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the 2004 summer season when the European Championships are on, will the league still be played while this is going on or will it be postponed for the month ? or for example if Glen Crowe was some how included in the squad, would Bohs be able to call matchs off ?
Come off it. This isn't the shaggin GAA you know!!:DQuote:
Originally posted by TheSeagullsNest
or for example if Glen Crowe was some how included in the squad, would Bohs be able to call matchs off ?
Murphy Out Now!!!
well, i would assume that if there is a major international tournament occuring the eL would break for that month...but maybe i'm being too optimistic?
You can only get a match called off if you have 4 of your players on intenational duty so if the league kept going Bohs would turn to crap for a month
well they're planninga break this seaosn for the intertoto, so i would assume some sort of breaks will be taken for euro and world cups
I actually think it's a mistake to break for Euro Championships/ World Cups assuming games can be scheduled around the major games.... When footy fever is at it's maximum, we don't bother playing!!!!
btw why break for the Toto - given the track record of Irish teams in it, it's quite likely to be only 2 games for Rovers....
IMO the best way to go when the Euro/World championships are on is to break for the group stages and to slot fixtures on free evenings during the knock-out rounds...
As Macy said there is no point having a complete break over the championships... Anyway personally its town before any other game....
Well I can see the problem if Ireland were playing (or even qualify :S ), but postponing the League because e.g France are Playing Sweden would be buckin' ridicolous. I know where I'd rather be.............At the Live EL Game rather than sitting in the House listening to Jim Beglin!! ;)
I'd like to do both.
If games were played during the tournament but not clashing with any Euro games, I reckon there'd be a lot of people who'd go to EL games as part of the whole football fever going on (especially if Ireland qualify). There was a big crowd in Belfield for our inter-toto game during Euro 2000.
it would be a bit thick not to cash in on that atmosphere that Euro/World comps generate.(i think this is what Macy was saying?). Really a great opportunity to demonstrate the excitemnet that eL holds. I reckon most would agree that there are worse ways to spend a summer's eve.