Northern teams are not inferior

Well considering Peter Thompson isnt a fulltime professional, Linfield have a starting price of a quarter of a million, if he was professional you could easily double that, or even triple that. I have talked with a few of my mates who play in the championship in england and they know how good this kid is and what kinda money he would have fetched if he had of been english.

As for Gary Hamilton he is great player and I hope Linfield sign him up. But to be honest I think with the way the money sittuation is in our league you could get him for about 70.000 upwards which is buttons. But dont let the price fool you, this guy has got it all in abundance. His one main problem is his bad attitude.

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But did Linfield not beat your best in Shelbourne?

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Yup, very funny it was too.

Linfield for the day, I'm Linfield for the day...

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Yup, very funny it was too.

Linfield for the day, I'm Linfield for the day...

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Well you were better off been Linfield for the day rather than the 10 or so Rovers fans who took position in the new stand.

They were certainly not Linfield for the day :D :D

Linfield are clearly the strongest IL side with Gelntoran just behind. NO strength in the rest of the league at all. I think Linfield have some quality players but wouldn't have the strength to compete in top 3 of eL over 33 games. Top eL sides wouldn't beat anyone 6 nil even if had 22 team league.

Shels are 3rd best team in the eL & beat Glens 6-2. I feel Setanta Cup will be won by eL side in 2006 but IL sides are much better than i thought before the 2005 cup.

Pete are you taking drugs! If Linfield were in eircom League and fulltime, trust me it would be you lot chasing them, not the other way around. They are still Irelands biggest team North and South. And they would have the money, supporters and the facilities to leave the rest of the league behind. It's only fulltime issue that is saving you lot from a whipping. And trust me no eircom team could cope with a fulltime Linfield.

KEEP DREAMING!!!

lots and IF' and BUTs there royalblue.

The fact of the matter is that they arent full time pro/in the EL etc. They are inferior to Shelbourne F.C.

Were a massive club compared to some of those teams up north and we absolutely humiliated one of the best northern clubs in the Champions league qualifiers.

I think it's time to take off the tinted goggles Royalblue!!

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Pete are you taking drugs! If Linfield where in Eircom league and fulltime, trust me it would be you lot chasing them, not the other way around. They are still Irelands biggest team North and South. And they would have the money, supporters and the facilities to leave the rest of the league behind. It's only fulltime issue that is saving you lot from a whipping. And trust me no eircom team could cope with a fulltime Linfield.

KEEP DREAMING!!!

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so why arent they fulltime?

facilities yes. money and support? dont know about that.

if rovers hadnt lost milltown we would be bigger again. we could do this all day.....

linfiels and glens would be top half in the EL. the rest of the IL wouldnt. its that simple.

Well the Setanta cup wont be a measure of it this year anyway .... if an IL side doesn't walk away with it this year, they never will .... its starting slap bang in the middle of our off-season, eL clubs mightn't even get it the proper respect it deserves this time round because IL teams are practically being gifted it starting it so early.

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Well the Champions of both leagues met in Europe and we all know how that panned out!

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and correct me if I'm not too much mistaken - in the biggest Continental club competition that UEFA run?

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Well the Champions of both leagues met in Europe and we all know how that panned out!

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And it couldn't have been more convincing!!

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Well the Setanta cup wont be a measure of it this year anyway .... if an IL side doesn't walk away with it this year, they never will .... its starting slap bang in the middle of our off-season, eL clubs mightn't even get it the proper respect it deserves this time round because IL teams are practically being gifted it starting it so early.

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I think this is a point that is often over looked even with last season. IL hitting it's climax, and we were only starting off. Despite that we, a part time team, managed to beat the top 2 and drew over 2 legs with them.

Arguing about if's and buts about full time is irrelevant. Besides which, many of the star part time players up north are earning on a par (or in many cases greater) than the top full time wages here.

i've been to a few games up north and all i can say is the football is different!

A lot of long ball stuff, which is hardly gonna attract people through the turnstiles. We won the league playing football and long may it continue.

As for Linfield being the biggest club in Ireland.............we all know who that title belongs to :D

Until Linfield are fulltime we won't know what they could be like.

Linfield lost to Halmstad who i think finished 8th or something in Swedish league.
Cork City beat Djungardens who who the Swedish League.

I think the IL should be higher in the European rankings but so should the eL. I;d say IL should be inside top 40 but eL teams should beat anyone in the outside the top 30 now.

I usually watch the highlights of the IL on bbc1 most saturdays and apart from linfield,glentoran and to a lesser extent portadown,the standard looks a bit poorer than the eircom league imo

Linfield have really impressed me though when ive seen them,that thompson fella is class but overall I think city would beat them maybe 1-0 all things being equal,would be very tough match though

Just a question for the linfield lads,why are ye using shels as the benchmark for the eircom league when us and derry have been far superior this season?

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Just a question for the linfield lads,why are ye using shels as the benchmark for the eircom league when us and derry have been far superior this season?

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Yeah if using Shels should be matching them against Portadown...

Did anyone see that Cup game at the weekend?
Brutal stuff!

Linfield running away with the league with Glentoran the only decent challenger in sight.
Says it all really.

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If Linfield were in eircom League and fulltime...

It's only fulltime issue that is saving you lot from a whipping.

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If you've got so much money, so many supporters and are so great, then why aren't you full time?

It's very obvious that many people up there are in their own little dream world, but the reality is that we have better teams and play in a better league. The UEFA coefficients clearly show that.

Everyone knows that the Setanta Cup is scheduled to start in our off season so as to give your pub outfits a fighting chance.

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Everyone knows that the Setanta Cup is scheduled to start in our off season so as to give your pub outfits a fighting chance.

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I like your style, Get the excuses in first.;)

For last years final we where at the end of a very long hard season, part-timers dont forget, Shels where about 10-12 games in and a very professional pre season, well compared to rhe shambles up here.

If I had the choice I'd rather have been in Shels position going into the Final.

For what its worth I do belive there is more strength in depth down there but to say Linfield couldn't compete in the top 3 in the LOI is delusional.

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but to say Linfield couldn't compete in the top 3 in the LOI is delusional.

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Sure if Sligo went professional they could compete in the top 3 of the eL.
It's all conjecture and hearsay!
Why can't we stick to the facts?

By the way, Shels couldn't beat Derry or Cork City during this league campaign. It's not Shels you have to worry about. ;)