town,
Cobh Ramblers,
Ennis Town,
FC Carlow,
Kildare County,
Kilkenny City,
Tralee Dynamos,
Tullamore Town,
Wexford

This is hillarious. Why should a soon to be defunct drogheda be in the premier ahead of the likes of UCD, Sligo, Shels and others. Why should a 4th place waterford be there ahead of them.

> Premier League is Full Time,Regional Leagues are Part Time.

Should finances and revenue streams coupled with attendences of clubs not dictate that

>The New structure would begin in 2012,by then the facilities should be much improved

very optimistic

>There will be a reserves (U21) league and a Youth (U18) league also.

how are clubs going to finance a 1st team, U21 and an U18 side.

>Pitches meet International standard and high quality training facilities

see my point on finances

>All clubs adhere to licensing requirements

Most clubs do

>Professional management & administration in clubs with a long-term
planning focus

Still dreaming

>Clubs stable, solvent and investing in infrastructure and development
>High profile coverage across all media (TV, Radio, Print, Digital)
>High quality branding and marketing, attracting premium sponsors/partners
>League is the pinnacle of the football pyramid with a clear pathway from
under-age, youth, senior leagues and partnership with all of football
>Young players aspiring to play in the league and the clubs developing their
own talent with successful National underage leagues in place

>All clubs/schools in the area are attached to their local ‘league’ club

>A huge Promotional campaign before the season begins

Fat chance

BTW can you PM me and tell me what you are on because It must be some good stuff

[oldyouth]

Yep,keep changing my mind though

Keep going, this new one isn't working either

[holidaysong]

A 16 team premier with a second tier comprising of two regionalised divisions would be my preference. Teams shouldn't be handpicked in the way you are proposing though. If they are in the premier division, they should be there on merit.

[pineapple stu]

id like to see someone elses ideas for once

No.

We had a new random picky league, and it's done nothing. Stop posting nonsense and accept that changing teams in the league won't do anything.

[kingdomkerry]

All Ireland league the way to go.

[Dodge]

Why are you all so pessimistic?

You're the one saying football is doomed. How about you post anything but your ideas for the future of the league and see if people will take you more seriously

[osarusan]

i think we should keep with the current structure until 2012,In 2012 i think we should switch to a winter league which would be properly resourced good attendances,better facilties,better quality players,a complete full time premier league.with 10 teams based on Population to get the most fans.

Jesus Christ man, are you going to wave your magic wand and just make all this happen?

If we could increase attendances, we would have done it. What ideas do you have to get new fans into the ground?
If we could improve facilities, we would have done it. What ideas do you have to get money to improve facilities?
If we could improve player quality (whatever that even means), we would be doing it. What ideas do you have to improve player quality?


You can't just say "lets have a fully professional league", because it isn't possible at the moment. The simple fact is that not enough people go to the games, not enough companies are willing to pay a lot of money to advertise at games, and not enough people are willing to invest in domestic football. How do you plan to solve that?

Most of the teams that have gone down that road have spent money they didn't have. This league doesn't have a pot to **** in, and the FAI, whatever they may say, will be directing most of their funds towards Landsdowne for a while.

What you are describing is the dream situation we'd all love to see, but sadly know we are nowhere near achieving.