outspoken
08/05/2010, 4:41 PM
As pointed out by a number of people before the season I agree that the FAI were wrong to reinstate Bray to the top flight.
By all rights we (Longford Town Fc) should have been brought up when derry and cork folded. And while we wouldn't have faired any better than Bray have this season I reckon this proves the FAI need to shake up the LOI structure. I know alot of people have mentioned as 16 team premier Division but I dont think that is a good idea. The reason I dont think its a good idea is because as it stands we only have 22 teams in the Premier and 1st Division. So a 16 team Premier division would mean only 6 teams would be left in the 2nd tier of Irish football. So that means we would have to bring up several A Championship sides which in my opinion would damage the 1st Division Extremely (dont get me wrong the A championship is very important and im not having a go at it).
So I think the more logical solution is turn the Premier Division back into a 12 team league and have 10 teams back in the 1st. This in turn would make the premier Division far more exciting and the 1st division would become far more competitive which would lead to better teams being promoted which would be great newx for the standard of football in the Premier Division. You could say every thing turns full circle but basically it would be great for everyone involved in the LOI.
What do you all think?
By all rights we (Longford Town Fc) should have been brought up when derry and cork folded. And while we wouldn't have faired any better than Bray have this season I reckon this proves the FAI need to shake up the LOI structure. I know alot of people have mentioned as 16 team premier Division but I dont think that is a good idea. The reason I dont think its a good idea is because as it stands we only have 22 teams in the Premier and 1st Division. So a 16 team Premier division would mean only 6 teams would be left in the 2nd tier of Irish football. So that means we would have to bring up several A Championship sides which in my opinion would damage the 1st Division Extremely (dont get me wrong the A championship is very important and im not having a go at it).
So I think the more logical solution is turn the Premier Division back into a 12 team league and have 10 teams back in the 1st. This in turn would make the premier Division far more exciting and the 1st division would become far more competitive which would lead to better teams being promoted which would be great newx for the standard of football in the Premier Division. You could say every thing turns full circle but basically it would be great for everyone involved in the LOI.
What do you all think?