Don't be ridiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by Jicked
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Don't be ridiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by Jicked
I think the idea of having 2 weeks off for friendlies is the worst idea I've heard since the idea of 2 weeks off for holiers
Well sounds like we're stuck with this representative side in a tournament thing for a while. May as well try and do it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I mean if there a full set of fixtures and these visiting teams are going to be playing other games then our european representatives are unlikely to available to fulfill friendly fixtures. They'll likely be the first to complain about other teams getting 'glamour' friendlies. Would leave il teams to benefit.
Sod them, every club here would prefer Europe to friendlies.
Can't have everything
Why not leave the team who finishes just outside the European places into this. 4th or 5th?
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Originally Posted by sullanefc
At the rate we lose clubs it'll be 6th or 7th
I'd imagine the real answer is its part of the Airtricity sponsorship
The FAI will not let clubs use agents to bring in teams....check
No team can play friendly games on days when there are some vitally important airtricity league or european games......check
No other LOI team would benifet from a friendly held by just one club.....check
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In fairness there was never any doubt that LOI clubs could use outside agents. Platinum have arranged friendlies for Rovers the past two years and before that for others (including pats)
But wasn't one of the reasons listed off by Gavin on MNS that outside agents were not allowed as they were taking money out of the game? I'm pretty sure it was given as one of the many and ever-changing reasons for not allowing the friendly.
Limerick to be fair have other things to be focussing on. It's a shame the city didn't get the Barca tie but Limerick at the same time don't exactly have a ground where they can host their own games. Clubs should be able to play friendlies in their own ground unless under construction.
On this tournament, it's an FAI run tournament so I'd agree with fielding a representative side. Otherwise the participating club would be getting an advantage. If any club feels they should be hosting a competition like Shamrock Rovers for being Champions, let them host their own tournament in the Tallaght stadium and make their money from that.
He might've said it but the facts prove him wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
I had though it wa only agreements above a certain capacity but he flip/flops so much he might've said both
eh Thomond Park......Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
the rule only applied to a club where they had the use of a stadium which could cator for and generate enough revenue and profits to make friendly games with big big clubs worth while
On day 25 in the LOI House, George O'Callaghan is moving into his 25th different bedroom so far.
Does anyone know if an Irish side, be it international or domestic, will be competing in this tournament?
Please ignore! On second reading realised my stupidity!
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/...ournament.html
BTW Delaney confirms in today's papers that it was ndemol who stopped the Limerick/Barca friendly
I mean we all guessed it at this stage but there he is confirming it
I didn't undserstand how ndemol could stop a friendly. Pity for Limerick.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Decent deal for the FAI, however it doesnt exactly align itself well with the domestic season. Also after the debacle that was the MU V Airtricity match, I would prefer if they put Shamrock Rovers in the tournament as league champions rather than a hastily thrown together select.
Don't worry LTID; I'm mocking the copy and paste "journalist", not yourselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
You'd probably end up in a position where clubs are fighting to come lower down the table to play Inter in the summer tournament instead of Qarabaq in the UEFA Cup. Would be an utter farce.Quote:
Originally Posted by sullanefc
Completely agree. Humiliation ahead, and a gift to the worst kind of barstoolers. Rico's management of the team the last time was a disaster. And his defensive reaction afterwards to the debacle was embarrassing. I lost all respect for him as a result.Quote:
Originally Posted by crc
After the good work by the FAI over the cup final, they've resorted to type. It would be just great if the clubs had the bottle to tell Delaney they want nothing to do with this.
Completely agree. Precisely my thoughts on it. What an inept organisation. It would be impossible to fathom how,they are capable of this insanity if you weren't Irish.Quote:
Originally Posted by crc
In fairness to the FAI, the options other than a LOI representative team are no LOI team/representation at all, or one LOI club as the representative.
With the former, I think they'd be open to criticism of ignoring the LOI completely, and with the latter, they'd be open to allegations of favouritism (at least unless the process of deciding which LOI team is chosen is made transparent).
I don't think any club club should get preferential treatment for this anyways, it's a good chances for the best players in the domestic game to raise their own profiles.
Thomond Park isn't Limerick's ground. The club need to focus on this more and how some people in county Limerick still feel alienated from the club from the time of the name change to Limerick City.
And you don't think a high profile friendly with the added plus of generating revenue to help with the purchase of and or improvement of our own ground would help in this regard?Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
You would rather we didn't hold any friendlies at all until our own ground was ready to host them?
was it a siged deal then or was that only agreed this weekQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Presume it was signed and they were waiting for one of the clubs to agree before trumpeting it.
But with the FAI, who knows.
For the record I've absolutely no bother with a League selection being involved in these games.
Agreed Dodge RE LOI select - how can a team that so narrowly won the League be better than a team selected from the whole League ? Funny how this suggestion comes up when shams win the League, I dont recall any clamour for Bohs to play Man ure last time. Just get a decent manager to manage the LOI select this time :o.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Well presumably the team that has played together for months/years will be better than one that has played together for a couple of days.
We were being kind to you by not bring up the fact that you were only available to play the friendly after being thumped by TNS...Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
Would presume the team with the better players (surely a League wide select ?) would be better. Agree though (as posted by earlier contributors) that some training sessions for LOI X1 should be possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Maybe a playoff - League Champions V League select X1 for right to play in 4 team tournament ? As this is going to be an annual event a playoff as suggested (similar to bog ball all star games) would make it interesting and the prize of a place in the Aviva competition would make it competitive. Would depend on fixture organisation but if number of league games reduced could be possible.
As (much) older Pats fans will just about recall (it has been a while):o Champions League can be a difficult place As for "thumped" I will be equally kind and not mention "10 -0" so.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I wouldn't presume that at all. The standard of footballer doesn't vary that much in this league and I think a team that trains and plays together for a season would be better placed to play in a tournament than any XI from the other teams in the league. I'm not just putting Rovers in that bracket: Sligo, Fingal and even Bohs (depending on what their squad is like) would be similarly well-drilled. More preparation time is a must for any League XI but they'll always be improvising to a degree.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
Can't beat topical humour. Your replies are one short of "your ma"Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
Oh dear, was that a raw nerve ? :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
No, it was you replying like a ten year old yet again. You asked a question, it was answered and your reply was "Yeah, well - you lost 10-0 once". Grow up, mb.
Yep, nothing bugs me more than people who simply can't accept a light hearted barb without replying with one back, about something completely irrelevent to the point (ie the reason no one calmoured for BOhs to play man u)
Its cringeworthy stuff
Trust me, I'm well over our humiliation at the hands of Zimbru. You'll be happy to know your loss to TNS helped
Slagging Bohs good, Slagging Pats bad ? how unlike you to have double standards where Bohs are concerned Stu. dodge made a remark about Bohs and europe i responed in kind RE Pats.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
No harm done.
Glad we could help. never really found another LOI clubs defeat helped/made up for my own clubs defeat but takes all kinds. Bit "in the land of the blind" for my liking as I prefer to see all LOI teams do well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
You're an example to us all.
Not to labour the point, but it stands to reason that the more embarressing results for Irish teams that have happened since Zimbru, the less embarressing our result becomes.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
Now if you wanna discuss which result was worse, PM me as this is way off topic now