Dublin City farce

[sligoman]

The way I see it is that if Dublin City shouldn't have been allowed to resign from the league then technically they should still be in the league. They would be unable to fulfil their remaining fixtures so all matches would be awarded as a 3-0 win to the other team and all previous results would stand.

No cos that would mean Waterford United would actually win a game then!.

[Mr A]

I think the FAI should have healed any player who was injured against Dublin City.

Now you're talking!

And any gate money received in a game against Dublin must be returned to those who paid in.

And every season ticket holder at every premier club should receive a partial refund as they're getting to see less games than they paid for.

Maybe we should just call it quits and start this season again.

[Bald Student]

Now you're talking!

And any gate money received in a game against Dublin must be returned to those who paid in.

And every season ticket holder at every premier club should receive a partial refund as they're getting to see less games than they paid for.

Maybe we should just call it quits and start this season again.

Just wait a few weeks and we can start a winter season from scratch.

[Sheridan]

Why bother completing a season at all? It would be far more economical to have the John Delaney Massive compile a league table based on Past, Current and Potential Marketability. Think of the savings clubs would make on wages!

[holidaysong]

For once I think the FAI decision was spot on.

[mypost]

all matches would be awarded as a 3-0 win to the other team.

Why 3-0? Why not 1-0??

[osarusan]

Why 3-0? Why not 1-0??

Jaysus!! When the other team arent even on the pitch, surely a team can score more than one goal.

[pete]

The way I see it is that if Dublin City shouldn't have been allowed to resign from the league then technically they should still be in the league. They would be unable to fulfil their remaining fixtures so all matches would be awarded as a 3-0 win to the other team and all previous results would stand.

Good point. I agree. I think Ollie Byrne may take this route. He could argue that the league were acting outside the rules by allowing Dublin City to resign. The rest takes care of itself then...

The way it is at the moment a Club Chairman could fold club & join another the next day which is completely wrong. Should be automatic 10 year ban from involvement in the league if you fold a club mid season.

[Mr A]

Jaysus!! When the other team arent even on the pitch, surely a team can score more than one goal.

Not really, as Dublin wouldn't be there to take the centre they'd be stuck after the first!

[DmanDmythDledge]

Why 3-0? Why not 1-0??

When teams aren't able to fulfil their fixtures 3-0 is the standard score awarded.

[pineapple stu]

Not really, as Dublin wouldn't be there to take the centre they'd be stuck after the first!

Would you not get a free-kick for timewasting as DC don't take their tip-off?

3-0's a standard walkover win across the world. Removing a club's record from the league when they've played as few games as DC did is pretty much standard across the world.

[Poor Student]

Someone else raised the point on this board, and I think it's a good one. Should the league table not show the performances and rankings of the teams that comprise it? Dublin City are not part of the league anymore. Shouldn't the league's placings reflect how its members did against each other and not how some of them did some of the time against a defunct club?

[bohs til i die]

Someone else raised the point on this board, and I think it's a good one. Should the league table not show the performances and rankings of the teams that comprise it? Dublin City are not part of the league anymore. Shouldn't the league's placings reflect how its members did against each other and not how some of them did some of the time against a defunct club?

thats my view. Teams should finish the season in the position the results they got against the other 10 teams earned them.

[bigmac]

Someone else raised the point on this board, and I think it's a good one.

That was me, so obviously I agree with the decision.

[dcfcsteve]

Best solution:
- Teams will receive walkovers for all future DC games. 3-0 for all these games.

You either keep the DC records as much as possible or you remove the fact they ever existed.

It's absurd to suggest that any unplayed DC games should be awarded as 3:0 walkovers.

Dub City were a mid-table team when they imploded, and they'd proven themselves capable of taking points off a lot of teams to get there. Granting everyone who hadn't played them a 3:0 result would therefore be completely ludicrous.

The only sensible suggestion is the one of treating the league as if Dublin City were never in it. Suspensions, yellow cards etc are red herrings, as you can't travel back in time and change those elements.

As has been stated, any league table reflects the relative standings of those involved in it. It's therefore daft to have one that includes any reference to a team that aren't involved in that league any more.