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Magicme
31/01/2006, 1:46 PM
A 22 team league even for 1-2 years is stupid idea. The current 10 teams in the 1st division are there because they not good enough for the Premier.


Not necessarily true. Only 2 teams can go up and there is fierce competition mid table in the first division trying to get into the second places. Who is to say that first division teams wouldnt hold their own against the premier teams. Mons had the Drogs on the ropes in their cup game and were unlucky not to win but they were able to show that they could hold it up against a top team.
SeanDrog
31/01/2006, 1:51 PM
Mons had the Drogs on the ropes in their cup game and were unlucky not to win but they were able to show that they could hold it up against a top team.


yeah keep dreaming pal - thats right ypur better than Drogs :cool: oh yeah you should have won that game ............

and given we beat Bohs, Bray and Cork i suppose that means by right you should really be cup and league champions .


calling planet earth come in earth .....
rerun
31/01/2006, 2:34 PM
A 22 team league would just be boring. The boring mid-table would be huge and without relegation the bottom of the table would be just as boring.

Do you mean the mid-table between places 8 and 15 that would be the teams in contention for the higher league spots?
I would have thought teams that had the slightest chance off making the top league the following year would battling it out and making for more entertainment! Teams in the top third would have to keep going all season, not only competing for the league but to keep above, what I believe, would be a competitive drop zone, i.e. mid table.
Are you worried UCD couldn't do better that top half against the minnows ? :D

Ideally I'd see a 22 team league as taking place for only one year, after that it's up to natural selection, two up/two down, and normal service can be resumed.

The added advantage of this is that we'd get some really entertaining games, I'd say Galway and Dundalk fans would relish this.We wouldn't have to put up with this nonsense of three games between teams, a Dublin derby twice a week (Bohs v Shels AGAIN??? and who'd be the home team?).
Magicme
31/01/2006, 2:37 PM
Mons had the Drogs on the ropes in their cup game and were unlucky not to win but they were able to show that they could hold it up against a top team.


yeah keep dreaming pal - thats right ypur better than Drogs :cool: oh yeah you should have won that game ............

and given we beat Bohs, Bray and Cork i suppose that means by right you should really be cup and league champions .


calling planet earth come in earth .....

Haha....not saying that! Just saying that we came close so it does not necessarily mean that first division teams couldnt compete with Premier teams. didnt say they would always win or that we were better than you...
JC_GUFC
31/01/2006, 3:12 PM
[QUOTE=dcfcsteve]I agree with your point overall JC, but whilst I'd love it to be true I think it's a bit harsh to state that City are the only new team to the league not to have struggled.
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Sorry Steve, I just meant in their first few years in the league - when Derry joined the league they won the treble within 3 years - Galway United have of course had a glorious history since joining as well including a 100% record in Europe - 6 games, 6 defeats! ;)
John83
31/01/2006, 4:47 PM
Do you mean the mid-table between places 8 and 15 that would be the teams in contention for the higher league spots?
I would have thought teams that had the slightest chance off making the top league the following year would battling it out and making for more entertainment! Teams in the top third would have to keep going all season, not only competing for the league but to keep above, what I believe, would be a competitive drop zone, i.e. mid table.
Are you worried UCD couldn't do better that top half against the minnows ? :D

Ideally I'd see a 22 team league as taking place for only one year, after that it's up to natural selection, two up/two down, and normal service can be resumed.

The added advantage of this is that we'd get some really entertaining games, I'd say Galway and Dundalk fans would relish this.We wouldn't have to put up with this nonsense of three games between teams, a Dublin derby twice a week (Bohs v Shels AGAIN??? and who'd be the home team?).
These would be the same minnows UCD spent a season ****ing on two seasons ago?

The standard in the first division is dire - Harps, UCD and Bray all set record points totals against them fourteen months ago. I don't see them being much better now.
pineapple stu
31/01/2006, 8:32 PM
Nah, only Harps and UCD beat the record. Bray were cr@p! :)
John83
31/01/2006, 8:42 PM
Nah, only Harps and UCD beat the record. Bray were cr@p! :)
My bad - I had forgotten they were ten points back in the end.
Bald Student
01/02/2006, 11:44 AM
Nah, only Harps and UCD beat the record. Bray were cr@p! :)What's the third place record? They must have gotten that.